Saturday, September 30, 2017

Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Lafayette area People in Business for Oct. 1, 2017

Other officers elected include Angela Guidry, of the LSU College of Business, vice president; Tiffany Jones, treasurer; and Kearia McCants, of KPMG, ...
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Measles outbreak: Eight of 11 cases linked to Docklands workplace

... needed to be aware of the signs and symptoms of the disease. Collins Square is home to numerous companies, including KPMG, CBA, Transurban, ...
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Monarch in last-ditch fight to stay in the air as 100000 passengers face being stranded

The aviation watchdog was yesterday chartering planes to cover the risk that up to 100,000 passengers may be stranded abroad, with KPMG on ...
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IBRC fails in bid to claw back UK taxes

The liquidators of the bank, Kieran Wallace and Eamonn Richardson of KPMG, took issue with HMRC's application of Ireland and Britain's double ...
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Monarch Airlines is handed a 24-hour reprieve as rescue plans are launched for 100000 ...

KPMG was brought in three weeks ago to help look at options and help find potential buyers. The airline is also understood to have asked about a ...
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Global Master Data Management Market 2017- TIBCO Software, Oracle, Stibo Systems, Informatica ...

... VisionWare, TIBCO Software, SAP, Magnitude, Talend, Oracle, Riversand Technologies, Yonyou, Software AG, Stibo Systems, KPMG, SAS Institute, ...
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Why getting a bank loan will be difficult as new standard run into rate cap impact

According to KPMG Kenya Advisory Services Limited Director, Joseph Kariuki, loan loss provisions could jump by between 50 per cent and 100 per ...
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Melinda Garrett dies: longtime Bellaire resident, HISD financial leader

... she became a certified public accountant with the audit division of KPMG Peat Marwick, working on audits of governmental and private sector firms.
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Canadian fashion shopped around the world by industry advocates

The CAFA Fashion and Retails Forum, presented by KPMG, took a different approach with the focus on fashion and technology and the future of retail.
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Monarch Airlines' package holiday arm could face administration - Sky News report

Citing unnamed sources Sky News said KPMG has been lined up to act as the administrator if an extension is not granted. Asked by Reuters to ...
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Vacancy: tech supremo to guide NZ into a new age

Xero boss Rod Drury and a "strategic insights panel" backed by KPMG and ASB Bank have suggested a CTO could be part-funded by the private ...
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The tale the Isle of Man wants to shake

“[Brexit] has added impetus, because we're worried about our supply being cut off,” KPMG's Micky Swindale, the former president of the island's ...
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Monarch Airlines' future uncertain as licence in doubt

Reports last week claimed that the company was working with KPMG to find future options for its short-haul business by securing a joint venture with a ...
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Monarch Airlines future in doubt again as regulators ponder licence extension

While unconfirmed sources close to the talks said a temporary extension would be granted, KPMG has reportedly been placed on standby to put the ...
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Indiana Officials Optimistic About Railroad Line Upgrades

The development authority commissioned a KPMG study, which predicts the project will bring in about $2.5 billion in private sector investments.
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Monarch prays for lifeline as CAA considers licence extension

KPMG, which has been working with Monarch on exploring sale or partnership options for its troubled short-haul network, has been lined up to act as ...
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Beneficiaries of GEM scheme cry out over delay in funds disbursement

PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC) was appointed grant administrators, while KPMG as the monitoring and control body for the project. Some of the ...
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KPMG Haunted By Its Tax Shelter Follies

KPMG's woes from its tax shelter shenanigans around the turn of the millennium seem never ending. The original story of X-Rated tax shelters being ...
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Auditor-General office views KPMG's conduct in serious light

JOHANNESBURG – The Auditor-General's office says the action it's taken against KPMG shows how seriously it takes the allegations against the ...
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KPMG-SA fraud hotline? Forget the whistle, stick to the fiddle

In the past fortnight KPMG-SA has basically admitted to being a Gupta pawn. It has conceded also that its “rogue unit” report for the SA Revenue ...
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India Wins Enactus World Cup 2017 in London

KPMG, the presenting sponsor of the 2017 Enactus World Cup, and a dedicated partner of Enactus for 22 years, renewed their commitment to present ...
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Letters and comments, Sept. 30

If the KPMG report were at all in agreement with what the Pallister goons are doing to Manitoba's health-care system, they wouldn't be keeping it ...
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We need more artiste managers , cries out D'banj

