what are the big 4? or the big 3? - meh how many are there? (2 Viewers)

[aditya]

im confused... is there three or 4? i know three of them pwc, ey, kpmg... wat was the last one? is that that insureance company that went bankrupt or wateva? sounding somehting like "IHG"

*shrugs*

 

[mushroom_head]

Originally posted by aditya
im confused... is there three or 4? i know three of them pwc, ey, kpmg... wat was the last one? is that that insureance company that went bankrupt or wateva? sounding somehting like "IHG"

*shrugs*

did u mean HIH?..

 

[scut]

The other big 4 firm is Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

 

[kpq_sniper017]

Originally posted by scut
The other big 4 firm is Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

how about pricewaterhouse coopers???

 

[kochou]

Originally posted by pcx_demolition017
how about pricewaterhouse coopers???

he/she already mentioned that - "pwc"
i thought the other one was hlb?? cos i remember getting lotsa post it pads from them at the cadetship evening and all the big ones gav cool stuff

 

[rumour]

What is the big 4?

 

[redslert]

Originally posted by rumour
What is the big 4?

biggest financial institutions in australia

 

[scut]

Originally posted by redslert
biggest financial institutions in australia

They're the Big 4 Accounting Firms,
The 4 biggest financial institutions would be the big 4 banks (NAB, CBA, ANZ and Westpac)

 

[rumour]

Originally posted by scut
The 4 biggest financial institutions would be the big 4 banks (NAB, CBA, ANZ and Westpac)

yeah!!
that's what I was thinking!!!

 

[kpq_sniper017]

Big 4 accounting firms are:
Pricewaterhouse Coopers, KPMG, Deloitte and Ernst & Young. It used to be the Big 6 (Arthur Anderson and another one I can't remember).

Big 4 could mean accounting firms or banks, but I think it generally refers to the accounting firms.

 

[aditya]

yes i did mean HIH.. .Deloitte are u fuckign serious!! I DID WORK EXPERIENCE FOR THEM!!!!!!!!!!!! MAD!!! BUAHAHAH SUCKERS!!!

and the backs have nothing to do with the big 4...

hlb.... i have their post its as well ^_^

and just to clariffy, im a he

 

[grimreaper]

hehe my sister is an actuary for deloitte

 

[kpq_sniper017]

Originally posted by grimreaper
hehe my sister is an actuary for deloitte

damn, she must be smart.
4U maths, UAI 99.95???

r u gonna follow in her footsteps??

 

[Persephone87]

how come I haven't even heard of the big 4? Doesn't this pertain more to business studies rather than economics?

 

[boredofschool]

Originally posted by scut
The other big 4 firm is Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

that sounds japanese...

and yeah I don't think the big 4 has anything to do with economics - the subject

 

[M@C D@DDY]

it's delotte, KPMG , pricewaterhouse coopers and earnest & young what do u need to know this for anywayz??

 

[aditya]

business studie is garbage

i dunt do it so posted it ehre, but i guess its equally IR-relevant... i just figured people ehre are more likely to know...

and i need to know cuz im applying for cadetships... and i only saw 3 big 4 compnaies, wodnering where the fourth one was...

so yeh.. thanks for the replies *thumbs up*

 

[seremify007]

that sounds japanese...

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu was the combination of three names- if I recall correctly, the three never met and the Japanese name (Tohmatsu) was named after an Admiral from the Japanese Navy who became an accountant.

Anyhow, they renamed back in 2003 if I recall correctly to just "Deloitte".

yes i did mean HIH.. .Deloitte are u fuckign serious!! I DID WORK EXPERIENCE FOR THEM!!!!!!!!!!!! MAD!!! BUAHAHAH SUCKERS!!!

I wonder if you're still around on BoS... but I did as well back in 2003 in ERS. You?

Big 4 accounting firms are:
Pricewaterhouse Coopers, KPMG, Deloitte and Ernst & Young. It used to be the Big 6 (Arthur Anderson and another one I can't remember).

Big 4 could mean accounting firms or banks, but I think it generally refers to the accounting firms.

Back in 1998 Coopers & Lybrand merged with Pricewaterhouse to become PricewaterhouseCoopers, and that was when it became Big5 (prior to Anderson collapse).

 

[gnrlies]

the big 4 is irrelevant unless you are one of thousands trying to secure a graduate job, or if you wish to refer to those particular businesses.

 

[jon0_o]

the big 4 are the 4 biggest 'financial services' (mainly accounting) companies in the world, it could be useful cos they're huge TNC's with globalisation stuff. And they're all a mixture of companies that hae merged together to get bigger and Arthur Andersen got closed down after they screwed up Enron and HIH, couldn't have been Worldcomm as well.