Financial services pay models in the UK have changed profoundly since the financial crisis as a result of European Union and domestic regulation, but the story is far from over. It’s likely that all financial services firms will face increased challenges as further regulations impacting remuneration arrangement are introduced over...
Our Tax First newsletter provides tax professionals with a round-up of the past month's major financial news and a calendar of useful diary dates. In this June edition of Tax First we start off by highlighting PwC’s client tax training workshops. These full and half-day workshops are aimed at tax...
PwC survey on local government's financial challenge 2012 Our second annual survey finds that local authorities have successfully delivered against an ambitious programme of financial savings over the last year, without any marked reduction in the quality of frontline services. It further highlights a strong level of confidence within councils...
Almost $200 billion has been raised by oil and gas companies in initial public offerings (IPOs) and secondary offerings in the five years to 2011 and the pipeline remains strong. The starting point in any listing is the equity story - Why should investors buy your stock over that of...
The FSA has recently published our report containing new recommendations for projected rates of return on investment products. Our recommendations are used as the basis for the financial benchmarks which the FSA expects investment providers to use. You may have seen such projections in market literature for investment products or...
Dispelling the myths In the tech sector we often hear from entrepreneurs that funding is more freely available in the US, they are less risk adverse and more in tune with the industry. On the other hand UK investors say there is funding available for the right opportunities but as...
View / download the latest edition of our In the Debt Markets publication Early year optimism appeared to stabilise markets but the effects of the Long Term Refinancing Operation appear to be waning as secondary asset prices fell in April. Market sentiment has taken a turn for the worse and...
In this edition we focus our attention on the search for talent. The results of our 15th Annual CEO Survey were released in January of this year and it’s clear that talent is a topic which is at the forefront of CEO’s minds. A quarter of those surveyed said that...
The Omnibus II Directive is the Directive which, once approved by the Council of the European Union (Council) and the European Parliament (Parliament), will amend the Solvency II Directive. In particular, Omnibus II will set the implementation date, introduce transitional measures, specify the areas and the timing for further Solvency...
As part of our contribution to the debate on improving the quality of care in the NHS, PwC commissioned BritainThinks to convene a Citizens’ Jury. The Jurors were able to arrive at strong, well-considered and thoughtful recommendations with a real shift in perspective from personal consumers of healthcare services to...
