Transaction Advisory Services - Ernst & Young - South Africa

What does 2012 hold for European real estate markets? Discover our findings on transaction volumes, alternative funding sources and more.

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.

In past years, business leaders have been fearful of undertaking significant multinational transactions due to increasingly volatile markets. Our research shows that the balance has now shifted. 

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

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.

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.