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  • Monday, 19 October, 2020
    Wirecard AG
    KPMG was engaged as auditor to group used in suspicious Wirecard deals

    Accountancy firm had second thoughts about working with Mauritian-based fund

  • Tuesday, 5 May, 2020
    FT InvestigationsInside Wirecard
    How the paper trail went cold in KPMG’s special audit of Wirecard

    The accounting firm struggled to verify €1bn of payments held by an uncooperative trustee

  • Wednesday, 29 April, 2020
    FT InvestigationsInside Wirecard
    Wirecard: what KPMG’s report found

    The payments group had predicted vindication from a special audit — it did not arrive

  • Tuesday, 28 April, 2020
    Wirecard AG
    Activist calls on Wirecard to fire CEO Markus Braun

    Hohn presses for chief’s removal after KPMG was unable to verify fintech’s third-party profits

  • Tuesday, 28 April, 2020
    FT InvestigationsInside Wirecard
    KPMG unable to verify Wirecard’s third-party profits

    Accounting firm also complained of obstacles in completing special audit of German payments group

  • Thursday, 16 April, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    UK accounting industry faces worst crisis in decade

    London-headquartered ‘Big Four’ firms cut partners’ pay while smaller rivals furlough staff in coronavirus pandemic  

  • Wednesday, 25 March, 2020
    Accountancy
    Accountancy firms plead for rules respite because of coronavirus 

    Pandemic threatens to impede investors’ access to reliable financial information

  • Monday, 2 March, 2020
    KPMG spins off pensions unit to avoid audit conflict

    Move is first significant sale of advisory division by Big Four accountant

  • Friday, 28 February, 2020
    KPMG partner at centre of bullying row leaves firm

    Sanjay Thakkar leaves by ‘mutual consent’ after 28 years at firm

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  • Tuesday, 25 February, 2020
    KPMG investigates Carillion auditor over other outsourcer

    Probe commissioned by Big Four firm is examining the audit of another outsourcing firm

  • Monday, 13 January, 2020
    KPMG UK’s most senior woman quits

    Deputy chair Melanie Richards keen to explore non-executive director roles

  • Friday, 10 January, 2020
    Decision on KPMG’s audit of Carillion delayed

    UK watchdog misses self-imposed deadline to complete its probe due to ‘complexity’ of case

  • Monday, 6 January, 2020
    News in-depthKPMG UK
    Bill Michael fights to restore KPMG’s image and profits

    ‘I’m not going to tolerate bad behaviour,’ says embattled UK chairman

  • Sunday, 15 December, 2019
    KPMG slashes leadership pay by £6m after poor year

    Big Four firm has had a difficult 2019, facing controversies and a 14% profit fall

  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2019
    KPMG’s UK profits drop 14% as it battles to restructure

    Decline follows a series of reputational damage and a flurry of partner departures

  • Wednesday, 20 November, 2019
    FT Magazine
    Betrayed by the Big Four: whistleblowers speak out

    An FT investigation reveals a culture of fear at the world’s leading accounting firms

  • Tuesday, 19 November, 2019
    SoftBank in talks to take over KPMG Mayfair club

    Big Four firm to dispose of property after regulator raised client perks concerns

  • Tuesday, 12 November, 2019
    Halfords Group PLC
    Halfords accounts change puts KPMG in spotlight

    Cycles and car parts retailer removes £11.7m of inventory costs from balance sheet

  • Friday, 8 November, 2019
    KPMG looks to close private members’ club

    New tenant sought after UK chairman urges scrapping of lavish Number Twenty venue

  • Monday, 28 October, 2019
    Accountancy
    Big Four lift UK market share as audit reform concerns grow

    Dominance of a few firms comes amid signs that drive for more powerful regulation may be waning

  • Sunday, 27 October, 2019
    KPMG poised to call time on its Mayfair members’ club

    Plan to close Number Twenty among measures in ‘Project Zebra’ cost-saving scheme

  • Wednesday, 23 October, 2019
    KPMG nets £2.3m for Patisserie Valerie despite conflict of interest

    Firm paid for work on failed chain even after quitting administrator role over Grant Thornton link

  • Monday, 21 October, 2019
    LexFinancial services
    KPMG UK: bean counting begins at home Premium

    Accountancy firm’s economy drive will be hard to steer through

  • Monday, 21 October, 2019
    KPMG eyes cost cuts with ‘Project Zebra’ plan

    Big Four group looks at ‘every aspect of our firm’ as it turns zero-based approach on itself

  • Friday, 11 October, 2019
    FT CollectionsCorporate governance
    Corporate stakeholders

    Big Oil, climate protests and a Tokyo takeover bid fuel the debate on company purpose

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