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Q4 2012 Big4 Auditor Changes Recap
Here’s a recap of the activity chronicled over the last three months here on the Big4 Auditor Carousel. The KPMG losses went mostly to non-Big4 firms, with Crowe Horwath taking 3 from KPMG. PwC lost 2...
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Auditor Changes week ending 1/6/13
The new year started off with a whimper on the Big4 Auditor Carousel. Just one company making a change this week; Synthesis Energy dropped PwC in favor of smaller UHY. Synthesis’ website boasts of...
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Auditor Changes week ending 1/13/13
Just one auditor change involving a Big4 firm this week. Epicpet, which specializes in cancer pharmaceuticals, dismissed Deloitte in favor of smaller EisnerAmper. It continues to be slow going on the...
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Big4 Auditor Changes week ending 1/20/13
Slow going on the Big4 Auditor Carousel this week. Seems everyone is too busy being audited to think about making a change. That’s one way to keep clients! Filing Date Company Location Old Auditor New...
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Big4 Auditor Changes week ending 02/10/13
A handful of SEC filers made auditor changes involving Big4 firms this week. E&Y is the winner, with a net +1 gain in clients. KPMG broke even, while PwC and Deloitte each lost a client....
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Big4 Auditor Changes week ending 02/17/13
Just two auditor changes to report involving Big4 firms this week. Empeiria engaged PwC as P-dub was already the auditor of a company Empeiria acquired. Envestnet let go of McGladrey due to...
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Big4 Auditor Changes week ending 02/24/13
Big 4 audit firms continue to trade clients amongst themselves. This week, no 2nd tier CPA firms wormed their way in. E&Y picked up 2 clients from Deloitte. PwC grabbed one from KPMG. SciClone...
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Big4 Auditor Changes week ending 03/02/13
Again this week, we saw each Big4 audit firm involved in some sort of auditor change. PwC grabbed PPG Industries from Deloitte through a competitive bid process involving, “four national accounting...
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Big4 Auditor Changes week ending 03/10/13
Another slow week on the Big 4 auditor carousel. Albuquerque based energy company PNM Resources made a switch from Deloitte and Touche to KPMG. Filing Date Company Location Old Auditor New Auditor...
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Big4 Auditor Changes week ending 03/17/13
A few interestingly named companies on this week’s list; apparently one entertains eagles around the world, while another invests in fantastical creatures. Captial Trust wins the award for blandest...
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Big 4 Auditor Changes week ending 03/24/13
Quite a few auditor changes amongst the Big4 firms this week. The Howard Hughes Corporation, a real estate developer, got things started by choosing their new auditor after conducting a competitive bid...
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Big4 Auditor Changes week ending 03/31/13
Now that most calendar year end companies have their 10-Ks on file, they can turn their attention to other topics…like changing auditors. For the second week in a row, KPMG picked up three new...
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Big4 Auditor Changes week ending 04/07/13
Welcome back to the Big4 Auditor Carousel, where we track changes involving the Big4 accounting firms as reported via the SEC website. This week we have a number of comings and goings. After declaring...
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Big4 Auditor Changes week ending 04/14/13
The big news this week had to do with KPMG and disgraced audit partner Scott London. In case you need to catch up on the details, see my post here from earlier this week. But that wasn’t the only news...
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Q1’13 Big4 Auditor Changes Summary
Since the end of the calendar quarter on March 31, we’ve spent a bit of time crunching numbers in terms of clients gained and lost at each of the Big4 firms. We’ll start off with the bad news, clients...
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Big4 Auditor Changes week ending 04/21/13
Each of the Big4 audit firms picked up a new client this week, though E&Y seems to have taken it on the chin, losing three clients in the process. PwC is likely glad to have been dismissed by...
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Big4 Auditor Changes week ending 04/28/13
This week was shaping up to be a quiet one, until a flurry of Big4 auditor changes happened at the end of the week. Fresh off the KPMG debacle, Skechers wasted little time finding new auditors,...
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Big4 Auditor Changes week ending 05/05/13
Just three companies audited by Big4 firms made changes this week. The most noteworthy was T-Mobile, the 4th largest mobile phone company in the United States. They recently acquired MetroPCS, who was...
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Big4 Auditor Changes week ending 05/12/13
One and a half auditor changes to report this week. PwC resigned as auditor of IXIA. CopyTele let KPMG go and engaged smaller Haskell & White. Filing Date Company Location Old Auditor New Auditor...
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Big4 Auditor Changes week ending 05/19/13
Well, Change Your Auditor Week (see our twitter feed) was more of a non-event than anticipated, at least from the Big4 side. Spanish Broadcasting System let go of KPMG and engaged smaller rival Crowe...
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