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Initial public offerings (IPOs) often generate a great deal of excitement and can give new luster to company brands. It is easy to forget that IPOs can only thrive in the right business climate - and for organisations that have undertaken the business transformation necessary to reach this stage.
As this Guide to Public Company Transformation makes clear, preparing to become a public…
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Initial public offerings (IPOs) often generate a great deal of excitement and can give new luster to company brands. It is easy to forget that IPOs can only thrive in the right business climate – and for organizations that have undertaken the business transformation necessary to reach this stage.As this Guide to Public Company Transformation makes clear, preparing to become a public company is…
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Lingering Effects of Pandemic and Operational Challenges Are Top Concerns for Consumer Products and Services Organisations
The continuing global challenges and potential existential threat posed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Political divisiveness and polarisation. Social and economic unrest. Gridlock. Artificial intelligence (AI), automation and other rapidly developing digital technologies…
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It has been an active, and often wild, ride in the IPO market over the past year. After a slow period during the heart of the initial COVID-19 crisis, market activity has reignited at a blistering pace, driven by optimism in the global economy and the emergence of special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, among other factors.
There’s ample excitement right now about IPOs, but there also…
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In this issue of Private Equity Insights, we begin by sharing insights from Protiviti’s Private Equity Top Risks Survey Brief. Economic concerns, such as inflationary pressures and slower growth, are causing some private equity firms to focus more on enhancing portfolio company value and efficiency. Next, we continue the focus on key economic issues with a Protiviti Powerful Insights podcast on…
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On April 29, 2022, the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) released new versions of the PCI DSS Self-Assessment Questionnaires (SAQs) ahead of the anticipated June 2022 release timeline. After the release of the new version of PCI DSS 4.0 a month prior, the new versions of the SAQs have been updated to reflect changes in the standard, as well as to adjust requirements applicable for…
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Businesses the world over are adopting Robotic Process Automation (RPA) to lower costs, increase efficiency and improve operational quality. Some businesses have begun by implementing readily available off-the-shelf RPA technology, only to find coding a few bots is not sufficient to build a sustainable RPA programme.
Succeeding with RPA — that is, deriving the greatest value from the…
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Assessing SOX internal costs, hours, controls and other trends in the results of Protiviti’s 2022 Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance SurveyTwo-plus years into contending with a global pandemic, business leaders recognise that Sarbanes-Oxley compliance activities are not immune to a broad range of market disruptions. Inflation, a rising interest rate environment, ongoing supply chain volatility, a bruising…
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In as much as COVID-19 has dramatically changed the lives of people, organisations, technologies, processes and workflow for just about every industry, it has been a tremendous boon to criminal enterprises. The disruptions from the unfolding global health emergency have created an unprecedented opportunity for fraudsters to carry out often-sophisticated, technology-enabled illicit schemes…
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Whether an acquisition is a stand-alone, complementary entity or an integration, the due diligence process is undergoing a paradigm shift due to the higher cost of funding and the impact of failed transactions. Boards should expect a more aggressive focus on due diligence.How has the due diligence process changed in recent years? For sure, the complexity of certain topics, such as environmental…
