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DECEMBER 19, 2018

’s Big Four accountancy firms — KPMG , PwC , EY and Deloitte — have escaped a forced breakup from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), The Guardia n reported on Tuesday (Dec. ” “Most people will never read an auditor’s opinion on a company’s accounts,” he said.

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APRIL 3, 2019

may be changing course in its efforts to break up the Big Four accountancy firms after the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) decided against such action late last year. Reports in Bloomberg on Monday (April 1) said a U.K. audits for large businesses. ” The committee’s conclusion drew expected criticism.

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JUNE 6, 2019

PwC is reportedly planning to ramp up its auditing operations by hiring 500 more auditors across the U.K., ” The auditor’s efforts follow KPMG’s previous announcement that it has ramped up oversight of its U.K. But the Big Four auditing firms have shied away from accepting the CMA’s recommendation for a breakup.

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JULY 6, 2020

The Big Four accounting firms will have to put their United Kingdom auditing and consulting practices in separate business units by 2024, but may keep them within the same parent companies, under regulations announced today by the Financial Reporting Council. The measures by the U.K.’s

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NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Parliament will commence an inquiry into the nation’s corporate auditing market, which is currently dominated by the Big Four accounting firms Deloitte, PwC, EY and KPMG, adding new pressure on an industry already being probed by other policymakers. Reports in Reuters on Sunday (November 11) said the U.K.

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