Yesterday
McKinsey pays $190m to resolve probes into South Africa bribes
The firm participated in a years-long scheme to bribe government officials in South Africa, according to US officials.
- Stephen Foley
This Month
- Exclusive
- Big four consultants
What Defence spent on consultants could run submarine fleet for a year
What would Defence’s $811 million in spending on the big five consulting firms in 2022-23 buy? Turns out the answer is quite a lot.
- Ronald Mizen
MinterEllison raids PwC, KPMG to build up consulting arm
Consultants now make up almost 10 per cent of fee-earners at the firm, as clients prove increasingly willing to seek non-legal advice from law firms.
- Edmund Tadros
Former Melbourne mayor appointed CEO of fast-growing Create Advisory
Sally Capp will head the consulting firm set up by the former Sayers Group partner and Labor staffer Nicole Scurrah.
- Patrick Durkin
November
Fewer super funds means more business for this tech consultancy
The ongoing merger activity in the superannuation sector has supercharged growth at Wollongong-headquartered IT services company Novigi.
- Edmund Tadros
Canberra’s in-house consultants notch up 15 government projects
The federal government’s internal consulting service has completed 15 projects, including policy development, analytics assessments and strategy work.
- Edmund Tadros
Tracking and decoding corporate jargon
A tracker of our growing list of corporatespeak – and our suggestions for plain-language alternatives. Consider it your jargon dictionary.
- Updated
- Edmund Tadros
Alvarez & Marsal lands advisory role on $4b Novotech sale
Bain and Kohlberg are both running hard at the asset and are expected to submit binding offers at the end of this month.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Seven PwC partners join MinterEllison
New partner Nicole Salimbeni said law firms make more natural homes for some advisers than big four consultancies.
- Maxim Shanahan
NAB tapped Bain & Company for its strategy refresh
Consulting firm Bain was called in to help National Australia Bank with its new strategy focusing on customers, it can be revealed.
- Edmund Tadros
Labor cuts spending on major consulting firms by $891m over two years
The value of Commonwealth work outsourced to Accenture, Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PWC is down to $1.5 billion since Labor took power in mid-2022.
- Edmund Tadros
$500m in Canberra consulting to be slashed
Consulting firms working for Defence, the NDIS and the Tax Office will be hardest hit by a new plan to strip more than $500 million in work from the embattled advisory sector this financial year.
- Edmund Tadros
October
World’s oldest consulting firm reopens in Australia
Arthur D. Little, the world’s original consulting firm, once again has a dedicated Australian operation that will initially aim to win work in the energy sector.
- Edmund Tadros
Start-up deploys AI to slash consultant costs
A company launched by Accenture’s former head of generative AI uses the tools to streamline costly early legwork by consultants.
- Edmund Tadros
US legislators push to investigate McKinsey over its China work
A group of Republicans are demanding US government officials probe the consulting firm over its work with the Chinese government and state-owned enterprises.
- Didi Tang
- Exclusive
- KPMG
This is the kind of consulting work KPMG Australia will send offshore
The firm’s consulting arm plans to send 44,000 hours of work to employees based overseas this financial year as part of a push to change the way KPMG operates.
- Edmund Tadros
From revenue to partner pay and scalps: Consulting’s bad year revealed
Everything you need to know about how the big four firms fared during the past year, including which firm is now No. 1, how much partners are being paid, and why the firms are all shrinking.
- Edmund Tadros
How this consultant saves half a day a week using AI
KPMG graduate Niamh Tomlinson says improved productivity using the firm’s internal AI tool lets her spend more time doing higher value work.
- Edmund Tadros
Sydney ESG consultant EMM courts private equity; Moelis on tools
Street Talk can reveal EMM’s shareholders have mandated MA Moelis to seek a buyer for a 45 per cent stake in the business with guidance for $10 million-plus EBITDA.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
- Exclusive
- PwC
FTI Consulting in talks to bring on five partners from PwC, Scyne
Boutique advisory firm FTI Consulting is planning to bring on a former PwC partner and four managing directors from PwC spin-off Scyne as part of a push to beef up its healthcare team.
- Edmund Tadros
