MADRID, 27 May. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The professional services firm Ernst

As the economic newspaper ‘Financial Times’ has advanced, this proposal would still be debated in the “high spheres” of EY, with plans that contemplate splitting a firm focused on auditing the rest of the business.

If it goes ahead, this operation would give rise to two independently owned businesses, although the decision could take several months, according to sources close to the ‘FT’.

The firm has indicated in a comment sent to Europa Press that it routinely evaluates different strategic options that could strengthen EY’s business lines in the long term, and that it would only carry out significant changes after consulting the regulators and being voted. by the consulting partners.

“We are at an early stage of this evaluation and no decision has yet been made,” EY explains in the commentary.