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Big Four

A finger pointing like Lord Alan Sugar does on the BBC show The Apprentice

Feature

The real apprentices

Female FDs at the top of their game should take an active role in mentoring women rising up in finance

20 May 2011

Peter Williams is a chartered account and freelance journalist

Opinion

Bank auditors need to go above and beyond

Bank auditors say they did their job to the letter of the law. They well know they are paid to enact the spirit of it too

15 Apr 2011

Opinion

Lords' committee slates auditing profession over banking crisis

Bank auditors say they did their job to the letter of the law. They well know they are paid to enact the spirit of it too

04 Apr 2011

Opinion

UK should follow Australia's lead in accounting

Antipodean accountants have outlined an early warning system for financial crises from which the UK could learn

24 Mar 2011

Opinion

Audit market reform will come to nothing

Mid-tier auditors are unconvinced they want a piece of that pie

18 Feb 2011

News

Contingency needed against Big Four collapse, say FDs

Regulators should prepare a contingency against a Big Four firm collapsing, according to Hundred Group head Ashley Almanza

08 Dec 2010

News

Lords accuse auditors of deceiving investors

Auditors criticised for signing off on accounts based on the government's promise to bail out banks

25 Nov 2010

Feature

Companies and their auditors are becoming best friends forever

The rise in non-audit fees paid to auditors by companies shows the resilience of the audit-business relationship

22 Nov 2010

Opinion

A merry dance

Mario Christodoulou reflects on what regulators are asking auditors to do for business and how they are responding - or sidestepping

22 Nov 2010

Feature

House of Lords hearings could impact on Big Four dominance

Could the outcome make a difference to the relationships between SME FDs and their auditors?

22 Nov 2010

Opinion

Slavering at the mouth over the CSR

The National Outsourcing Association is ready for a deluge of new business

25 Oct 2010

News

Activist investor to face Lords audit enquiry

“The banking crisis is largely due to faulty numbers,” claims Tim Bush

25 Oct 2010

News

Joint audits will increase fraud, says Big Four partner

Lessons from BCCI echo as concerns over fraud risk are raised

17 Oct 2010

News

Audit Commission work should be denied to Big Four

Mid-tier firms should get the work, says the FRC

15 Oct 2010

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Latest Opinion

Business' best friend

Finance people must be the critical friend of business, writes CIMA's John Windle

Cutting electronic systems down to size

To be more competitive, we need far less management in companies, government and our electronic systems

Markets are too addicted to repeated doses of cheap cash

Large injections of liquidity by the major central banks have played a key role in underpinning recent bouts of optimism, but danger is still lurking in the shadows

Latest Analysis

Practical implications of a GAAR

The lack of certainty may inhibit many arrangements which are currently felt to be part of everyday planning, writes Owen Clutton

IAS 39 problems flare up again

Pirc is advising shareholders to vote against Barclays’ annual report. Richard Crump finds out why

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