Private equity firms

The Top 25 Firm became the latest accounting firm to receive PE funding with a strategic investment for an undisclosed sum from Parthenon Capital.

Phil Whitman offers a primer on what the entry of PE money into the accounting profession means for firms.

The California-based firm has been acquired by ZRG, a talent advisory firm in New York funded by private equity.

Under a commission proposal, funds’ financial statements would need to be audited at least annually.

Midsized to large CPA firms may be considering a private equity transaction, but there is much to be considered beforehand.

Accounting Today mourns the loss of our longtime columnist Dom Esposito. In this column, he and consultant Tony Zecca write about the trend of private equity firms investing in CPA firms.

The Top 20 Firm received an investment from TowerBrook Capital Partners and is separating the non-attest side into an entity called Eisner Advisory Group LLC.

The private equity industry is trying defend a cherished tax break that Democrats have targeted for elimination.

The private equity firm has bought a provider of financial software and information on private companies that caters to accounting firms and banks.

The Internal Revenue Service’s announcement that it plans to issue regulations clarifying the limitations on carried interest aims to head off a flurry of activity aimed at getting around a provision of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.