Partnership Model & Economics

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…

Aug 24 • Claudine Cassar

PwC UK moves equity partners to MD roles to protect profit pool

Half a dozen former equity partners have become managing directors since PwC introduced the grade, as the firm tightens access to its profit-sharing…

Aug 16 • Claudine Cassar

Capital and Consent in the Modern Partnership

How leveraged capital structures, personal guarantees and unfunded retirements reshape risk for equity partners

Jul 22

PwC UK partner pay set to exceed £900,000 after cost-cutting drive

Average PwC UK partner remuneration is expected to rise by more than 5% as staff numbers fall and profits recover despite weak consulting demand

Jul 18 • Claudine Cassar

KPMG UK ends Summer Friday perk amid redundancies and record partner pay

Redundancies, poor internal communication and the removal of a popular summer perk are hitting staff morale as partner payouts reach a record £880,000

Jun 23 • Claudine Cassar

KPMG Australia debt: the $557 million borrowing risk behind the audit leak scandal

A$557 Million and Counting

Jun 18 • Claudine Cassar

McKinsey’s Project Acorn

A Canary in the Coal Mine for the Consulting Industry

May 15 • Claudine Cassar

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