Sunday, April 30, 2017

Chinese investment in Australia rises but lags behind US

But a report from Sydney University and accounting firm KPMG called “Demystifying Chinese Investment in Australia” stressed that the vast majority of ...
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Brexit will redraw investment competitiveness of the UK

The UK has lost ground in global professional network KPMG's annual rankings of both tax competitiveness and appeal as a destination for Foreign ...
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China spend on Aust agribusiness triples

The KPMG and Sydney University report showed that from 2015 to 2016 Chinese investment in Australia across all sectors rose by 11.7 per cent to ...
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China triples spend on Aust agribusiness

A report form financial services provider KPMG and the University of Sydney says that in 2016, Chinese companies invested $1.2 billion in Australian ...
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Jewellers to fall under new anti-money laundering regime

The government's spokesperson told Jeweller that consulting firm KPMG was performing the analysis on behalf of the AGD and that a questionnaire ...
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We're no auto racing expert, but we agree with one

And directly discussing the city's payout to a consultant, he said, “I know KPMG has been hired to conduct a study, but that study is going to say it will ...
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Magda Wierzycka

Net1 commissioned the audit firm, KPMG, to help clear its name. The main problem with audit firms, of course, is that any review is normally limited in ...
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St Michael's House celebrates 3000 volunteers in Ballymun

To date 3,000 volunteers from companies such as KPMG, UPS, Woodies, LinkedIn, Starbucks, Vodafone and Bank of Ireland have spent 12,600 hours ...
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536 million users to log onto Internet in Indian languages by 2021

A Google-KPMG report estimates that Hindi Internet users (at 201 million) will outnumber those accessing the web in English at 199 million by 2021.
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Saturday, April 29, 2017

KPMG training prog end at CUK

Srinagar: The four day training programme by KPMG on Green Belt Six Sigma for the students of management studies of the Central University of ...
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KPMG training prog end at CUK

Srinagar, April 29, (Scoop News)-The four day training programme by KPMG on Green Belt Six Sigma for the students of management studies of the ...
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All Wells Fargo director nominees elected, some with scant support

Warren and her Democratic colleague Senator Edward Markey said it is "difficult to comprehend" how KPMG concluded the Wells Fargo scandal did ...
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Dominic Ho Chiu Fai Joins Singapore Airlines Board As Independent Director

Mr. Ho began his career as an auditor with KPMG in 1975 in the US city of Houston, covering a wide range of industries. He retired in 2007 as ...
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Friday, April 28, 2017

'Will examine master plan before making tourism policies'

The master planner, a consortium of KPMG and TL, has submitted four modules of draft tourism master plan to the government.Though the tourism ...
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Josh Rosenberg Named A QuantumShift 2017 Top Entrepreneur In America

I would like to thank my teammates at Accent Food Services, KPMG for the support, and my family for the ongoing support in pursing individual and ...
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Fintech investment defies Brexit worries

Patrick Imbach, Co-Head of KPMG's Tech Growth practice, said: “It's clear that ... Richard Iferenta, Head of Challenger Banking, KPMG UK added: “The ...
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Five reasons why HR software implementations fail

Another survey, by consultancy firm KPMG, found that 63% of respondents had expected greater value add to their business from cloud HR software ...
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IntelePeer's Frank Fawzi Named a QuantumShift 2017 Top Entrepreneur in America

KPMG International's independent member firms have 189,000 ... QuantumShift is a joint program between KPMG LLP's Private Markets Group and ...
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Regional small businesses vulnerable to cybercrime – KPMG Trinidad forum

The Trinidad Guardian reported on April 26 that information arising out of a cyber-security seminar held by KPMG, Trinidad and Tobago points to the ...
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Minister Lee visits St. Lucia hospital

Minister Emil Lee (centre right) and Minister Mary Isaac (centre left), accompanied by INSO, Royal Haskoning, St. Maarten Medical Center and KPMG ...
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Sens. Warren, Markey urge for examination of KPMG oversight of Wells Fargo

KPMG, in its role as Wells Fargo's independent auditor, failed to prevent or even publicly disclose the fraud that affected hundreds of thousands of ...
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2017 for retail so far better than 2016, with fewer insolvencies

According to KPMG, 28 retailers across England and Wales went into between January and March this year, compared to the 30 recorded in 2016 ...
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EC officials in illegal payment scandal

