Keeping agile, responding quickly - Ernst & Young - Russia

If your organization is looking to the past for ways to protect the future, your information security program is already out of date. Which measures should companies take in today’s hyper-connected, borderless world? We have identified three significant trends. Learn more about them now.

For the past three years, leading corporates focused on reducing financial risk, improving operational fitness and learning to live with volatility. As a result, our fifth Capital Confidence Barometer reveals a new paradigm: M&A activity and extreme market volatility are now co-existing. There is a surprising appetite for deals, as top global corporates remain resilient to market turbulence.

Caught between the return of macroeconomic uncertainty and the mobile, social and cloud innovations that are causing fundamental technology shifts, the top 100 global technology companies experienced slower sales and operating income growth in the second quarter. Learn more about the latest industry trends, key performance indicators and future outlook.

While M&A value declined in other industries, the aggregate value of global technology M&A increased 8% sequentially. It was the second consecutive quarter dominated by big-ticket deals in which established companies pursued strategic growth trends, but interestingly, PE firms contributed more than half of the deals valued above $1 billion. Learn more.

If you could compare your company's internal audit practices against your industry peers, wouldn’t you? From identifying key business risks to resolving deficiencies, we gained first-hand knowledge on how chief audit executives operate across the world. Tap into our key findings and see for yourself how your corporate structure compares.

As technology companies seek to achieve growth through strategic transactions, integrations are being evaluated earlier than the historic norm. The top 25 technology companies by market capitalization have increased their cash, short-term and long-term investments by an astounding 33% in the last year, to US$350 billion. Discover which megatrends are on the rise.

Key findings of our study show that as an industry, business incubation is still developing. However, most Russian incubator programs provide a broad range of services that meet virtually all the needs of startup companies. Learn more about the current state of the business incubation industry in Russia and its potential for development.