Canadian and global business environments continue to be challenged with new and heightened risks.

At KPMG, we are dedicated to providing our clients with insights on today’s critical business issues. To help keep you up to date, we’re pleased to share with you recent studies, white papers, articles, and multimedia content published by KPMG. Read more.

At KPMG, we are dedicated to providing our clients with insights on today’s critical business issues. To help keep you up to date, we’re pleased to share with you recent studies, white papers, articles, and multimedia content published by KPMG. Read more

A year ago, KPMG’s Global Deal Advisory practice made 10 predictions around how mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”) would impact the insurance sector. The time has now come to revisit these and how they have turned out – read more here . Pleasingly, many of the initial predictions were proved correct, although the pace of development in certain areas has surprised us. M&A has clearly been an important component for many in the industry in delivering their strategic ambitions.

Our Guide to annual financial statements – Illustrative disclosures for investment funds helps you to prepare your financial statements in accordance with IFRS, illustrating one possible format for financial statements based on a fictitious investment fund and helping you to identify which disclosures may be required. This guide reflects all issued IFRS documents as of December 1, 2014 that are required to be applied by an entity with an annual period beginning on January 1, 2014.

Navigating change and transformation Substantial progress has been made in stabilizing the financial sector since the crisis six years ago. Yet a great deal remains to be done. The focus of this issue of Frontiers in Finance is navigating change and transformation. In the issue we address the complex financial services landscape and some of the principal transformation issues senior executives are struggling with today. The G20 meeting in Brisbane in mid-November set the broad context for economic reform and further financial services regulation.

At KPMG, we are dedicated to providing our clients with insights on today’s critical business issues. To help keep you up to date, we’re pleased to share with you recent studies, white papers, articles, and multimedia content published by KPMG.

We are pleased to provide you with the 2014 edition of KPMG’s Focus on Financial Reporting. This year witnessed one of the most significant changes to financial reporting in a generation with the FASB and the IASB releasing a converged standard on recognizing revenue in contracts with customers. While the culmination of the efforts of the two Boards to reach consensus on this project resulted in a converged standard for Revenue Recognition, the year saw the Boards struggle to reach converged solutions for other key projects.

We are pleased to provide you with the 2014 edition of KPMG’s Focus on Financial Reporting. This year witnessed one of the most significant changes to financial reporting in a generation with the FASB and the IASB releasing a converged standard on recognizing revenue in contracts with customers. While the culmination of the efforts of the two Boards to reach consensus on this project resulted in a converged standard for Revenue Recognition, the year saw the Boards struggle to reach converged solutions for other key projects.

October/November 2014 At KPMG, we are dedicated to providing our clients with insights on today’s critical business issues. To help keep you up to date, we’re pleased to share with you recent studies, white papers, articles, and multimedia content published by KPMG.