Is PricewaterhouseCoopers UK Afraid of Being Cable Towed?

June 8, 2010

By James Spencer, Big4.com

Ian Powell, the head of PricewaterhouseCoopers UK does not appear to be the sort of man who is easily worried. So it’s interesting when he’s telling the Financial Times (http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ae1dda50-71b1-11df-8eec-00144feabdc0.html) that he wants to see some “ground rules” on any changes to competition rules affecting the Big Four accounting firms in the UK. 

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Should Big Four Firms Enter The Credit Ratings Business?

Today’s Financial Times article can be a kick-off to an interesting and controversial debate.

Should the Big Four firms enter the credit rating business?

Quoting the Financial Times of London, there seems to be some very preliminary thinking by KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers UK…


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KPMG: The Triple Bottom Line of People, Planet and Profits

Here’s an interesting note from KPMG’s global web site. Rodger Hill, Head of Financial Management Advisory at KPMG UK, believes that “The days of purely measuring business performance by financial result may well be numbered. In its place, I believe that discerning investors will look for something broader to measure an entity’s real contribution and performance.”...

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