Saturday, December 31, 2016

KPMG pays $41.84 million for 54-acre site in Orlando

KPMG, one of the world's largest accounting and professional services firms, paid $41.84 million for 54 acres in Orlando's Lake Nona community to ...
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Hot European Stocks Now on Wall Street: Nokia Corporation (NOK), Vodafone Group Plc (VOD)

... referendum,” said Yael Selfin, head of macroeconomics at KPMG UK. “So far major UK stocks appear to have defied pre-referendum predictions …
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Rise of populism in Europe a bigger threat to the continent's stability than Brexit, says KPMG boss

The rise of populism in Europe is a far greater threat to the continent's stability than Britain's decision to leave the EU, the global chairman of KPMG, ...
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Stanbic IBTC settles dispute with FRC, releases results

... pursuant to which the FRC has authorised our external auditors, Messrs. KPMG Professional Services to sign our 2015 audited financial statements.
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Brexit bonanza as Britain's FTSE finishes 2016 in style, setting record high

... their revenues in dollars," KPMG said. The FTSE's climb was also due to a strong rally in the mining sub-index, which jumped 101.5 per cent in 2016 ...
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Britain's FTSE finishes 2016 in style, sets record high

... their revenues in dollars," KPMG said. The FTSE's climb was also due to a strong rally in the mining sub-index, which jumped 101.5 percent in 2016 ...
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The boss of one of the largest accounting firms in the world says his biggest concern for Europe isn ...

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Friday, December 30, 2016

Overseas raiders eye Scottish firms

Experts at KPMG expect more inbound activity in the short to medium term, with currency shifts likely to prompt bidders from a wider range of countries ...
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Aidan Brennan appointed Head of Solutions by KPMG UK

Aidan Brennan has been appointed Head of Solutions by KPMG UK, succeeding Karen Briggs who will lead the firm's Brexit response. Brennan's ...
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KPMG promotes Greg Limb; Hymans Robertson hires Adam Porter

Prior to joining KPMG in 1997, Greg Limb worked at Arthur Andersen in the former professional services firm's Tax division for almost one and a half ...
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UK consumers to pay more for retail shopping in 2017

LONDON, U.K. - According to a latest KPMG/Ipsos Retail Think Tank (RTT) report, growth in the retail sales sector in the U.K. would be stagnated over ...
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FTSE finishes 2016 in style, sets record high

... probably accounted for some of the pick-up in equity prices overall since the referendum," said Yael Selfin, head of macroeconomics at KPMG UK.
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India, Singapore rework tax treaty to curb evasion

A recent report by PHDCCI and KPMG also pegged Singapore as the top foreign investor into India in 2015016 with total FDI of $13.69 billion. Closing ...
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Why the FTSE 100 reaching record high despite Brexit is not necessarily good news

Analysts at KPMG said, when comparing the performance of FTSE 100 companies, those with 70 per cent of their business abroad were up 70 per ...
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FTSE set to finish 2016 on strong note, Europe lags

... a large portion of their revenues in dollars,” KPMG said. Analysts said that the FTSE's climb was also due to a strong rally in the mining sub-index <.
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FTSE 100 ends 2016 at all-time high of 7142 points – as it happened

Analysts at KPMG said the performance of FTSE 100 companies with more than 70% of their market outside the UK was up 20% over the year.
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Retail growth will stagnate overall in 2017, warns KPMG/Ipsos Retail Think Tank

RTT co chairman and UK head of retail at KPMG, Paul Martin, said: “From a macroeconomic perspective, 2016 was a positive year with the UK ...
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Breakfast briefing: Sports Direct, Quiz and more

RTT co-chairman and KPMG UK head of retail Paul Martin said: "You could argue that the 'Great British' consumer has broadly ignored the result of ...
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Britain's FTSE set to finish 2016 on strong note, Europe lags

... companies generate a large portion of their revenues in dollars," KPMG said. Analysts said that the FTSE's climb was also due to a strong rally in the ...
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Former KPMG stalwart joins Centurion as independent director

THE former deputy managing director of consultancy KPMG, Owi Kek Hean, has joined the board of foreign workers' dormitory operator Centurion ...
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Thursday, December 29, 2016

AMK CPIB probe: Same conflicts of interest like Aljunied?

