Digitalisation
09/11/2022 Earlier this year, we released our C-suite barometer, a report that captures the views of over 1,000 executives around the world. Since then, much has happened, from the war in Ukraine to rising inflation. In this article, we check in with Bob Green, Partner, Mazars, who reacts to key statistics from the report with today’s lens on the energy sector and shares his insights on what’s...
24/11/2022 Earlier this year, we released our C-suite barometer, a report that captures the views of over 1,000 executives around the world. Since then, much has happened from the war in Ukraine to rising inflation. In this article, we check in with Isabelle Massa, Partner, Mazars, who reacts to key statistics from the report with today’s lens on the retail and consumer sector and shares her...
15/11/2022 Earlier this year, we released our C-suite barometer, a report that captures the views of over 1,000 executives around the world. In this interview, Karine Philippon, Global Tech Media and Telecom leader, reflects on the findings and shares her analysis on current trends in the technology and telecoms sector.
Thomas Gomart, Director of IFRI, comments on how recent geopolitical events have transformed the global economic map
02/11/2022 With the first reports on the EU’s Green Taxonomy eligibility ratios now published, what has been the impact on automotive suppliers? The Green Taxonomy entered into force in the EU on 1 January 2022 as a first step towards directing capital investments towards more sustainable activities.
23/09/2022 Earlier this year, we released our C-suite barometer, a report that captures the views of over 1,000 executives around the world. The study revealed that leaders expect technology and innovation trends to have the biggest impact in the coming years. In this interview, Asam Malik, Partner, Technology & Digital Consulting, Mazars shares his insights on the findings and how...
At the end of 2021 we ran our annual C-suite barometer, surveying over 1,000 executives from around the world, including more than 170 from the Latin America region.
At the end of 2021 we ran our annual C-suite barometer, surveying over 1,000 executives from around the world, including around 160 from the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region.
At the end of 2021 we ran our annual C-suite barometer, surveying over 1,000 executives from around the world, including around 200 from the Asia Pacific (APAC) region.
At the end of 2021 we ran our annual C-suite barometer, surveying over 1,000 executives from around the world, including more than 135 from the Africa and Middle East (AME) region.
22/07/2022 Continuing Covid-19 uncertainty and more recent geopolitical unrest in Europe may not seem the perfect time for the financial services sector to take stock of its data strategy. However, with data now acknowledged as a critical ingredient for future growth, analysing data maturity levels can provide essential signposts for financial services leaders looking to reach their data...
Cyber threats are all around us. This is not paranoia, it’s an unfortunate reality: every day brings new hacks, new data leaks, new embarrassment – and new costs, both financial and commercial. Nobody is spared. The attacks target companies large and small, as well as public-sector institutions and individuals. How can organisations protect themselves?
30/03/2022 The reliance of most businesses on technology and data is undeniable. However, as this reliance increases, so too do the risks around cyber security.
Despite concerns about Covid-19, resurgent inflation and rising energy prices, 2021 saw robust dealmaking across the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region. CEE’s diverse markets and abundant targets are increasingly attractive to both domestic and inbound investors. This publication offers an overview of inbound M&A activity in the CEE region throughout 2021, and looks ahead to the...
China’s consumer market, second only to the US, is key to both domestic and international brands. While the buying behaviours of consumers in China have been well-documented, more recent shifts in consumer preferences in the wake of Covid-19 are less well-known. Our new study ‘Chinese consumers in 2021: how priorities in lifestyle consumption are changing’ seeks to investigate trends in buying...
22/11/2021 Businesses understand they need to leverage data to stay competitive and unlock future growth. All over the world, they’re devoting significant executive time and betting big on new technologies to gain a competitive advantage. But do they have the data maturity to reach their objectives?
Modern IT systems are usually standardised, harmonised, and optimised across business areas. Not only do they play a vital support function, but they also help to shape and link organisational units and business processes end-to-end through ever greater levels of digitisation and automation. As a result, the IT infrastructure will play a key role in a carve-out and it needs to be carefully...
27/09/2021 There are few areas of business left unimpacted by Brexit, with data protection being no exception. In the below interview, Foyaz Uddin, Head of Privacy & Data Protection Services at Mazars tells us about refining data maps and inventories, the pre-and post-Brexit picture, and the need to be proactive about processes.
The automotive industry is constantly changing, facing external challenges posed around new technologies and business models. Carve-outs are under the spotlight to help companies mitigate these risks and offer strategic opportunities. Mazars experts around the world provide insights about carve-outs, from a range of different strategic perspectives.
23/06/2021 Electrification, emissions and efficiencies are the watchwords of the automotive sector as it adjusts to changing customer demands and tight sustainability regulation. As one of the sectors covered by the Mazars 2020 C-suite barometer, Christian Back, Partner and Co-head of automotive, Mazars, reacts to the findings, saying automotive businesses have to be optimistic about the year...
