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Together with Mergermarket, we surveyed 220 senior corporate and private equity executives about the challenges and risks that IT can present in the transaction process. Learn more in our latest report and video.

A new quarterly magazine that explores timely topics to help businesses raise, invest, preserve and optimize capital.

Our Australasian barometer shows companies are taking a generally cautious approach, shifting focus from investing and optimising capital to preserving relatively high levels of cash.

The global competitive landscape has shifted and a dynamic group of leading companies are now dominant in rapid-growth markets. Our analysis found that whatever short-term volatility may be ahead for businesses across the world, the longer-range trend is toward a broader geographical distribution of market leading enterprises.

While there is evidence of progress in some areas of working capital, we see significant opportunity for improvement across the entire working capital value chain for the automotive industry. Learn how the industry is overcoming challenges such as intense competition, volatile raw material prices and globalization.

The improving economic outlook in Australasia, particularly Australia, means that growth is now a priority, with smaller players looking at organic investment, demergers back in play and corporates honing in on emerging markets. Learn more in our fourth Australasian Capital Confidence Barometer.

Significant changes face the consumer products industry. Increased competition and consolidation in retail and volatile commodity prices have forced the industry to intensify its focus on cash, cost efficiency and working capital. As these changes sweep the industry, is consumer products prepared to reduce their need for working capital even further?

Our latest report indicates that while companies in the US and Europe have managed to improve working capital performance, the level of improvement remains marginal. Learn why companies still have over US$1.1 trillion in cash unnecessarily tied up in working capital.