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May

Rest head of brand Chris Pocock has some fun on set.

Rest Super’s big rebrand spend with KPMG the least of its problems

Who says paying consultants to change the colour of a logo isn’t in members’ best financial interests?

PwC

PwC dragged into government contracts corruption probe

A former PwC partner’s close relationship with a public servant accused of serious corrupt conduct is under the microscope at ICAC.

February

Canberra’s addiction to consultants is unending.

PwC spin-offs feast on taxpayer consultant addiction

Granting Scyne more than $12 million in taxpayer contracts this year alone doesn’t sound like the government is cutting consultant spending.

January

KordaMentha raids KPMG to create new defence advisory business

The new consulting offering will be established as the big four firm’s once-mainstay defence practice continues to erode under a broader government crackdown.

July 2024

Clients of consulting firms associate high fees with better service.

Why bigger bills equal better value for consulting clients

This ‘designer handbag effect’ is well known in consumer goods, but the same could apply to large professional services firms.

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Mark Korda was named Collingwood president on Wednesday.

KordaMentha makes play for Canberra consulting work

KordaMentha has joined Oliver Wyman in setting up a Canberra office to take advantage of the gap left by the big four.

September 2022

Katherine Shamai and Neil Jeans have joined forces at Grant Thornton.

Consultancies join forces to tap into casino riches

Consultancy Grant Thornton has acquired boutique anti-money laundering specialist firm Initialism as it seeks to cash in on a jump in financial crime work.

June 2022

Nine

Debt chaser Collection House goes bust

Once one of Australia’s biggest debt collectors, and which made millions of dollars for its founders, Collection House has called in administrators.

John Riccio, the head of customer consultancy Merkle.

This one website tweak ‘smashed’ Holey Moley’s sales targets

The company behind Strike Bowling and Holey Moley mini-golf explains how a revamp of its booking system led to a 30 per cent jump in website sales conversion.

Iluka CEO Tom O’Leary has asked for shareholder support for its demerger plan.

Iluka urges shareholders to back demerger after independent approval

Iluka has plans to split its Sierra Leone mineral sands business after sustained production problems, equipment challenges and personnel issues.

Incoming ASX chief executive Helen Lofthouse.

ASX extends timeline for outage review

Independent expert EY says ASX won’t meet the June deadline for 80 per cent of its work to address the IBM action plan.

RACQ is the latest insurer to be caught up in insurance blunders.

Refunds to flow as discount breaches mount for insurers

Another insurer has had to tell the corporate regulator of errors in discount disclosures, coming amid a wider industry review.

Peter Terrill, the founder of Remi Capital, formerly known as C2 Capital, was ousted in 2021.

‘Insolvent from inception’: collapsed property investment firm probed

Administrators say the property investment firm raised millions of dollars from hundreds of investors over five years for property developments.

May 2022

“We have come to a resolution”: ALS CEO Raj Naran.

KPMG tax spat with lab giant ALS reaches settlement

The dispute spilled back to 2014, and tax work on a Canadian subsidiary of Brisbane-based ALS.

Katy Gallagher

Labor won’t cancel big four consulting contracts

Finance Minister Katy Gallagher says the federal government will target expensive labour-hire spending as it seeks to rein in budgetary spending.

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Boral is using PwC to advise on the heavy restructuring.

Boral razor gang ramps up with hundreds more jobs to go

Under ‘Project Next’, Boral is sharpening the axe faster, with the help of PwC, with more job cuts before June 30.

Acting CEO of Metricon Peter Langfelder says it is “business as usual” despite rumours of the company’s potential financial collapse.

Metricon says it is paying bills, hires Sayers to advise on future

Australia’s largest home builder said it was not facing financial problems before a meeting with a key government client on Thursday.

Vocus’ decision to internally separate its retail business creates the potential for a sale or float.

Macquarie, Aware ready Vocus break-up play

There are no flies on Macquarie Asset Management’s Vocus Group. 

April 2022

Founders collect $20m from sale of flower delivery start-up

LVLY has been acquired by an Asian tech firm for $35 million – a deal in which founders Hannah Spilva and Verity Tuck will take in a combined $20 million.

Restoring trees is one way to earn carbon credits from the federal Emission Reduction Fund.

Carbon farming ‘scorecard’ shows need for more ambition

Queensland is Australia’s “standout” carbon farming jurisdiction, according to an industry scorecard.

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