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  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    Junior KPMG auditor ‘should not lose his home’ for misleading regulator, says tribunal

    Lawyer argues penalties sought by FRC over Carillion audit are designed to ‘destroy’ accountant’s life

  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
    KPMG faces £14.4mn fine for misleading UK regulators over Carillion audit

    Tribunal finds five defendants guilty of misconduct after hearing auditors created ‘false documents’

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    KPMG partners risk losing share of £300mn pot over ethical standards

    Move part of effort to improve culture at firm after regulatory fines and investigations

  • Monday, 2 May, 2022
    ADLER Group SA
    Adler shares plunge 45% after KPMG refuses to sign off results

    Co-chief and three board members resign as Big Four firm says it was denied access to crucial documents

  • Friday, 29 April, 2022
    Property sector
    KPMG refuses audit opinion on embattled real estate group Adler

    Rare move pushes German property company deeper into crisis

  • Sunday, 24 April, 2022
    Accounting & Consulting services
    KPMG wins UK government contracts despite withdrawing from bidding after scandals

    Big Four consultancy secures £10mn of public sector work since saying it would stop pitching

  • Monday, 18 April, 2022
    News in-depthUK outsourcing
    Construction and outsourcing groups still prone to audit failures

    Four years after Carillion’s collapse, many rivals have attracted attention of accounting regulator

  • Friday, 11 March, 2022
    ADLER Group SA
    KPMG ‘not able to refute’ allegations against Adler Group

    German real estate company’s shares hold firm as it asks auditor to extend special investigation

  • Tuesday, 8 March, 2022
    KPMG fined again for audit shortcomings

    Penalty and reprimand from regulator over work at Revolution Bars, the latest in series of failings by the Big Four firm

  • Tuesday, 8 February, 2022
    Accountancy
    Former KPMG auditors say regulator failed to let them respond to Carillion claims

    Objections deal potential blow to FRC’s case against Big Four firm and six accountants

  • Thursday, 3 February, 2022
    KPMG sued for £1.3bn over Carillion audit

    Official receiver alleges that any competent auditor would have detected the misstatements at UK outsourcer

  • Wednesday, 2 February, 2022
    Due Diligence
    KPMG partners who were told to ‘stop moaning’ last year receive a pay bump Premium content

    Plus, Sony enters the M&A game with a deal of its own and Nelson Peltz switches up his board seats

  • Tuesday, 1 February, 2022
    KPMG hands UK partners biggest payday since 2014

    Booming market for advisory work helps send pre-tax profits up at Big Four firm

  • Friday, 28 January, 2022
    Special ReportUK’s Leading Management Consultants
    Supply chain bottlenecks: ‘It’s been nuts’

    Consultants are trying to help companies improve resilience and cut carbon emissions while also keeping costs down

  • Wednesday, 19 January, 2022
    Regulator fines KPMG £3m for audit failings at collapsed retailer

    Penalty for its Conviviality work is second set of sanctions against firm in as many days

  • Tuesday, 18 January, 2022
    KPMG auditor fined and banned for misleading watchdog inspectors

    Tribunal hears allegations about accounting firm staff backdating documents during review of Regenersis audit

  • Monday, 17 January, 2022
    Accountancy
    KPMG partner said he was unaware of alleged forgery of Carillion audit documents

    Peter Meehan described being ‘shocked and angry’ after his suspension from accounting firm

  • Wednesday, 12 January, 2022
    Junior KPMG auditor in Carillion case unaware he was doing anything wrong, tribunal hears

    Regulator alleges six KPMG staff ‘fabricated’ documents after questions from its inspectors about audit of UK outsourcer

  • Tuesday, 11 January, 2022
    KPMG auditors forged documents to avoid criticism, tribunal heard

    Big Four accounting firm tries to distance itself from actions of former staff who were auditing Carillion

  • Monday, 10 January, 2022
    KPMG admits ‘misconduct’ as regulator alleges forgery by Carillion auditors

    FRC opens case against accounting firm that is expected to last five weeks

  • Tuesday, 21 December, 2021
    LexInsolvency
    Insolvency practitioners: reforming an industry riven with conflicts of interest Premium content

    Self-regulation has clearly not worked and proposed changes should not be watered down

  • Sunday, 19 December, 2021
    KPMG blocks referrals to former insolvency unit over Silentnight scandal

    Decision is part of firm’s attempts to repair image after series of fines and investigations

  • Friday, 17 December, 2021
    KPMG withdraws from bidding for UK government contracts after scandals

    Move by Big Four accountancy firm follows threat by Cabinet Office to ban it from winning public sector work

  • Thursday, 9 December, 2021
    FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
    Evergrande’s endgame

    The Big Four accounting firms record their strongest financial performance since the collapse of Enron, and Apple tolerates a loose interpretation of its new privacy rules

  • Wednesday, 1 December, 2021
    KPMG expects auditors back in UK offices four days a week in the future

    Move follows concerns that remote working could damage audit quality

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