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Tag: Private Equity
‘CPA’ Is an Increasingly Dirty Word at PE-Owned Firms
Blake really isn’t letting this one go and I don’t blame him: Some PE-owned firms […]
Doctors Waste Their Breath Warning Accountants About Private Equity
Wall Street Journal recently published a story about a pair of ER doctors who have […]
Baker Tilly and Moss Adams Are Combining to Create a Private Equity-Fueled Behemoth
We would have published this earlier were it not for a once-in-two-decades downtime issue when […]
From the AICPA to Advisor at a PE-Backed Firm: Here’s What Barry Melancon is Doing These Days
Yessss we get to use the “Smithers, fetch me the CGMAs” image. After spending almost […]
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 […]
CohnReznick is Supposedly Close to a Private Equity Deal
Another one bites the dust. In October, PE Hub reported that CohnReznick (IPA Top 100 […]
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 […]
BDO Gets Accused of Inflating Revenue Ahead of the ESOP Again, This Time in a Class Action Lawsuit
We knew it was only a matter of time before someone filed a class action […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]