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KPMG named a worldwide leader in digital enterprise strategy consulting by IDC Marketscape
March 26th, 2015
KPMG International has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape Worldwide Digital Enterprise Strategy Consulting Services 2015 Vendor Assessment (#254679, March 2015). The report evaluated the capabilities and business strategies of leading firms in the global digital enterprise ...
HSBC switches auditors to PwC after decade with rivals KPMG
March 19th, 2015
HSBC yesterday announced plans to appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as its auditor, replacing KPMG which had held the position since 1991. Europe’s biggest bank said the appointment would be put to shareholders at its 2015 annual general meeting on 24 April, ...
KPMG update on Alpari (UK)
March 18th, 2015
Account validation We are now in a position to contact the first tranche of clients with negative balances. This tranche should cover all clients with negative balances for whom the Joint Special Administrators have verified the available contact information ...
PwC retains FTSE 100 audit lead as KPMG climbs 250 rankings
March 5th, 2015
PWC continues to dominate the FTSE 100 with 40 clients, almost double the number of nearest rival KPMG at 24, although Deloitte added a brace of new clients to its books, according to the latest statistics from Adviser Rankings. Fourth ...
KPMG names William O’Mara global head of audit
February 26th, 2015
Audit, tax and accounting firm KPMG appointed William O’Mara as global head of audit, effective March 1. He succeeds Larry Bradley who led the practice since 2013, the company said. O’Mara is a senior audit partner and has served ...
KPMG announces new Centers of Excellence
February 19th, 2015
Aidan Brennan, KPMG International’s Global Head of Management Consulting, has announced the launch of three new Centers of Excellence (CoEs) dedicated to the Customer, Enterprise Performance Management and Supply Chain. These new investments complement KPMG’s well-established centers focused on ...
KPMG SME foray doomed to fail
February 18th, 2015
KPMG is doomed to fail as the Big Four firm attempts to wrest business from High Street practitioners, according to Accountancy Age readers. That was the majority view when asked if the Big Four firm “can compete with the high street for ...
Alpari: KPMG fails to find buyer as break up begins with 114 job losses and Andrey Dashin buying up assets
February 6th, 2015
Administrators for collapsed spreadbetter Alpari UK have failed to find a bidder for the firm and have begun to sell off its assets, resulting in the loss of 114 jobs. KPMG had sought to find a buyer for the currency trader, ...
UK watchdog hands KPMG fines totalling £390,000
February 4th, 2015
The UK accountancy watchdog said on Tuesday it had fined KPMG a total of £390,000 for putting commercial considerations above ethical standards for auditors in two separate cases of misconduct that stretch back to 2010 and 2011. In the ...
KPMG: What Audit committees cite as top challenges in 2015
February 2nd, 2015
KPMG issued a press release saying that: Audit committees cite uncertainty, volatility and high risk environment as top challenges in 2015 More Boards Reallocating Oversight Duties as Risk Environment Strains Audit Committee Agendas. Audit committees around the world said ...