The singer said: “CREAM was valued by KPMG, nine months into the platform. We haven't done any evaluation since then. I am sure it has increased ...
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Eedris insulted artistes young enough to be his children –D'Banj

... within a year and how it has changed lives, the singer said, “The CREAM platform was valued by KPMG and that is why we put out their findings.
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DATA STORY: Why South India is crucial to Modi govt's digital payments push

The KPMG report — Indian Languages: Defining India's Internet — anticipates the number of regional internet users adopting digital payments to rise ...
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Taxpayer funding for MPs to attend the AFL grand final has become a joke

Championing Liberal women in politics today at @KPMG with my impressive colleagues. #ladieswholegislate pic.twitter.com/441sFVYGQo.
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SWFs pull money from asset managers for 12th consecutive quarter

Tom Brown, head of asset management at KPMG, the consultancy, said lower oil prices were driving redemptions, but asset manager “fees are ...
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CNY Executive Q&A: A chat with M&T Bank's Stephen Gorczynski

My first job was with KPMG, and at that time, the Syracuse office had a large contingent of banking clients. This was in the late 1980s and early 90s ...
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Lincicome Makes A Move and More From New Zealand

There have been two Rolex First Time Winners in 2017 and both won at major championships - Danielle Kang (KPMG Women's PGA Championship) ...
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Taxpayer funding for MPs to attend the AFL grand final has become a joke

... her to attend Friday's exclusive Liberal gathering at century-old vineyard, the Morning Star Estate, or the Liberal ladies forum at KPMG on Thursday.
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Becker Professional Education Preps 90 Percent of 2016 Elijah Watt Sells Award Recipients

... to make well-informed decisions during the Exam,” said Kevin Montminy, an audit associate at KPMG, LLP and a 2016 Watt Sells Award recipient.
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Friday, September 29, 2017

BLF to Rupert: “One bullet. One settler.”

Members of Black First Land First (BLF) wear shirts with the text 'Land or Death' as they prepare to march to the offices of KPMG on Thursday in ...
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ComScore settles a big shareholder lawsuit — by giving them what they want

A certified public accountant, he has also worked in the business assurance practice of KPMG Peat Marwick. Bryan Wiener: He currently serves as the ...
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Iasis acquisition finalized

Whitmer assumed the company's helm in 2010 after a stint as CFO and previous positions at PhyCor and KPMG. He has held board positions with the ...
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The brothers who 'hijacked' a country and ignited a scandal that's destroyed one of Britain's top PR ...

The brothers who 'hijacked' a country and ignited a scandal that's destroyed one of Britain's top PR firms, tarnished accounting giant KPMG – and set ...
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Audit, review on the way, province says

Taxpayers paid a combined $1.49 million for the pair of KPMG reports but the findings were never released, despite the fact Premier Brian Pallister ...
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Auditor General to stick with embattled KPMG

The Auditor General of South Africa has announced that his office would not drop consultancy firm, KPMG which has lost about four big clients in the ...
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South Africa's Central Bank Tells Lenders KPMG 'Too Big to Fail'

South Africa's central bank has told top lenders they cannot fire auditor KPMG , entangled in a scandal involving friends of President Jacob Zuma, ...
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Auditor General's office won't drop KPMG just yet

JOHANNESBURG - The Auditor General's office says it won't be taking any further action against auditing firm KPMG until the findings of an ...
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South African Labor Union Protests Widespread Corruption

The worker's strike coincides with a recent scandal involving the KPMG's branch in South Africa. According to Reuters, the auditing company fired its ...
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Auditor General says will continue using KPMG

File: The Auditor General will continue using the services of KPMG South Africa pending investigation in to the firm's work in the country.
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Credit rating downgrade highlights risks for UK universities

The impact of the downgrade was likely to be “negligible” for the institutions and the university bond market more widely, said Marc Finer, KPMG's ...
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Assessments And Implementation Of Revenue Recognition, Leasing Standards Lag As FASB ...

