"Having good market intelligence is no longer optional in this day and age"
Rakesh Pabbi - Senior Partner
McKinsey & Company has launched an Experience Studio in Toronto, with a second studio in New York set to be inaugurated within months. With the Experience Studios, the firm wants to provide clients with space outside, and relatively free, from their everyday management context to inspire, educate, and make the connections needed for the next bold move.
The daily rate paid to interim management consultants remains about the same as last quarter with just a tiny 0.1% increase across the board. This in our opinion is due for an upwards correction during the next 2 quarters because of the increased demand for talent and the global shortage of appropriately skilled and qualified consultants.
Stephanie Hyde, head of regions at PwC, detailed the firm's determination to increase diversity in the profession during a visit to Newcastle
Financial services firm PwC has launched a new team in Birmingham which is aiming to support international companies doing business and investing in the Midlands.
It's October 2016 and our regular Bonus Report / Index is now available.
We monitor the reported bonus payments of management consultant around the globe and compile them in a (hopefully) easy to read snapshot of the market as it stands today (21 Oct 2016).
By 2030, technology will have made banks and banking invisible to customers, hidden by Siri-like personal assistants that cull data from our connected lives to fulfil daily personal and financial obligations, claims KPMG.
CoinDesk is thrilled to welcome back Deloitte as a title sponsor for Consensus 2017, our third annual blockchain technology summit.
PwC has lost its title as the world’s biggest professional services firm despite its revenues growing by 7pc to $35.9bn during the past year
The digital transformation of government is already underway, and governments must embrace it or risk being left behind, according to McKinsey & Company's global digital services lead Martin Lundqvist.
The Global Outsourcing Association has announced the winners of its 2016 European Awards. In total fifteen awards were handed out in recognition of best practice in the outsourcing realm, with KPMG staying ahead of Aecus and Elixirr to scoop the prestigious Award for ‘Advisory of the Year’.
PwC has been named as the UK's leading graduate employer for the 13th consecutive year
PwC hired almost 1,500 graduates last year and plans to recruit a further 1,500 graduates in 2017.
The firm also hired 145 school leavers and had 1,133 students on work experience placements last year. Almost a third of PwC's graduate recruits joined the firm through one of its work experience placements.
ig four consultancy EY is collaborating with financial technology provider Paxos on the rollout of a next-generation blockchain service that brings instant settlement and true delivery versus payment (DvP) to the gold market for the first time.
Financial services consultancy Crossbridge has been rebranded as renamed Synechron Business Consulting. The move is part of Synechron’s global strategy to harmonise the brands of its management consultancy arm.
Supply Value, a management consultancy specialised in supply chain management and purchasing, has launched the latest editions of its annual ‘Supply Chain Management Trends’ and ‘Purchasing Trends’ studies. Professionals active in the supply management and procurement domain are invited to participate.
The majority of UK-based companies find themselves in a ‘wait and see’ mode before they take any concrete action to prepare their organisation for Brexit, according to a study by Willis Towers Watson.
Abu Dhabi’s National Bank of Abu Dhabi and First Gulf Bank announced earlier this year that they would integrate into a new $175 billion entity. The new entity is better able to leverage its clout to support regional governments and businesses weather the commodity price storm. Bain & Company has been provided a lead advisory role in the integration of the two institutions.
A report published today by Oliver Wyman on behalf of TheCityUK estimates that, if the UK only secures a low degree of access to the Single Market, it could cost between 65,000 and 75,000 jobs, plus up to £38bn in lost revenue.
Modern companies have many different IT projects or change projects on-going at the same time, and therefore have a need for project portfolio management (PPM). Paul Beelen, a portfolio management expert at consulting firm Improven, refects on trends in the PPM space and provides insight into how leading companies manage their project portfolio.
The history of foreign experts' involvement in China's reform can be dated back to the 1980s when economists like Joseph Stiglitz and Milton Friedman participated in discussions on China's reforms, as special advisors to the Chinese government.
A new study reveals that 5% of CEO positions and 12% of CFO positions at the top 1,000 companies in the US are in the hands of women. Women make up 24% of the C-Suite across the surveyed companies, with most acquiring access by holding CHRO positions.