KPMG identified six FMSS shareholders who held key management posts in AHTC, such as secretary, general manager, and finance manager ...
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Firms find that supporting work/life balance strengthens retention, recruitment efforts

The national accounting firm KPMG already had paid parental leave and flexible work policies on the books. But a few years ago, human resources ...
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UK Retail Sales Likely to Stagnate in 2017 on Brexit Worries — Study

Members of the KPMG-Ipsos RTT said the full potential economic impact of the U.K.'s vote to leave the EU likely still is to make itself felt because the ...
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Big Four accounting firm buys Lake Nona property for $430M training center

According to documents attached to the new deed, KPMG has options to build its own hotel facility, or "corporate sleeping rooms" with 600 to 1,200 ...
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Rising petrol prices put pressure on shoppers' spending power as higher inflation looms

Paul Martin of KPMG estimates the falling pound could push up prices by between 5pc and 8pc, though the consumer will feel less pressure than that ...
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Rising food bills to dent UK high street spending, warns top thinktank

... according to the Retail Thinktank, a group backed by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) trade body and analysts at advisory firms KPMG, Verdict, ...
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Retail prices set to rise by an average 5% to 8% in 2017, think tank predicts

The KPMG/Ipsos Retail Think Tank (RTT) has predicted that retail growth will stagnate overall next year as a result of political uncertainty fuelled by ...
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Concern as private firms line up to give free advice to the Tory Brexit Department

They include giants PWC, KPMG, Deloitte, McKinsey and Accenture - all of which ... KPMG and PWC both helped set up the department and offered ...
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KPMG assures professionalism and credibility in voter register audit

International audit firm, KPMG has vowed to observe the highest standards of professionalism, integrity and experience in a bid to lend credibility to ...
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When Is Cooperation With the Government Considered 'State Action'?

Those issues rose to the fore when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit concluded, in United States v. Stein, that actions taken by KPMG at ...
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CR-10361 Project Manager/Applications

Risk Management Applications (RMA), a team of approximately 25 employees, implements and manages all aspects of KPMG's proprietary Risk ...
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CMA blocked from punishing Ernst & Young over Uchumi job

EY says in a suit it has filed in court that KPMG never gave it a chance to respond to queries raised in the forensic interrogation of Uchumi's books, ...
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Wednesday, December 28, 2016

KPMG contributes to JPS Banna Bags initiative

From left: Wilbert Spence, KPMG partner in charge of corporate citizenship; Shenee Tabannah, corporate communications coordinator at JPSCo and ...
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Singapore defaults a bellwether for Asia

Restructuring specialist KPMG expects the defaults to widen to include the city-state's property developers, after housing prices fell the most in over ...
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Phishing Attack Victimizes St. Catharines Hydro

A KPMG official said the kind of incident occurred one time or two times every month inside firms -big and small, only they weren't heard of. Breaches ...
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Signs of real recovery as big money shows interest in large resource projects

The money is back because commodities are starting to recover,' KPMG's Graham Smith told the 2016 PNG Mining and Petroleum Investment ...
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Commodity woes may signal wider distress

Despite a modest rebound in resource prices, restructuring specialists like KPMG and Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee see more Asia-Pacific commodities ...
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Hong Kong, Shanghai Expected to Take Top Positions Globally for IPOs in 2016

In Hong Kong, while the number of IPOs is expected to reach 120 in the full year of 2016, KPMG forecasts that proceeds will decline 26 percent to ...
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Road sector M&A pace may continue in 2017

The toll-operate-transfer model will also provide a new avenue for financial investors,” said Bhavik Damodar, partner, deal advisory, KPMG India.
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Speed of disruption challenging telecom companies: KPMG

And according to the telecommunications executives responding to a new KPMG International survey, a large majority (70 percent) fear their ...
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Momentum Stocks: Oritani Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:ORIT), National Bank Holdings Corporation ...

Oritani Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:ORIT) traded notified KPMG LLP (“KPMG”) of its dismissal as the Company's independent registered public ...
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Xiaomi-Backed Online Bank Opening In China Soon

A recent survey by KPMG found consumers in China are embracing the push toward mobile payments at a much faster rate than consumers in the ...
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Blockchain technology could help RMB replace USD as international safe-haven currency KPMG

KPMG has released a new report which provides analysis of important topics and key performance indicators in China's banking industry. Titled “2016 ...
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Trio leave top level jobs at KPMG and BDO to create the ultimate trip for cyclists

It all started 12 months ago when Jeff Jones, former head of advisory at BDO, John O'Brien, former head of KPMG's transaction services group and ...
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2017 will see InsurTech make its mark but attracting talent could be a challenge, says KPMG

“People have been talking about FinTech for several years but in 2016 the term 'InsurTech' also started to gain traction. In our annual list of the top 100 ...
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Fewer semi execs expect revenue and R&D growth.

