Global Insights

Two years after oil prices began their drastic decline and brought the energy sector’s most recent boom to a grinding halt, they have begun to make a comeback in the first half of 2016. Middle market independent producers, however, have a long way to go before they return to healthy growth, with the near-term outlook looking bleak—and investor sentiment signalling that their mood...

For the fifth time, we have evaluated the general economic, political and sociocultural conditions of individual countries and converted them into illustrative statistics. Furthermore, the production and business sub-indices have been updated from the previous year.

We are pleased to present the sixth BDO New Zealand Not-for-Profit Survey, covering 12 years of trends in fraud, in the sector.

As globalisation continues, more and more mid-sized companies are considering international growth as a part of their strategy. This trend is supported by good access to finance in most regions and the attraction of the Asian market for companies looking to expand across borders. All in all, the M&A market for mid-sized companies is highly active and ever changing. That’s where BDO...

A survey by accountancy firm BDO has revealed the main risk factors identified by global telecoms companies all concern finance and macroeconomics. “The pace of change faced by the global telecoms sector has never been more intense,” said Christian Goetz, Leader of the Global Telecoms team at BDO. We are in a difficult market, as the recent financial results of many telcos bear out....

The 2016 edition of BDO’s Annual Survey of Football Finance Directors Report provides a unique insight into financial performance in the sector and how clubs and investors are responding to changes in football finance which is compiled from the survey responses by finance directors from a cross section of English Premier League, Championship, Football Leagues One and Two and Scottish...