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  • Thursday, 25 February, 2021
    EY overhauls German partnership in effort to repair Wirecard damage

    Leadership is split just weeks before partners testify at inquiry into payment group’s collapse

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    Chairman says investment in staff created resilience to Covid-19 disruption

  • Monday, 14 December, 2020
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    Audit partners signed off accounts despite warnings from colleagues

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  • Tuesday, 8 December, 2020
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  • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
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    Big Four auditor under increasing pressure over its role in German accounting fraud

  • Friday, 27 November, 2020
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    Germany’s audit watchdog investigates Andreas Loetscher for potential misconduct

  • Thursday, 26 November, 2020
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    Oversight body said there was evidence of potential criminal violations

  • Wednesday, 25 November, 2020
    EY faces mounting pressure to disclose Wirecard details to German parliament

    Defunct payments provider’s management and supervisory boards release Big Four firm from duty of confidentiality

  • Monday, 23 November, 2020
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    Auditor of collapsed payments group seeking assurances that staff will not be breaking laws by revealing details of work

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  • Sunday, 1 November, 2020
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    Carmine Di Sibio pledges to raise bar on audits as group tries to mitigate backlash

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