Half of the semiconductor executives surveyed by KPMG in its 2017 Outlook Report, expect revenue to grow and R&D spending to increase over the ...
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Tuesday, December 27, 2016

BDO poaches 40 partners, 400 executives from its competitors

... senior executives from not only competitors such as Grant Thornton, Baker Tilly and law firm ELP, but also from bigger players Deloitte and KPMG.
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'Report card' on council taking KPMG's advice

That doesn't mean city council has agreed with all the recommendations to save money, as outlined by KPMG consultant Oscar Poloni, who tabled his ...
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Singapore Defaults Seen as Bellwether for Asia Distress in 2017

Despite a modest rebound in resource prices, restructuring specialists including KPMG and Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee see more Asia-Pacific ...
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Fountain Enterprise pursues 6 officials for stolen millions

A forensic audit on the investment group's operations by KPMG revealed that half a dozen top executives were discreetly siphoning cash meant for ...
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KPMG Hong Kong Banking Report Expresses Cautious Optimism on Blockchain

In a recent report titled Hong Kong Banking Outlook 2017, KPMG expresses an optimistic view of Hong Kong's progress in the adoption of FinTech, but ...
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Home SEC Filings Park Hotels Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers ...

Prior to his tenure at Hilton, Mr. Robb served as a senior manager with KPMG LLP, an accounting firm, in that firm's national office from October 2010 ...
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Blue Star appoints KPMG to value Asia units, may look at fundraise

Blue Star Ltd, one of India's largest air-conditioning and commercial refrigeration firms, has appointed KPMG India to value its Malaysia, Oman and ...
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Embraer hires Pricewaterhouse Coopers to provide auditing services

The company said PWC was hired to replace KPMG Auditores Independentes. The hiring occurred as a result of a periodic and planned change of ...
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Q&A: A spirit of giving keeps paying off

Recently I was asked how KPMG contributes to the community during the holiday season. I had to stop to think about it, because like so many other ...
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Voters register audit to be squeaky clean - KPMG

Audit firm KPMG says it will observe the highest standards of professionalism, integrity and experience to ensure the voters register audit exercise is ...
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Report: Hong Kong Banks Should Explore Blockchain Tech Despite Regulatory Hurdles

Still, the KPMG preview points to a recent report by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) that pointed to “significant legal and regulatory issues” ...
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Monday, December 26, 2016

How critical is HR's role in a global mobility programme?

According to a study conducted by professional services firm KPMG, organisations continue to take advantage of their global mobility programmes ...
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The expanded scope of reserved positions for PWDs

Chad Martin D. Moscoso is a supervisor from the tax group of KPMG R.G. Manabat & Co. (KPMG RGM&Co.), the Philippine member firm of KPMG ...
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Hong Kong banks should carefully monitor regulatory developments around blockchain technology ...

In its “Hong Kong Banking Outlook 2017” report, KPMG said that it expects the fintech market in Hong Kong to flourish in 2017, with more cooperation ...
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Blue Star appoints KPMG to value West Asia, Malaysia units

Blue Star Ltd, one of India's largest air-conditioning and commercial refrigeration firms, has appoi-nted KPMG India to value its Malaysia, Oman and ...
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KPMG continues growth momentum in MESA region

KPMG in the Middle East and South Asia (MESA) region reported a 10.7 percent growth in aggregated revenues of member firms across the MESA ...
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India received largest FDIs from Singapore in Fiscal 2015-16: PHD Chamber & KPMG

India received the maximum FDI inflows from Singapore in fiscal 2015-16 followed by Mauritius, USA, Netherlands and Japan, respectively US ...
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Sunday, December 25, 2016

Statspeak: Data privacy

... Indians opt for “control over privacy” rather than “convenience of service”, according to a new report on consumer privacy by KPMG International.
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When change was the new normal

The number of NSE-listed clients of the top five multinational brands — those belonging to global networks such as Deloitte, EY, KPMG, Price ...
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KPMG reports 10.7pc growth in region