The officials, who paid R2.8-million to Eagles Cooperative, were mentioned in a KPMG forensic investigation, of which Daily Dispatch has a copy.
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US VC Investment in FinTech Rises to $1.2B in Q1 2017

Ann Armstrong, KPMG's U.S. National Fintech Co-Leader, said, “Corporations are looking into making fintech investments that can be integrated into ...
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Bank Standard's non-performing loans amount to AZN 707M

The evaluation was conducted by KPMG international audit company. According to KPMG, liquid funds supposed to come from loans make up AZN ...
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SIA names Dominic Ho as independent non-executive director

Mr Ho began his career as an auditor with KPMG in 1975 in the US city of Houston, covering a wide range of industries. He retired in 2007 as ...
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Kuching assets linked to Ekran's Ting up for sale

Mohamed Raslan Abdul Rahman and Chan Siew Mei of KPMG Deal Advisory Sdn Bhd are listed as the appointed receivers and managers of Global ...
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Report sheds light on card payment firm's rescue

UPG plc went into administration on 27 February 2017, with insolvency specialists from KPMG called in to handle the case. Documents have revealed ...
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Latest KPMG quarterly FIPS highlights lower bank funding costs, rising returns on equity, margin ...

Latest KPMG quarterly FIPS highlights lower bank funding costs, rising returns on equity, margin pressure, profit growth and slower lending growth.
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Thursday, April 27, 2017

100-acre SmartCentres Place transforming Vaughan

The first office building in SmartCentres Place, the 14-storey KPMG Tower, is complete and work is progressing on an inter-regional transit terminal to ...
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NSW government fails to appeal Ku-ring-gai Council amalgamation court loss

A report by KPMG, which the government said justified the financial aspects of the planned merger, was kept secret from the public and from the official ...
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KPMG: $3.2 Billion in Fintech Deals During Q1 as 2017 "Starts Modestly"

KPMG has published their most recent Pulse of Fintech covering the global Fintech industry during Q1 of 2017. According to their numbers, global ...
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Investors are demanding green credentials

Newly-published research conducted by KPMG explores how large companies are seeking to understand and disclose how they might fare in a world ...
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Post-Grad Plans: Angela Hudson will be getting her second degree - for free!

Her degree will be fully paid for by KPMG, an audit, tax and advisory service company. After completing her master's, she will be working full-time for ...
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PC government launches new bureaucratic agency to handle health care changes

The government said KPMG examined how health-care services could be improved and be made more efficient. It also assessed the organizational ...
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Funding to Asia Fintechs Declines

The Pulse of Fintech – KPMG International's quarterly report on fintech investment details the global breakdown of financial technology activity.
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KPMG Opens "Ignition" in Atlanta

ATLANTA, April 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading audit, tax, and advisory firm KPMG LLP today showcased to clients as well as other community and ...
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US Leads Fintech Investment in Q1, But Europe Gains Ground

This may demonstrate a preference among investors for mature fintech companies that are safer during uncertain times such as Brexit, KPMG noted.
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KPMG gets go ahead to audit voters' register

KPMG gets go ahead to audit voters' register ... Democracy (Cord) challenging the hiring of international firm, KPMG, to audit the national voter registry ...
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Cord loses second bid to block audit of voters list ahead of polls

Justice Roselyn Aburili, in her judgment said activist Okiya Omtatah and Cord, who wanted audit firm KPMG stopped from reviewing the register, did ...
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NSW Government's failure to appeal Kur-in-gai Council decision shows they've 'given up': Greens

"In every forced merger proposal the Government as relying upon a variation of this secret KPMG report. "That unfairness affects...everyone across the ...
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Elizabeth Warren questions PCAOB about KPMG audits of Wells Fargo

In a letter Tuesday to PCAOB Chairman James Doty, the senators asked whether the PCAOB has conducted a review of KPMG's financial reporting, ...
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No accounting for JCI

But Investec Bank and its favoured auditors, KPMG, have managed not to produce audited annual accounts for JCI for the past six years. Seeing is ...
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'Adverse inference' could be drawn by company buyer's refusal to disclose documents, says court

Dresser-Rand was asked to disclose legal advice as well as reports prepared by KPMG and UBS during the negotiation stage of the transaction but ...
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New report shows bank profits up, possible cost increase for customers

New Zealanders could be left with the bill as banks face increasing regulation, a new report into the industry suggests. KPMG has released its latest ...
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EY has UK's fifth most valuable brand

Other Big Four members Deloitte, KPMG and PwC were not included in the UK ranking as Brand Finance determined that their headquarters and/or ...
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Reminder to directors: Legal advice to the company may be subject to your claim for legal ...