The KPMG survey found that private companies face a similar challenge in meeting the 2019 FASB deadline for private companies. In fact, 22 percent ...
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Asian millionaires favour stocks, cash over property, study finds

... turnover jump by 28 per cent to HK$60 billion in the first quarter of this year, from HK$47 billion in the last three months of 2016, according to KPMG.
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Auditor General not dropping KPMG

Cape Town - The Auditor General (AG) has decided to not terminate the services currently provided to it by KPMG SA, it said in a statement on Friday.
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Life Sciences CEOs Bracing For Artificial Intelligence

Delivering double digit growth for large drug makers is rare. KPMG's survey found that 93 percent of life sciences CEOs expect annual revenue growth ...
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Exclusive: South Africa's Central Bank Tells Lenders That KPMG Is 'Too Big to Fail'

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's central bank has told top lenders they cannot fire auditor KPMG [KPMG.UL], entangled in a scandal involving ...
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The fragility of reputations: a lesson from Bell Pottinger

Other companies such as SAP, McKinsey and KPMG have been implicated in the Gupta saga. The PR profession has been with us for more than a ...
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Don't do business with corrupt companies – Discovery CEO

Gore's comments come a week after Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) suspended professional services firm KPMG's membership after it ...
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UPDATE 1-EXCLUSIVE-South Africa's central bank tells lenders KPMG "too big to fail" - sources

JOHANNESBURG, Sept 29 (Reuters) - South Africa's central bank has told top lenders they cannot fire auditor KPMG , entangled in a scandal ...
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South Africa's auditor general says retains KPMG as auditor

JOHANNESBURG, Sept 29 (Reuters) - South Africa's auditor general said on Friday it would retain KPMG as its auditor. KPMG sacked its South ...
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Gaming industry takes steps to show it cares about customers

Several high-profile figures from the UK, involved in this year's KPMG eGaming Summit, gathered for a Business News round table.
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Reprieve for KPMG as it gets backing from auditor general and Reserve Bank: report

South Africa's auditor general has announced that it will be keeping auditing firm KPMG on, despite a call from National Treasury to review all ...
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Forensic investigation for IFMS

The IFMS project has also been touched by the controversy surrounding KPMG. Earlier this month, Scopa issued a statement questioning the ...
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US consumer goods, retail CEOs more positive about growth

The KPMG survey covered 41 CEOs of US firms and 134 from global consumer goods and retail firms on various topics, including growth, corporate ...
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Auditor-General sticks with KPMG

The Auditor General of SA (AGSA) will continue to use KPMG SA's services pending the outcome of investigations into the work done for the ...
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Auditor-general says retains KPMG as auditor

KPMG sacked its South African leadership two weeks ago after it found work the accounting firm had done for companies owned by the Gupta family ...
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Auditor-general will carry on using KPMG SA, but limits its role

The Auditor-General will continue to use KPMG SA's services, pending the outcome of investigations of the work it did for the controversial Gupta ...
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KPMG advises in launch of blockchain payroll company

KPMG is also advising on the best business practice for the current ICO phase, encompassing valuations, tax implications, risk framework, governance ...
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KPMG Provides Consultancy Support for Blockchain Payroll System ETCH

UK-based blockchain-based payroll system ETCH has secured support from KPMG, one of the world's 'big four' accountancy firms, to help the UK firm ...
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BLSA CEO Bonang Mohale says KPMG let themselves down

CAPE TOWN - 'It's a tragedy that KPMG allowed itself to be used', said CEO of Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) on Thursday, Bonang ...
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Liverpool developments show 'ambition on a global scale'

The surge in property development across Liverpool is a 'symptom of its ambition on a global scale', according to a senior partner at KPMG, who also ...
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Region's first forensic accounting programme launched

... Financial Forensic Conference, the one-year ISCA Financial Forensic Accounting Qualification programme will be carried out by consultancy KPMG ...
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KPMG SA -- The Fallacy Of Feminism And Black Women In Leadership

The narrative has developed interestingly since the KPMG executives resigned over their role in the SA Revenue Service's "rogue unit" report, which ...
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Protectionism greatest challenge for Greater Bay Area plan, survey shows

... which share similar business functions, a survey conducted by accounting firm KPMG and Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce has shown.
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Thursday, September 28, 2017

KPMG will move next to Hotel 540 in downtown Kamloops

National Hospitality Group (NHG), which owns the adjacent Hotel 540, announced it has signed a deal that will see accounting firm KPMG take over ...
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Editorial: What price forgiveness, KPMG?