KPMG in the Middle East and South Asia (MESA) region has reported a 10.7 per cent growth in aggregated revenues of member firms across the ...
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TRA workshop enhances awareness

The workshop was conducted recently in partnership with a team of Global Cyber Security experts from KPMG. The attendees of the workshop ...
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Saturday, December 24, 2016

KPMG boss promises clean IEBC voter register

KPMG, the audit firm that was contracted by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has defended its involvement in the ...
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Autonomous Industry Growth Could Give Insurers Hope Says Shop Insurance Canada

An autonomous market related to mobility and connectivity will develop over next 14 years, suggests KPMG. Indeed, a new “mobility services market” ...
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American Apparel closes 12 of its 13 British stores

The Camden store will remain open into January,” Jim Tucker, Joint Administrator and Restructuring Partner at KPMG, said in a statement.American ...
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KPMG boss Mwaura promises squeaky clean voters register audit

KPMG has defended its involvement in the disputed audit of the voters register, underlining it will observe the highest standards of professionalism, ...
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American Apparel closes 12 of its 13 British stores

The Camden store will remain open into January, Jim Tucker, Joint Administrator and Restructuring Partner at KPMG, said in a statement.
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Diamond Bank set to give out over N500m to customers in Xtra Season 9

Officials from KPMG and the National Lottery Regulatory Commission were also on hand to vouch for the authenticity and transparency of the promo.
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Friday, December 23, 2016

GST council talks on but states, Centre remain divided

Bhavna G Doshi, Senior Advisor, KPMG, said that the Centre would have to address the concerns of states on adequate reimbursement. "States are ...
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Senate Banking Committee blasts Wells Fargo for ignoring information requests

The banking committee also turned up the heat on Wells Fargo's auditor KPMG, asking why it didn't find fraud when it audited the bank, which it's been ...
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Auditing company KPMG says it is capable of verifying voters' roll

Josphat Mwaura, the chief executive officer of the auditing company KPMG East Africa, in Nairobi October 6, 2016. PHOTO | DIANA NGILA | NATION ...
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New Portland, Oregon Pay-Ratio Surtax Seeks to Alleviate Income Inequality

Bloomberg BNA regularly spotlights the insights of state and local tax attorneys at KPMG LLP. In this installment, Sarah McGahan discusses the new ...
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EY, PwC, Deloitte and KPMG lose big as 800 mid and senior executives bid adieu in 2016

In October, about 200 plus executives, including 20 partners, were on their way out from KPMG to join Deloitte, which is looking to strengthen its ...
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American Apparel Closes All But One of its UK-Based Retail Stores

The closures comes with a total loss of 147 jobs, according to the brand's administrators from KPMG. The Los Angeles-based teen retailer, which was ...
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EMBRAER SA - Notice To The Market

... audit services for the financial statements of Embraer and its subsidiaries in Brazil and abroad, in replacement of KPMG Auditores Independentes.
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By the end of February 2017 ENNIA will publish its financial statement

Subsequently, deliberations between ENNIA and both its external auditor KPMG and CBCS to assess the implications required some time. For clients ...
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Only 18% US Telecom Has a Strategic Approach to Innovation

Global audit, tax and advisory firm KPMG, has released the findings of its 2016 KPMG CEO Outlook survey, which reveal that many of the telecom ...
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Wells Fargo blasted by Senate Banking Committee for ignoring requests for information

Related: Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders go after KPMG as Wells Fargo probe widens. The committee said that the spring is far too long to wait for ...
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American Apparrel cuts 150 jobs as all but one of its UK stores closes

Jim Tucker, joint administrator and restructuring partner at KPMG, said the remaining 31 members of staff based in Camden and at the firm's head ...
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American Apparel closes 12 of its 13 British stores

... American Apparel, which went into administration in Britain last month, have closed, with the loss of 147 jobs, administrators KPMG said on Friday.
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American Apparel axes 150 jobs

The ailing retailer brought in accountants KPMG last month to sell off the ... Jim Tucker, joint administrator and restructuring partner at KPMG, ...
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American Apparel staff lose jobs before Christmas as 12 UK stores close

Jim Tucker, joint administrator and restructuring partner at KPMG, said: “Over the last seven weeks, we have carried out our intention to trade all of the ...
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American Apparel sheds 147 workers as it shuts down 12 stores

