Business should focus on people and purpose, not just products and profits according to Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited's (Deloitte Global) fourth annual Millennial survey. This and other findings from the survey suggest businesses, particularly in developed markets, will need to make significant changes to attract and retain the future workforce. Deloitte Global surveyed 7,800 graduates […]
More than half (59%) of small and medium sized businesses across the UK are experiencing increased operating costs, and of that figure, 58% say it is having a negative impact on their cash flow. The figures come from the Close Brothers Business Barometer, a quarterly survey of UK SME owners and senior management. Of those […]
Latest data released by BDO shows that transactions in the tech sector have cooled somewhat following the record breaking $25 billion (€21 billion) Alibaba IPO in 2014. The firm forecast that tech IPOs will drop by 14% for the year-end 2014 compared with figures for year-end 2013, but that the future still looks bright for […]
The New Year has started with a bang, with triumphs and tribulations already being felt by the finance sector. As year-end figures roll in from 2014, the sentiment is that the global economy is on the up. Deal activity for IPOs peaked towards the end of the year, helped somewhat by the landmark Alibaba listing, […]
Policy uncertainty at home and economic and geopolitical risks overseas are the central challenges facing Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) of the UK’s largest companies as they enter 2015. This is according to Deloitte’s latest CFO Survey, which gauged the views of 119 CFOs of FTSE 350 and other large private UK companies. When asked to […]
Standard Chartered PLC today announced the closure of its institutional cash equities, equity research and equity capital markets (ECM) activities, leading to 200 job losses, as the Group continues cut costs. The decision to close its equities business follows further austerity measures announced in November 2014 with the aim of saving $400 million (€340 million) […]
The Eurozone has slipped into deflation for the first time since October 2009 as the annual change in the Consumer Price Index fell below zero to -0.2% in December, Eurostat reported on January 7, 2015. The unemployment rate across the currency area was reported to have remained steady at 11.5%. Beneath the headlines, the data […]
Private equity fundraising remained strong in 2014, although capital was concentrated among fewer funds, according to Preqin. According to Preqin, 977 private equity funds held a final close throughout the year raising a total of $486 billion (€410 billion), higher than any annual amount between 2009 and 2012, and on track to match the 2013 […]
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