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Category: Industry Trends
Grant Thornton UK Picks Private Equity Over Merging With Its US Cousins
Finally, Grant Thornton UK has picked a private equity firm to whore itself out to. […]
Private Equity is Picking Up Accounting Firms By the Handful Now
Well this is a surprising turn of events. On Friday, we prompted the readership to […]
Let’s Speculate Wildly About Which Mid-Tier Firm is About to Announce a Private Equity Deal (UPDATE)
Someone on r/accounting with a very legit-looking username and sparse comment history said today that […]
One Quarter of Firms Say They’re Offshoring, Another 12 Percent Plan to Start
This Journal of Accountancy article was mentioned in last Friday’s Footnotes (*ahem* Footnotes a wrap-up […]
Cohen & Co. Confirms a Private Equity Investment From Lovell Minnick Partners (UPDATE)
Ed. note: The title for this article was originally “Rumor: A Top 50 Firm Is […]
Studious EY Employees Just Trying to Grind Out CPE Get F**king Fired
We recall seeing something on r/Big4 last week about an EY employee — rather, former […]
Sh*t or Get Off the Private Equity Pot, Grant Thornton
For months now the UK media has been floating articles about private equity interest in […]
Gen X? Never Heard of Them! Accounting Firms Are Overrun by Millennials and Gen Z
TLDR: Boomer numbers at accounting firms appear to be dwindling, more than half of staff […]
Add Armanino to the List of Top 20 Firms in Bed With Private Equity
Saw on Accounting Today this afternoon that Armanino has “taken on a strategic minority investment” […]
CohnReznick is Allegedly Exploring a Private Equity Deal
PE Hub is reporting that according to three sources, CohnReznick is in talks with William […]
Brit Audit Cops Want Firms to Snitch if Private Equity is Sniffing Around
UK audit cops at the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) have told firms they’re expected to […]