Jim Tucker, joint administrator and restructuring partner at KPMG, said: "Over the last seven weeks, we have carried out our intention to trade all of the ...
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India got largest FDIs from Singapore in 2015-16: PHD Chamber & KPMG

India received the maximum FDI inflows from Singapore in fiscal 2015-16 followed by Mauritius, USA, Netherlands and Japan, according to a report ...
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Thursday, December 22, 2016

From IBM To JP Morgan: Where Is The Talent Moving In Hong Kong's Job Market

As an example, we can see that KPMG and Deloitte have net reductions in talent, as compared to Ernst & Young and PwC. Whilst there are obviously ...
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Stocks Radar: Suzlon, Wipro, Welspun Enterprises And More

... respectively, and KPMG India Audit Manager, Alok Saraf (“Saraf”), who was responsible for KPMG India's audit procedures around Agarwal's work ...
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Indicative offers in for Genie Solutions; KPMG mandated

The health-tech sector has seen a flurry of activity this year with Oneview Healthcare.floating in March and Intermediate Capital Group acquiring ...
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December 22, 2016 in News: Audit discovers serious issues with city's real estate functions

While it praises the city for its systems of land management and the tracking of land management processes, the real estate audit, completed by KPMG ...
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Court stops tender award to KPMG for voters register audit

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) on Thursday was stopped from awarding a tender to audit firm KPMG for the review of ...
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These 3 Animated Maps Show The World's Largest Cities Throughout History

The following animated map from KPMG Demographics tracks the world's largest cities from 4,000 BC to today, and it shows how temporary a city's ...
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Factors Working for and Against Trump-led Tax Reform

KPMG appears to believe that, too, and issued a report – in ... Read the House GOP blueprint for tax reform (KPMG has its own comparison). Evaluate ...
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US Telecom CEOs Understand the Need to Be Innovative Yet Are Having Difficulty Building ...

... to stay competitive, yet, according to the 2016 KPMG CEO Outlook survey, many are not actually integrating innovation into their company's cultures.
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Phil Sheegl's lawyer calls claim his client was 'in on it' false, stupid and ill-informed

The city approved this request and formally assigned the contract to Caspian, according to the KPMG audit and the RCMP information provided to the ...
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Navigating uncertainty with risk management

Laura A. Price, KPMG Partner and Federal Risk Consulting Leader, and Jeffrey C. Steinhoff, Managing Director KPMG Government Institute and ...
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Court stops tender award to KPMG for voters register audit

High Court judge George Odunga issued the order stopping the electoral agency from advertising an open KPMG tender for the audit of the voter ...
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U.S. Telecom CEOs Understand the Need to Be Innovative Yet Are Having Difficulty Building ...

KPMG LLP, the audit, tax and advisory firm (www.kpmg.com/us), is the independent U.S. member firm of KPMG International Cooperative ("KPMG ...
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KPMG & CB Insights Report Suggest FinTech Growth is Slowing

KPMG and CB Insights published a report last month covering global trends in VC funding in the fintech sector — it appears that the number of VC ...
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Court stops KPMG tender for voters audit, to hear Cord suit

The High Court has blocked a tender awarded to KPMG for the audit of the voter register pending hearing and determination of a suit filed by Cord.
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Creditors face £646000 shortfall following Original Sofa Co demise

According to new details outlined in an administration report by KPMG, The Original Sofa Co suffered a significant decline in sales in early 2016, ...
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Yorkshire festive focus: Ian Beaumont, KPMG Enterprise

The continued expansion of our KPMG Enterprise offering in Yorkshire stood out for me this year. It helps privately owned, regional businesses ...
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The Merger Conundrum

The views and opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of KPMG in India.
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KPMG moving to Belfast's £17m Soloist building

KPMG's Northern Ireland operation was in the headlines earlier this year after four partners were investigated by HMRC. Eamonn Donaghy, Jon ...
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Teams from accounting giant visit local NGOs as part of its fundraising campaign for Operation ...

