Advisory overview - Ernst & Young - South Africa

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Our Ernst & Young Advisory practice uses its sector-focused approach and global delivery capabilities to help manage risk, transform business performance and sustain improvement.

Our global reach
Operating as a single business, we harness the diverse perspectives and experiences of our 20,000 advisory professionals in over 140 countries — one of the broadest global advisory networks of any professional organization — to do so.

How Ernst & Young makes a difference
We mobilize seasoned multi-disciplinary advisory teams to implement our clients' strategies. Our approach is built on one consistent global methodology, a robust knowledge culture and insights from our work around the world.

The Eurozone debate continues

Despite the short-term gloom and uncertainties around the future, we still expect the Eurozone to stabilize in 2012. Learn why in our latest Eurozone Forecast.

Effective CFOs are economic advisors and business partners

Our report sets out a framework that puts the CFO’s role in a new light which can help you achieve profitable growth.

Into the cloud, out of the fog

In an increasingly virtual world, our 2011 Global Information Security Survey examines business risks associated with technologies like social media, mobile computing and the cloud.

What are you doing to detect and prevent corruption?

Executives face personal liability for the corrupt activities of their employees. Here we look at anti-bribery and anti-corruption analytics to help you manage this risk.

Business risks fuse with IT risks

Managing IT risks today is more about managing business risks as a whole. From staffing and outsourcing to data and infrastructure, a variety of factors influence IT risk management. What can you do to help minimize IT risks? Find out in our report.

Out of the box thinking about SOX compliance

Change up your SOX routine. See four ways to approach your SOX compliance that can add value to your organization.

What could debt restructuring imply for the Eurozone?

The Eurozone debt crisis has reached a significant new stage but the measures put in place entail risks. Learn more in our Eurozone Forecast Summer’11.

The storms have passed. It’s time to reinvest in internal controls.

The economic landscape is settling, slowly. Now is the time to take a fresh look at your internal controls and ensure their effectiveness.

Driving improved supply chain results

Global companies are adapting their supply chains to respond to increasingly competitive market conditions and to deliver higher revenue and greater value for shareholders and customers. Learn how to improve supply chain results in both emerging and developed markets.

Turn risks and opportunities into results

Regulation and compliance risks remain the most serious concern for global firms while improving strategic execution across business functions presents the most opportunity. Learn more from our latest research on the top risks and opportunities in business today.

2011 European attractiveness survey

Perhaps surprisingly, Europe ranks second only to China as the world’s most attractive investment region. How can it maintain its competitiveness as a region in the global economy in 2011? And which growth drivers – cleantech, digital innovation, or other ideas – will be the keys to its future?

Competing for growth: how business is growing beyond boundaries

From entering new markets, developing new products and services and cultivating and retaining talent, our global survey of more than 1,400 companies reveals what successful businesses are getting right in the new economy.

Information security in a borderless world

What are the information security measures companies should take in today's hyper-connected, borderless world? Find the answers in our report.

Straight talk about IT performance

Evidence of innovative IT solutions is everywhere. But you might be asking yourself, why can’t my IT team do that? You’re not alone. Our survey on IT performance explores the gap between what the C-suite expects and what IT delivers. We offer ideas for how to bridge the distance.

Building value through control efficiency

The roads to increased efficiency, better returns, heightened transparency and more confident stakeholders can all intersect at control environment improvement. Learn more.

Answers to your questions, at a glance

5: insights for executives series asks five questions to get to the core of an issue – and answers them at a glance. Explore our thinking on internal controls, ICD-10 and driver-based decision making.

Top 11 trends in data privacy for 2011

What keeps data security professionals up at night? Read the 11 trends we found in the high stakes game of privacy protection. Learn more about keeping information secure.

Countering cyber attacks

Businesses need to instill a new mind-set and approach toward the organization’s information security strategy which involves several layers of defense. Are you keeping your intellectual property safe enough?

New information technology is both
friend and foe

Explore the 2010 Global Information Security Survey

In a world of anytime, anywhere access to information, traditional security efforts are not enough. Our survey explores the risks and obligations you face to keep information secure.