Topics: Services, Consulting

  • Female millennials are the most confident and ambitious of any female generation

    To mark International Women’s Day (IWD) on Sunday 8 March 2015, PwC surveyed 8,756 female millennials (women born between 1980 - 1995) from 75 countries to find out how they feel about the world of work and their careers. Of these respondents, 297 were from Singapore. The findings dispels myths about women and work; finds Singapore female millennials more financially independent than global peers.

  • PwC: Southeast Asia emerging as highly attractive market for deals

    PwC announced on Wednesday 4 March that it will be expanding its capability within Southeast Asia to help Japanese companies capitalise on M&A opportunities in the region. Sitting within PwC’s Advisory arm of service offerings, the new unit will focus on providing expertise relating to market entry strategy, M&A transactions and Infrastructure projects.

  • SCCCI and PwC collaborate on family business

    Family businesses are highly relevant to the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCCI). Many of the SCCCI’s council members and members belong to family businesses. In this context, the SCCCI and PwC are signing an MOU to collaborate on an in-depth study into the key issues and challenges relating to family businesses.

  • PwC: Exchange Traded Fund Assets Under Management to exceed $5 Trillion globally by 2020

    Professionally managed financial investments globally are predicted to grow at 6% per annum to reach $100 trillion by 2020, according to a new report by PwC. Exchange traded funds (ETFs) will pay a prominent role in this growth, as new investor segments continue to integrate them into their portfolios and fund sponsors continue to introduce more products.

  • New international standards to bring informative and insightful audit reports

    After three years in development, the IAASB has released a set of standards that are game-changing for shareholders and the profession, says PwC. The standards mark a move to allow reports that are more informative, discursive and insightful. The new reports will undoubtedly stimulate enhanced conversations among auditors, companies, audit committees and shareholders.

  • ASEAN CEOs most optimistic about Global Economy for 2015

    Fewer CEOs than last year think global economic growth will improve over the next 12 months, though confidence in their ability to achieve revenue growth in their own companies remains stable, say the more than 1,300 CEOs interviewed worldwide in PwC’s 18th Annual Global CEO Survey. Results of the survey were released at the opening of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

  • PwC: Significant “media gap” exists in Singapore

    A new PwC report-Digital advertising in Singapore: mind the gap — finds that there is a significant “media gap” here. Despite Singapore being one of the most digitally connected populations with the highest smartphone penetration (85%) in the world, the level of online advertising is well below international averages. Report suggests four inhibitors hindering the adaptation of online advertising.

  • ‘Future of India’ explores opportunities local businesses can tap on

    PwC’s landmark report titled ‘Future of India – The Winning Leap’ was launched in Singapore at a breakfast briefing today.In attendance were Her Excellency Ms Vijay Thakur Singh, Indian High Commissioner to Singapore, Yeoh Oon Jin, Executive Chairman, PwC Singapore, Shashank Tripahti, Strategy Leader,PwC India, and leaders from the local and India business communities.

  • Real Estate in Asia Remains Resilient in an Environment of Weaker Economic Fundamentals, says Emerging Trends In Real Estate® Asia Pacific 2015

    Singapore is viewed favorably in terms of investment and development prospects next year, according to Emerging Trends in Real Estate® Asia Pacific 2015, a real estate forecast jointly published by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and PwC. However, its ninth place ranking – down from seventh place in 2014 – indicates that it has lost some of its appeal for investors, according to the report.

  • Onward Singapore: PwC’s Singapore Budget 2015 Wishlist

    PwC Singapore today released a set of recommendations which were provided to the MOF and MAS for consideration in relation to the upcoming Singapore Budget 2015. As Singapore celebrates her 50th birthday, Budget 2015 should be a pillar for the next 50 years of Singapore’s growth and development.Measures that have served Singapore well will need to evolve in the light of today’s environment.

  • Overall Tax Cost and Compliance Burden Lower for Businesses around the World

    Now in its tenth year as part of the World Bank Doing Business project; Paying Taxes is a unique study which investigates and compares tax regimes across 189 economies, ranking them according to the relative ease of paying taxes. The report is expected to be a catalyst for discussion with tax authorities, governments, and businesses about tax systems and how they can be reformed. Singapore ranks 5

  • PwC: Investments in Asia Pacific Will Continue to Climb

    Confidence among CEOs in Asia Pacific continues to get stronger, a new report by PwC finds. 46% of executives in the region now say they are “very confident” of growth in the next 12 months, up 10 points from 2012 and 4 points from last year, despite slowing growth in China. Study also finds China, US, Indonesia, Hong Kong-China, Singapore top investment destinations.

  • PwC is Singapore’s Most Popular Graduate Employer

    Professional services firm PwC has emerged as Singapore’s Most Popular Employer among local students and university graduates for the fourth consecutive year, according to an annual survey of over 7,100 university students. PwC Singapore was awarded Graduate Employer of the Year, Top Employer in the Accounting & Financial Management and Consulting sectors.

  • PwC and Google Announce Joint Business Relationship

    PwC and Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced the launch of a joint business relationship to bring new and innovative services to companies around the world. The rapid pace of innovation in technology has fundamentally changed how and where work gets done, driving organizations to transform their businesses for the future. Together, PwC and Google can help that transformation happen.

  • PwC family business survey shows need to ‘professionalise’ the family as well as the business

    Family businesses must adapt faster, innovate sooner and become more professional in the way they run their operations if they are to remain successful. These are just some findings of the latest PwC survey of 2,378 family business executives in more than 40 countries worldwide. The report, titled Up close and professional: the family factor, is PwC’s seventh survey of family businesses globally.

  • The role of treasury will have to be redefined, finds PwC’s 2014 global treasury survey

    PwC’s 2014 global treasury survey looks at how, in the years following the financial crisis, treasury teams have increased their impact across the organisation. The survey findings support the need for redefining ‘treasury’ as an enterprise wide process and no longer as a department, in line with those from a similar survey embarked on earlier this year that focused on Corporate Treasuries in Asia

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