Deloitte defends how it handled Virgin Australia administration

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Deloitte defends how it handled Virgin Australia administration

Virgin Australia’s administrators have all but ruled out a deal with anyone but Bain Capital, despite moves by bondholders to derail the sale process with a “superior proposal”.

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Financial Crime Compliance Experts Join FTI Consulting in Singapore

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Financial Crime Compliance Experts Join FTI Consulting in Singapore

FTI Consulting, announced the appointment of Andrew McCarthy and Anna Bleazard to the Financial Crime Compliance practice within the Forensic and Litigation Consulting segment in Singapore, further extending the firm’s offering in Southeast Asia.

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John Lewis Partnership announces Partnership with Wipro

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John Lewis Partnership announces Partnership with Wipro

The John Lewis Partnership has today announced the creation of a new partnership with Wipro Limited, a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, to provide infrastructure services.

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Coeus Consulting Group Merges with Mirador Global® LP

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Coeus Consulting Group Merges with Mirador Global® LP

Coeus Consulting Group, a leading boutique life sciences consulting firm, announced today that it has merged with Mirador Global, a leader in early global drug commercialization assessment, payer strategy, and launch planning services.

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Former KPMG man steps up to Aberdeen FC board

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Former KPMG man steps up to Aberdeen FC board

Aberdeen FC finance director Kevin MacIver has joined the club's board.

Since becoming finance director in November 2018, the former oil & gas executive has been pivotal in the club's change from a public to private company and the US investment in the club.

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IBM to acquire Brazil’s WDG Automation, boosting its AI-infused capabilities

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IBM to acquire Brazil’s WDG Automation, boosting its AI-infused capabilities

IBM announced it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Brazilian software provider of robotic process automation (RPA) WDG Soluções Em Sistemas E Automação De Processos LTDA (WDG Automation).

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Australia's top consulting firms for LGBTQ employees

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Australia's top consulting firms for LGBTQ employees

Every year since 2010, researchers from Pride in Diversity and the Australian Workplace Equality Index conduct research into the state of diversity and inclusion at Australian organizations, and in particular LGBTQ inclusion.

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Google expands in Indonesia's cloud services battleground

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Google expands in Indonesia's cloud services battleground

Indonesia is becoming a hot spot for global technology companies keen to get into one of Asia's fastest-growing data markets, where e-commerce and food delivery services are rapidly expanding due to the coronavirus pandemic. The trend toward data localization is also drawing the tech titans to the world's fourth most populous country.

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Luxury travel, promotions and strong Chinese OTAs likely to lead Chinese outbound recovery

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Luxury travel, promotions and strong Chinese OTAs likely to lead Chinese outbound recovery

Luxury tourism players are expected to be the first in the industry to see a revival of Chinese outbound travellers who will also be drawn to safe and secure hotels as well as attractive travel discounts and promotions, opined an expert in Chinese hospitality and tourism marketing technology.

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Small, medium-sized banks plan more M&As

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Small, medium-sized banks plan more M&As

China may see an increasing number of mergers and acquisitions among small and medium-sized commercial banks, as the country ramps up efforts to mitigate financial risk while divergence in banks' asset quality and financial performance has intensified, experts said.

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Overseas Expansion Is Logical Step for Alipay

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Overseas Expansion Is Logical Step for Alipay

The rise of Chinese Fintech firms as major industry participants across Asia is playing a vital role in transforming the region’s financial services ecosystem.

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PwC names senior partners in Edinburgh and Glasgow in round of promotions

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PwC names senior partners in Edinburgh and Glasgow in round of promotions

PwC has announced the appointment of Matthew Hall as its office senior partner in Edinburgh and Robin McBurnie in the equivalent role in Glasgow.

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Cybersecurity consultant certifications — Explore your options

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Cybersecurity consultant certifications — Explore your options

Cybersecurity consultants are the go-to professionals to devise best ways to protect an organization’s critical assets. Their role entails helping clients lower their risk by accurately interpreting and analyzing security risks to implement best practices that can increase protection from cyber threats.

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What is a Healthcare Consultant?

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What is a Healthcare Consultant?

The pharmaceutical and healthcare industry is highly competitive and continues to evolve rapidly, meaning that organizations need to constantly understand and execute new ways to stay ahead of the curve and optimize opportunities. This is where healthcare consultants can play an integral part.

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Boston Consultancy Group warns fossil fuel demand may never recover

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Boston Consultancy Group warns fossil fuel demand may never recover

A report from the Boston Consultancy Group (BCG) has warned that the world may have already passed peak fossil fuel demand permanently, with the Covid-19 pandemic slashing the need for fossil fuels to levels from which they could never recover.

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Dublin consultancy Pathfinder set for expansion after buyout by Sia Partners

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Dublin consultancy Pathfinder set for expansion after buyout by Sia Partners

Global management consultancy Sia Partners has bought Irish consulting group Pathfinder and says it plans to more than double the size of the business over the next three years with the addition of up to 60 staff

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CF appoints new advisors to bolster our Life Sciences team

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CF appoints new advisors to bolster our Life Sciences team

CF has made a commitment to grow its work in life sciences. We are delighted to announce that Andrew Dillon and Laurent Abuaf have agreed to join us as advisors to support our business development and where relevant client delivery.

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Promoting and pursuing value-based healthcare

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Promoting and pursuing value-based healthcare

Current healthcare systems around the globe are struggling to be sustainable, and solutions must be considered and applied by governments to optimize healthcare spending and improve services for citizens – including in the GCC, according to a new report by Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

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Big Four told to outline plans for audit split by October

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Big Four told to outline plans for audit split by October

The UK’s Big Four accounting firms have until 2024 to separate their audit practices following a severe edict from the accounting regulator that marks the largest shake-up of the industry in decades. The Financial Reporting Council has issued principles for the operational separation of the audit units of PwC, Deloitte, KPMG and EY.

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Telcos hold the key to the future smart home, says Accenture

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Telcos hold the key to the future smart home, says Accenture

Communications service providers (CSPs) can be the ‘ecosystem orchestrator’ in the emerging smart home of the future, according to a recently published book from Accenture

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