Transaction planning and management services, delivering on your transaction promise - Ernst & Young - New Zealand

Despite an increasing focus on active cash management by many companies, our annual working capital report for 2009 (pdf, 1.4mb) (pdf, 1.4mb) found that up to US$1 trillion of liquidity may still be tied up in working capital in 2,000 of the largest companies headquartered in the US and Europe.

Divesting has always been an important part of corporate development but in today’s economic climate it is absolutely central to corporate strategy. Divesting in turbulent times: Achieving value in a buyer’s market (pdf, 1.7mb), a survey conducted by Ernst & Young and the Economist Intelligence Unit, explores the drivers of success and failure around divestment activity in the current market.   The Australian findings document is intended to supplement the global perspective and aims to explore more closely the Australian results of the global survey. 

Analysis of global IPO markets

Despite the global financial crisis, the IPO pipeline contains many quality companies preparing to go public as they wait for market conditions to improve. Learn about the latest IPO market trends and issues relevant to companies planning an IPO in Ernst & Young’s sixth annual global IPO trends report for 2009, Shifting landscape - are you ready? (pdf, 2.1mb)