EY is “rather pleased” with the ruling.

German watchdog finds EY’s Wirecard audits grossly negligent, reports Olaf Storbeck ft.com/content/e62993…

Trump Media’s first auditor quit months after being appointed. Scoop with Ortenca Aliaj $DJT ft.com/content/24668c…

PwC’s Middle East partners will play key role in the selection of the UK boss. Simon Foy & Michael O'Dwyer profile the candidates. ft.com/content/2e884f…

How Rishi Sunak built a close relationship with Blackstone’s bosses
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Trust, no one is more disappointed than I that DJ Khaled did not reply to requests for comment

Bold call.

Era of bribes is over, say commodities trading chiefs ft.com/content/eb8d97…

TikTok staff face big US tax bills on shares they cannot sell. Story by Tabby Kinder & Hannah Murphy
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If you don’t want to rotate your auditor, you can always rotate your listing!

Flutter ditches plan to hire Deloitte after move to US listing. Story by Michael O'Dwyer Simon Foy & Eri Sugiura
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“With stories like this preemptively attacking our auditors before they’ve even begun their work for us as a public company, it’s unclear why anyone but the most partisan leftwing activists would ever read the Financial Times.”
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Accenture boss Julie Sweet accused of ‘shaming’ executive with ADHD ft.com/content/07be48…

EY rethinks is global climate goals ft.com/content/558c81…

Grant Thornton’s retired US partners demand bigger payout from private equity sale ft.com/content/46ad85…

PwC Australia sanctioned by US audit regulator over disclosure failures, in latest global fallout from tax leaks scandal ft.com/content/e19c64…

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison for fraud. Joe Miller is in court. ft.com/content/e45284…

.Financial Times is expanding its San Fran bureau to deepen coverage of the intersection of money and tech, with Stephen Morris as bureau chief, RichardWaters as tech-writer-at-large, Michael Acton as SF correspondent and Cristina Criddle as tech correspondent. More here: on.ft.com/3VAyJro