{"id":1000897693,"date":"2024-11-15T17:35:55","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T22:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goingconcern.com\/?p=1000897693"},"modified":"2024-11-19T10:50:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T15:50:14","slug":"lets-speculate-wildly-about-which-mid-tier-firm-is-about-to-announce-a-private-equity-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goingconcern.com\/lets-speculate-wildly-about-which-mid-tier-firm-is-about-to-announce-a-private-equity-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Speculate Wildly About Which Mid-Tier Firm is About to Announce a Private Equity Deal (UPDATE)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Someone on r\/accounting with a very legit-looking username and sparse comment history said today that their firm is announcing a PE deal. Who? WHO KNOWS! Candidates must be a &#8220;very hybrid&#8221; mid-tier with decent culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" style=\"height:316px\" data-embed-height=\"316\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Accounting\/comments\/1gs445j\/welp_theyre_announcing_a_pe_deal\/\">Welp, they\u2019re announcing a PE deal<\/a><br> by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/User0273649362539506\/\">u\/User0273649362539506<\/a> in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Accounting\/\">Accounting<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.reddit.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Accounting\/comments\/1gs445j\/welp_theyre_announcing_a_pe_deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Text<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-welp-they-re-announcing-a-pe-deal\">Welp, they\u2019re announcing a PE deal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Not looking forward for what\u2019s to come. We are currently very hybrid. Love the current firm culture but now I\u2019m afraid that will change. Does this ever end in a positive light? Public accounting stinks.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>These comments are a joy.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goingconcern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/PE.png?resize=640%2C220&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1000897694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goingconcern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/PE.png?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goingconcern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/PE.png?resize=300%2C103&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goingconcern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/PE.png?resize=150%2C52&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Some people are speculating it&#8217;s Crowe. I&#8217;d say possibly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goingconcern.com\/cohnreznick-is-allegedly-exploring-a-private-equity-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CohnReznick since there&#8217;s a rumor they&#8217;ve got a PE deal in the works<\/a> but I don&#8217;t think they meet the culture requirement, by all accounts that place is a dumpster fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crowe wasn&#8217;t listed as one of the two firms in the top 25 exploring private equity investment in <em>Forbes<\/em>&#8216; September piece &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/kellyphillipserb\/2024\/09\/23\/why-private-equity-is-rushing-to-buy-up-accounting-firms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why Private Equity Is Rushing To Buy Up Accounting Firms<\/a>.&#8221; Carr, Riggs, &amp; Ingram is though and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goingconcern.com\/we-think-we-know-whos-about-to-do-a-big-pe-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">it&#8217;s been rumored for months that they&#8217;re close to making a private equity deal official<\/a>. The only other firm <em>Forbes<\/em> listed as &#8220;just looking&#8221; is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goingconcern.com\/add-armanino-to-the-list-of-top-20-firms-in-bed-with-private-equity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Armanino whose minority investment from Further Global Capital Management<\/a> quietly made the news a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ll see if OP updates. Feel free to speculate in the meantime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Update: <\/strong>Tips are saying it is in fact Carr, Riggs, &amp; Ingram and that an external announcement will be made Monday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Update #2:<\/strong> It appears <a href=\"https:\/\/www.criadv.com\/news\/cri-secures-strategic-growth-investment-from-centerbridge-partners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">that intel was good<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/pkf-oconnor-davies-announces-strategic-growth-investment-from-investcorp-and-psp-investments-302308074.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PKF O&#8217;Connor Davies announced a deal<\/a> of their own on the same day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Someone on r\/accounting with a very legit-looking username and sparse comment history said today that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":1000897695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33167,3287,5796],"tags":[25749,29094,9756,17095,10514,2606],"class_list":["post-1000897693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-trends","category-social-media","category-serious-questions","tag-as-seen-on-reddit","tag-carr-riggs-ingram","tag-cohnreznick","tag-crowe","tag-mid-tier-firms-0","tag-private-equity"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.2 (Yoast SEO v23.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Let&#039;s Speculate Wildly About Which Mid-Tier Firm is About to Announce a Private Equity Deal (UPDATE) - Going Concern<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Another one bites the dust. 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