For an organisation in the assurance business the only thing you can now be assured of with KPMG is scepticism for any work that they are involved in ...
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Spring Cleaning: With Eskom and Transnet given the boot, business gets serious over corruption ...

In a month dominated by discussion of the wrongdoing of Bell Pottinger, KPMG and McKinsey in the ongoing state capture saga, BLSA CEO Bonang ...
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Many US CEOs Cite Challenge of Effectively Leveraging Digital for Elevated Customer Engagement

According to a new study from KPMG, most (95 percent) U.S. CEOs of consumer goods and retail companies are confident about the growth outlook ...
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New Investment to Downtown Kamloops

KPMG, which has had offices in Kamloops for years, will be making a move down the road from their current building at 206 Seymour Street.
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Business Leadership flexes muscle – first KPMG now Eskom, Transnet suspended

Both state-owned companies follow in the footsteps of KPMG, which was suspended by BLSA last week. CEO Bonang Mohale is intent on sticking to ...
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Carillion's best hope for transformation is a slow reversion

Given that KPMG auditors were working right up to Friday's rescheduled results just to figure out if Carillion can keep going, it seems unlikely that Mr ...
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Business Planning

A purely financial focus leads to damaging short-termism, KPMG says. Instead, put the focus on longer-term integrated business planning.
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KPMG move could start big changes for downtown Kamloops

KPMG will be moving to space left vacant by the Gateway Casino in the Hotel 540 building which is owned by the National Hospitality Group.
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Consumers to Shop In-Store This Holiday, But Will Retailers Be Ready?

KPMG, too, expects a brisk holiday. “Consumption is up and the economy is doing well and people need something good to happen this fall, and ...
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Big Four partners top women in business champions lists

As well as her role as deputy chair of KPMG and a corporate finance ... 30 male champions, alongside Christopher Stirling, KPMG's global chairman, ...
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BLSA: We can't be associated with Eskom, Transnet in face of corruption claims

BLSA also recently suspended KPMG, following revelations of its involvement with dodgy dealings linked to the Gupta family. BLSA CEO Bonang ...
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Industry, exporters bring up GST concerns at meet with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

Representatives from KPMG, CII, Ficci, Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council, Laghu Udyog Bharati, GST service providers, ICSI, Institute of ...
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New convention centre will need an election mandate before it can start: Chief Minister Andrew Barr

While the business community has been a key driving force behind the project, previously been priced by KPMG at up to $700 million, the ...
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BREAKING: BLSA kicks 'corrupt' Eskom and Transnet out

The latest suspensions follow auditing firm KPMG SA's suspension for the role it played in facilitating state capture and the misleading SARS "rogue ...
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'Confident about company, industry, region growth': UAE CEOs

All CEOs in the UAE are confident their organisations will grow over the next three years, according to the 2017 KPMG UAE CEO report released in ...
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KPMG Provides Consultancy Support for London Blockchain Startup ETCH

ETCH, a blockchain-based payroll system, today announced it has secured support from global accounting firm KPMG to help the UK firm build its ...
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KPMG, ADP Alliance Helps Businesses More Easily Capture New Federal R&D Tax Credit

"The R&D Tax Credit may be one of the more underutilized opportunities afforded to U.S. businesses," says Jeffrey C. LeSage, KPMG's Vice Chairman ...
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WATCH: BLF marches to KPMG

BLF members are pictured ahead of the start of a protest to the KPMG head-offices in Johannesburg, 28 September 2017. The protest follows a ...
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WATCH: BLF protest outside KPMG with controversial posters

Johannesburg - A small group of Black Land First members gathered outside the KPMG offices on Empire Road in Johannesburg on Thursday ...
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Life Sciences CEOs Bracing For Artificial Intelligence

KPMG surveyed 43 U.S. life sciences CEOs as part of a broader survey of 400 CEOs in the United States and 1300 CEOs around the world about ...
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Parliament Severs Ties With International Auditing Firm KPMG

Parliament, on Wednesday, announced that it has cut ties with KPMG, citing reputational risks after the global auditor was caught up in a scandal ...
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Etch ICO to revolutionise payroll platform boosted by KPMG collaboration

Etch, a UK blockchain technology company, has today announced that it is receiving support from KPMG. Etch provides a platform that empowers ...
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Burnley College Sixth Form Centre business student earns place at KPMG

