With eight overall new Securities and Exchange Commission clients and a net gain of five, Top 20 Firm Marcum topped the charts among large and national firms in the fourth quarter — bringing in over a million dollars in audit fees.
Among its new client were a number of health care and pharmaceutical companies, including Amarantus Bioscience Holdings, First China Pharmaceutical Group, and DS Healthcare Group.
Big Four firm KPMG and McGladrey followed up with net gains of three clients each for the period (See “
BEYOND THE BIG FIRMS
Texas-based MaloneBailey was the biggest gainer in the quarter, bringing in 17 new clients for a net gain of 12 (See “
Denver-based Cutler & Co. came in second in overall engagement gains, with nine clients picked up from previous auditor Ronald Chadwick PC. According to a report on the Auditor Carousel blog, Chadwick planned to retire, and steered his clients toward Cutler.
Newport Beach, Calif.-based Anton & Chia also picked up an impressive nine clients from different previous auditors, while HHC CPA picked up six new clients from RBSM in Q4 — though it was reported that at least two of those had gone back to RBSM early in the first quarter of 2014.
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