BDO aims to merge into challenge to Big Four firms

BDO, the fifth-biggest accounting firm in Hong Kong by revenue, is eyeing merger opportunities to go head-to-head with the Big Four, according to chairman Albert Au Siu-cheung.

Au has grown his firm through many acquisitions to about 1,000 employees from 160 since 1997. But he said future mergers would not follow the same pattern as before.

"In past mergers, we focused mainly on expanding our audit ability," he said.

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