KPMG served a Notice to Produce Documents on Equititrust for production of 940 legal advices. The directors of Equititrust took the position that any ...
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Higher Pay for Auditors Leads to Fewer Restatements

Across the audit firms in the sample, KPMG seems to have paid the highest average salary ($67,618 per year), while Deloitte paid the lowest ...
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UK car manufacturing acceleration result of investment of 'billions of pounds' – KPMG

KPMG says UK car manufacturers' increasing production comes as a result of a period of investment running to “billions of pounds.” Simon Heath ...
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UK fintechs shrug off Brexit as investment soars

Research from accountancy firm KPMG found that mainland Europe provided $212m (£164m) to UK fintech start-ups in the first quarter, the highest ...
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Notice of annual general meeting of shareholders of Nordecon AS

To elect audit firm KPMG Baltics OĂś as the auditor of the Company for the financial year 2017 and to pay for the services according to the agreement ...
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Retail proves resilient as rate of administrations fall

According to KPMG, 28 retailers across England and Wales went into administration during the first three months of 2017 as the industry faces a ...
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QuantumShift 2017 Top Entrepreneurs In America Selected

NEW YORK, April 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- KPMG LLP's Private Markets Group and the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business are ...
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Insolvency numbers remain flat but are headwinds gathering for consumer-facing businesses?

Analysis by KPMG of notices in the London Gazette shows that the number of companies entering administration nudged up from 294 in Q4 2016 to ...
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Fintech investment in Asia 'drops dramatically' in first quarter

According to the Pulse of Fintech Q1 2017 report published by KPMG, this was primarily due to “a lack of mega-deals which have been critical to peak ...
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U.S. Venture Capital Investment In Fintech Rises To $1.2 Billion In Q1'17, Driven By Late-Stage ...

Ann Armstrong, KPMG's U.S. National Fintech Co-Leader, said, "Corporations are looking into making fintech investments that can be integrated into ...
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Global fintech market sees quiet Q1'17 as M&A slows, VC funding holds steady: KPMG Pulse of ...

TORONTO, April 27, 2017 /CNW/ - Global fintech investment got off to a soft start in Q1'17, with the total invested globally at US$3.2 billion, down from ...
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Perak Corp slumps 7% on missing FY16 annual report deadline ho

... Messrs KPMG PLT, require more time to resolve the substantial outstanding audit and accounting issues with the management of the company.
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Global fintech market sees quiet Q1'17 as M&A slows, VC funding holds steady: KPMG Pulse of ...

TORONTO, Apr 27, 2017 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX) -- Global fintech investment got off to a soft start in Q1'17, with the total invested globally at ...
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Local Business KPMG triumphs amid Xtreme Sports Games fun

There was a worthy purpose to the fun and somewhat crazy pursuits witnessed at the second Xtreme Sports Games. Companies and organisations ...
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KPMG-Google Report Sees Role for LSPs, Freelancers in India's Digital Language Ecosystem

KPMG and Google published a report on on April 25, 2017 detailing the Indian language ecosystem. The report, “Indian Languages – Defining India's ...
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BSD trustees slam second vote on MSBA auditor

... accounting company KPMG as its auditor last month, executives are requesting a second vote take place after KPMG provided a response.
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ATO's Chris Jordan has sealed $6m in pay after being reappointed until 2024

The reappointment until 2024 is a personal boon for Mr Jordan, a former KPMG chairman whose total annual pay was increased by the government's ...
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Reverse Sexism

I was recently let go from KPMG. When I asked a partner their thoughts on why I was fired, their response was “Because you don't have a vagina.”.
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Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Perak Corp slumps 7% on missing FY16 annual report deadline

... Perak Corp said it has failed to issue the FY16 annual report by April 30, as its external auditors, Messrs KPMG PLT, require more time to resolve the ...
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Strong group of Georgians at Symetra Classic

