Finance

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.

The vast majority of finance leaders feel confident about the quality of their own data, but this might be an overconfidence as a majority still regularly find errors in their own data.

Accountants at firms that have taken private equity backing are divided on the results, a new study shows.

Top 50 Firm Ascend announced the acquisition of Sweeney Conrad in Kirkland, Washington, expanding its presence in the region.

Sorren, based in Meridian, Idaho, has added Casey Neilon, an accounting consultancy in Nevada, to its national network.

The accounting profession is seriously divided over the value of private equity, and its potential impact on the profession.

Partners at firms that have chosen to remain independent are now asking whether a firm's internal buyout multiple should be adjusted.

The deal will expand the Top 10 Firm's footprint to South Florida and its existing presence on the East Coast.

Accounting's most influential name the profession's biggest issues.

Platform Accounting Group expanded in Oregon; Springline Advisory acquired Actuarial Resources; Sorren added RTO; Patrick Accounting and Tax Services is buying Knight Home Care Financial.

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board officials are sounding a cautious note about the spread of artificial intelligence and private equity at audit firms.

The Chicago-based firm has acquired New York- based accounting firm Farkouh, Furman & Faccio.

Franklin Alliance, a venture capital-backed company that helps small and midsized firms scale, acquired Cincinnati-based Howard, Nunn & Bloom. Randy Crabtree and Jon Segal also joined its advisory board.

Speakers at Accounting Today's 2025 PE Summit urged firms to explore the ways private equity is transforming accounting — and their practices.