Private equity

The accounting profession is in the midst of a vast experiment with a host of new ways to structure how firms are owned and managed.

A Dallas-based private equity firm is looking to expand its presence in the accounting sector in partnership with a Kansas-based firm it invested in last year.

The acquisition of Wilson Lewis takes private-equity-backed platform Ascend over $100 million in revenue.

The Top 100 Firm received a strategic growth investment from Pamlico Capital.

The deal is expected to close early next year and is the latest in a string of M&A transactions since EisnerAmper received private equity funding.

The Top 30 Firm is expanding its presence in the New York area, the latest in a series of deals after receiving private equity funding.

Choreo, a Chicago-based independent investment advisory firm that spun off from Top 10 Firm RSM US last year, has acquired an $8.1 billion wealth management practice from BDO USA.

Bob Lewis of the Visionary Group examines the opportunities private equity firms are creating in accounting, what it will mean for your firm, and how it will play out in the future.

The Top 30 Firm is buying a Regional Leader with offices in Illinois and Florida.

The private equity-backed firm has expanded to the Midwest.

The SEC's recently finalized rule on private fund advisors will impose new requirements.

Hedge funds and private equity firms will have to disclose more about their fees and face new restrictions from the Securities and Exchange Commission on giving investors special treatment.

The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted new rules and amendments aimed at tightening the regulation of private fund advisors.

MSP staff and managing partner Kyle Bryant will join the Regional Leader, which received private equity funding last November.

The real challenge is that money from outside the profession is putting accountants into their 'discomfort zone.'

The Top 30 Firm is expanding into Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky.

The PE-backed platform for CPA firms has acquired India-based Sentient Solutions for Accounting.

The Senate Finance Committee is questioning whether the sum from Leon Black amounted to gifts for which the private equity leader owes taxes.

For private equity organizations crafting acquisition strategies, and for the firms they are eyeing, it's essential to understand these distinctions.

Are accounting firms looking at deals with private equity firms opening the door to increased regulatory scrutiny and action?