Mariah Stackhouse hits a shot during the pro-am before the start of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship at the Sahalee Country Club on June 7, ...
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275-strong company undergoes PE-backed MBO

... by Kevin Stout (Lockton); EHS DD by Melanie Mann (ERM); Operations DD by Susanna Mitterer (Syngroup); and Tax DD by Steve Heath (KPMG).
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Long Beach city hires KPMG to analyse F1 return in 2019

The council has now enlisted the services of KPMG to act as consultants, with the firm tasked with analysing the financial advantages of the two ...
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Pallister claims province vulnerable to disaster costs, opposition demands audit be released

Allum repeatedly demanded Pallister say Wednesday precisely where in its contract with KPMG the information does not belong to the government.
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GCC value-added tax framework provides roadmap for Qatar: KPMG

Following the release of the unified agreement for value-added tax (VAT) for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries by Saudi Arabia, Philippe ...
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TIPTREE INC. (NASDAQ:TIPT) Files An 8-K Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant

The Audit Committee of the Company will dismiss KPMG LLP (“KPMG”), which is currently serving as the Company's independent auditors, effective ...
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Google Translate for 9 Indian languages, 11 more get keyboard support

... on Indian Language support is based on the findings of a joint report by Google and KPMG India, titled Indian Languages—Defining India's Internet, ...
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Emerald City Theatre Presents MOTHER GOOSE'S GARDEN World Premiere

ECT's lead funders include iHeartMedia Chicago, The Land of Nod, KPMG, National Endowment for the Arts, and AMITA Health. For more information ...
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Sudbury council clears way to take on more debt

Oscar Poloni, managing partner at KPMG, also presented an overview Tuesday of the city's long-term financial plan. In addition to debt, he said ...
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Czech Republic's Klára Spilková accepts sponsor exemption to 2017 KPMG Women's PGA ...

Spilková, 22, who represented the Czech Republic in the 2016 Olympic Games, will be making her second consecutive appearance in the KPMG ...
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Accounting News Roundup: KPMG and Wells Fargo; Pass-through Tax Rates | 04.26.17

Two U.S. Senate Democrats are asking a U.S. audit watchdog to review whether KPMG failed to disclose or prevent fraud when it audited Wells ...
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2017-2022 Management Consulting Services Report on United States and Global Market ...

The major players in United States Management Consulting Services market include Deloitte Consulting, PwC, EY, KPMG, McKinsey, Booz Allen ...
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Amid violence and fraud, Kenya has hired international auditors to oversee its election

Critics say the voter roll includes underage voters, dead people, and duplicate registrations. The international auditing firm KPMG has been checking ...
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Report from the Annual General Meeting of Immunicum AB (publ) on April 26, 2017

The AGM resolved to reappoint the registered public accounting firm KPMG AB as auditor for the period until the next annual general meeting. KPMG ...
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Net1 UEPS: Report muddies the waters

A 37-page report by KPMG plays the central role, with backup provided by a few legal sources, a supplier and several court judgments. Perhaps the ...
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Breaking: Plus500 Appoints Penelope Judd As Chairman, Alastair Gordon Parts Ways

Ms. Judd began her professional career at KPMG where she qualified as a chartered accountant. She left KPMG to join the UK Listing Authority, where ...
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Wells Fargo Announces Preliminary Voting Results of 2017 Annual Meeting

... the appointment of KPMG LLP as the company's independent auditors for 2017, and voted to have future votes on named executives' compensation ...
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90% of new net users non-English: Rajan Anandan, VP, Google

A study conducted by Google, in partnership with KPMG, highlights the emergence of this trend. “India today has 234 million Indian language users ...
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Wells Fargo meeting erupts, as investors fume over scandal

Shareholders also asked why KPMG, Wells Fargo's auditor, didn't discover the phony accounts, which was initially revealed last year by the Los ...
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Tuesday, April 25, 2017

KPMG: No evidence of malpractice at Net1

Net1 enlisted KPMG to conduct a full review of its business practices, in the wake of allegations that it's distributing beneficiary information to its ...
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Cybercriminals targetting small businesses

Sgt Dale Joseph, of the Cyber Crime Unit, in his contribution to a KPMG cybersecurity seminar at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Port-of-Spain yesterday, ...
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Support Girls in the Game/Chicago at LPGA's KPMG tournament

