The influx of private equity is “fundamentally reshaping the accounting industry,” according to independent accounting association AGN International in an article this year. It said there are likely ...

Private equity fund accounting is quite complex to other investment vehicles. What separates fund accounting from general accounting is that, while small businesses, for example, make purchases with ...

Private equity is becoming a lifeline for accounting firms that are looking for more money to pay for technology and talent, but the resulting ownership shake-ups are pushing unlikely partners closer ...

Despite having amassed more than $10 trillion in capital, private equity and private credit firms suffer from byzantine, legacy accounting infrastructure. Fintech startup Maybern makes software that ...

Can you imagine stepping into a time machine while also peeking into the future? Seems weird, right? But that's exactly how it felt at the Accounting Today Private Equity Summit! You see, there was an ...

The cost and equity methods of accounting are used by companies to account for investments they make in other companies. In general, the cost method is used when the investment doesn't result in a ...

Private-equity firms Hellman & Friedman and Valeas Capital Partners have bought a stake in the Chicago-based accounting and consulting firm Baker Tilly. The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but a ...

Jeff Ferro, chief executive of Baker Tilly, the nation’s 10th largest accounting firm, had reached an uncomfortable conclusion: To stay competitive, his firm had to invest more in technology, mergers ...

Look to the example of accounting firm Citrin Cooperman, says one investment banker who's placed a bet on legal.

Simply sign up to the Accounting & Consulting services myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. When RSM Tenon, the UK’s first publicly listed accounting firm, collapsed in 2013, it marked the ...

For most investors, the proper way to account for your investing profits and losses is with the cost method of accounting. This method is not the only choice, however. For investments where the ...

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