Cutting to the chase, the chairman of Praxity makes it abundantly clear he believes that the international network model for some accountancy firms has a limited shelf life. ‘Network organisations long-term in their present ambiguous format are not sustainable,’ Jos van Huut asserts. ‘We are convinced that the market wants a new model. Clients are calling for a transparent model. Regulators will not accept something where you say you are this, but you are something else.’

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