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The British Accountancy Awards 2015 shortlist
September 10th, 2015
Accountancy Age is delighted to reveal the British Accountancy Awards 2015 shortlist. Now in fifth year of the awards, our shortlist contains the largest and most diverse set of entrants since we launched. Our Global Firm and National Firm of ...
Do you know Deloitte, KPMG, EY are helping the RBI probe NPA cases?
August 28th, 2015
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) received reports about a month ago on forensic investigations it had ordered into the bad debt at two companies – Surya Vinayak Industries and Deccan Chronicle Holdings. Some corporate investigators are now helping banks to ...
Global tech IPO market surges 57% in second quarter
August 25th, 2015
The global technology IPO market continued to exhibit its strength in the second quarter, with 36 IPOs and total proceeds of US$6.2 billion, according to PwC’s Global Technology IPO Review. The number of offerings marked a 57% increase over the ...
Deloitte, Libra, Accenture: The work of auditors in the age of Bitcoin 2.0 technology
August 20th, 2015
Back in the late 1990s the cryptographer Nick Szabo predicted the paper-era techniques of auditing and accounting would be dramatically augmented by, and eventually integrated into, smart contracts. The last year or two has seen lots of opinion about ...
The Rules: Forcing companies to disclose tax strategy risks confidentiality issues
August 13th, 2015
A “legislative requirement” for large businesses to publish their tax strategy could create commercial confidentiality risks In an age where large corporates continue to engage in tax avoidance or aggressive tax planning, compelling businesses to disclose their tax strategies ...
KPMG facing probe as Quindell restates accounts
August 10th, 2015
KPMG is facing an investigation by the accounting watchdog over its work auditing the accounts of troubled AIM-listed insurer Quindell. The Financial Reporting Council inquiry was confirmed hours after Quindell revealed it had plunged to a £68m loss last year ...
Smaller firms beat Big Four to ICAEW exam top scores
July 21st, 2015
The institute’s latest ACA exam results show a consistently high level of passes. Nine out of ten (91.8%) passed Business Strategy; 82% passed Audit & Assurance; and 81.7% passed Financial Management. Four of the top score prizes were scooped ...
Fed ready to raise rates – what will be the impact on the US and global economies?
July 15th, 2015
One of the biggest economic events of 2015 is likely to be the US Fed hiking up its policy rate later in the year, say PwC economists. Assuming this happens, its importance lies not only with the impact this will ...
BDO gets InTouch with cloud accounting
July 8th, 2015
BDO has opened a small business accounting service based partly on the Xero cloud accounting platform. Called InTouch, the BDO package is designed to support clients with “current business performance information which can be accessed anytime and anywhere”. The service ...
Barclays announces its intention to appoint KPMG as its auditor
July 6th, 2015
Barclays PLC and Barclays Bank PLC (Barclays) announces its intention to appoint KPMG as its auditor for the year ending 31 December 2017. This follows a competitive tender process overseen by an Audit Tender Oversight Sub-committee of the Barclays’ ...
