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Gibraltar lawyers jailed over £40m client money scam
July 9th, 2014
Three brothers who ran one of Gibraltar’s largest law firms were jailed last week for fraud, four years after their firm, Marrache & Co, was put into liquidation. Benjamin, Isaac and Solomon Marrache were found guilty of fraud last ...
WiFi provider Gowex goes bankrupt and admits falsifying accounts
July 7th, 2014
One of the brightest stars of the Madrid stock market came crashing down to earth on Sunday, after WiFi provider Gowex was forced to declare bankruptcy and admit that its chief executive and founder had falsified the company’s accounts ...
Big Four’s China Accountancy Units Thrashing Out SEC Settlement in Auditing Dispute
June 3rd, 2014
The Chinese units at some of the world’s largest accounting firms – dubbed the Big Four – are looking to reach an out-of-court settlement with the US’ Securities and Exchange Commission in a bid to put an end to ...
Accounting giants press for seat at G20 table
May 26th, 2014
The Australian federal government allegedly accepted sponsorship of more than $US300,000 from three of the accounting sector’s ‘big four’ for a seat at the table of a high profile tax summit in Tokyo ahead of this year’s G20 talks ...
Regulators Fear Big Data Threatens Audit Quality
April 16th, 2014
Does audit firms’ emphasis on data analytics mean that audits themselves are suffering? Regulators around the world are worried that a rise in audit firms’ consulting business and a corresponding slowdown in the growth of revenues from traditional audits ...
CySec: acquisition of Administrative Services Providers (ASP) licence
April 14th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec), the Cypriot financial regulatory authority, has announced that the following firms have successfully obtained the CySec license to operate as Administrative Services Providers (ASP): Profecto Management and Consultancy Limited Equation Corporate Services Ltd ...
PwC completes acquisition of Booz & Co
April 7th, 2014
PWC HAS COMPLETED its acquisition of international consultancy business Booz & Co following regulatory and partner approval. Booz & Company is to join PwC and become part of the PwC Network. The consultancy will rebrand to Strategy &, which ...