Amani Siddique (18) has triumphed over strong competition to take the first steps towards a career in accountancy with KPMG and will be moving to ...
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Jacob Zuma Is A 'Thief' -- BLSA CEO Bonang Mohale

It is alleged that BLSA asked KPMG to "come clean", but when it was not convinced that the auditing firm was genuine it decided to suspend KPMG's ...
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What the KPMG saga says about shareholder activism

Accounting and consulting firm, KPMG South Africa, is reeling after it was exposed to have played a part in the Gupta inspired state capture activity.
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BLSA CEO Bonang Mohale kicks Eskom and Transnet out

These suspensions follows KPMG SA's suspension for the role in assisting state capture and the controversy around SARS in the "rogue unit" report.
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Nonkululeko Gobodo: Why is government silent on state capture?

KPMG has come under strenuous fire with JSE-listed companies that were externally audited by it with Sygnia Asset Management, Sasfin Bank and ...
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'Don't sacrifice principles for profit'

Gordhan says looking at the KPMG saga, it's not just about the immediate and event-related matters of corruption and state capture, but about the ...
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BLSA CEO calls Zuma a 'thief', says two more companies to be suspended

Mohale said KPMG should have raised alarm bells when it was paid R23m to produce a report for the South African Revenue Service (SARS), but it ...
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Van Loggerenberg: The KPMG report was false

One of the men targeted in the KPMG/Sars 'rogue unit' report has publicly slammed the company for its apology and has requested the firm retract the ...
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Parliament ditches KPMG

KPMG South Africa's pariah status continues, with Parliament being the latest to join the growing litany of companies and organisations that have ...
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Parliament, Parmed end KPMG contractual relations

“Commenting after the meeting, Tsenoli said the board had made the decision after considering the risks associated with doing business with KPMG, ...
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What the KPMG SA saga says about shareholder activism

File 20170927 24149 ko2oer KPMG South Africa stands accused of advancing state capture and has come under immense pressure. Shutterstock.
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KPMG gets a tongue-lashing

Van Loggerenberg's accusations follow a meeting between former senior SARS officials and senior KPMG SA management on Tuesday.
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Pravin Gordhan: KPMG Should Face The Music

Former finance minister Pravin Gordhan says audit firms like KPMG should face the repercussions of their actions in line with the offence they ...
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Gordhan: Auditors' complicity may not be new

“Today you have to go through months and months of labour to prove KPMG has done wrong. Give me a break, every high school kids knows that they ...
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Firms bear brunt, but Jacob Zuma escapes public quest for justice

It is no surprise, then, that the dramatic fall from grace of KPMG and Bell Pottinger has been received like an unexpected gift by the public. Finally, we ...
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FCM Travel Solutions and KPMG to launch AI based Chatbot 'SAM'

FCM Travel Solutions, the Indian subsidiary of Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG), Australia introduced the essential Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools for ...
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WATCH: Wits hosts discussion KPMG saga

KPMG has been in the headlines lately for their alleged involvement in unethical practices. The company is facing legal action from SARS as well as ...
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Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Former Sars officials tight-lipped on KPMG saga

Their departure from Sars was linked to KPMG's report on a rogue unit in the Revenue Service which it had withdrawn earlier this month, leading to the ...
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SA drops 14 places in WEF competitiveness ranking

One of SA's big four auditing firms, KPMG was recently caught out for its involvement with the controversial Gupta family, or what is more commonly ...
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KPMG CEO Lynne Doughtie Knows Your Golf Game Sucks

Here's another insufferable profile of a Big 4 executive that we dutifully read on your behalf. This one features KPMG CEO Lynne Doughtie and, sure, ...
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'Structural division contributes immensely to state capture'

Gordhan is speaking at a KPMG panel discussion underway at Wits University in Johannesburg. He says the structural division contributes immensely ...
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Pravin takes aim at KPMG in heated Wits debate

Former finance minister‚ Pravin Gordhan‚ and economist Iraj Abedian have raised hard hitting questions about the repercussions auditing firm KPMG ...
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Parliament's medical aid scheme ditches KPMG

Parliament has cut ties with global professional service company and one of the big four auditors, KPMG. "The Board of Parmed [the medical aid ...
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US Retailers Upbeat About Biz But Behind In Digital: KPMG Panel

The retail roundtable, held yesterday at the New York offices of the audit, tax and advisory firm, followed the recent release of KPMG's annual U.S. ...
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KPMG estimates annual saving in healthcare at CHF 300 mln thanks to smartphones

