One of the big reasons for merging Canada’s accounting profes­sions is the global compe­tition nipping at their (our?) heels. One such challenger, as highlighted in the current CA Magazine, is the Chartered Global Management Accountant certi­fi­cation, a product of the American Institute of Certified Public Accoun­tants (AICPA) and Chartered Institute of Management Accoun­tants (CIMA). Cue Patrick […]

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Grant Thornton in the UK merged earlier in the year with RSM Robson Rhodes, making it “a leading player in the mid-market and the provider of non-audit services to one in four of the FTSE 100,” according to GT’s chief Michael Cleary. The board of the merged entity makes the trans­action look more like an […]

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Hot on the heels of their announcement that the merger discus­sions with Grant Thornton were called off, BDO Dunwoody’s insol­vency practice BDO Dunwoody Ltd. has joined forces in Nova Scotia with Goodman Rosen Inc. Expanding one of Canada’s most compre­hensive financial recovery practices, BDO Dunwoody Limited, Trustee in Bankruptcy and Goodman Rosen Inc., Trustee in Bankruptcy […]

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It was only a few weeks ago I was blogging about the the potential merger in Canada of BDO Dunwoody and Grant Thornton. They announced that they were in talks and conducting the necessary due diligence proce­dures to see if a merger would be good for the two firms and their clients. They announced today […]

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Although they’re possibly (likely?) completely unrelated, the recent announcement in the UK that Grant Thornton would merge with RSM Robson Rhodes comes hot on the heels of the announcement in Canada that BDO Dunwoody and Grant Thornton here would enter into discus­sions on the possi­bility of merging. The partners of Grant Thornton UK LLP and […]

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