Accounts in Review – First Half 2014

The 4A’s “Accounts in Review” analysis compiles information on publicly reported account review activity. The description of the “Accounts in Review” analysis and the link to the report covering the first half of 2014 is provided below.

The 4A’s “Accounts in Review” analysis compilation should be viewed as qualitative information rather than a rigorous and standardized quantitative benchmark…that being said we are often asked “How does current year Accounts in Review compare with prior year?”. We thought that you might be interest in how first half 2014 review activity compares with 2013 first half review activity

“How does current year Accounts in Review First Half 2014 compare to 2013?”

• The number of published reviews captured in the 4A’s analysis in 2014 is down by approximately twenty percent when compared with last year (304 reviews in the first half of 2014 vs. 384 for 2013).

“Does this mean that overall review activity is declining…or…are is the decline due to an expansion of project-based and specialist reviews which are not usually publicized?”

• Consultants led reviews are up modestly in 2014 (68 reviews in the first half of 2014 versus 66 reviews in the first half of last year).

Consultants led reviews represented 22% of reviews reported in the 4A’s Accounts in Review analysis for January-June 2014 ( that compares with consultant involvement with 17% of reviews reported in the 4A’s Accounts in Review analysis for January-June 2013)