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India

Asia | India

Former Accenture executive to head KPMG India's People, Performance and Culture arm Former Global Managing Director for human resources at Accenture Consulting, Umnesh Pawar, has been awarded the role of Partner and Head of People, Performance and Culture at KPMG India.
05 June 2018
United Kingdom

Europe | United Kingdom

Consulting firms named best employers for graduates in Ireland Five consultancies were among the biggest winners at the 2018 Graduate Recruitment Awards in Ireland.
04 June 2018
United Kingdom

Europe | United Kingdom

Big Four maintains dominance of FTSE 100 and 250 audits Despite building pressure on watchdogs and UK lawmakers to break up the Big Four, the top accounting and advisory providers remain dominant in the UK auditing market after the first quarter of 2018.
04 June 2018
Europe

Europe | Regional

CEOs prepared to take ownership for driving digital transformation In today’s rapidly evolving landscape, disruption is touted as the largest risk to businesses globally.
01 June 2018
Saudi Arabia

Middle East | Saudi Arabia

KPMG Saudi Arabia establishes Research and Economic Studies unit in Riyadh KPMG’s Saudi Arabian member firm KPMG Al Fozan & Partners has set up a new Research and Economic Studies centre.
01 June 2018
United States

North America | United States

Deloitte: US executives see compelling business case for blockchain A new survey from Deloitte found that three in four executives see a compelling business case for blockchain technology. Almost half consider blockchain a top strategic priority.
31 May 2018
Lebanon

Middle East | Lebanon

Lebanon signs consulting contracts for initial CEDRE projects The Higher Council for Privatization and Public Private Partnership has signed a historic agreement with multiple players in the private sector attracting over $11 billion in soft loans and grants.
31 May 2018
Canada

North America | Canada

KPMG acquires IT solutions company Adoxio KPMG Canada has acquired digital customer relationship management (CRM) consultancy Adoxio.
30 May 2018
United States

North America | United States

Cyber security is top fear among US CEOs American CEOs are more fearful of a cyberattack on their business than their counterparts across the globe, reveals a new KPMG report.
30 May 2018
United Kingdom

Europe | United Kingdom

KPMG appoints Linda Ellett as UK Head of Consumer Markets KPMG has appointed a new UK Head for its Consumer Markets offering. Linda Ellet will lead the firm’s consumer wing forward in what is a challenging time for clients on the UK highstreet.
30 May 2018
Middle East

Middle East | Regional

KPMG and EY acknowledged at Middle East M&A Awards for 2018 Big Four firms KPMG and EY have taken home awards in the third annual Mergermarket Middle Eastern M&A Awards for 2018, with the event held in Dubai earlier last month.
30 May 2018
United States

North America | United States

US edges China as global hotspot for disruptive innovation Global tech leaders believe disruptive innovation is most likely to come from the US, a new study has found, but China is catching up quick on its rival technology superpower.
25 May 2018
Nigeria

Africa | Nigeria

KPMG launches Family for Literacy initiative in two Nigerian schools KPMG’s Family for Literacy (KFFL) – the Big Four firm’s corporate social responsibility initiative – has officially launched operations in Nigeria.
24 May 2018
United States

North America | United States

Tech consultancy named among Chicago's Greatest Places to Work Chicago-based technology consulting firm West Monroe Partners has been named the best small or medium-sized company to work for in the Windy City.
22 May 2018
United Kingdom

Europe | United Kingdom

Parliamentary report prompts Big Four to prepare for forced break-up The Big Four professional services firms are preparing for state intervention forcing them to separate their auditing and consulting wings in the UK, after a damning parliamentary report further sugg
22 May 2018
United States

North America | United States

Top consultants named among Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America Paul Linton, the Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer at FTI Consulting, has been named among the Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America by Savoy magazine.
21 May 2018
United Kingdom

