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Tax First February 2010

Tax First is a monthly publication focusing on news that will be of interest to top-tier tax directors.
[ 08/02/2010 ]

World watch: Issue 1 2010

World Watch is PwC’s regular governance and corporate reporting magazine. Issue 1 2010 demonstrates that, more than ever, companies are being called to account by stakeholders, regulators and governments, all demanding assurance that improved governance and reporting will stand up to future scrutiny.
[ 05/02/2010 ]

UK Debt markets update 2010

The final quarter of 2009 saw encouraging signs of confidence returning across a broad spectrum of bank lending, so what will the debt markets have in store for 2010? The PricewaterhouseCoopers Debt Markets Update January 2010 explores recent trends in financing, bringing our views and analysis together in one place.  
[ 04/02/2010 ]

Emerging Trends in Real Estate® Europe 2010

A joint publication by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and PricewaterhouseCoopers, Emerging Trends in Real Estate® Europe is a trends and forecast publication now in its seventh edition. The report provides an outlook on European real estate investment and development trends, real estate finance and capital markets, property sectors, metropolitan areas, and other real estate issues.
[ 04/02/2010 ]

Vision 2050

Estimating the order of magnitude of additional sustainability-related business opportunities in key sectors.
[ 04/02/2010 ]

Finance effectiveness benchmark study

CEOs are looking to the finance function to provide more insight and advice, yet only 11% of finance personnel are engaged in true business partner roles. Find out more in ‘Is finance rising to the challenge?’, our Finance effectiveness benchmark study.
[ 01/02/2010 ]

Banking Banana Skins 2010 – After the ‘quake

We are delighted to share the 13th Banking Banana Skins Survey produced by the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation (CSFI). This Survey aimed at senior executives in the banking industry, identifies high level issues where the banking industry may be vulnerable.
[ 29/01/2010 ]

The Climate Principles Progress Review

The Climate Principles Progress Review
[ 28/01/2010 ]

Corporate governance

Catch up with best practice reporting and current developments in corporate governance. ‘Corporate governance, Best practice reporting’ features examples of good disclosure from listed companies with commentary on the key governance topics discussed during the Walker and FRC reviews.
[ 28/01/2010 ]

Questioning Social Enterprise Leaders

PricewaterhouseCoopers gathered more than 150 leaders of social enterprise organisations to debate with an expert panel: the role of the Board; strategies to beat the recession; and the future of funding.
[ 28/01/2010 ]

13th Annual Global CEO Survey

Setting a smarter course for growth, the PricewaterhouseCoopers 13th Annual Global CEO Survey, looks at what measures CEOs are taking in response to recession, how they view the post-crisis business environment and what changes they are making to adapt their organisations.
[ 27/01/2010 ]

Unlocking hidden transformational value

Unlocking hidden transformational value
[ 27/01/2010 ]

Are you wired for success in 2010?

Welcome to the 2010 edition of Technology M&A Insights. This annual report by PricewaterhouseCoopers forecasts the outlook for M&A activity in the global technology sector in 2010 and reviews the challenges the sector faced during 2009.
[ 26/01/2010 ]

Forest, paper and packaging: CEO perspectives 2010

The third edition of CEO Perspectives in FPP summarises the thoughts of 33 CEOs from the forest, paper & non-paper packaging sectors around the world on key issues facing the industry.    The economic crisis exacerbated existing market declines and precipitated steep drops in demand in many companies in the sector.  It’s clear the FPP industry needs to reshape itself to meet future challenges – but how?
[ 25/01/2010 ]

Sustainable packaging: threat or opportunity?

Under constant pressure from government, the media, customers and consumers, the packaging industry is increasingly being forced to consider how its products can be made more sustainable. Faced with pressing issues of over capacity, low prices and high raw material costs, should ‘sustainable packaging’ be a top concern for packaging senior executives? Will the issue have any real, lasting impact on how the industry does business, and how will packaging shape up?
[ 25/01/2010 ]

Service blues - Effectively managing the multi-billion dollar threat from product warranty and support abuse

With much of the world still reeling from the economic downturn, PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Alliance for Gray Market and Counterfeit Abatement (AGMA®) highlight in this publication a significant financial drain about which many companies remain unaware: abuse of warranty and product support entitlements.
[ 25/01/2010 ]

Global Economic Outlook

Emerging economies have rebounded strongly, with advanced economies following at a more modest pace. However, powerful and sustainable drivers of global economic growth are proving elusive.
[ 21/01/2010 ]

Is pay for performance a force for good?