16/06/2021 Six interviews with partners across Latin America reveal a complicated C-suite agenda that is balancing economic imperatives with societal and environmental pressures. Read excerpts from each interview below and see the report – featuring partners from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay
19/05/21 Awaited with great impatience by some, yet with caution or even concern by others, the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) adopted by the European Commission on April 21 has received a largely positive reception from many stakeholders, and rightfully so.
20/05/2021 The luxury sector is exploring new methods of collaboration to adapt to evolving market expectations. These partnerships are influencing and powering how the sector reaches new audiences, guarantees authenticity, and meets the growing demand for more sustainable products.
18/05/2021 Mazars’ inaugural C-suite barometer captures the views of over 500 senior executives from around the world. Conducted in Q3 2020, with a pulse check in Q4, the survey found that, although most business leaders were positive about their growth prospects, there were some notable differences between leaders in different industry sectors. Here, Isabelle Massa and Francisco Sanchez,...
18/05/2021 As cyber capabilities grow, so too do the risks. In March 2021, Mazars sponsored the Africa Financial Industry Summit and moderated a business case on how to address existing and upcoming fraud and cyber risks that increasingly threaten the financial services sector in Africa. Read the Q&A panel discussion below featuring Jean-Louis Menann-Kouamé, Managing Director, Orange Bank...
03/05/2021 Virtual currency bitcoin has been much debated since its creation in 2009, and even more so as its value spiked in late 2017 and early 2021. One of the most common subjects of conversation is how much energy does the cryptocurrency consume.
23/04/2021 The financial services sector has been at the centre of efforts to resist, and later recover from, the commercial consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic. As one of the sectors recently surveyed in the Mazars 2020 C-suite barometer, it returned broad optimism for the year ahead and a focus on technological transformation and sustainability. Reacting to the survey findings, Emmanuel...
20/04/2021 Business leaders in Latin America were the most optimistic about their commercial outlook, according to the regional results of the Mazars 2020 C-suite barometer. Surveyed for their views on the coming year, and further ahead, C-suite leaders in Latin America also predicted technology and new service, market and business model developments to be the most likely transformations over...
14/04/2021 Global cybercrime costs are increasing each year and cybercrime is appointed as one of business leaders’ biggest concerns. Africa – a world leader in mobile banking – is a prime target for cybercrime and, as phishing and fraud get more sophisticated, businesses on the continent need to find new ways to protect themselves, including strengthening legal frameworks, regulation and cyber...
09/04/2021 The African start-up ecosystem is booming: over the last decade it has become a global leader in mobile financial services, with M-Pesa in Kenya just one example of the continent’s success. Now regulation has to keep up with innovation for the good of fintech and the people who use it.
07/04/2021 After an eventful 2020, it’s safe to assume the healthcare sector is looking forward to a calmer year ahead. Yet, the early months of 2021 have already seen increased pressure applied to healthcare information systems as a result of a rise in cyber-attacks.
Against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Mazars Global Financial Advisory team surveyed private equity funds and investors to gauge their level of optimism, understand their challenges and concerns for the future and hear about their response strategy.
31/03/2021 In early 2020, Mazars decided to initiate a new C-suite barometer. We wanted to assess the views of C-suite leaders around the world on their activities and outlook for the coming year, understand how they manage and prioritise short- and long-term initiatives. The most expected transformation to come in the next three to five years in Asia-Pacific is technology-related, according...
29/03/2021 Technology is often viewed as the way to improve any and all aspects of business – but that assumption does not always hold up against closer analysis. A recent market survey found audit users value the people behind the machines more than the technology alone. Below, Florence Sardas, Partner in charge of transformation within the French Executive Committee, Mazars, reacts to the...
12/04/2021 Against a backdrop of shifting market expectations, Mazars released an independent report titled The future of audit: market view. The report highlights ‘standout findings’ and myths about audit with 501 responses from 12 countries.
22/03/2021 Mazars’ inaugural C-suite barometer, conducted in Q3 and Q4 2020, captures the views of over 500 executives globally. Ton Tuinier, Managing Partner of Mazars in the Netherlands and member of Mazars’ Group Executive Board, shares his thoughts on the findings and the specific insights from Western European businesses.
17/03/2021 Disruption caused by Covid-19 to CEE’s M&A market was short-lived as dealmaking returned to the fore in the second half of 2020, according to a new report published by Mazars in association with Mergermarket. Total deal value in the CEE region rose by 11% in 2020, to a total of €49.2bn, even as the number of deals dropped by 16% compared to the previous year. This impressive...
04/03/2021 The Mazars 2020 C-suite barometer brings together the views of over 500 senior executives from around the world. Here, Julie Laulusa, member of Mazars’ Group Executive Board and Managing Partner in China, shares her thoughts on the insights from respondents in China.
13/01/2021 How drivers, passengers and goods and services made their way across borders, cities and even country roads changed considerably in 2020 as they each navigated an unprecedented pandemic. But while Covid-19 played an outsize role in transforming the face of mobility, there are several other factors driving change.
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