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PwC and Swiss blockchain security firm ChainSecurity announced that ChainSecurity’s staff are joining PricewaterhouseCoopers Switzerland (PwC). We believe this is an “acquihire” but await confirmation from PwC. ChainSecurity provides technical audits of smart contracts and blockchain projects and will add to the portfolio of PwC, one of the Big Four accounting and consulting firms.
Jobs at the Big Four accounting and consulting firms have long been considered lower paying and less prestigious than jobs at investment banks. If you work in audit or assurance, this might be true. But if you hit the right spot, the Big Four can pay every well indeed.
Big Four professional services firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (Deloitte) has announced that the founders and employees of Singapore-based digital consultancy firm Practical Smarts have joined its risk advisory practice in Southeast Asia, forming part of the Deloitte Asia Pacific Blockchain Lab (the Lab).
Deallus is pleased to announce that Peter Barschdorff is joining the organisation as Vice President, leading its US consulting business, with offices in Los Angeles and New York.
Atos will acquire Maven Wave, a company recognised as Google Cloud North America Services Partner of the Year in 2018 and 2019.
The French wing of global consulting firm FTI Consulting has effective January 1, 2020 promoted two of its senior advisors to Senior Managing Director.
After spells as a Member of Parliament and Downing Street Chief of Staff, Gavin Barwell has joined professional services giant PwC. Barwell, who was handed a life peerage in 2019, will work as a Strategic Advisor at the Big Four firm, following approval from the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments.
PA Consulting (PA), the consultancy that’s bringing ingenuity to life, has partnered with Codibly, a European technology and consulting company, to help US energy and utilities clients leverage digital technology and innovations to deliver clean, reliable and affordable energy.
The largest accounting firms – EY, Deloitte, KPMG and PwC – are investing billions of dollars in artificial intelligence (AI) and data technology products to change the industry in new ways, according to a report by Bloomberg Tax.
Many consulting organizations and individuals have a high degree of competence in specifying and designing knowledge systems. Unfortunately, however, there are many more consultants whose capabilities fall far short of claims. Various arrangements can be worked out with consultants.
Tech and consulting firms will continue to be the biggest employers of MBAs in 2020, as companies like McKinsey and Amazon ramp up their hiring of business school grads.
Bain & Company is acquiring Pyxis, a leading alternative data analytics firm, to complement its Advanced Analytics Group and bring unprecedented accuracy and speed to the analysis of external consumer behavior data. By combining forces, Bain and Pyxis will help private equity, institutional and corporate clients gain a more detailed and accurate picture of their own customers, their competitor's customers and the clearest opportunities for growth.
The State government have roped in Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to study the options available for the development of the capital city, in addition to getting a similar job done by the G.N. Rao-led expert committee.
One of the biggest professional services firms in the world has signaled its commitment to Hampshire by signing a three-year lease on a new office in Southampton city centre.
Professional services firm Deloitte has appointed a director into its transaction services team in the North East.
Catalyst Housing has appointed more than a dozen firms to a four-year consultants framework worth £40m.
In the past, running an organizational transformation was a bit like taking an international flight—challenging but familiar. We know that it will be long, but we also know approximately how long. We know what to pack, we know that delays are possible, and we have a clear vision of the beautiful city where we soon will arrive
Accounting giants will be banned from offering lucrative consulting services to firms they audit under a sweeping crackdown by the accounts regulator to stamp out conflicts of interest.
While the number of UK female-founded start-ups has doubled over the last decade, a colossal funding gap means that male-founded businesses still outnumber them by nearly ten-to-one. According to research from Boston Consulting Group, when female-founded start-ups do receive investment, it is on almost one-third less than the amount received by their male-founded counterparts.
Digitas UK is launching an experience-transformation consulting service in which the agency’s senior planners lead on tackling brands’ "disconnection" with customers.