Girls in the Game has a wonderful opportunity as the LPGA will make a $10,000 donation if we can get 100 volunteers for this summer's LPGA KPMG ...
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E-tailing sector to see three-fold growth in Indian language internet users by 2021: Report

... is expected to witness a three fold growth in its userbase to reach 165 million Indian language users by 2021, according to the latest study by KPMG ...
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Young Hackensack Professional Named Among New Jersey's Best

... 35, has been involved in account service for many of the agency's clients, including Sony Electronics, BMW Group Financial Services and KPMG.
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Audit of all civil works over Rs 10 cr in last 3 yrs

The names of audit firms under consideration include PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Deloitte, Ernst and Young, McKinzie and KPMG. The orders ...
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Lawmakers question quality of KPMG's Wells Fargo audits

Lawmakers question quality of KPMG's Wells Fargo audits ... "KPMG, in its role as Wells Fargo's independent auditor, failed to prevent or even publicly ...
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Wells Fargo meeting erupts, as investors fume over scandal

Shareholders also asked why KPMG, Wells Fargo's auditor, did not discover the phony accounts, which was initially revealed last year by the Los ...
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Lawmakers question quality of KPMG's Wells Fargo audits

WASHINGTON, April 25 (Reuters) - Two U.S. Senate Democrats are asking a U.S. audit watchdog to review whether KPMG failed to disclose or ...
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Kenya Audits Voter List Ahead of August Polls

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission assigned international auditing firm KPMG to the job of checking the list. With allegations of ...
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How Donald Trump Could Ensure the Latest Yuge Accounting Scandal Is the Last One

The latest in the endless rounds of accounting scandals, this one involving KPMG, should revive the pressure to break up the Big Four accounting ...
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Lawmakers question quality of KPMG's Wells Fargo audits

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. Senate Democrats are asking a U.S. audit watchdog to review whether KPMG failed to disclose or prevent fraud ...
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Google launches new translation technology for 9 Indian languages

With the Google-KPMG report expecting nine out of 10 new online users as Indian language use, it has also extended support to cover all 22 ...
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Doug Robinson, nephew of Mitt Romney, says he's running for Colorado governor

And he highlights his business background, noting that he founded his own company and then worked in technology investment banking for KPMG.
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Outburst by angry Wells Fargo shareholder halts annual meeting

Wells Fargo shareholders also approved KPMG's role as the bank's independent auditor, despite concerns over the firm's handling of the scandal and ...
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Lawmakers target Wells Fargo auditor over fake accounts

WASHINTON – Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey are seeking information about KPMG to determine if it lived up to its professional obligations ...
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Making the Business Case for Virtual Care

"The challenge to it is there's no sustainable business model," says Richard Bakalar, MD, KPMG managing director and member of the firm's Global ...
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Onboarding: The Retention Connection

Two years ago, New York-based KPMG acquired a digital design agency whose employees were quite critical of the professional-services firm's ...
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Google's Neural Machine Translation launched for nine Indian languages

As Google's own study conducted with KPMG shows Indian language internet users are much more in the country, compared to English Internet users.
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Net 1 moves to defend its policies

Net 1 says given "ongoing, repetitive and false" accusations levelled against it regarding the payment of social grants, it enlisted audit firm KPMG to set ...
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Advertising Agencies Hit With New Competitive Threat

There's a new threat on the horizon for advertising agencies. Leading successful service providers including Accenture, Deloitte, KPMG, IBM, ...
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KPMG buys 3 Degrees Consulting

KPMG Australia has acquired executive remuneration and performance advisory business 3 Degrees Consulting as its 14th purchase in the past three ...
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Google believes the key to the next one billion Indians online is translation

As per the KPMG study titled 'Indian Languages- Defining India's Internet,' internet users with Hindi as their primary language stand at 521 million and ...
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Coupa Inspire '17 Explores How to “Unleash Real Value Everywhere”

KPMG and Coupa share a common goal of helping clients drive sustainable performance and measureable results,” said Dipan Karumsi, KPMG's ...
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Net1: We are clean, above board and did not commit a single transgression

When questioned on whether KPMG is best placed to undertake an independent review due to Net1 being one of their major clients, the company said ...
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Disruptive Africa

... technology areas where South Africa is a regional leader,” says Frank Rizzo, technology sector lead for KPMG in South Africa in the consulting firm's ...
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Opinion: Make Accounting's Big Four Accountable

The latest scandal involves a tip KPMG got about which of its audits the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board was going to review. The KMPG ...
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Google's new bet to win India's next billion users: speaking Indian languages

There are more non-English speaking users online in India than the English speaking users, Google said, citing a new study it co-authored with KPMG ...
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Announcing the 2016-2017 Corporate Member of the Year!