The visit was part of a Christmas treasure hunt across Hong Kong island organised by accounting giant KPMG, one of the sponsors for this year's ...
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Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Grant Thornton ropes in KPMG ex-partner Vasal to head tax business here

MUMBAI: Grant Thornton, the fifth-largest services firm in the country, which is looking to increase its presence in the taxation vertical, has roped in ...
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6 months on, IPB yet to appoint project consultant

IPB selected KPMG in June as its satellite consultant to assist it in scrutinizing proposals, but, till date, the international consultant awaits the ...
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Palestine High School dual-credit course students finishing college early

KPMG's clients range from all of the Fortune 100-500 companies in the world, ... He was offered a full-time job with KPMG for the spring of 2018.
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Petrobras hires auditor KPMG

Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras has hired KPMG to audit its accounts for the next three years, replacing PricewaterhouseCoopers. KPMG's ...
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Arturo Giacosa Joins Fiduciary Trust Company International as Managing Director and Trust Counsel

Mr. Giacosa has also served as senior manager of tax global wealth services at KPMG. Prior to KPMG, he was in private practice focusing on ...
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KPMG global asset management head joins Bristol Water as chief exec

Karam is currently a partner and global head of asset management at KPMG International. He has been leading work across over 25 countries ...
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KPMG India boosts productivity with an in-house analytics tool

KPMG was established in India in September 1993, and has rapidly built a significant competitive presence in the country. The company has offices in ...
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Digital To Have Greater Impact On Cyber Security: AISS 2016

In the second year DSCI along with NASSCOM Gaming Forum and KPMG hosted the Cyber Game Zone & 'SEGAMATHON – Security Game ...
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Brazil's Petrobras hires KPMG as auditor, replacing PwC

SAO PAULO Brazil's state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA has appointed KPMG as its new auditing firm for three years starting in 2017, ...
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BigChange scoops regional title in KPMG's Best British Mobile Startup 2017 Competition

The competition was organised by the Tech Growth division of professional services firm KPMG in conjunction with UKTI (UK Trade & Investment).
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Brazil's Petrobras hires KPMG as auditor

SAO PAULO, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Brazil's state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA has appointed KPMG as its new auditing firm for three years ...
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OTCX wins market exemption licence from Asic

OTCX started working with the United Kingdom Trade & Investment (UKTI) office and KPMG in Sydney and through their collaboration was introduced ...
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KPMG partner named as new Bristol Water boss

Bristol Water has appointed a partner at Big Four professional services firm KPMG as its new chief executive. Mel Karam is currently a partner and ...
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Tuesday, December 20, 2016

The boss of one of the largest accounting firms in the world tells us about London's Brexit ...

However, John Veihmeyer, the global chairman of KPMG, one of the world's biggest accounting firms, told Business Insider that banks and financial ...
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Budget 2017: Will income tax exemption limit be hiked to Rs 4 lakh? Chances are less!

Parizad Sirwalla, Partner and Head, Global Mobility Services, Tax at KPMG in India is of the view that FM Jaitley may look to increase the spending ...
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Students who were part of Palestine High School's pilot dual-credit college courses are beginning ...

He was offered a full-time job with KPMG for the spring of 2018. Edens has been accepted into the University of Houston Business School, where he ...
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Chips Execs See Maturing Industry

Nearly half of the 153 semiconductor industry executives to participate in KPMG's 2017 Global Semiconductor Industry Outlook survey said they ...
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KPMG Building Marks First Step for Vaughan's Nascent Downtown

From outside, KPMG Vaughan is an odd place. Like the black monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey, the building seems an intrusion from another world.
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PCAOB Inspectors Find IT Auditors on the Struggle Bus

However, let's refrain from patting PwC on the back because a big chunk of failures were serious enough for restatements. Although KPMG came in ...
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Govt asks RBI for report on lapses at banks after demonetisation

Axis Bank has already commissioned a forensic audit of its systems by KPMG India and HDFC Bank has sacked four executives from its Chandigarh ...
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KPMG Report: Online Lending in Continental Europe Q1 through Q3 2016

Jevhenijs Kazanis Twino KPMG, along with AltFi data, has published a new report on alternative lending in Europe. KPMG also sourced data from the ...
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The Opportunities and Challenges of BPaaS

KPMG defines business processes as-a-service (BPaaS) as the combination of technology, people and process requirements of a business function ...
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Accounting News Roundup: Deloitte Spies, Stock-based Comp and SE Contenders | 12.20.16

"Our job was to spy on Ernst & Young, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, KPMG and some of the consulting competitors," said a person who worked in the ...
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KPMG adjudicates all claims in Alpari UK client money pool, large client creditor appeal remains

