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Regional chair Julie Boland puts loyalists in top posts amid rethink of governance at Big Four firm
Hywel Ball will be allowed to work beyond Big Four firm’s mandatory retirement age of 60
Why EY identified “a potential risk of bias or fraud through management manipulation by manual adjustments”
Regulatory reform of the audit industry is still unfinished business
What happened to EY’s grand plan to shake up the accounting industry?
A teaching case with questions for students
UK accounting regulator investigates Big Four firm’s 2021 review of failed group’s accounts
Move by ‘Big Four’ accounting firm comes just days after collapse of plan to split group up
US head needs consensus-building skills after scrapping plans for a global split of the accounting firm
Firm’s partners in Britain told global costs racked up on ‘Project Everest’ had reached $600mn
Leaders of Big Four firm’s US arm torpedoed split deal over the Easter weekend
Global accountancy partnership has returned to base camp — but its ambition was sound
American partners told retrenchment is part of strategy to simplify business
The IMF is forecasting a ‘hard landing’ for the global economy if high inflation continues
Plus, a tech entrepreneur learns the dangers of talking too much, and Arrival takes Spacs for another spin
Split of audit and consulting businesses had faced resistance from some partners
SEC ordered review of why accounting firm failed to disclose staff sharing answers on professional tests
Big Four firm cannot take on listed companies as new clients for two years
Joint statement claims progress on ‘Project Everest’ after planning for the split was halted this month
Deadline for Recharge Industries to finalise purchase of site runs into impasse with EY
Appeal to partners comes after US boss calls for a pause in push to split the business
Julie Boland defends decision to pause work on historic split of Big Four firm
What happens to companies that cannot secure an auditor to check their accounts?
Firm’s UK arm had argued that request to show it can meet potential $2.7bn penalty was ‘unnecessary’
Julie Boland tells partners there are questions about how to protect the audit business and profit targets for consulting
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