Banking and finance
Banking, insurance and financial services
A heavily regulated sector, where the quality of financial information and internal control underpins trust.
Issues
What concerns leaders in this sector
Regulation and compliance
Prudential requirements, accounting standards such as IFRS 9, anti-money laundering: compliance takes up growing resources.
Asset quality
Exposure to certain sectors such as commercial real estate, provisioning for doubtful loans.
Transformation
Digitalisation, new players, pressure on margins in a low interest rate environment.
How we help
Our work in this sector
- Review of internal control and processes by cycle
- Outsourced or co-sourced internal audit
- Support with regulatory and financial reporting
- Valuation of portfolios, holdings and subsidiaries
- Due diligence on financial companies
- Tax advice on transactions and products
Practice areas involved
The practice areas that intervene
Audit & Review
Accounting and financial audit, internal audit, restructuring audit and takeover of companies in difficulty.
Discover →Legal & Tax
Company law, contracts, corporate secretarial, tax advisory and audit, disputes.
Discover →Corporate Finance
Outsourced finance function, management control, consolidation, treasury, investment, valuation, modelling, fundraising.
Discover →Other sectors
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Real estate, development and construction
Developers, property companies, investors and construction firms: asset values and programme profitability must be established rigorously.
View the sector →Energy and energy efficiency
Energy is a major cost item and an investment decision. We turn it into a well-controlled financial matter.
View the sector →Industry, trade and services
Construction, automotive, publishing and printing, engineering, distribution: our long-standing clients, from family SMEs to group subsidiaries.
View the sector →Looking for an independent, multidisciplinary firm?
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