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The Future of the Firm

Dec 13, 2022

The professional services sector has always been a continuum. At one end of the spectrum, we’ve got high-end advice at the most strategic level in client organisations; at the other, we’ve services that are so familiar and standardised that they’ve become a commodity.

Professional service firms don’t have many...


Nov 8, 2022

Thought leadership is a critical means by which a professional services firm can communicate the range of depth of its knowledge in a way that conventional, brand-led marketing can’t. But a major lesson learned during the pandemic is that mid-market organisations are looking for practical, real-world experience.
 


Oct 25, 2022

Global economic and political trends have been making it difficult for clients and firms to make sweeping, large-scale decisions, and seemingly no area of business — or life in general, for that matter — has been left untouched.  

Mergers and acquisitions have historically a line of business characterised by immense...


Sep 22, 2022

How do a team of five people manage the entire tax function of New Zealand's largest company? With ease—thanks to the power of a managed service.
 
In this episode, we spoke to Grant Duncan, Group General Manager for Tax, Customs, and Insurance at Fonterra, to find out more about how Fonterra's partnership with EY...


Sep 20, 2022

It's been known for some time now that EY, one of the ‘Big 4’ professional services firms, has been considering splitting its auditing and consulting arms into separate organisations.
 
Well, it was recently revealed that the split has been approved by EY’s senior leadership, and will now be subject to a partner...