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Labor shift over crackdown on tax agents
The new stance was announced after a meeting between Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones and a coalition of 10 professional associations.
- Edmund Tadros
Corrs’ handcuffs aren’t enough to stop the exits
Another well-liked partner has left the law firm, bringing the total number of departures to 10 since the CEO’s contract extension.
- Mark Di Stefano
Law firms lift rates as deals return
A rare alignment of transactional and countercyclical demand has kept lawyers busy across most parts of the legal market.
- Maxim Shanahan
Corrs partner heads to Ashurst in run of departures
Real estate partner Alexandra Peace, who was hired from Allens in 2019, is the tenth Corrs partner to leave in the past month.
- Maxim Shanahan
- Exclusive
- Consulting
Revealed: The sales targets KPMG Australia sets its consultants
Advisers in its consulting division will be forced to put the firm’s interests before their own, as part of a direction to sell profit-generating work.
- Edmund Tadros
Data Trackers
Financial Review consulting salary guide 2022-23
The full guide to how much you can earn at Accenture, Deloitte, KPMG and PwC.
- Edmund Tadros
- Series
- PwC tax scandal
Inside the undoing of PwC
For the first time, the Financial Review tells the story from the perspective of the people inside PwC and the Tax Office.
Professional Moves
Scyne appoints Google executive as inaugural CEO
Public sector consulting firm Scyne has appointed senior Google executive John Ball as its inaugural chief executive.
- Edmund Tadros
New PwC chief economist’s top tips for business leaders
Managing costs and increasing productivity are even more important while inflation is high and it’s difficult to find the right staff, Amy Lomas says.
- Edmund Tadros
Clayton Utz raids MinterEllison office
Clayton Utz has hired four partners from rival MinterEllison as part of a push to bolster its Canberra office and win more government legal advisory work.
- Edmund Tadros
This Month
NSW rules out payroll tax on big four consulting partners
The NSW Labor government has rejected a push by the Greens to apply payroll tax to the profits of big four consulting firm partners.
- Edmund Tadros
Scyne appoints Google executive as inaugural CEO
Public sector consulting firm Scyne has appointed senior Google executive John Ball as its inaugural chief executive.
- Edmund Tadros
BCG admits it paid bribes to win consulting business in Angola
Boston Consulting Group has admitted it paid millions of dollars in bribes to win business in Angola, and agreed to give up more than $21 million in profits.
- Stephen Foley and David Pilling
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- Grant Thornton
Consulting shift as mid-tiers take the lead
Mid-tier professional services firms say they are now seeing opportunities where they would have been previously overlooked in favour of the big players.
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by Grant Thornton
August
Major law firms locked out of government work
Some of Australia’s largest firms have lost appointments to parts of a major government panel, after the Attorney-General’s Department reduced tender prices.
- Maxim Shanahan
He investigated murders, then got a law degree. Now he’s coming after bad execs
New Maddocks partner Dale McQualter swapped his gangland beat for a workplace and investigations practice at a big law firm.
- Maxim Shanahan
Tax agents won’t have to disclose mental health help: government
The government has again denied claims tax agents would have to disclose private mental health information to clients, and is open to tweaking the new laws.
- Edmund Tadros and Tom McIlroy
McGorry ‘taken out of context’ by CA ANZ chief van Onselen
Patrick McGorry says he was taken out of context in an opinion article by Chartered Accountants ANZ chief executive Ainslie van Onselen about proposed new laws to rein in rogue tax agents.
- Edmund Tadros and Myriam Robin
PwC Australia cites confidentiality to withhold CEO data from inquiry
The consulting firm has refused to give a parliamentary inquiry the service agreement between local CEO Kevin Burrowes and PwC International.
- Edmund Tadros
People think our job is boring: accountants lament image problem
Almost half of surveyed accountants and bookkeepers believe their industry has an image problem, and most say the sector is seen as boring.
- Edmund Tadros
- Opinion
- Rear Window
Luke Sayers lands and expands in the capital
Unburdened by the PwC fallout, Sayers is hiring in Canberra. A look at the federal tenders won by his firm helps explains why.
- Mark Di Stefano
New PwC chief economist’s top tips for business leaders
Managing costs and increasing productivity are even more important while inflation is high and it’s difficult to find the right staff, Amy Lomas says.
- Edmund Tadros
Private equity circles Grant Thornton’s UK business
Carlyle, Blackstone, Permira, CVC Capital Partners and Bridgepoint are among buyout firms that could result in a $2.9 billion valuation for the business.
- Simon Foy, Alexandra Heal, Ivan Levingston and Stephen Foley
- Exclusive
- PwC tax scandal
PwC moves to settle former partner’s defamation action
The firm is close to settling a case brought by a former partner incorrectly and publicly linked to the notorious tax leaks scandal.
- Max Mason
McKinsey partner set to pop up at Bankwest
Commonwealth Bank-owned Bankwest is transitioning to a digital-only bank by the end of 2024.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Allan Myers’ missile letter at ‘racist’ Melbourne Club
The wealthy barrister excoriated the elite gentleman’s club nominations committee over the rejection of a member, calling out the “stench of racism”.
- Mark Di Stefano
Kathy Jackson’s ‘charity shag’ to administer CFMEU
Melbourne silk Mark Irving is a man deeply familiar with the toss and tumble of union politics.
- Myriam Robin
Clayton Utz raids MinterEllison office
Clayton Utz has hired four partners from rival MinterEllison as part of a push to bolster its Canberra office and win more government legal advisory work.
- Edmund Tadros
Ex-KPMG legal team makes strong start at Mills Oakley
A team of corporate lawyers from KPMG has moved to law firm Mills Oakley, taking most of their clients with them.
- Edmund Tadros
