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- Confronting Risk in Business Relationships and Emerging Markets: Enhanced Due Diligence and Corporate Intelligence
- The reputational and business risks associated with conducting business in emerging and expanding markets, with new business partners, agents, joint ventures, vendors, suppliers and distributors are increasingly significant for business executives as a result of the current financial crisis which demands highly efficient and effective business decision making. Moreover, the...
- Tags: PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Emerging Market, Real Estate, Channel Management, Marketing Research, Financial Services, Business Operations, Marketing, Finance
- White papers 2009-09-11
- Getting the Most Out of Your Firm-Wide Risk Management
- Recent events have highlighted the importance of a Risk Management framework which is able to deal with risk types beyond those included within Basel II Pillar 1. In the light of the Pillar 2 requirements, financial institutions and investment firms are now obliged to strengthen their firmwide Risk Management, in...
- Tags: PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Risk Management, Basel II, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Strategy, Security, Finance, Management
- White papers 2009-09-10
- Financial Services Regulatory Highlights
- Past June, the Department of Treasury released a White Paper on Financial Regulatory Reform calling on the SEC and CFTC to make recommendations to Congress for changes to statutes and regulations that would harmonize regulation of futures and securities. Specifically, the White Paper recommended that the CFTC and SEC complete...
- Tags: PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Financial Service, Statute, Regulations, Government
- White papers 2009-08-01
- Satyam: PWC's version of the 'Who's On First?' comedy routine
- Satyam: PWC's version of the 'Who's On First?' comedy routineJust like those "technical" articles......coming out on Indian web sites that have copied Microsoft or others articles verbatim except the author is the Indian web site owner. Lots of credibility there....RE: Satyam: PWC's version of the 'Who's On First?'...
- Tags: Indian Web site, Satyam, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting
- Discussion threads 2009-07-02
- Satyam: PWC's version of the 'Who's On First?' comedy routine
- Who's on 1st? Thank you, thank you, thank you to the folks at TechMarketView for finding the most inane testimony yet in the still amusing Satyam fraud saga. The story, and you’ve got to read the source document in The Times of India, is...
- Tags: Audit, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Satyam, Indian, Financial Accounting, Financial Statements, Outsourcing, Finance, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-07-02
- Internal Audit Perspectives: Increased Level of Supply Chain Risk Joins Growing Chain of Challenges
- The current global financial crisis has many businesses grappling at the enterprise level with critical issues including financial stability, risk management, and sustainability. In these times, not much escapes scrutiny as companies scramble to dot i's, cross t's, and continue to run their businesses - all while cutting costs. Amid...
- Tags: Supply Chain, Financial, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Internal Audit, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Financial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance
- White papers 2009-07-01
- PwC: rotten to the core or just plain stupid?
- PwC: rotten to the core or just plain stupid?audit no auditFrom a technical direction I have almost 30 years experience with computers and software and over the past 8 years or so I have often seen auditors such as KPMG/PWC and alike audit a bank, insurance, payment type companies and...
- Tags: Financial accounting, Taxes, Personal finance, Operational accounting, Financial services, audit, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, tax shelter, tax, accounting company
- Discussion threads 2009-06-30
- PwC: rotten to the core or just plain stupid?
- I hope that my good friend Vinnie Mirchandani doesn't take offense to the title of this post. PwC is his alma mater in a past life. However, events at Satyam in India, which have not received the attention they deserve in the US, have taken a decidedly weird or comic...
- Tags: PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Satyam, Francine McKenna, Financial Accounting, Outsourcing, Finance, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-06-30
- Fraud in a Downturn: A Review of How Fraud and Other Integrity Risks Will Affect Business in 2009
- The impact of the credit crunch and the global economic slowdown is challenging even most robust institutions. Those charged with the governance of some of largest private sector companies have had to focus on short term measures to address the risk of corporate failure. Leaders of public sector institutions must...
- Tags: Public Sector, Risk, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Fraud, Litigation, Business Operations
- White papers 2009-05-12
- How to Navigate Risk Management and Compliance Complexity
- PwC's extensive industry and systems knowledge positions itself to enhance and streamline process control's complete functionality. It leverages a global repository of SAP and industry leading practices as part of the value that it brings to clients. In short, it has been down this road and can help clients navigate...
