My long standing blogging friend, Dennis Howlett has drawn my attention to a blog by Michael Izza, President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in
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Why the heck do we trust in KPMG?
In June the Telegraph announced: Top auditor John Griffith-Jones will head the UK’s new Financial Conduct Authority from next year. Mr Griffith-Jones currently chairs the
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It’s not just banks that need splitting in two – accounting does too – or we need something much more radical
My friend and colleague Prof Prem Sikka has argued since time immemorial (or so it seems) that auditing is a corrupt profession. He is, of
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Who has the most to answer for on Barclays after the board? Try PWC
Who is most responsible for Barclays? Well, without doubt the directors of Barclay, a body in whom I am sure the public has remarkably little
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Barclays took you for a ride
Old Trafford is now in George Town, Cayman Islands
As the Guardian has reported this morning, Manchester United has been re-registered as a Cayman Islands company. The whole arrnagement is, of course, about financial
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