KPMG chair calls Big Four an ‘oligopoly’ after Carillion collapse [FN]
As usual, the Brits are little more forthright about their failings than their American counterparts. Where KPMG US CEO Lynne Douthie wrote vaguely about the alleged conspiracy of former partners, but beamed about how awesome the firm is, Bill Micheal, the UK chairman, admitted that the firm is part of an oligopoly and likened the collapse of Carillion to a plane crash. He also said that the audit profession needs to change to “create a safer sustainable system going forward.”
Elsewhere: Big Four accountancy firms plan for UK break-up
SEC Tries to Scam ICO Investors to Show Them How Easy It Is [Bloomberg]
“HoweyCoins” features everything from a white paper to celebrity endorsements, and, of course, great returns on your investment:
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I have to believe that someone from the Fort Worth office was involved with this idea.
‘I Lost It’: The Boss Who Banned Phones, and What Came Next [WSJ]
“Don’t show up at a meeting with me with your phone. If someone shows up with their phone, it’ll be their last meeting,” one boss threatened a meeting full of his people. And, yes, while people glued to their phones are annoying, yelling at them seems a little, I don’t know, MONSTROUS. I much prefer the IT project manager who forced people to stand for the rest of a meeting when their phones went off.
Previously, on Going Concern…
I wrote about the end of comments on Going Concern. (Don’t worry, they will remain on Open Items.)
Grant Hutchinson wrote about internal audit careers.
In Open Items: Leave Big 4 then come back? (After trying to get into med school.)
In other news:
- The Bezos-Buffett-Dimon joint venture to save health care is struggling to find a CEO
- Senate Democrats Win Vote on Net Neutrality
- Six Reasons Why States Shouldn’t Be Counting Their Sports Betting Tax Revenue Yet
- Wells Fargo Employees Altered Information on Business Customers’ Documents
- Argentina apologizes for manual on seducing Russian women
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