Accounting firm networks

The Paris-based firm has expanded beyond its Mazars USA base in New York and is partnering with BKD, Dixon Hughes Goodman, Moss Adams, Plante Moran in the U.S. and MNP in Canada.

NJCPA also opens new offices; MarksNelson closes doors for Volunteer Day; and more CPA news.

AICPA and AAM bestow variety of awards at the Engage conference; HLB International celebrates 50 years with international day of giving; and more CPA news.

AFWA releases 2019 Accounting MOVE Project Report and Best Accounting Firms for Women lists; AICPA graduates 99 minority students from leadership workshop; and more CPA news.

The Big Four firm is expanding its legal consulting practice.

Punit Renjen has secured a second four-year term as global CEO of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu’s international network of firms, starting Monday.

NJCPA and INCPAS members visit Washington to advocate for profession; Marks Paneth opens new Philadelphia office; and more CPA news.

PKF O’Connor Davies appoints leader to cannabis industry practice; MSCPA takes CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion Pledge; and more CPA news.

The United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority has issued a long-awaited report calling for separation of audit from consulting services, mandatory “joint audits” and regulatory powers to increase the accountability of audit committees.

KPMG unveils Ignition Center in Chicago; Withum opens learning lab at the University of Central Florida; and more CPA news.

The AICPA introduces a new credential; ICPAS installs a new board of directors; and more CPA news.

Firms should be forced to legally separate their “cash cow” consulting work from their auditing businesses, a U.K. Parliament committee said.

Sax adds transaction advisory practice; FAF opens search for new Board of Trustees members; and more CPA news.

The accounting firm association has appointed a longtime ACCA executive director as its new chief, effective June 1, 2019.

PKF International has appointed James Hickey as the new CEO of the global network of independent accounting firms, effective March 19.

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited has designated Sharon Thorne to be the next chair of the firm’s global board of directors, starting in June. She will be the first woman to chair Deloitte’s global board.

FAF announces new board members; Armanino expands privacy services practice; and more CPA news.

A report that the lender was involved in money laundering is being probed in Denmark over the Estonian dirty-money scandal surrounding Danske Bank.

The uncertainty over Brexit had a negative impact on the performance of consulting firms in the United Kingdom last year, including the Big Four, according to a new report.

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