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KPMG faces call for record fine from British accounting watchdog

Britain's accounting watchdog called for KPMG's UK arm to be fined more than 15 million pounds ($21 million) on Monday over a 'conflict of interest' when it advised on the sale of bed maker Silentnight.

KPMG faces call for record fine from British accounting watchdog
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KPMG, which is one of the world's Big Four auditors and was advising on the sale to U.S. private equity company HIG Capital in 2011, said the fine should be no more than 5 million pounds, and that it no longer has a restructuring business.

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