03rd October 2006
Although more women are becoming partners in U.S. accounting firms, the proportion is greater among smaller firms. Nearly 20 percent of accounting firm partners are women, up from 12 percent a decade ago, according to a study by the American Institute of ...
03rd October 2006
The Big Four firms have increasingly become large global players in a complicated and dynamic landscape where they have to deal with two key issues:
How to deal with risk to people and property.
How do manage increased corporate trans...
03rd October 2006
A mixture of good and disappointing news, but not everyone will talk about it.
Fund managers working at boutique firms are set to be paid the most this year, say asset management headhunters. By comparison, fund managers working in investment banks are ...
03rd October 2006
If you review the latest reports released by any of the Big4 companies in their review of 2005, their contemplation of 2006, and evaluation of global positioning, the most discussed topic of interest by far is talent.Talent, as it relates to KPMG's positi...
03rd October 2006
Self-assessments are ubiquitous in the Big Four. Your project managers, counselors, mentors, and partners all are interested in how you view your own performance on various projects and other firm initiatives. Throughout the year, consequently, you have t...
03rd October 2006
What is it they say about birds of a feather flocking together? It would be more appropriate in our context to restate this as dedicated professionals, business leaders, consultative practitioners, from a common background of professional firms, getting a...
03rd October 2006
A comprehensive resource and reference guide, for corporate and business endeavors is the recently released publication by KPMG. It offers broad and bread-necessary guidance to executives on how to compete effectively and competitively in the global marke...
03rd October 2006
Just last month, we saw another interesting development in the creation of niche tax and consulting firms.
Andersen alumni launched True Partners Consulting (TPC), a tax and advisory consulting firm in Chicago, headed by Cary McMillan, former head of the...
03rd October 2006
WIn an article released during the World Economic Forum in Davos, one of the biggest challenges in bringing together a global market is the need to "embrace diverse mindsets". At the heart of this daunting challenge is the fact that there are several comp...
17th August 2006
Sarbanes-Oxley has opened up a growing range of opportunities for accountants and other financial professionals with solid IT skills.
The reason? ''Information technology is often the key to compliance issues, whether we're talking about Sarbanes-Oxley...
16th August 2006
Conventional wisdom says you should always follow up with prospective employers after you've sent them a resume or met them for an interview. But many candidates find such tactics fruitless: Either they receive no response from their actual contact, or fi...
13th August 2006
The globalization of the world economies has brought about anticipated, as well as unexpected changes. One of the most controversial and complicated has been the investment process and the management of diverse and often involved international transaction...
13th August 2006
In a report issued by KPMG, the economic growth of South America seems just short of miraculous. How has this been accomplished, and what does this mean for direct investments from foreign investors?
Argentina's privatization program that included a ...
06th August 2006
Although a number of companies have tried to expand their internal audit departments to cope with the demands of Sarbanes-Oxley, a lack of talent has kept many positions unfilled. More than half of the 400 respondents to PricewaterhouseCoopers' second ann...
06th August 2006
The continuing trend for businesses in today's global environment is to seek outsourcing opportunities, in an effort to control costs and to affect the highest level of professionalism possible. In many instances, the need to comply with global financial ...
