Quick story on this so we can record some numbers. With Big 4 firms growing […]
Category: Industry Trends
The AICPA Gets Around to Looking Into If This Whole Private Equity Thing Requires New Independence Rules
Two years ago, two years after the first major private equity investment in a top […]
What Happens to DEI at the Big Firms Now?
In July 2023, a nonprofit group called America First Legal — founded by Trump senior […]
ESOP Accounting Firm CEO Talks Some Shit About PE-Backed Firms
Last year the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) put together a […]
Vulture, Er, *Venture Capitalists Are Here
“We do think there’s a huge opportunity to roll up accounting firms and automate a […]
The Big Boys in Investing Are Getting Into Accounting Now
Well it’s official, we’re in the “sell” part of the private equity cycle. We’re also […]
Dunno Who Needs to Read This Today, It’s Probably You
Stop normalizing overwork. Related: Merry Christmas, everyone. Log off.
PE Partner Reveals the Real Reason Private Equity is Going Crazy For Accounting
The quotes you’re going to read below were shared in last Friday’s Footnotes but we […]
Firms Tell the PCAOB There’s an Offshoring Brain Drain
The PCAOB released a Spotlight the other day [PDF] and it seems large firms are […]
Drama of the Day: CPA Learns That ‘Americans Are Lazy’ Is an Unpopular Opinion
Thanks to the Xitterian who alerted me to this tweet and its responses because boy […]
Grant Thornton Partners Partied in The Bahamas Before This Latest Round of Layoffs (Allegedly)
On Friday, a tipster generously handed us information that Grant Thornton had engaged in more […]
Grant Thornton UK Picks Private Equity Over Merging With Its US Cousins
Finally, Grant Thornton UK has picked a private equity firm to whore itself out to. […]