KPMG Switzerland published a report, showing the potential of smartphones to save up to CHF 300 million a year in healthcare costs. The total costs ...
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Parliament terminates contract with KPMG over ongoing Gupta scandal

Well, well, well, things look to only be getting worse for KPMG South Africa. Parliament has decided to cut ties with the firm after its revelations on the ...
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Medical aid scheme for MPs ends contractual relations with KPMG

Parmed‚ a medical aid scheme for members of Parliament‚ provincial legislatures as well as judges‚ has ended a contract with KPMG. The decision ...
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KPMG rocked by South African corruption scandal

KPMG's South African branch has come under fire and suffered a severe reputational hit after becoming caught up in a growing corruption scandal ...
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Parliament, MPs medical aid fund dump KPMG

The embattled auditing firm KPMG has just lost two more clients after both parliament and the Parmed medical scheme terminated their contracts with ...
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Parliament medical aid scheme drops KPMG

Tsenoli said Parmed's board made the decision after “considering the risks associated with doing business with KPMG after its recent admission of ...
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Parliament terminates contract with KPMG

JOHANNESBURG - Parliament has terminated its contract with KPMG. It says the decision was taken after considering the risks associated with doing ...
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LISTEN: Parliament, MPs medical aid fund cuts ties with KPMG

LISTEN: Parliament, MPs medical aid fund cuts ties with KPMG ... a decision to end its contract with KPMG in a meeting held in Cape Town last week.
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Paliament cuts ties with KPMG

Cape Town - Parliament has become the latest institution to cut ties with KPMG following its revelations on the Guptas and the SARS rogue unit report.
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South Africa's parliament cuts ties with auditor KPMG

The KPMG logo is seen at the company's head offices in Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa, September 15, 2017. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File ...
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US Banking CEOs Continue To Increase Investments In Digital Transformation: KPMG Report

Results from KPMG's 2017 U.S. Banking CEO Outlook study. ... said Brian Stephens, National Leader, Banking and Financial Services, KPMG LLP.
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Coming soon: More jobs in UAE

Vikas Papriwal, partner and head of markets, KPMG Lower Gulf, said the second edition of the KPMG UAE CEO Survey shows that respondents are ...
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Appian Expands Deployment Options

Now strategic partners, such as KPMG, can provide the Appian digital transformation platform to customers deploying on Azure – further extending ...
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KPMG apology inadequate, says Van Loggerenberg

Former Sars group executive Johann van Loggerenberg believes KPMG's apologies are wholly inadequate to those they harmed and that the firm ...
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KPMG is obliged to withdraw its report, Johann van Loggerenberg says

KPMG is obliged to withdraw its report, Johann van Loggerenberg says ... In a lawyer's letter, he said KPMG was obliged to do this as it had ...
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“Totally inadequate”: Johann van Loggerenberg slams KPMG over attempted apology

JOHANNESBURG — Former SARS investigation unit head Johann van Loggerenberg has come out swinging against KPMG and its recent attempt at ...
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UAE chief executives see disruption as catalyst for growth

A KPMG poll has found UAE chief executives to be the most dynamic ... their business strategies, a survey by the accounting firm KPMG has found.
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KPMG's apologies whole inadequate – Van Loggerenberg

In a statement issued through his attorney, van Loggerenberg says he's been trying to meaningfully engage with KPMG and its attorneys in writing ...
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Retract KPMG 'rogue unit' report in full, insists Van Loggerenberg

Cape Town - Former South African Revenue Service (SARS) group executive Johann van Loggerenberg has called on KPMG South Africa to ...
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Former SARS official lambastes KPMG for its dodgy SARS report

In a scathing legal attack‚ one of the so-called SARS rogue unit members‚ Johan van Loggerenberg‚ has accused international auditing firm KPMG of ...
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FRC announces register of conflicts of interest

... concluded last week that there was no realistic prospect that a tribunal would make an adverse finding against KPMG regarding its audit of HBOS.
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Moray's Brown Engineering goes bust with 32 jobs lost

KPMG's Blair Nimmo said it was 'sad to see' the loss of the long-established engineering firm. Picture: Contributed ...
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Top concerns of CEOs in UAE revealed