Alpari UK special administrator KPMG issued an announcement today stating that following the Joint Special Administrators obtaining an order from ...
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KPMG scoops Dorcaster audit

The latest audit win for KPMG is less high profile than its most recent victory, that of Legal and General. The Big Four firm was named top listed ...
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3 Things Nigerians Should Prepare For in 2017

Wole Obayomi, Board member KPMG Nigeria has listed three important ... KPMG is a global network of professional firms providing Audit, Tax and ...
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Axis Bank Suspends More Employees Suspected Of Irregularities

After the fraud came into light, the Axis Bank MD and CEO Shikha Sharma said that KPMG has been hired to conduct a forensic audit for enhanced ...
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India receives maximum FDI from Singapore in FY16: PHD & KPMG

According to reports on an average, between 2000 and 2016, about 40 per cent of FDI inflows has gone into services, telecom, construction and ...
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India receives maximum FDI from Singapore in FY16: PHD & KPMG

India has received the maximum FDI inflows from Singapore in 2015-16 followed by Mauritius, the US, the Netherlands and Japan, a report by industry ...
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KPMG outlines blockchain technology impacts and countermeasures for banks in China

Big Four accounting firm KPMG recently published its third quarterly report on China's banking sector. Among a variety of topics is the implications and ...
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Arxis Technology Provides ASC 606 Transition Technology Expertise at KPMG Event

Arxis Technology, Inc., a technology consulting firm specializing in the implementation and support of Intacct Cloud ERP, announced today they will be ...
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First Reserve swoops for civil engineering firm

KPMG's south teams provided corporate finance and private client tax advice on this transaction. Andrew Hodgson, Tim Spooner and Sami Fairris led ...
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Monday, December 19, 2016

Best of 2016: Cash for contradictions: KPMG's model for council mergers

Consulting company KPMG was contracted to perform the economic modelling and prepare the 45 amalgamation proposals currently under ...
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Shopping season: E-commerce majors Flipkart, Snapdeal, others unveil festive season discounts

According to Sreedhar Prasad, partner for e-commerce at KPMG, the e-tailing industry which was expected to clock a gross merchandise value (GMV) ...
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Kenya: KPMG Starts Auditing the Voters Register

Nairobi — International Audit firm, KPMG started auditing the voters register on Monday following the award of a contract by the Independent Electoral ...
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Oracle scores its first local ERP cloud win with Clearview rollout

ClearView and KPMG delivered the cloud platform in just five months using the KPMG Oracle Cloud Implementation methodology, which is designed ...
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Mark Walters exits KPMG for global comms director gig at Dentons

Walters previously oversaw comms at professional services company KPMG and launched FTI Consulting's corporate comms practice in Hong Kong.
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Santa's gifts – are they taxable or not?

Larah Anjelica L. Ching is a supervisor from the tax group of KPMG R.G. Manabat & Co. (KPMG RGM&Co.), the Philippine member firm of KPMG ...
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Leeds-based BigChange in contention for major national award

Leeds-based BigChange Apps has won KPMG's Best British Mobile Startup 2017 competition for the Northern region. The mobile workforce ...
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KPMG continues growth momentum, invests across Mideast, South Asia

KUWAIT: KPMG in the Middle East & South Asia (MESA) region reported a 10.7 percent growth in aggregated revenues of member firms across the ...
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Meraas launches F&B-focused Dubai Gourmet

... but eating out as such has clearly not gone through much of a change,” said Anurag Bajpai, partner and head of retail at KPMG in the Lower Gulf.
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Getting a raw deal for customers

KPMG's New business models in the water sector report, commissioned by Affinity Water, ponders where the opening up of the water utilities in ...
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| 2016-12-19 | Banks still willing to finance projects

EUROPE According to a KPMG survey of nearly 100 financial institutions in 21 countries, financing on European real estate markets is still readily ...
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Advanced 3D bioprinting lab to open in Cyprus in 2017

Having agreed with his words, Professional service company KPMG organized a meeting between IQDEMY SA President Vladislav Mirchev, ...
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Indian Users Are 'Cool' With Sharing Data, But Won't Shop Online

Not surprisingly, the KPMG report says banking and central government organisations are the most trusted, as they ask for the least amount of user ...
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Kenya: Stop Cheating Kenyans, Duale Tells Odinga

"The audit firm (KPMG) does not have the experience required to do the voter register audit," said Odinga in a joint press conference with Amani ...
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