A little late, but a blog post at CFO.com about the level of service a small-cap public company can expect to receive from a Big Four auditor compared to a mid-size firm seemed interesting enough to share: CFO.com reader Kunal Ganguly wrote us to say a company of Catapult’s size, with its $102 million marketContinue reading “Are small-caps better served by mid-size firms?”
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Big Four and Mintz again part of Top GTA Employers list
The Toronto Star has released the 2008 edition of their Greater Toronto’s Top 50 Employers list, and it is no surprise that accounting firms are well represented once again. All four of the largest accounting firms, the Big Four, made the list, along with a local single office firm, Mintz & Partners. The reasons whyContinue reading “Big Four and Mintz again part of Top GTA Employers list”
Audit choice and competition in UK and G8
Jeremy Newman of BDO Stoy Hayward, highlights a key finding of the British Oxera Report on Audit Choice and Competition: According to the report by Oxera on Competition and Choice published in April 2006 more than 70% of FTSE 100 companies had not held a competitive tender for the last 15 years. The incidence ofContinue reading “Audit choice and competition in UK and G8”
Forced ranking at accounting firms?
Francine dishes on forced ranking at GE and the Big Four: That is, compared to their peers, they don’t have the right stuff right now and their performance, although fine, is not as fine as the other 90%. So, with a poor rating instead of a positive rating, your choices are slim. No raise, noContinue reading “Forced ranking at accounting firms?”
re: A new auditing and accounting blog
re: The Auditors is a relatively new blog that covers the auditing profession and is written by Francine McKenna, who has some impressive work history which she details on her LinkedIn profile. I’ve added her to my Links. Some posts I’ve found particularly interesting: The Top Ten Reasons Audit Fees Will Not Go Down HeardContinue reading “re: A new auditing and accounting blog”