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Until 2020, KPMG [4] was the only Big Four firm not registered as a UK private company, but rather the co-ordinating entity was a Swiss association (verein). However, KPMG International changed its legal structure from a verein to a co-operative under Swiss law in 2003, [5] then to a UK limited company in 2020. [4]
Accounting networks were created to meet a specific need. “The accounting profession in the U.S. was built upon a state-established monopoly for audits of financial statements.” [4] Accounting networks arose out of the necessity for public American companies to have audited financial statements for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). [5]
Deloitte is the largest professional services network by revenue and number of employees in the world and is one of the Big Four accounting firms, along with EY, KPMG, and PwC. [5] [6] The firm was founded by William Welch Deloitte in London, England in 1845 and expanded into the United States in 1890. [7]
In May 2024, the firm was caught up in a scandal along with PwC and fined $11.7 million by UK authorities for a series of auditing failures. As pressure has mounted, EY cut UK partner payouts by 5 ...
The Big Four last year also audited over 200 of the FTSE 250 firms, a segment in which smaller auditors increased their share from 4.8% to 7.6%. Big Four still dominate UK blue chip audits as fees ...
KPMG was the preferred employer among the Big Four accounting firms according to CollegeGrad.com. [47] It was also ranked No. 4 on the list of "50 Best Places to Launch a Career" in 2009 according to Bloomberg Businessweek. [48] It was reported in early 2012 that KPMG has about 11,000 staff in the UK and 9,000 in mainland China and Hong Kong.
PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited [4] is a multinational professional services brand of firms, operating as partnerships under the PwC brand. It is the second-largest professional services network in the world [5] and is considered one of the Big Four accounting firms, along with Deloitte, EY, and KPMG.
RSM International, branded RSM since 2015, is a multinational network of accounting firms forming the sixth-largest accountancy professional services network in the world by revenue. [2] [3] RSM's member firms are independent accounting and advisory businesses, each of which practices in its own right and is unified as part of the network.