Banks’ concerns over Stenn began when US authorities unsealed criminal indictments in money laundering case
Private equity backed accounting groups are racing to consolidate international network
Employers will have to be more deliberate in the training they offer junior staff
Planned leadership reshuffle at Big Four firm comes after recent clash with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund
UK-listed engineering group subject to formal investigation as takeover talks languish
Big Four firm in regulatory crosshairs after exceeding time limits on work for oil major in the US and UK
Big Four firm launches compulsory redundancies and warns that pay rises will be lower this year
Sarah Smart, chair of The Pensions Regulator, urges people to ask ‘what if?’ questions when planning finances
Financial Reporting Council finds some auditors also lacked performance indicators for automated tools used
Listing by MHA prompts shift in thinking as firms consider alternatives to selling to private equity
Dutch arms of Deloitte, PwC and EY pay total of $8.5mn after ‘hundreds’ of staff shared answers on internal tests
British consulting executive swaps Big Four for Big Blue
IT consulting and outsourcing group reports a slowdown in new business for the second quarter in a row
Decision protects funding for some government agencies and is blow to Donald Trump’s deregulatory agenda
Consulting group offered pro bono work to UNRWA shortly after Israel’s military campaign began in late 2023
Clients and peers are invited to rate advisory firms on their expertise
Professional services groups say they are unfairly targeted in Republicans’ ‘big, beautiful bill’
Big Four firm ordered to pay £690,000 after issues uncovered on work for London-listed agriculture and engineering group
Business whose advisers include former MI6 chief and ex-CIA deputy director valued at more than £250mn
New technology is starting to have a profound effect on work and employment
Consulting group says work by employees on contentious US-backed effort was ‘unauthorised’
Accounting groups hope to emulate previous profit gains from audits of companies’ ESG metrics
Letting staff leave and not replacing them reduces the headcount without the hassle
Shrinking headcount at consultancy firm contrasts with increased hiring at rival BCG
Profits for Big Four firm come in ‘below our original plan’, says internal memo
