Latest News

Singapore tops ranking in new Globalisation Index
Latest Globalisation index from A.T. Kearney and Foreign Policy Magazine puts Singapore in front. 8 Jan 2001

Bankers prepare for fair value battle
Bankers are belatedly organising themselves to repel the latest incursion of accounting principles into banking practice - fair value accounting for loans. 23 Jan 2001

Bail-outs foster market indiscipline
The commonly held belief that a Federal rescue team will bail out stricken financial giants is undermining the development of market discipline, as an alternative to regulatory oversight. 22 Jan 2001

Basel Proposals To Result In Fundamental Changes In Banking Market
Though an improvement on the existing requirements, the new Basel Accord still leaves the door open for uneven playing fields according to PricewaterhouseCoopers. 16 Jan 2000

Global M&A Market: Stories of the last decade - KPMG Corporate Finance looks at the key factors which have influenced the mergers and acquisitions market globally and highlights some of the main stories. 19 September 2000


Archived News
Past news items can be found in the archive.


Feature Articles

Measuring & Managing the Value of E-Commerce

Oliver Wyman provides some much needed depth in this timely perspective piece that outlines a practical approach to identifying the value and strategic fit of e-commerce projects by classifying them into three "opportunity zones."

Profitable Growth: A Value-Based Approach to Entering New Markets
Studies show that less than one-third of all acquisitions actually create value for the acquirer. Here, the authors lay out a new approach that can help management identify economically attractive, related markets and evaluate entry opportunities.

Growth in Turbulent Times
In the space of two months during the summer of 1998, global capitalization lost nearly 40 percent of its value -- which it then recovered during the last three months of the year. In such turbulent times, management is under increasing pressure to demonstrate the continuity of its operations and its willingness to grow. This article from EYCG 's Focus e-zine looks at strategies for growth in a volatile economy. Feb 2000

Nearly 60 percent of all mergers fail
According to new book by A.T. Kearney consultants, 58 percent of all mergers fail to reach the goals they set out to achieve. After the Merger: Seven Rules for Successful Post-Merger Integration offers CEO's best-practices merger strategies.


Featured Articles Archive

Finance functions prove their worth
Multi-disciplined, cross-functional teams are at the heart of today's successful organisations, with finance directors expected to show long term strategic vision and a much broader awareness of business issues.
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Globalisationon Linked with Economic and Income Growth, Reduction in Poverty
The integration of economies around the world, commonly known as globalisation, has produced sharply higher rates of economic growth and helped lift millions of people above the World Bank's poverty line while at the same time promoting substantial improvements in social welfare. But the countries moving most quickly to join the world economy, which have enjoyed these benefits most, also have seen the gap between rich and poor widen dramatically.
Comment: The ledger showing country rankings is available for download in PDF form here.


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