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PwC: Next Auditing Giant To Overhaul Business

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PwC is reportedly planning to ramp up its auditing operations by hiring 500 more auditors across the U.K., ” The auditor’s efforts follow KPMG’s previous announcement that it has ramped up oversight of its U.K. But the Big Four auditing firms have shied away from accepting the CMA’s recommendation for a breakup.

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No Breakup For UK’s Big Four Accountancy Firms

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’s Big Four accountancy firms — KPMG , PwC , EY and Deloitte — have escaped a forced breakup from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), The Guardia n reported on Tuesday (Dec. The CMA said the proposal would spur competition in the market, and allow smaller auditing and accounting companies to obtain greater market share.

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UK Moves To Split Audit And Consulting Profits At Big Four

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’s chief regulator of accounting and auditing firms follow a series of financial collapses among companies that had survived auditors’ scrutiny. The measures by the U.K.’s

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UK Changes Course On Big Four Accounting Breakup

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may be changing course in its efforts to break up the Big Four accountancy firms after the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) decided against such action late last year. Reports in Bloomberg on Monday (April 1) said a U.K. audits for large businesses. ” The committee’s conclusion drew expected criticism.

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UK Auditing Market Pressure Grows With Parliamentary Probe

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Other recent accounting scandals at retailer BHS and Patisserie Valerie have similarly raised concerns that auditors are unable to adequately identify accounting issues at major corporations before it’s too late. The Big Four’s overwhelming market domination has failed to deliver audits which are fit for purpose.”.

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