Monthly Archive: July 2010

Christina Broder, Big4.com Staff Reporter
31 August 2010

August 2010 has seen a huge surge in global M&A, at levels not seen in this month certainly for 2010 and perhaps for years. Deloitte UK believes this is a good sign, … Continue reading…

Erica deVry, Big4.com Staff Reporter
July 21, 2010

RSM McGladrey, Inc. and McGladrey & Pullen, LLP , are acquiring Caturano and Company, Inc., New England’s largest regional full-service accounting, auditing, tax and business advisory firm to become the fifth largest … Continue reading…

Nita Teoh, Big4.com
July 20, 2010

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Treasurer Wayne Swan treaded carefully to reach an amicable deal with the mining industry giants over the revised Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT).

Since the new tax was … Continue reading…

July 20, 2010

Company CFOs, as guardians of corporate coffers, have been under severe pressure in this economic crisis, equally to maintain profitability and efficiently manage their own financial organization. Revenue enhancement, cost control and risk management is still … Continue reading…

Erica deVry, Big4.com Staff Reporter
July 20, 2010

BDO UK LLP’s recently released six monthly update on reported fraud has a surprising finding.

Fraud growth in the UK continues unabated, with the first six months of 2010 already showing fraud … Continue reading…

Ethan Strassfield, Big4.com Staff Reporter
July 20, 2010

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Canada finds that the Canadian M&A volumes are up 15% in Q2-2010 versus the Q2-2009 quarter, with energy and materials deals leading the way; and a 26% increase in the … Continue reading…

Christina Broder, Big4.com Staff Reporter
July 20, 2010

Grant Thornton LLP recently released a new report titled, “The Evolving Accounting Talent Profile: CFO strategies for attracting, training and retaining experienced accounting and finance professionals.” This insightful analysis, based on interviews … Continue reading…

Christina Broder, Big4.com Staff Reporter
July 20, 2010

Grant Thornton LLP recently released a new report titled, “The Evolving Accounting Talent Profile: CFO strategies for attracting, training and retaining experienced accounting and finance professionals.” This insightful analysis, based on interviews … Continue reading…

John Fowler, Big4.com
July 19, 2010

We have not seen many acquisitions come through for KPMG US, but there has been growing rhetoric about the need for Big Four firms to get back into the consulting business.

See this article … Continue reading…

Christina Broder, Big4.com Staff Reporter
19 August 2010

PricewaterhouseCoopers US (PwC) is making a rather unusual but welcome appeal. It is calling on organizations to manage diversity with their ‘heads, hearts and wallets’

Doing so will lead to long-term competitive … Continue reading…

Christina Broder, Big4.com Staff Reporter
July 19, 2010

Deloitte recently analyzed the quarterly financial statements of the top 25 global aerospace and defence (A&D) companies and found that financial performance will remain flat throughout 2010. For the companies which have yet … Continue reading…

Kenneth Guillame, Big4.com Staff Reporter

Monday, July 19, 2010
 

There is some good news for small publicly traded companies in terms of cost and effort savings from complying with Sarbanes Oxley provisions under the 2010 Reform Act. It appears … Continue reading…

Christina Broder, Big4.com Staff Reporter
July 19, 2010

The recently released 2009 annual Ernst & Young working capital survey on the working capital performance of the 2,000 largest companies by sales, headquartered in the US and Europe has two startling … Continue reading…

Christina Broder, Big4.com Staff Reporter
July 18, 2010

Baker Tilly International is enhancing its breadth and depth in an increasingly critical and growing market for professional services – China. This supports the growth in key emerging economies for the 8th … Continue reading…

Nita Teoh, Big4.com
July 14, 2010

Chief Information Officers (CIOs) are continually faced with the increasing pressure of delivering greater value from IT services for their companies on a daily basis. Much like Moore’s law, demands on performance keeps … Continue reading…