KPMG LLP, the U.S. member firm of KPMG international, the audit, advisory, and tax firm, is being recognized this year as the Corporate Member of the ...
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Google has launched new products that will use Neural Machine Translation to translate languages

Google also shared findings from a new report by Google and KPMG India, titled “Indian Languages-Defining India's Internet”. Google also shared ...
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Google Enhances Indian Language Support Across Products to Get More Indians on the Web

Sharing insights from the joint report “Indian Languages – Defining India's Internet” by Google and KPMG India , Rajan Anandan, VP, India & South ...
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9 out of 10 new Internet users coming online will be an Indian language user: Google-KPMG

According to a report from search giant Google and consulting firm KPMG India, Indian language users have overtaken English language on the ...
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Monday, April 24, 2017

E-commerce forces brick-and-mortar stores to innovate

“I have no plan to move back to Manchester because Asia is where we are going to see the growth,” said Mr Bailey of KPMG in Hong Kong. China is ...
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KPMG advocates safe, resilient cyber space

Propelled by the need to increase awareness and the development of cyber security strategies in Nigeria, and Africa, an audit firm, KPMG, ...
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More Details On Craig Hall's 'Most Difficult Project Yet'

Just east of KPMG Plaza on Ross Avenue, Hall Arts Hotel, an independent concept that will be operated by Crescent Hotels & Resorts, will have ...
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KPMG Organises Cyber Security Conference

As part of efforts to help organisations build a more resilient cyber ecosystem, which will tackle cyber risks, KPMG will be organising the 2017 Pan ...
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Employee engagement technology can improve benefits administration

When Todd McAllister, principal analyst for consulting giant KPMG, is called in to evaluate a client's human capital management systems, improving ...
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Government promises swift action to boost tourism sector

THE GOVERNMENT has committed to boosting the tourism sector by implementing several key strategies recommended by the KPMG TCI Tourism ...
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E-filing, the third time around

the Philippine member firm of KPMG International. KPMG RGM&Co. has been recognized as a Tier 1 tax practice, Tier 1 transfer pricing practice, Tier ...
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CPS releases KPMG review report into business malpractices

Some of the key findings from the review conducted by KPMG for the period March 2016 to April 2017 include 144 users that have access to Stratus, ...
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E-commerce forces brick-and-mortar stores to innovate

By 2020, KPMG expects the number will increase to 200 million overseas trips. "Are we ready for our retail businesses to serve those future consumers ...
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'Digital Sport Viewership To Go Higher In 2017'

Cricket dominates the overall revenues of Rs 61-65 billion (as per the FICCI KPMG 2017 report) generated from sports sponsorships, estimated at ...
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The impact of AI on customer experience

This is especially the case where artificial intelligence (AI) is used to refine the customer experience (CX). Thomson Reuters Africa, hi.guru, and KPMG ...
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US Central Bank Predicts GST Will Boost India's GDP by Rs 6.5 Lakh Cr; But 70% of SMEs Still Not ...

Meanwhile, as per Consulting firm KPMG and the Federation of Small Medium Enterprises (FISME), as much as 70% of small businesses and SMEs ...
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Changes in store

"I have no plan to move back to Manchester because Asia is where we are going to see the growth," said Mr Bailey of KPMG in Hong Kong. China is ...
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Sunday, April 23, 2017

KPMG SunMile and CEO Executive Challenge kicks off with a bang in Fourways

The KPMG SunMile and CEO Executive Challenge kicked off at 6.30pm on 6 April and even though there was rain, it did not stop the athletes from ...
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Net1's CPS denies dodgy practices

Johannesburg - Armed with a KPMG report, Net1 UEPS Technologies on Friday moved to refute accusations of unethical lending practices to millions ...
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Our hands are clean, says Net1