- Tags: PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Compliance, Risk Management, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2009-05-08
- Taxing Issues in Strategic Sourcing Decisions
- Today's economic environment is forcing companies to assess their core competencies and identify more efficient operating modes. This analysis encompasses strategic sourcing options such as relocation and consolidation to use shared services, insourcing, outsourcing and co-sourcing. The precise tax implications of each option should be a key part of the...
- Tags: PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Strategic Sourcing, Taxes, Free Trade, Personal Finance, Financial Planning, Finance
- White papers 2009-05-07
- Leveraging IT Risk Management to Boost Competitive Advantage: Achieving Integrated Information Technology, Governance, Risk, and Compliance
- There are tumultuous times for Finance leaders. Investors, board members, senior management, rating agencies, regulators and other stakeholders continue to seek ways to better evaluate and execute on financial services organization's activities, performance, risks and strategies. They are looking for more timely, pertinent, and readily accessible financial, market and business...
- Tags: Financial, Information Technology, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Board, Compliance, Competitive Advantage, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Personal Finance, Strategy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Management
- White papers 2009-05-06
- IFRS News: Emerging Issues and Practical Guidance
- This paper follows on from the article in last month's IFRS news on the lease accounting discussion paper. Marian Lovelace looks in more detail at the proposals announced in March and their implications for businesses. The basic lease accounting model under IFRS has not changed since the adoption of IAS...
- Tags: Accounting, International Financial Reporting Standards, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Free Trade, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance
- White papers 2009-05-01
- Report: Fraud and deception at Satyam was deep
- Report: Fraud and deception at Satyam was deepRE; Fraud at SatyamThe depth of this coverup/conspirecy is staggering. It may have gone all the way to the janitorial service. I would be reluctant to invest in this atmosphere.
- Tags: Satyam
- Discussion threads 2009-04-22
- Confusion and controversy continue at Satyam
- Satyam, the Indian outsourcing company at the center of a massive fraud investigation continues to be mired in confusion and controversy. Earlier in the week, the company's former CFO appeared to give two PricewaterhouseCoopers audit partners a pass, saying: ...that auditors S Gopalakrishnan and Talluri Srinivas...
- Tags: PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Satyam, Litigation, Financial Accounting, Outsourcing, Business Operations, Finance, It Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-04-08
- US Internet ad revenues reached $6.1 bln in Q4 2008
- US Internet advertising revenues remain strong, topping $23 bln, according to Interactive Advertising Bureau IAB and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP PwC. Full-year 2008 revenues totaled a record $23.4 bln, exceeding 2007’s performance, itself the former record of $21.2 bln, by $2.2 bln or 10.6%. Q4 2008 revenues of $6.1 bln mark the...
- Tags: Revenue, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Internet Advertising, Operational Accounting, Internet, Finance, AM
- Blog posts 2009-03-31
- Assess Your Risk Management Framework Under UCITS III
- Recent years have shown a rapid growth in the importance of Risk Management within the UCITS environment and subsequently a major shift in focus from regulators worldwide. Sweeping transformations and continuous amendments to existing regulation and standards have clarified a certain number of topics, but without bringing the most appropriate...
- Tags: PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Risk Management, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Strategy, Security, Finance, Management
- White papers 2009-03-30
- Why are the pieces of BearingPoint going to Auditors???
- Should BearingPoint clients care? BearingPoint this week announced the breakup/reorganization plans for various parts of the firm. Essentially, once these deals are completed, BearingPoint will cease to exist. According to BearingPoint: BearingPoint and Deloitte have entered into an asset purchase...
- Tags: PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Consulting, BearingPoint Inc., Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-03-27
- Integrated Governance, Risk, and Compliance: Improve Performance and Enhance Productivity in Federal Agencies
- Off late high-profile accounting and management scandals in the commercial sector have given rise to legislative action to improve internal controls over financial reporting for companies participating in the financial markets. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is the most recognizable of these initiatives, and it held implications for both public...
- Tags: Internal Control, Financial, Performance, Agency, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Compliance, Financial Accounting, Financial Management, Finance, Financial Planning
- White papers 2009-03-24
- Bearing Point files for Ch.11 protection
- It's been a long time coming but Bearing Point finally succumbed to the mountain of acquisition fuelled debt it acquired between 1999-2002 and has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Per Reuters: As part of the prearranged plan, a $500 million senior secured credit facility will be replaced with...
- Tags: PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Bearing Point, Consulting, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-02-18
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