Articles, tagged with "kpmg", page 4
06th February 2007
As consumer debt in the UK hit £1trillion in 2006, a recent report states that creditors had written off £1.4billion of personal debt during the same year. The record amount has been written off after people signed up for Individual Voluntary Arrangem...
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Author:
martymac
20th October 2006
Nor is she in China, Germany, Brazil, or India. According to Samuel A. DiPiazza, Global CEO for PricewaterhouseCoopers, USA, the incredible shortage of talented people is an event not witnessed in his 30 years of experience. Talent is an issue even in cou...
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Author:
Neil More
20th October 2006
Currently, the vast majority of the research and reporting available from the Big4 is a lamentation of the workforce issues soon to face a technologically advanced and developed country that will be a first: a lack of skilled labor, with unemployment in t...
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Author:
Neil More
03rd October 2006
Since the corporate scandals that ravaged the US landscape, and the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, auditing has become the hottest topic on the debate and education plates for many of the Big4 firms. KPMG held their first annual Audit Committee Issues...
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Author:
Neil More
03rd October 2006
In college, you majored in accounting. You sweated through the CPA exam and put in countless billable hours as a young practitioner. Now you're well into a successful career. But what happens if you discover making numbers talk no longer carries the thril...
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Author:
Neil More
03rd October 2006
The international opportunities in the banking industry are tremendous, and KPMG's global presence in the financial services sector places them in an envious position; or does it? Are risks and risk management underestimated by many financial services org...
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Author:
Neil More
03rd October 2006
The tremendous global growth that is occurring at present, has presented the financial sector with yet another issue: How to successfully manage and assess the risks associated with sourcing activity on a global scale.
Until the recent expansion of th...
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Author:
Neil More
03rd October 2006
Although many businesses usually sight labor costs as the most important reason for locating their business in a particular city, it is not the only cost that contributes to the "cost of doing business" equation.
Recently, KPMG conducted a survey to ex...
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Author:
Neil More
03rd October 2006
If you review the latest reports released by any of the Big4 companies in their review of 2005, their contemplation of 2006, and evaluation of global positioning, the most discussed topic of interest by far is talent.Talent, as it relates to KPMG's positi...
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Author:
Neil More
03rd October 2006
WIn an article released during the World Economic Forum in Davos, one of the biggest challenges in bringing together a global market is the need to "embrace diverse mindsets". At the heart of this daunting challenge is the fact that there are several comp...
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Author:
Neil More
02nd August 2006
There is a startling development in the most unusual place: South America. A region often marked by risk, uncertainty and crisis, South America is experiencing a rapidly rising increase in confidence and stability.
The turn of the century dawned wit...
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Author:
Neil More
01st August 2006
One of the most overlooked industries, insurance, is poised for growth over the next three years. That fact is not disputed. The methods that will be used to achieve that growth are where the experts begin to diverge. Will the growth be through merger and...
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Author:
Neil More