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Cherry Bekaert Achieves Top 5 Hedge Fund Auditor Ranking Following Acquisition of Spicer Jeffries

CPA Practice

This list ranks the top CPA firms by the number of SEC-registered hedge funds audited. Following the recent acquisition of the business of Spicer Jeffries LLP , Cherry Bekaert is now ranked first among middle-market accounting firms. hedge fund auditors, marking a significant milestone in the Firm’s history.

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Special Report: 2025 Readers’ Choice Awards

CPA Practice

The awards highlight the most useful technology for firms and clients. From tax prep to asset management, invoicing and portals, and auditing to remote CFO functions, the services the accounting and tax pros provide are dependent on the technologies they use.

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Professionals on the Move – July 2025

CPA Practice

Grant Thornton Appoints Rick Surrett as CFO, Succeeding Longtime Leader Muhammad Bhayat Grant Thornton, one of America’s largest brands of professionals providing end-to-end audit, assurance, tax and advisory services, recently named Rick Surett as its new chief financial officer (CFO).

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Feds Raid PwC; Big 4 Wants to Be Like Grant Thornton!? | 11.4.24

Going Concern

Accountants have to do the same amount of work with less resources, with time being one of them.” Reports NL Times : The accountancy firm Ernst & Young (EY) is the latest accounting company to discover exam fraud. The fraud consisted of accountants sharing answers to mandatory tests, which is not allowed.

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New GASB Members Named

CPA Practice

Before entering the public sector, he was employed as an audit manager with the accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche. He joined the Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council (GASAC) in 2011 as a representative of the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) and served as chair from 2015-2021.

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The three ways to assess AI

Accounting Today

NYC Local Law 144, for example, has different requirements for measuring bias than the state laws requiring bias assessments in Colorado and Illinois. It made a similar point as the EY report in saying that many are colloquially using terms like "AI audit" or "AI assurance" to refer to different types of engagements and assessments.

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On the move: Whitley Penn names global talent partner

Accounting Today

ALABAMA Machen McChesney, Auburn, promoted: Emma Farris to manager, Mary Elizabeth Bond to supervisor, and Ally Bean, Cole Dewberry and Keeley Leisure to senior accountants. COLORADO Randy Watkins was hired as a partner to spearhead the growth of the Colorado office at ClingerHagerman, Greeley. DELAWARE Herbein + Co.