Frontiers in Finance - March 2008: Retail banking in focus

This edition of frontiers in finance focuses on 'hot' topics in the financial services sector in general, and the retail banking sector in particular.

KPMG in Hong Kong Budget Summary 2008-2009

KPMG in Hong Kong SAR's Financial Secretary just delivered a Budget Speech for the fiscal year of 2008-2009. This webcast feature comments on the implications of the proposed tax measures.

Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO)

Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) has now come of age, with the market for KPO services in the Financial Services sector alone expected to be worth US$5billion by 2010, claims this new KPMG report. KPO – seen as the third generation of the outsourcing process - may now be considered a bona fide, mainstream outsourcing option.

Momentum - KPMG’s 2008 Global Auto Executive Survey

In recent years the mood among automotive executives has been apprehensive, with suppressed expectations for the future. The results of KPMG’s Global Automotive Survey are showing that this mood is beginning to become more positive.

KPMG International Annual Review 2007

Globalization is driving worldwide growth, and business opportunities can be found in more countries and regions of the world than ever before. KPMG member firms are playing a critical role in an increasingly complex and borderless world.

The Determinants of M&A Success - What Factors Contribute to Deal Success?

The purpose of this study is to analyze the factors that have recently been correlated with deal success. While some of these factors – such as how deals are financed – may have been examined before, we believe others – such as how deal rationale may affect success – are relatively unexamined.