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KPMG asked for the AI dividend. Now its clients want one too
KPMG cited AI efficiency to push for a cheaper audit. Its 14% fee cut is now a talking point for Big Four clients — and a pricing problem.
18 mins ago
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Claudine Cassar
Part 2 — £1.8 billion and borrowed trust: the limits of institutional oversight
What the MFS collapse reveals about fragmented assurance, divided responsibility and the gaps between auditors, banks, a Security Agent, and regulators.
Sep 9
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Abdelhamid Taha
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Deloitte’s Mars FX audits face fresh scrutiny after court authorises subpoenas
Mars FX representatives can now seek Deloitte records in the Cayman Islands, while an investor challenges four years of clean audit opinions.
Sep 8
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Claudine Cassar
Big Four split over Australia’s 20-year auditor rotation plan
PwC and Deloitte oppose mandatory rotation; KPMG and EY favour a softer “comply or explain” regime.
Sep 7
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Claudine Cassar
EY is spending $100 million to reward the ‘human’ skills AI lacks
EY US is putting $100 million behind a new employee rewards programme that pays for judgement, adaptability and innovation — as the Big Four rethink…
Sep 7
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Claudine Cassar
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ASIC forced Australia’s Big Four to hand over audit-misconduct complaints. There were 551.
ASIC told Parliament it had widened its work on the KPMG scandal — including an investigation into the firm’s transparency reporting and a review of…
Sep 7
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Claudine Cassar
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PwC Australia faces potential investor class action over Corporate Travel Management audits
Phi Finney McDonald says it is “well advanced” in investigating claims against CTM and its former auditor over years of financial reporting. No class…
Sep 7
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Claudine Cassar
The full KPMG Australia scandal timeline
A complete chronology of the KPMG Australia audit scandal, from whistleblower allegations and client confidentiality breaches to resignations…
Sep 5
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Claudine Cassar
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First KPMG was sued for raising the alarm. Now it is being sued for raising it too late. And in another case, for not being loud enough
KPMG raised the alarm at Serba Dinamik. The litigation that followed asks whether it did so too soon, too late — or not loudly enough.
Sep 4
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Claudine Cassar
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Part 1 — £1.8 billion and borrowed trust: the MFS structure no one was mandated to see whole
How Market Financial Solutions grew through a fragmented network of lenders, SPVs, auditors, trustees and banks — and how the structure obscured who was…
Sep 2
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Abdelhamid Taha
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MFS source annex: documents behind the £1.8bn collapse
Primary filings, FCA and FRC materials, insolvency records and reporting behind Big4News’s two-part investigation into Market Financial Solutions.
Sep 2
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Abdelhamid Taha
August 2026
The Big Four helped build the climate-reporting market. Can they independently audit it?
A 16-state challenge asks whether the Big Four can remain independent while supporting climate reporting — and selling services around it.
Aug 31
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Claudine Cassar
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