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Big Four, Companies, Corporate Governance, Criminal Transactions, Financial Institutions / 20.10.2020

KPMG’s links to the Wirecard Scandal

The FT has shed a light on #KPMG’s double role in the #Wirecard scandal, outlining the controversial connection existing between the advisory company that last April revealed the Fintech fraud. This points out that #conflictsofinterest coupled with weak #corporategovernance, as well as complacency from the...

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Big Four, ESG / 07.10.2020

Solving the “Alphabet Soup” of ESG Reporting: a pre-requisite to enable Stakeholder Capitalism

As a response to the fragmented environment of ESG reporting, the international community has begun taking its steps towards harmonization. After a joint vision has been shared by the five leading Framework and Standard-setting Institutions, also the Big Four Accounting Firms have recently disclosed a...

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Big Four, Corporate Governance, Criminal Transactions, Financial Institutions / 04.07.2020

Wirecard scandal: a story of fraud and auditing negligence

Wirecard’s share price has collapsed after the exposure of its fraud scheme. On Thursday, June 18th 2020, Wirecard’s auditor, EY, stated that, when carrying out its 2019 audit of the firm, it could not find $2 billion in the company’s accounts, funds that the German firm later...

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Corporate Governance / 09.09.2019

KPMG partners quit in wake of WhatsApp row

Some episodes at KPMG are creating tension between partners and are unsettling staff. "Two of KPMG’s most senior financial consultants have quit the Big Four firm after Tim Howarth, their boss, was ousted following an investigation into his conduct". We are talking about Mike Walters and...

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Big Four, Women empowerment / 03.09.2019

Former female KPMG members launch rival consulting firm as a response over concerns about bullying

Maggie Brereton and Ina Kjaer, former KPMG partners, launched their consulting firm, Eos Deal Advisory. The company has been named after the Greek goddess of the dawn. The two advisors left KPMG this February, as a form of protest to the response that the firm alleged...

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