Corporate governance

What exactly does the 'Year of the client' mean, and how can CPA firms deliver on the client-centric promise?

For the 2026 Top Firms by Assets Under Management, managing the growth of their own practices is as much a challenge as growing their clients' wealth.

Accountants don't have to wait for a major catastrophe to act on governance and oversight of AI as the systems become more enmeshed in workflows and decisions.

Talking about the importance of one type of tax planning or another is far different from implementing all of those strategies across the industry.

Centri Business Consulting plans to use a $20 million credit facility from Citizens Financial Group for acquisitions and talent.

AI governance is awaiting its Ferdinand Pecora, counsel to the Senate Banking Committee in the 1930s, who built the evidentiary foundation for every protector system that followed.

Most firm owners focus on the revenue lever they have pulled their whole career, but they may never have touched the other lever.

Plus, Xero announces XeroForce custom AI agent builder; Emburse releases new AI purchasing agent; and other news and updates from the accounting tech world.

Public accounting firms are having their own awkward conversation between the firm they built and the firm they now need to become.

Whitman Advisory, Maxwell Leadership and Lions Pride Leadership partnered to launch a leadership development and coaching company.

The idea of semi-annual reporting is a guaranteed self-inflicted disaster, like using a knife while gripping the blade instead of the handle, writes Paul Miller.

The firms that survive and thrive in the next 10 years won't be the ones with a great strategy alone.

While organizations are pouring incredible amounts of money into AI, lack of strong governance and coordination between leaders has blunted the effectiveness of these investments or even lost them money.

Leaders from the Top 100 Firm name the top challenges to the profession — from private equity and tech, to staffing and change management.

Cybersecurity remains a key concern, according to the Center for Audit Quality and Deloitte's new report on audit committee effectiveness and priorities.

When accounting firm leaders build guardrails, train their people and stay actively engaged, AI will become a force multiplier — not a liability.