Yesterday
New Deloitte CEO does a night of long knives on consulting partners
The usually revered consulting division has been quietly decimated by sackings.
This Month
How to spot a low performer at work
Good performance management requires the time and attention of managers, but cost-conscious companies are increasingly thinning them out.
Manchester United leaving Old Trafford for new $3b venue
The historic stadium has comfortably the league’s highest capacity at over 74,000, but its leaky roof and other deteriorating facilities have aged badly.
KPMG to merge dozens of partnerships in overhaul of global structure
The effort to more closely integrate the businesses amounts to one of the biggest restructures of a big four network in years.
The hidden dangers of booming family offices
Private wealth management companies for the super-rich now manage trillions of dollars globally. Critics say they are open to abuse.
From coding to leading the nation’s largest consulting firm
As chief executive Adam Powick prepares to leave Deloitte Australia, the kid from Heidelberg is struck by how much hasn’t changed.
February
Perth’s Land Surveys brings in bankers to locate growth capital
ISGroup has mandated Deloitte partner Emma Wright to help raise capital for future opportunities, in addition to developing a corporate strategy.
Ex-exec in law firm rogue email crisis says clue to sender is obvious
Former HR executive at Slater and Gordon, Mari Ruiz-Matthyssen, has gone public for the first time since an email with workers’ salaries was sent to all staff.
KPMG pulls DEI reports from website after Trump pressure
The big four firm in the United States has become the latest government contractor to ditch DEI targets.
The graduate employment boom is losing steam
Graduates can still find employer programs straight out of university, but it’s becoming tougher as the employment market retreats from boom time to just good times.
Accenture’s DEI exit could draw disgruntled men from big four
Male consultants who feel gender targets have blocked their paths to partnership might see fresh opportunity at the tech consulting giant.
Dozens of PwC China partners step aside after audit ban
The disclosure suggests the big four firm has lost state-owned and finance sector clients.
Why Deloitte is giving away 2000 laptops
A staggering one in five students do not have access to a computer at home, but social enterprise WorkVentures hopes to change that.
Deloitte agrees to pay Noumi shareholders $31m for audit failure
In a proposal circulated to aggrieved investors, the firm said it would pay almost three-quarters of the settlement. Accounting problems in 2020 sent Noumi shares plunging.
January
Insignia Financial latest to let staff work on Australia Day
Insignia Financial has joined the likes of Medibank, REA Group and Telstra in giving employees the option of working on public holidays such as Australia Day.
BDO poaches big-four talent as partnership hits record high
The country’s fifth-largest accounting firm by revenue has surpassed the 300-partner milestone as it ropes in staff from larger rivals.
The most important lessons these CEOs learnt in 2024
Celebrating your wins, staying grounded and embracing generative AI were some of the key things these top business leaders took away from last year.
Trump uses New Orleans attack to push security and border agenda
The incident and the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck outside a Trump hotel in Las Vegas have fuelled Republican narratives that crime is out of control.
‘No terrorist to me’: Relatives, friends saw few signs before attack
Little in his outward persona suggested Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar could be responsible for such a brutal attack along one of the most famous US streets.
Suspect in New Orleans terror attack that killed 15 was an army veteran
US President Joe Biden condemned the “despicable” ISIS-inspired attack that 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar carried out on New Year’s Day.