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    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      KPMG extends pay freeze to 12,000 UK staff

      The Big Four firm already kept pay flat in its deal advisory unit because of a prolonged slowdown in dealmaking

      KPMG Europe’s offices in Manchester
    • Sunday, 19 November, 2023
      KPMG UK partnership shrinks to half the size of rival PwC

      Gulf between smallest Big Four firm and rivals opens up as number of partners falls to a more than 20-year low

      KPMG Europe’s office in Manchester
    • Sunday, 5 November, 2023
      LexWorkplace diversity & equality
      Workplace diversity: focus on class would drive improvements Premium content

      A new study showed that working-class women can suffer a double disadvantage

      A group of young people, male and female, of different ethnicities are sitting in a bright modern office room
    • Tuesday, 17 October, 2023
      KPMG cuts jobs and freezes pay for deal advisory staff

      Big Four firm has been hit by dearth of deals and slower economic growth

      A worker enters KPMG’s offices in Manchester, England
    • Thursday, 12 October, 2023
      FT live news
      News updates from October 12: US inflation hotter than expected in September, FCA bans Staley
    • Thursday, 12 October, 2023
      KPMG fined a record £21mn over ‘textbook’ failures in Carillion collapse

      UK accounting watchdog imposes penalty on Big Four firm over serious failings in UK contractor audit

      A man walks past a hoarding with a Carillion logo and an image of a building under construction on it
    • Monday, 25 September, 2023
      News in-depthAccounting & Consulting services
      Big Four shed UK staff after pandemic hiring boom

      ‘Overhiring’ in some areas has led consultancies to make job cuts, say recruiters and analysts

      Montage of commuter in London, EY, Pwc, KPMG and Deloitte
    • Sunday, 10 September, 2023
      Abraaj Capital Ltd
      Dubai to hear long delayed $600mn Abraaj case against KPMG Lower Gulf

      Administrators of the collapsed private equity firm are claiming damages for alleged audit lapses

      Dubai’s financial centre
    • Monday, 3 July, 2023
      Flexible working
      Summer in the City? Internships in the age of hybrid work

      Half-empty offices cause frustrations for young people on placements

      Illustration of a pair of sunglasses on the sand with a view of Canary Wharf skyline in the background
    • Thursday, 29 June, 2023
      KPMG and PwC fined over Eddie Stobart audits

      UK watchdog also imposes penalty on two partners following three-year investigation

      Eddie Stobart trucks
    • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
      Artificial intelligence
      Investors turn to AI-guided dealmaking to gain edge over rivals

      Accountancy firm KPMG, hedge fund Coatue and VC firm Headline among those incorporating the technology

      Montage with KPMG logo overlaid on bakcground of skyscrapers
    • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
      KPMG fined £1mn over ‘rudimentary’ failures in TheWorks audit

      Big Four firm has paid £69mn of penalties over five years, far more than rivals

      A TheWorks shop
    • Thursday, 13 April, 2023
      Wirecard AG
      Wirecard boss threatened ‘legal steps’ against KPMG over special audit

      Partner at Big Four firm says Markus Braun invited him skiing as he sought to water down probe

      Markus Braun in court
    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
      Inside BusinessOlaf Storbeck
      EY, KPMG and the fallout of two accounting scandals

      What happens to companies that cannot secure an auditor to check their accounts?

    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
      Silicon Valley Bank
      KPMG stands by audits of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank

      The two institutions failed days after issuing annual reports certified by the accounting firm

      The KPMG office building in Germany
    • Friday, 17 February, 2023
      KPMG settles with Carillion liquidators over £1.3bn audit negligence claim

      Firm had been accused of missing ‘red flags’ on UK outsourcer before it collapsed in 2018

      A Carillion sign hangs from a crane at a construction site in London
    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
      KPMG partner pay climbs as hot deals market overshadows fines

      Average pay hits £717,000 as Big Four firm benefits from rising demand for consulting services

      A KPMG logo on a building
    • Friday, 16 December, 2022
      Accountancy
      FTSE 100 CFOs tell Big Four to cut costs after audit price jump

      Finance chiefs say in letter that it is difficult ‘to sit quietly’ as firms announce ‘very significant pay rises’

      Montage of KPMG, Deloitte, EY and PwC logos
    • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
      KPMG International
      KPMG staff cheated on professional tests, US regulator says

      Fines from oversight board total $7.7mn in actions against accountant’s networks in the UK, Colombia and India

      A KPMG logo
    • Monday, 14 November, 2022
      KPMG reaches £5mn settlement over Watchstone audit negligence claim

      Big Four firm settles lawsuit without admitting liability

      A KPMG logo
    • Tuesday, 18 October, 2022
      KPMG’s UK partnership shrinks to smallest in two decades

      High number of departures and fewer promotions thin ranks at top of Big Four firm

      The headquarters of Barclays Plc, right, stands beyond the offices of KPMG, left, and the headquarters of Fitch Ratings, in the Canary Wharf business and shopping district in London on Friday, July 12, 2013.
    • Monday, 3 October, 2022
      Dubai hands out $2mn fine for KPMG’s Abraaj audits

      Financial regulator says auditor and former partner failed to follow international standards

      KPMG sign on a building
    • Monday, 5 September, 2022
      KPMG sued for $830mn over ‘appalling’ Chinese audit

      Liquidator of China Medical says Big Four firm failed to ask ‘obvious’ questions

      A KPMG logo at the China International Import Expo in Shanghai
    • Friday, 29 July, 2022
      KPMG accuses Carillion management of doctoring audit information

      Big Four firm denies it is responsible for £1.3bn of losses claimed by liquidators of collapsed outsourcer

      A worker guides down a sign showing the name of liquidated British construction and outsourcing group Carillion on a building site in the City of London on January 23 2018
    • Thursday, 28 July, 2022
      Accounting & Consulting services
      KPMG hit with half of UK accounting fines as penalties reach new record

      Fines across the industry rose to £46.5mn last year, according to watchdog

      The KPMG logo on a building
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