Private equity

While no one can say what the final destination of this year's Top 100 Firms and Regional Leaders will be, they've got a head of steam up to reach top speed.

The Top 50 Firm received a minority investment from Private Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, expected to close at the end of Q2 2026.

The International Federation of Accountants released data on the growth of private equity in the global accounting profession.

Jim Peko, the CEO of Grant Thornton Advisors, says it was only by abandoning a vision of incremental change that the firm was able to achieve its current rapid growth.

As private equity continues to be more and more involved in accounting, Jennifer Wilson looks into what it takes for firms to maintain their independence.

Top 100 Firm Citrin Cooperman gives every single employee a stake in its private equity-funded success.

The Top 50 Firm based in Atlanta is absorbing three acquisitions it made last year while planning on future dealmaking.

The Top 25 Firm acquired Browne Consulting Group, expanding its presence in Boston and strengthening its expertise in the life sciences and biotech sectors.

Jennifer Wilson of ConvergenceCoaching cross-examines the potential impact of private equity on accounting firms, and on the profession as a whole.

The Top 75 Firm has added an audit and accounting firm in New York, the latest deal after receiving private equity funding.

An increase in private equity acquisitions has made odd bedfellows of once-disparate, competing accounting firms.

The Top 25 Firm based in New York is expanding its presence in the Sunshine State by buying a firm in Hollywood, Florida.

The PE-backed accounting platform has added Tyler, Texas-based Gollob Morgan Peddy, further expanding its footprint in the Southwest.

Nichols Cauley is creating a new platform through a PE-backed merger with Partners Risk Services and JGH Consulting, with former Baker Tilly chief Alan Whitman as CEO.

Not interested in private equity? You're in luck: There's a host of other strategic investors looking to partner with accounting firms

Less than 5% of people in accounting will ever become partners; why is it touted as one of the profession's key rewards?

Accounting's top influencers look back at the profession's biggest shifts.

As part of this year's Top 100 Most Influential People survey, Accounting Today asked, "What has been the most important change in accounting during your career?"

The institute has proposed a set of revisions to its Code of Professional Conduct regarding the structures set up by firms with private equity investment.

Two-thirds of firms say they don't need outside capital, and of the third that do, the most common reason they're looking might surprise you.