CPA must deal with 'overpaid directors'

• Edmund Tadros

A group of key rebel members has told a review panel that the panel's priority should be to properly deal with allegations it has overpaid directors.

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Google executive joins KPMG

• Edmund Tadros

Accountant KPMG has started a new "sales transformation" team, in the latest move by consultants into areas dominated by advertising industry firms.

Deloitte uses big data to show its Asian face

• Edmund Tadros

One in three Deloitte staff have an Asian background but far fewer of them are breaking through to the top ranks of the accounting firm.

How Deloitte's Andy Lim operates in an Aussie workplace

• Edmund Tadros

Gin and tonics have long been one of Andy Lim's techniques for adapting to a more "mainstream" working environment.

CPA loses legal shield nationally

• Edmund Tadros

CPA's failure to act on a legal conflict over its advice arm means members around the country will lose capped liability from negligence claims in October.

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Big four aim to keep next Andrew Bassat

• Michael Bailey

Big four professional services firms have recognised the entrepreneurial boom and are allowing staff to moonlight as a talent retention tool.

CPA director Youngberry listens but won't extend

• Edmund Tadros

The emergency director parachuted into the depleted CPA Australia board won't extend his tenure beyond September 30.

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Ian McPhee understands CPA member anger

• Edmund Tadros

The head of the panel looking at the way CPA Australia is run has sympathised with members angry at the state of the embattled accounting body but would not endorse a push to replace all of the remaining long-term directors.

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New rules destroy 'black hole' in PPP accounting

• Jenny Wiggins

Governments will now have to record the risks and benefits of public private partnerships on balance sheets

CPA refuses to send emergency meeting email

• Edmund Tadros

CPA Australia has refused to send an email to members on behalf of 16 past leaders to call for an emergency meeting, arguing that it is already running an independent review.

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Deloitte woos KPMG's data man away

• Edmund Tadros

Gavin Whyte moved from KPMG to rival Deloitte to spend more less time selling the possibility of data science and more time on actually making it happen.

Accenture paid a 'significant premium' for The Monkeys: DDB Group

• Edmund Tadros

Accenture paid a "significant premium" for creative agency The Monkeys and will face major challenges growing the advertising firm, maintaining its culture, and retaining staff.

Former CPA leaders declare war

• Edmund Tadros

A group of 16 past state presidents and national leaders of the CPA have declared war upon the remaining board of the embattled accounting body.

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CPA says it is 'accountable to members'

• Edmund Tadros

The regulator approved CPA Australia's application to become a registered tax agent association despite scant evidence it was accountable to members.

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CPA reveals member figures

• Edmund Tadros

CPA Australia has revealed that member numbers fell for the first time in a decade from a peak of more than 160,000 to a total of 158,311 as of June 30.

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The Monkeys hit jackpot with $63m Accenture payday

• Edmund Tadros

Revealed: Accenture, determined to create an end-to-end marketing service, shelled out $63m for the award-winning creative agency.

Failed IT projects need 'digital rescue'

• Edmund Tadros

Skipp Williamson uses the euphemism "digital rescue". That's when staff from her consultancy, Partners in Performance, are called in to help a client bring order to an out-of-control IT project.