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Addressing tomorrow’s challenges today

In today’s highly regulated environment, banks and securities firms are facing increasingly complex challenges. Every day brings new demands to manage risk, achieve operational excellence and satisfy the divergent interests of stakeholders.

To help you meet those challenges, you need experienced financial professionals who understand your operations, regulations and growth drivers. Our Global Banking & Capital Markets Center provides just that.

It connects a worldwide team of practitioners with deep experience in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. This team shares information on emerging trends and requirements, providing you with our point of view on the issues shaping your industry. So you get the support you need — in times of stability or volatility — to help you grow your business.

In short, we help you address the issues of today and anticipate those of tomorrow.

Streamling Risk and Control Processes through “Risk Convergence”

Could a more holistic view of governance, risk, and compliance help banks deal with the growing myriad regulatory requirements more effectively and efficiently? A new study on “risk convergence,” i.e., the coordination of various risk and control processes says yes. It includes insights from Ernst & Young and senior executives across 28 global commercial and investment banks.

Lessons from change: banking and capital markets

How do you manage through the recession and position your company for growth? Our banking and capital markets executives conducted over 5100 client meetings and identified some overarching themes. Enhancing risk management practices like forecasting and stress-testing and optimizing capital availability and deployment could mean the difference between surviving and thriving.

Canadian financial institutions need clarity from accounting standard setters

Unless accounting standard setters and regulators steer a path for convergence between the IASB and the FASB on complex financial instruments standards, Canada’s financial institutions will be caught in the middle of a very delicate situation. Read our key proposals for standards convergence.

Financial services execs see no growth before 2010

The majority of global financial services companies don’t expect a return to growth until the first six months of 2010 or even later. Learn more.

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Andre de Haan
Banking & Capital Markets Practice Leader
416 943 3705

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