Since it won’t be the Big 4 anymore what will it move towards? Big 3 or Big 2 (pwc and D) and little two (KPMG and assurCo EY) or Big 7 (inc RSM, BDO, GT)

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Some things never change like interns through SA jockeying over Big 4 prestige BS

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It’ll stay big 4.

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Brethren. It’s B3 even without EY getting the boot

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B1

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Eh, EY people are usually the biggest Ds in my experience.

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Even with EY being split in half, its still bigger than the next 10 firms combined.

Says a lot about how big the big 4 actually are lol. Their called big for a reason.

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If BDO GT RSM all merged we are still only around 75% of KPMG. We are getting bigger, but there’s a reason that we are a completely different category of firm. We’re not going to be compared that way until we have the scale to take on Fortune 500 audits, and that probably won’t happen except for occasional 1 off bids we currently already have.

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BDO 3, having been at GT and Big 4 I agree, GT is much closer to the Big 4 than BDO is or probably ever will be. I like BDO but they are definitely apples and oranges.

Even after the split EY will be bigger than other firms in the top 10.

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EYs assurance revenue alone exceeds BDOs from all services. Throw in whatever else is sticking around with assurance and you still have a big 4

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If the split goes thru, you are mistaken if you dont think the other firms will follow suit

RSM do you really think that would be the case? Do you think EY didn’t put measures in place to ensure we don’t lose clients but gain more?

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