How will private equity consolidation affect the accounting business, and what do firms and their clients need to look out for as the marketplace evolves?

Plante Moran merges in Tonneson; Sax acquires Sewald & Anastasia; and GHJ adds Hacker Douglas.

Outside investment has disrupted a century of how things have always been done in accounting, and it might not sit well with the stated direction of many firms.

North Carolina Regional Leader DMJPS is adding Potter & Co. PA, based in the Charlotte metropolitan region, effective July 1.

Carr, Riggs & Ingram expands into East Texas, while UHY continues its growth in St. Louis, and Prosperity enters Vermont.

WithumSmith+Brown acquired Pannel Kerr Forster of Texas, expanding its geographic reach into Texas and adding energy and oil-field expertise to its practice.

The Top 25 Firm based in Raleigh, North Carolina, has acquired a Denver-based firm with an extensive business in fund audits.

Both Regional Leader Saltmarsh, Cleaveland & Gund and Glenn Burdette joined the private equity-backed accounting firm, effective June 1.

Why some accounting firms are determined to remain "fiercely independent," and how they're doing it.

The first wave of PE investments in the accounting space is coming to the end, and it's time to see what direction it will take next.