The 2017 KPMG CEO Outlook Survey, which tackled corporate challenges like cyber crime or attacks, polled more than 1,200 CEOs across the globe ...
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Survey shows UAE CEOs confident in growth, planning investments

The CEO Outlook Survey by professional services firm KPMG suggests an optimistic outlook in the country despite current economic challenges.
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South African union workers protest against corruption

KPMG, an international accounting firm, investigated work that it did for the Guptas and said it found "work that fell considerably short of KPMG's ...
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Maven Capital invests in hedgehog lab

Rod Wilkinson, head of KPMG's corporate finance team in Newcastle, said:“hedgehog lab has exciting growth plans and we are delighted to have ...
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Sizwe Ntsaluba Gobodo: No regrets on having Oakbay as clients

CAPE TOWN - Another auditing firm has turned its back on the Guptas after the family's businesses were ditched by major banks and KPMG.
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Hoffman scotches Gordhan's demand for KPMG to fund an anti-corruption unit

It is necessary to take a step back from the interaction between the KPMG international leadership and the former minister of finance, Pravin Gordhan.
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UAE CEOs see disruption as a major catalyst for growth, 2017 KPMG UAE CEO Outlook Survey

Vijay Malhotra, Chairman and CEO of KPMG in the UAE and Oman said: “UAE CEOs are among some of the most dynamic in the world and it is very ...
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'Disruption' is biggest driver of growth, say UAE bosses

Almost two-thirds of UAE CEOs say 'disruption' is a major catalyst for growth within their businesses, according to professional services firm KPMG.
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Malusi Gigaba should give KPMG work to black auditors - PPF

CAPE TOWN - Minister of Finance, Malusi Gigaba should allocate all work done by auditing firm KPMG to government departments, by black-owned ...
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KPMG in Azerbaijan co-organises the conference “Transfer Pricing: Implementation and ...

During the conference Jens Karreman, Transfer Pricing Partner at KPMG in Netherlands, delivered the presentation “Transfer pricing documentation in ...
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Engineering jobs losses a 'sorry blow' to Moray

Blair Nimmo and Geoff Jacobs of professional service firm KPMG were brought in to liquidate the business earlier this month. Brown Engineering ...
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Gigaba should give KPMG work to black auditors - PPF

Cape Town - Minister of Finance Malusi Gigaba should allocate all work currently done by auditors KPMG for government departments to wholly ...
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Why are we still tolerating KPMG in SA?

Enter KPMG SA and the acceptance that the firm has been enabling state capture via dodgy Gupta-linked company audits and the retraction of the ...
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Shawn Hagedorn: KPMG trigger for real radical economic transformation, starting with accountants

LONDON — In this brilliant assessment of dark forces that lie beneath the KPMG-instilled chaos, independent strategy advisor Shawn Hagedorn urges ...
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Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Ex-SARS execs go for KPMG jugular as firm hits existential crisis.

KPMG is scrambling to close the stable door months after being implicated as a lead horse in the state capture stable. For good reason. Its challenge ...
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Watchdog will come clean on ties with KPMG: Financial Reporting Council to publish register of ...

The Mail revealed how at least three former KPMG staff served on the FRC committee which oversaw the investigation into its HBOS audit.
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KPMG must make frank disclosure about past conduct

In response to a request from KPMG, our group today met the leadership of KMPG South Africa, led by the new CEO Ms Nhlamu Dlomu, and with ...
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Former Sars officials meet KPMG leadership, seek full disclosure

Four former South African Revenue Services (Sars) officials met the leadership of KPMG South Africa and KPMG International on Tuesday, and called ...
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KPMG Qatar hires more top talents

KPMG in Qatar has recently made a number of hires as part of the firm's significant investment in growing its Management Consulting practice, ...
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KPMG: Tech Investments Seen as Roadmap for Consumer Engagement

A recent survey by KPMG LLP, the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm, suggests that those that embrace technology and all it promises are the ones best ...
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KPMG report: CEOs focused on physical, digital infrastructure investments

That's according to the 2017 KPMG U.S. CEO Outlook report by U.S. audit, tax, and advisory firm KPMG, which found that 95% CEOs of U.S. consumer ...
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Scrap KPMG report entirely, former SARS staff say

Former South African Revenue Service (SARS) officials implicated in KPMG's report on the so-called rogue SARS unit met the international auditing ...
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