Finance

A group of firms is combining under the Richey May brand to create a national footprint and rank among the Top 50 Firms.

Top 100 Firm Smith + Howard acquired Birmingham, Alabama-based Horton, Lee & Burnett, expanding its Southeast footprint.

The Top 25 Firm based in New York is acquiring Ostrow Reisin Berk & Abrams, a Regional Leader based in Chicago.

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Top 50 Firm Ascend acquired KSDT, effective Sept. 1, marking the firm's largest transaction to date.

Crete Professionals Alliance, based in Tampa, Florida, has added a San Diego, California-based provider of valuation and financial advisory services.

One of Accounting Today's fastest-growing firms has recently relaunched its website and brand.

The Top 10 Firm based in Chicago plans to acquire a Boston-based strategy consulting firm that specializes in services for private equity firms.

Rightworks plans to expand in response to changing dynamics brought on in part by the growing influence of private equity.

The Top 75 Firm based in Parsippany, New Jersey, plans to buy MNK in Florham Park, New Jersey, effective Nov. 15, 2025.

Here are 10 key consequences of this wave of investment and what you can do about them.

The Top 25 Firm based in New York acquired substantially all the assets of Barkin, Perren, Schwager & Dolan LLP, a firm based in Woodland Hills, California.

Platform Accounting adds AWG Wine Advisors; Earned acquires Schwartz & Schwartz; Prosperity Partners acquires Pipaya; and Gail Rosen joins RRBB.

Wipfli's infusion of private equity funding from New Mountain Capital promises to help the firm expand, while still retaining the partners' control over the firm.

The Top 20 Firm based in Milwaukee received a minority investment, making it the latest accounting firm to score private equity funding.

The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants weighed in on private equity investment in accounting firms and ethical and independence concerns.

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Top 10 Firm Grant Thornton added Auxis, which offers Latin American outsourcing, to its U.S.-based advisory practice, Grant Thornton Advisors.

On his retirement, the AICPA's Carl Peterson reflects on CPA licensure, technology for small practices, the impact of private equity, and more.

AI and AI agents will no doubt do a lot of work in a lot of industries in the very near future. But generative AI still carries the risk of creating incorrect or fabricated information.