Big Four auditors' bias damaging to institutional investors, watchdog warns

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The trend for ‘big four' auditors to focus on management aims of clients rather than shareholder need leads to "significant dissatisfaction" for institutional investors, the Competition Commission says.

Publishing the provisional findings of its statutory audit services market investigation, the CC also said the dominance of the auditors is inhibiting companies from switching providers by limiting...

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