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Macquarie drops KPMG as future auditor, citing capacity and culture concerns
Macquarie will retain PwC after concluding that departures from KPMG’s proposed audit team and concerns about the firm’s culture have undermined its…
 • Claudine Cassar
Is Evergrande PwC’s Black Swan?
Evergrande’s US$8.4bn claim could test where responsibility ultimately sits within PwC’s global network
 • Claudine Cassar
Deloitte secures more Air Force work as Pentagon draws boundaries around consultant cuts
The Pentagon is cutting consultant spending and pushing work in-house, while still awarding substantial Air Force contracts to Deloitte.
 • Claudine Cassar
Who will pay for KPMG Australia’s misconduct? Project Vector cuts & fallout
Project Vector is cutting 27 partners and around 360 employees. But the deeper question is how a partnership distributes the cost of misconduct, failed…
 • Claudine Cassar
EY Ghana fined GH¢360,000 over unlicensed cybersecurity work before regulator says issues resolved
Ghana’s cyber regulator said EY had continued providing regulated services despite repeated directives, before the two sides announced hours later that…
 • Claudine Cassar
KPMG to stop FairCall for audit clients as whistleblower scandal clouds hotline business
KPMG says new fraud auditing rules create an independence conflict, but the move comes after its own whistleblower failures prompted questions about…
 • Claudine Cassar
EY US to keep assurance interns for up to a year as AI reshapes entry-level audit
New Career Residency will let selected interns work part-time while completing college — with successful participants potentially joining EY in an…
 • Claudine Cassar
Evergrande liquidators challenge PwC’s HK$1bn shareholder settlement
Liquidators argue the SFC lacked authority to agree the compensation deal and that it unfairly allows shareholders to recover from PwC ahead of…
 • Claudine Cassar
PwC called tax strategy “very aggressive”— then helped the client proceed
PwC flagged the strategy as high-risk and expected an IRS challenge — then advised that any tax bill would stay with the company, not the client. Courts…
 • Claudine Cassar
Breaking up the Big Four is now on Australia’s reform agenda
The Australia Institute has backed structural separation of audit and non-audit businesses as Treasury considers 17 reform options that could reshape…
 • Claudine Cassar
KPMG and EY win up to £456m in UK civil service training contracts as government moves skills in-house
The Cabinet Office has directly awarded KPMG and EY contracts with a combined maximum value of £456 million including VAT to provide civil service…
 • Claudine Cassar
Burnout, long hours and the Big Four people model
Former Deloitte Malta HR Manager Mikela Fenech Pace talks to Claudine Cassar about workplace culture, staff turnover, career progression & whether the…
 • Claudine Cassar
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