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CFOs predict US economy to improve during first half of 2015
Nearly half of CFOs expect the US economy to improve during the next six months and only 9% expect it to worsen, according to the Grant Thornton LLP 2014 Fall CFO Survey. The biannual survey reflects the insights of more than 1,000 CFOs and…
UK businesses optimistic for 2015
New research from the Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR) has found that the UK ended 2014 as one of the world's most optimistic economies. Although UK business optimism declined on a quarterly basis (from 82% in Q3 2014 to…
Gilson Gray completes first Employee Ownership Trust
Scottish law firm Gilson Gray LLP has recently completed its first Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) arrangement – believed to be the first of its kind in Scotland.
EOT was introduced by the Finance Act in April 2014 as an innovative way of…
US IPOs up 54% in 2014, EY report finds
As at December, 2014 had seen 288 IPOs on US exchanges, amounting to $95.2 billion (€80.8 billion), a 54% increase in capital over 2013, according to the latest EY Global IPO Trends: 2014 Q4 report.
While 2013 saw a revival of IPOs in the…
BP America’s largest energy investor
BP's business activities in the US helped generate close to $143 billion (€121 billion) in economic impact in 2013 and currently support nearly 220,000 American jobs, according to the company's recent US Economic Impact Report 2014.…
European deal activity up in 2014 for private equity IPOs
Private equity-backed initial public offerings remained a popular exit route in 2014, according to data published by the Centre for Management Buy-out Research (CMBOR), sponsored by EY and Equistone Partners Europe Limited. New deal…
Traders and tanker-owners set to cash-in, say KPMG
Oil traders and tanker-owners are set to cash-in on falling oil prices as tumbling prices have caused the market to move into a steep ‘contango’, meaning that investors are willing to pay a premium to receive oil at a later date, according…
