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How Deloitte’s CEO Cathy Engelbert Rose To The Top
In early April 2018, Deloitte’s US CEO was featured in a forbes article. The title of it was how her rise to the top was not linear. As you might know Cathy Engelbert is
PwC Develops Virtual Reality Solution To Help Clients Navigate The Future
PwC has worked extensively with a firm called REWIND to come up with a new virtual reality solution. This new solution that PwC built with REWIND will help PwC’s client help understand how disruption
PwC Faces Large Malpractice Verdict In Case Against FDIC
In other accounting scandal news in April 2018, PwC faces the largest auditor malpractice verdict ever in the United States. This verdict might be handed down in the lawsuit of the FDIC vs PwC.
Ukraine’s Largest Bank Privatbank Sues Pricewaterhousecoopers for $3 billion
pwc privatbank lawsuit Ukraine's largest bank has filed a lawsuit against PwC in early April 2018. This is another lawsuit that came from the Privatbank nationalization in 2016. This relates to audits
PwC Recruits Millennials With Retreats and Worklife Balance
There wasn’t too much news about the big 4 this week other than a few controversies that popped up so I wanted to speak about an article that was recently released in Quartz spoke
Will The Big 4 Accounting Firms Be Broken Up And PwC Uses Blockchain to Audit
A lot happened in March 2018 for the big 4 accounting firms. A few of the biggest news stories are included below. Top UK watchdog looks into breaking up the big 4 There
21+ Interesting Facts About Deloitte University
Deloitte university was just a thought back in 2006 when the CEO of Deloitte was just thinking of the idea. Who knew that it would be shaping the future of Deloitte. Many partners were
EY Builds Robots in Canada and KPMG Gets Paid By GE
There were a number of positive news stories about the Big Four accounting firms in second week of March 2018. The big 4 gained significant positive recognition and introduced new programs for community-building and
Deloitte & EY 2018 Gender Pay Gap And Big 4 Accounting Sexual Harassment
It was a week full of damage control for the world’s leading accounting firms as they try to save their reputation and keep their clientele engaged amidst allegations of employee misconduct and large gender
7 Huge Deloitte Blockchain Developments From 2017
Deloitte has made a lot of investment in blockchain. This post discusses all the investments that Deloitte has made in 2017. Deloitte’s blockchain team stands at about 800 professionals working in 20 countries. Some
10 Key Acquisitions Made By Deloitte In 2017
Deloitte made some key acquisitions in 2017. Those key acquisitions are summarized below. Name of Firm Acquired Type of Company Red Planet Innovation Consulting Day 1 Solutions Cloud Consulting Web Decision Data Analysis
6 Interesting Awards That Deloitte Won in 2017
Deloitte received several key awards throughout 2017. A number of these awards were received by the Deloitte Digital Practice. Deloitte Digital is essentially Deloitte’s new marketing and advertising division. #1 - Australia Financial Review
5 Big Changes To Expect From PwC At the 2018 Oscars
As you might remember PwC screwed up the 2017 Oscars by handing the wrong envelope to Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. This year there will be increased scrutiny on them and hopefully they don’t
5 Reasons PwC Might Have Sold Their Public Sector Practice
One of the biggest stories from February 2018 regarding the big 4 accounting firms is that PwC is selling its public sector practice in the United states. They are selling their public sector practice
5 Ways To Gain Experience For Your Big 4 Resume While Still In College
The career advice we will be giving today is how to gain experience while you are still in college. One fear of many big 4 candidates is how to show that you have experience
PwC Banned From Auditing in India for 2 Years
The Securities and Exchange Board in India has banned PwC from auditing listed companies in India for 2 years. This will go into effect on March 31, 2018. This ban does not include audits
PwC Found Negligent in Audit of Colonial Bank
Some big news was released in the final days of 2017 regarding PwC's role in the Colonial Bank audit. If you pay attention to our website or our podcast, you know that PwC has
Christmas Shopping For Accountants
What should you be getting your accountant for the holidays? Don’t you worry – we’ve got your back with some great ideas below. Iphone X First up let’s get the elephant in the
KPMG 2017 Revenue (Annual Report)
KPMG announced revenues of $26.4 billion dollars KPMG reaches almost 200,000 employees KPMG revenue grew by 4.8 % 49% of new joiners were female kpmg 2017 revenue Now let’s get into the
KPMG November 2017 News
KPMG Joins Wall Street Blockchain Alliance KPMG joined the wall street blockchain alliance in November 2017. The wall street blockchain alliance is a nonprofit organization. The mission is to guide and promote comprehensive adoption
EY November 2017 Update
EY had an activity filled November of 2017. They entered into some key partnerships and are going to be making some big office moves. We cover the most important news about Ernst & Young
PwC November 2017 News
This is the biggest news, partnerships and acquisitions by big 4 accounting firm PwC for the month of November 2017. PwC November 2017 Media Coverage Forbes article about AI PwC was briefly mentioned
Deloitte November 2017 Updates
This post covers Deloitte's significant news stories and partnerships from November 2017. Deloitte November 2017 Media Coverage Deloitte Fast 500 2017 Deloitte released their fast 500 rankings. In this rankings Deloitte names the
Deloitte Partners With Data Analytics Firm DataStax
Deloitte Consulting LLP today announced an alliance with DataStax, the leader in data management for cloud applications, to help organizations analyze and visualize their vast amounts of operational data. “MissionGraph helps discover the contextual relationships among these
Deloitte Develops New Audit Technology Auvenir
Deloitte recently allowed a new audit software that will transform the accounting industry. The name of the new audit technology is auvenir What is auvenir? Auvenir is a technology that Deloitte has developed internally and