September
Legal privilege an ‘attraction’ in law firm’s consulting play
HPX Group chief executive Nick Humphrey says rolling consulting services into a legal practice means clients have a better chance of taking advantage of legal privilege.
- Maxim Shanahan
May
- Opinion
- Competition
Consulting firm fixes are impractical and an overreach
More importantly, they are not necessary to correct a deficiency in the regulation of delinquent behaviour, says the former ACCC chairman.
- Graeme Samuel
April
- Exclusive
- PwC tax scandal
Burrowes wants everyone to move on from PwC’s tax scandal
“We feel we’re in a good position now to start to turn to a new chapter, look to the future and drive the firm with a new strategy,” the PwC chief executive says.
- Ronald Mizen and Maxim Shanahan
Tax Office warns law firms over consulting push
ATO second commissioner Jeremy Hirschhorn said he was worried law firms would repeat the mistakes of the big four professional services firms with their push into consulting.
- Maxim Shanahan
March
- Opinion
- PwC tax scandal
It’s time to clean up the consulting sector once and for all
We cannot allow the pendulum to swing back to the unacceptable status quo where greed, deceit and conflict of interests are allowed to thrive.
- Deborah O'Neill
February
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Scyne v EY: Allegro’s Adrian Loader just wedged the consulting sector
By separating itself from PwC, Scyne and its private equity backer Allegro have created a huge problem for rivals that don’t want to follow its example.
- Updated
- James Thomson
January
Mathias Cormann did ‘some work’ for ex-PwC boss Luke Sayers
The new revelations follow Luke Sayers admitting that his new firm Sayers Group granted Cormann some shares before he took the OECD job.
- Hannah Wootton
November 2023
- Exclusive
- Deloitte
Deloitte accused of double-dealing Honda sellers
Honda dealers are suing their parent company, and say auditors Deloitte used their confidential accounts data to help the car manufacturer buy them out cheaply.
- Jessica Sier
September 2023
- Opinion
- The AFR View
The who, why and what of the PwC tax leak scandal
Finding a way to straighten out the structural issue would be the constructive way for the entire professional services sector to move on from a bad patch.
- The AFR View
August 2023
- Exclusive
- Big four consultants
Firms’ ‘land and expand’ strategy costing taxpayers $1.2m a day
Contract extensions since 2019-20 for PwC, EY, Deloitte, KPMG and Accenture total over $1 billion, raising questions about taxpayer-funded procurement practices.
- Ronald Mizen
July 2023
McKinsey claims to have bullying and harassment-free workplace
It comes as the firm refuses to appear before a Senate inquiry into consulting firms’ workplace management and conflicts of interest.
- Hannah Wootton
Senate may compel BCG, McKinsey to talk on conflicts of interest
Labor and Greens senators say they are determined to hear from the firms, warning they are not above parliamentary scrutiny.
- Hannah Wootton and Tom McIlroy
May 2023
EY cashes in on offset conflicts
The big four consulting firm is pushing the carbon credit market to a slew of clients. It is just neglecting to mention many of those offsets are allegedly shams.
- Hannah Wootton
December 2022
Secret consultancy of ALP heavyweight Jim Soorley revealed
When Brisbane’s ex-mayor chaired a ratepayer-backed water utility, he quietly became a “consultant” to a business working with the utility.
- Liam Walsh and Mark Ludlow
EY ‘to tender for most audits’ post split
Speaking about the firm’s proposed separation of its audit and consulting arms for the first time, Glenn Carmody said the move would help EY get more audit clients.
- Hannah Wootton
August 2022
Bain banned from UK state work over ‘grave misconduct’ in South Africa
The intervention came after pressure from Lord Peter Hain, the veteran anti-apartheid campaigner, who had urged Boris Johnson’s government to punish Bain for its ‘despicable’ behaviour.
- George Parker and Michael O’Dwyer in London
Boston Consulting in ‘nepotism’ row over work experience for partners’ kids
The US-based consultancy ran the program, consisting of days of workshops, this month for about 30 children of the firm’s managing directors and partners.
- Kadhim Shubber and Michael O’Dwyer
March 2021
Partners in Performance seals three hires
Global consultancy outfit Partners in Performance has bolstered its local technology, infrastructure and government practices with three new partner hires.
- Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Tim Boyd
February 2020
AFR readers want more disclosure from PwC and PM
More than 90 per cent of readers believe that PwC partners who take on corporate roles after retirement should disclose ongoing payments from their old firm.
- Natasha Gillezeau