Its main defence rested on a review by KPMG, which it said had confirmed that its business practices complied with applicable law. "After two of our ...
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Loosen the straitjacket of a compulsory independent audit

The “big four” professional services firms — Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC — are so regularly fined or subject to regulatory rebukes for doing ...
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Theresa May's government is deporting a man to a country he left when he was five [VIDEO]

He has the chance to work for one of the biggest companies on the planet, KPMG. Not many are able to reach such heights and I think it would be a ...
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Business leaders share insights on common barriers to digital transformation

Microsoft and LinkedIn hosted key executives of leading enterprises, including Accenture and KPMG in a roundtable of 20 C-suite executives, on the ...
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Exclusive: Hoorah.io closes S$500k angel round

Singapore-based HR tech startup Hoorah.io, founded by Elisa Ang, a former KPMG managing consultant, has raised S$500,000 ($357,986) at a ...
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Butler students launch Bermuda-based captive insurer

Students also met with service providers Aon, KPMG and Conyers law firm, companies they had selected to work with to create, launch and manage ...
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FIAU has been investigating Pilatus Bank since 2015

As the bank's auditors, KPMG would have also been responsible for reporting anything untoward to the FIAU. Other sources speaking to this ...
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Saturday, April 22, 2017

Net1 sets the record straight with external verification

We therefore engaged KPMG to conduct a review specifically focusing on our business practices and to provide us with a factual findings report ...
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Premier not sure when pier audit will be completed

The auditor, KPMG, has been working with all parties involved to ensure that all relevant documentation needed to complete the audit has been ...
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Friday, April 21, 2017

CalPERS, CalSTRS to vote against some Wells Fargo directors

CalPERS is also voting against the ratification of KPMG as the company's auditor. “We have concerns over a potential lapse of internal controls during ...
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KPMG to audit NPHCDA over immunisation fund

An audit firm, KPMG, is to probe the finances of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) to increase donors' confidence as ...
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Speakers at the 45th FIA congress

He is a partner of KPMG's performance clinic (within KPMG Innovate) assisting organisations to enhance productivity, well-being and employee ...
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China remains top destination for venture capital in Asia: report

China remains the top destination for venture capital (VC) investment in Asia, with 3.6 billion U.S. dollars invested in Q1, accounting firm KPMG said in ...
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Two decades in the making, work starts on Dallas Arts District tower

The start of the Hall Arts tower, designed by Dallas architect HKS, comes almost four years after the developer broke ground on the 18-story KPMG ...
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Fewer oil company insolvencies than expected, KPMG says

Blair Nimmo, head of restructuring for KPMG in the UK, said “some stability has returned to the sector”. He said: “We have seen some stability return to ...
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KPMG wins Queen's Award for Enterprise

KPMG has a long standing commitment to improving social mobility and it is an honour to see the work we do with government, our fellow business ...
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Poverty alliance demands radical Living Wage pledge from councils ahead of elections

Analysis carried out by accounting firm KPMG focused on the benefits of the real Living Wage on the economy and lives of workers across the UK.
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Aries Clean Energy hires new chief financial officer

Mark N. Witt has held previous financial management positions with British Petroleum, Goldman Sachs and KPMG. April 21, 2017. Waste Today Staff.
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Net1 Sets the Record Straight With External Verification

The KPMG report, supplier letter, legal opinions and the Constitutional Court of South Africa ("Constitutional Court") judgments referenced in the Smit ...
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Creditors of Jones Bootmaker could lose millions

Documents drawn up by administrators at KPMG list around 500 unsecured creditors of A Jones and Son – the formal name of the company – who ...
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Google set to deploy next-gen machine learning for Indian languages

In an event to be organised here on April 25, Google will also share findings from a new report by Google and KPMG India, titled "Indian ...
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NASSCOM GIC Conclave 2017 redefines the role of modern GICs

Sponsored by industry giants like HSBC, Target, Barclays, MetLife, E&Y and KPMG, the event had all the markings of a niche gathering corralled for ...
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150 jobs go at packaging firm but production restarts

Jonny Marston and Howard Smith from KPMG were appointed joint administrators of the packaging firm on April 3, after the company "suffered ...
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KPMG wins Queen's Award for its leadership on social mobility

KPMG has been announced as winner of this year's Queen's Award for Enterprise in the inaugural category of 'Promoting Opportunity' for its work on ...
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