Monthly Archive: May 2010

If you’ve been hearing the buzz on Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability, and are truly unaware of what this is all about, there’s now a fun way to learn all about it by just playing.

You can soon play The Deloitte … Continue reading…

We have blogged extensively about Dubai World, whose debt default announcement shocked world markets in Thanksgiving 2009. And that Deloitte UK’s Aidan Birkett was first representing the debtor and then finally joined Dubai World as its Chief Restructuring Officer in … Continue reading…

 Erica deVry, Big4.com Staff Reporter

The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals recently ranked Accenture No. 1 for third consecutive year in IAOP’s Global Outsourcing 100® List ranking of the world’s best outsourcing providers.

The Global Outsourcing 100 is designed to … Continue reading…

Kenneth Guillame, Big4.com Staff Reporter

PwC Finds Modest Start to 2010 Venture Capital Activity, CleanTech Up Big

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) have recently found that venture capitalists invested $4.7 billion in 681 deals in … Continue reading…

Christina Broder, Big4.com Staff Reporter

On The Acquisition Path, Deloitte Buys Swiss Consultant Exsigno

Deloitte UK, in yet another acquisition, under the leadership of John Connolly, recently purchased Exsigno, a Swiss management consultancy with over 150 people, and a specialist … Continue reading…

 Ethan Strassfield, Big4.com Staff Reporter

Ernst & Young LLP has announced John Distefano as leader of the health care practice of its Advisory Services Group, to help companies integrate the new health care law into their overall strategy and change … Continue reading…

 Erica deVry, Big4.com Staff Reporter

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) UK has begun its nationwide 1,000 strong recruitment drive in 2010, its largest ever annual spring intake with 153 graduates already joining. For the first time 30 new recruits will join PwC’s … Continue reading…

Christina Broder, Big4.com Staff Reporter

KPMG recently announced that Jeremy Andersen will become the firm’s new head of the global financial services practice to succeed Brendan Nelson, who retired from KPMG on March 31 to become a non-executive director at … Continue reading…

Ethan Strassfield, Big4.com Staff Reporter

Turkey’s leading P&C insurer for 85 years, Anadolu Sigorta (ISE: ANSGR) has selected Accenture (NYSE: ACN) to license, implement and maintain the Accenture Claim Components Solution, its claims management application to help Anadolu Sigorta accelerate … Continue reading…

 Erica deVry, Big4.com Staff Reporter

Deloitte Finds Global Automotive Industry Gets $105B Government Boost

A new analysis by the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (DTT) Global Manufacturing Industry group shows that automotive industry is getting large benefits from $105 billion of governmental … Continue reading…

Kenneth Guillame, Big4.com Staff Reporter

Accenture Acquires CadenceQuest for Customer Analytics

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) is acquiring assets from CadenceQuest, Inc., a privately-held Arlington, Va.-based company specializing in customer data and analytics for the retail sector.

The key goal of this acquisition:… Continue reading…

Christina Broder, Big4.com Staff Reporter

KPMG’s recent annual survey of global renewable energy mergers and acquisitions, “Powering Ahead: 2010” shows that while renewable energy M&A has increased 145% in deal volume to 150 deals and US$14.3 billion in Q1-2010 … Continue reading…

Ethan Strassfield, Big4.com Staff Reporter

In February 2010, KPMG UK announced that it was increasing its graduate hiring for September 2010 to 750, meaning that total intake including interns and school leavers would be over 900. However, more recently with … Continue reading…

Christina Broder, Big4.com Staff Reporter

Ernst And Young Oil and Gas Outlook Shows a More Stable Environment

Ernst & Young s Americas Oil & Gas Center finds that that oil and gas industry fundamentals are improving in line with the … Continue reading…

Kenneth Guillame, Big4.com Staff Reporter

Capgemini Launches New EnergyPath Solution for Oil Services Industry

Capgemini’s new qualified SAP® Business All-in-One partner solution, EnergyPath™, specifically for the oil field services and drilling industries will help companies develop and implement flexible enterprise … Continue reading…