People on the move: BDO International appoints global leaders

Moss Adams adds 14 partners; Weaver expands health care practice; and other recent hires, promotions and personnel news from firms across the country.


A prime challenge in M&A: Retaining the clients

Practitioners discuss how to hold onto an acquired book of business.


10 tech trends: Professional chatbots?

Lawyers experiment with chatbots, time to mobile-optimize your firm’s Web site, and eight other news items that will impact your firm and clients.


Product News: PMB Helin Donovan moves audit to the cloud with AuditFile

Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting passes SOC1 exam, and Sage Intacct drives value for Hopi Tribe.


PCAOB offers auditors guidance on rev rec standards

A staff alert highlights the board’s requirements for auditors, among other things.


Keeping up with the rise in consulting

More and more firms are exploring advisory services, but they require some important adjustments, experts say.


KPMG South Africa finds no evidence errors are 'systemic'

An internal probe found that mistakes in two high-profile engagements did not run throughout its business.


Study finds financial rewards can deter whistleblowers

Monetary incentives can delay moral decision-making, an academic paper concludes.


Accountants Confidence Index — October 2017

The Accountants Confidence Index regained some of the territory it lost last month.


Tax Fraud Blotter: Fatherly fraud

Oh, baby; all in the family; 63 calls to Western Union; and other highlights of recent tax cases.