Finance

As private equity floods in, accounting is at the beginning of a great experiment around money and control.

The accounting industry looks different today. Here's how to use that to your advantage.

The increasing amount of investment from private equity firms in the accounting profession is transforming the ways accountants pursue their careers, according to a new report.

Private equity comes with a great many questions; Bob Lewis offers answers and valuable advice for accountants looking at this major trend.

The Top 50 Firm based in Cleveland is the latest to receive a private equity investment, in this case from Lovell Minnick Partners.

Private equity firm Further Global has taken a minority stake in the Top 25 Firm.

The commission is focused on accounting errors the railroad had previously disclosed and certain non-financial performance metrics. 

The Top 25 Firm is expanding in Connecticut by adding the Woodbridge-based accounting, consulting and tax firm.

Confidence in generative AI has soared among financial operations and tax professionals in just one year.

Fish are literally jumping into the boat these days, and accounting firms need to ensure that they get the best possible catch.

The private equity-backed platform is adding Pasadena, California-based Lucas Horsfall.

The PE-backed accounting business has completed the acquisition of tax prep, planning, advisory and accounting firm Wiener and Garg in Rockville, Maryland.

Private equity may bring valuable, if not entirely welcome, changes to the accounting profession.

Beyond private equity lie a host of other acquirers and accounting firm structures — and not all of them will be good for the profession.

A short-seller report that questioned the company's accounting practices triggered a Department of Justice investigation.

Prosecutors alleged Robert Brockman controlled Point and used it to engage in the largest tax-evasion scheme by an individual in U.S. history.

Startups will need to clean up their recordkeeping if they want to have any hope of raising new venture capital. 

The Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate by a half percentage point Wednesday, an aggressive shift aimed at bolstering the U.S. labor market.

Prosperity Partners, a private equity-backed firm in Chicago, has completed the acquisition of Detroit-based Cendrowski Corporate Advisors.