After a year of unprecedented turbulence, now is an appropriate time to take stock and begin to focus on the future. As the title suggests, the debate around pay for performance will no doubt continue to be a theme in 2010.
[ 21/01/2010 ]

Environmental Value at Risk in the Hospitality and Leisure Sector - The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme and Landfill Tax

Environmental issues such as the CRC and Landfill tax can have negativeimpacts on hotels’ costs, cash flow andreputation. Appropriate management canlimit these costs and, in the case of theCRC, can even generate a source ofrevenue.
[ 20/01/2010 ]

Matrimonial Assistance

Independent valuation and tax advice in relation to separation and divorce.
[ 20/01/2010 ]

UK competitiveness and London as a leading financial centre

There was almost total unanimity that the London’s reputation as a financial centre had not been damaged by the crisis, and that the UK retained its competitive advantages in financial services.
[ 20/01/2010 ]

The future shape of the financial services industry

The individuals interviewed for this report all foresaw significant changes ahead in the shape of the UK financial services industry – though some of the industry’s critics thought they were unlikely to be enough.
[ 20/01/2010 ]

Government intervention and regulation

All those interviewed expected the intervention of government and tougher regulation of financial services to continue.
[ 20/01/2010 ]

Customers and products

There was widespread agreement that trust had broken down between key sectors of the industry and its customers as a result of the financial crisis.
[ 20/01/2010 ]

US and European equity markets

This report presents PwC's analysis of stockmarket trends in 2009 in Europe and the US. On balance, equity markets appear to be potentially overvalued at the end of 2009. The findings do not, however, present evidence of a significant bubble forming in US and European equities at present.
[ 18/01/2010 ]

Media M&A Insights 2010

This annual report by PricewaterhouseCoopers forecasts the outlook for M&A activity in the European media sector in 2010 and reviews the challenges the sector faced during 2009.
[ 18/01/2010 ]

Room for improvement: Contrasting prospects for the US and UK hotel sectors in 2010

Hospitality Directions Europe: Room for improvement
[ 15/01/2010 ]

Actuarial Insurance Matters Winter 2010

Actuarial Insurance Matters is the newsletter of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Actuarial and Insurance Management Solutions practice. The Winter 2010 newsletter covers some of the key issues and challenges facing life and non-life insurers.
[ 14/01/2010 ]

Post-crisis regulation - Are you compliant or will you be caught out?

The 2009 Corporate Accountability conference held in both London and Amsterdam could hardly have been more timely and relevant. Regulation and governance – a subject that was rarely given excessive attention by news editors – is now headline news around the world: from the controversies and debate relating to executive compensation through to the introduction of the Bribery Bill in the UK – the standards, behaviour and governance relating to how businesses conduct themselves around the world are at centre stage. And the penalties for getting it wrong have never been higher.
[ 12/01/2010 ]

CBI/PricewaterhouseCoopers Financial Services Survey

The 81st CBI/PricewaterhouseCoopers financial services survey shows continuing improvement in sentiment.
[ 11/01/2010 ]

Capable Communities

Capable Communities - Public Service reform, the next chapter  
[ 09/01/2010 ]

Tough times, tough decisions

This Talking Point considers how costs can be cut from local authorities, whilst limiting the impact on service provision, recognising the importance of effective people management to significantly improve an organisation’s productivity and effectiveness.  
[ 09/01/2010 ]

Local Housing Companies

This Talking Point discusses the thinking behind the Government’s Local Housing Companies (LHCs) concept and how LHCs could be better adapted to deliver more housing more efficiently, in a way that offers better value.
[ 09/01/2010 ]

Private Client Winter 2009

Private Client is a quarterly publication focusing on tax news that will be of interest to entrepreneurs and private clients.
[ 08/01/2010 ]

Japanese Business Network: IFRS for small and medium-sized entities

The future of UK GAAP and implications for Japanese subsidiaries.
[ 07/01/2010 ]