Advisory

If you have clients who are franchisees, did they experience the same strong growth as seen across the franchise sector in 2013? According to a new report, last year was a banner year, with industry outpacing the overall U.S. economy in business formation and job growth, creating an estimated 11,000 new establishments and 10 percent of the nation’s new jobs.

If you could plant a seed this busy season that would help you grow your business the rest of the year, would you do it?

A weekly roundup of professionals in the tax and accounting profession that have changed jobs and/or been promoted.

Internal business changes intended to address dynamic market shifts have created a more complex risk landscape for businesses around the globe. Compounding this problem, according to the PwC US Risk in Review report, “Re-evaluating how your company addresses risk,” is that traditional risk management systems have not evolved fast enough to monitor, track and manage today’s intensified risk climate.

For the fourth straight year, the New York-based accountancy Anchin, Block & Anchin has again been named the Best North American Accounting Firm in the annual Hedgeweek awards.

A decade after scandals at Enron, Worldcom, and other companies dramatized the need for improved corporate financial monitoring, this critical regulatory challenge remains in essential ways unmet, new research suggests.

Anthony Carmello and Anthony Swanson named winners in Leadership and Strategy Consulting categories, respectively.

Credit and business analysis company FICO has announced a change to the well-known FICO Score, the most commonly-used measure of U.S. consumer credit risk. The new scoring system will be available beginning this summer.