Europe | United Kingdom

Dutch Dragathon wins KPMG's Learning & Development innovation award KPMG Netherlands has won the 2018 edition of the firm’s annual Learning and Development (L&D) Innovations contest, with an idea to help new employees avoid dreaded industry burnout.
16 May 2018
Qatar

Middle East | Qatar

KPMG in Qatar sign MoU to support 2022 FIFA World Cup legacy planning KPMG in Qatar will collaborate on research, education and training with the agency responsible for overseeing infrastructure development for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the Supreme Committee for Deliver
14 May 2018
United Kingdom

Europe | United Kingdom

Twelve financial consulting firms scoop EMEA M&A Advisor awards Twelve financial advisory firms have managed to scoop an award during M&A Advisor’s 2nd EMEA Corporate Growth Summit, held in London last week.
08 May 2018
South Africa

Africa | South Africa

After McKinsey, KPMG has now been dropped by Barclays South Africa After three of South Africa’s major financial institutions terminated their contracts with McKinsey & Company in light of the Gupta scandal, a similar fate might be awaiting global accounting and adv
07 May 2018
United Kingdom

Europe | United Kingdom

KPMG strikes alliance with Nuix to bolster data-driven M&A offering KPMG has announced a tie up with Nuix, in an alliance which will lend the global forensic technology firm’s powerful data analysis capabilities to the Big Four company’s delivery capactities.
03 May 2018
United Kingdom

Europe | United Kingdom

Global venture capital funding moving from startups to scaleups Venture capital markets boomed over the first half of the recent decade, with Angel / Seed investment climbing steadily between 2010 and 2015, as the number of investments almost tripled.
02 May 2018
United Kingdom

Europe | United Kingdom

FRC mulls KPMG investigation over Conviviality auditing KPMG could face investigation by the Financial Reporting Council over its role in the collapse of Conviviality.
01 May 2018
Brazil

Latin America | Brazil

KPMG and HSBC advise Indorama Ventures on Brazilian PET purchase Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited acquires Brazil’s largest Polyethylene terephthalate plant.
24 April 2018
United Kingdom

Europe | United Kingdom

Big Four pull trigger on Initial Coin Offerings advisory services Responding to client demand, the Big Four consulting firms are finally pulling the trigger on years of accumulated digital currency expertise.
23 April 2018
United Kingdom

Europe | United Kingdom

KPMG to remove all plastic water cups across UK offices KPMG has become the latest global entity trading in the UK to make a concerted effort to end plastic waste in its offices, by removing all plastic water cups from its UK locations.
20 April 2018
India

Asia | India

Head of Tax for KPMG India breaks off to start his own advisory firm The former Head of the Tax practice for all of India at Big Four professional services firm KPMG, Girish Vanvari, has broken off to launch an independent consulting firm by the name of Transaction Sq
19 April 2018
United Kingdom

Europe | United Kingdom

Auditor questions Northamptonshire council consultant's role Cash-strapped Northamptonshire County Council has come under fire from multiple angles, following the institution cutting £40 million from its budget amid claims it had wasted money on frivolous acti
13 April 2018
Netherlands

Europe | Netherlands

Deals and M&A in the Netherlands reaches highest point in decade The number of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the Netherlands is at its highest point in ten years, according to research by KPMG.
12 April 2018
Romania

Europe | Romania

KPMG and EY Romania promote two women to top leadership roles Big Four consulting firms EY and KPMG has appointed two women to top level positions in Romania.
11 April 2018
United Kingdom

Europe | United Kingdom

Just 40% of global companies reporting on UN Sustainable Development Goals As the world attempts to adapt a seemingly contradictory growth-based economy to sustainability measures, aligning business practice with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals goals remains a thorny
04 April 2018
United Kingdom

Europe | United Kingdom

KPMG appoints Alfonso Marone as Partner in TMT practice KPMG has appointed private equity specialist Alfonso Marone as Partner to its technology, media and telecommunications practice.
03 April 2018

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