Adviser Rankings Ltd’s summary of its Q2 2020 AIM 100 rankings for Auditors are as follows:
- BDO moves up to 2nd= in the FTSE AIM 100 rankings as Deloitte and KPMG client numbers recede
- PwC added 4 new AIM 100 clients to extend their lead from 8 to 12 clients
- Grant Thornton moved up the AIM UK 50 top-tier ranking to outright 6th place and also up into 6th place by client market-cap
- BDO are now in 1st place in 6 of the 7 FTSE sector client rankings, having added pole position in the Industrials rankings and the Technology rankings this quarter too
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Top Auditors by the FTSE Sectors
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Sector |
Adviser |
Client Count |
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Basic Materials |
BDO |
31 |
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Consumer Discretionary & Consumer Staples |
BDO |
28 |
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Energy |
BDO |
23 |
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Financials & Real Estate |
BDO |
28 |
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Health Care |
PricewaterhouseCoopers |
19 |
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Industrials |
BDO |
25 |
New 1st place this quarter |
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Technology |
BDO |
19 |
New 1st place this quarter |
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The big news this quarter relates to Saffery Champness. They have added as many net new clients than all the other 25 top Auditors put together. They added 3 new AIM clients (AFH Financial Group PLC, Conygar Investment Company PLC and Holders Technology PLC) and this added 50% to their total client count.
The other main event has been the collapse in the client market-cap values for all Auditors following the turmoil in the financial markets
