全球商业的声音

M&展望II - AGN全球M&一个活动:未来变化的丘陵地带?

AGN全球商业之声:

最新版的AGN全球商业语音调查是在M&一个前景, (暴风雨前的平静), conducted in early 2021 – which gave us a snapshot of how AGN members’ corporate finance activity had been impacted by the global pandemic. Volumes and values were down – but perhaps not as much as one might have expected, and it was clear that there was concern about future levels of distressed sales due to an anticipated downturn in economic fortunes.

仅仅过了半年，我们现在再次审视这个迷人的领域. It would appear that many economies have bounced back with greater energy than might have, 在某一时刻, 预期. 不管, 一些经济体现在背负着巨额的公共债务, 正如专家们指出的那样, “总有人要付出代价”, 我们的问题是，这将如何影响全球并购&一个业务?

访问发布以发现高级, opinion-based picture from our international panel of business advisory accountants. 他们所在的地区或国家正在发生什么?

业务提醒:大客户管理

AGN全球商业之声:商业警报

在大流行的背后，许多趋势都在加速. 特别是，我们在业务中谈论技术和人力资本. 但是我们的客户呢? How have future needs and desires evolved, and what are we doing to find out about it?

根据贝恩 & 公司研究, a 5% increase in customer retention rates increases account profitability between 25% and 95%. 想象一下，如果你能将这种影响应用到你的最大的领域，会产生什么样的影响, 最好的, and most lucrative clients – or more especially to those existing clients that have the potential to become the biggest, 最佳和最赚钱的.

This GBV highlights some of the challenging paradigms which can be barriers to getting KAM off the ground.

商业警告:加拿大-机会的温床

AGN全球商业之声:商业警报

拥有令人印象深刻的科技行业, 一个全球性的石油开采和稳定的政治环境, 加拿大是外国企业机会的温床, 但有警告. 此外, 各行各业都有很多公司, 包括银行, 航空公司, 交通和更多, have announced mandatory Covid vaccination policies for their employees and clients. As of writing this, Canada's population has the highest fully vaccinated rate in the world!

This GBV alert digs a little deeper into the schemes and incentives attracting many international businesses set on accessing the larger 北美n markets.

理解加密货币:第5部分

AGN全球商业之声:商业警报

Welcome to the final part of this GBV series seeking to demystify the world of the cryptocurrency – valuable fiscal tool or fantasy investment vehicle with no intrinsic value?  因为我们几个月前构思了这个系列, 比特币的市场价值, 领先的加密货币达到了60美元的高点,000硬币, 然后减半到30美元多一点,现在又逐渐上升，接近46美元,2021年8月9日. 波动是加密货币的特征.

In this article we explore some of the views of the professionals within our own member firms.  It turns out that cryptocurrency experts are a pretty rare beast – although we suspect this is more to do with a reluctance to step into the spotlight on the topic rather than depth of capability.

业务提醒:多样性 & 包含(D&I) -好生意，或生存的问题?

AGN全球商业之声:商业警报

什么是多样性 & 包含(D&I)政策和为什么它是好生意? 你如何为成功做好准备? 现在有什么实际的行动建议吗?

一个公司的维&I policy is broader than pursuing equity by gender or ethnicity; it can also tackle sexual orientation, class, 年龄, 宗教偏好和身体或心理残疾. 多元化的员工队伍孕育着创造力和创新, 对客户服务和经营自己的董事会都很有用! Businesses that don’t operate diverse and inclusive workplaces see higher turnover rates as there’s a greater risk of a more hostile work environment developing. A McKinsey report found that the companies that performed worst on diversity were almost 30% more likely to underperform on profitability.

理解加密货币:第4部分

AGN全球商业之声:商业警报

Bitcoin was originally intended as a commercial tradable currency that everyone could use day-to-day; however, 正如我们在之前的版本中发现的那样, 要实现这一愿景还有一段路要走——主要是因为价格的波动性. 几乎在默认情况下, 它们已经成为资本增值的工具, 总市场价值接近$[1.万亿——相当于澳大利亚或西班牙的国内生产总值.

但加密货币是一项有价值、可信的投资吗? 在我们的“理解加密货币”系列的第4版中，we explore the arguments in favour and against and ask if regulatory changes are beginning to cramp the style of this maverick money.

理解加密货币:第3部分

AGN全球商业之声:商业警报

在这个版本, we continue to explore the real-life practicalities of cryptocurrency ownership – buying, 存储和支出. 上次我们看到了加密货币价格的过山车式变化, 现在我们考虑安全问题, 安全性和日常实用性.

墨西哥——向外国投资敞开大门

AGN全球商业之声:商业警报

开放外资参与的环境, 航空航天领域有一系列的税收和其他激励措施, 食品加工, 可再生能源, 制药和电子产品. But the most significant incentive for foreign companies to do business in Mexico is the IMMEX Maquiladora (factories) initiative.

The programme allows foreign manufacturers to import raw materials and components into Mexico, 税和免税, under the condition that 100% of all finished goods will be exported out of Mexico within a government-mandated timeframe.

理解加密货币:第2部分

AGN全球商业之声:商业警报

在这个系列的第一版中, 我们粗略地看了一下最新的发展情况, 考虑采矿，发现了环境问题. 在第二版中, we talk about practicalities; what’s the likely impact of the authorities and regulation, 你应该选择哪种加密货币.

成员调查:正在从Covid-19中恢复

The AGN Covid Business Recovery Index is a survey based on our member's opinions about how Covid-19 has impacted their country's economy and how fast it might recover. Each month four key data points will be published to indicate the current levels of business sentiment amongst our members. These will relate to ‘Business Confidence’ over the last 30 days and the coming 30 days, and ‘Recovery Expectation’ - Members views on how quickly things will revert to pre-covid levels of business activity.

在该系列的最后一版中, results show that business confidence continues its upward trend with +27% in March and now a +59% in May - that s the first time we have seen two consecutive periods of increasingly positive business confidence. 下个月的商业信心也上升到了47%. March and May data showed a distinct pickup from the previous more pessimistic trend.