Corporate Finance publications

Irish economic outlook

  

CEOPulse 2009

  

12th Annual Global CEO Survey: Redefining success

Articles

Market uncertainty valuation challenges with Ciaran Kirrane (First published in Accountancy Ireland)

October 2009

Publications

Irish economic outlook

April 2009

CEOPulse 2009
The views of Irish business leaders on the current economic and operating environment. Includes insights into their key people concerns.

March 2009

Irish economic outlook
This report looks at the economic outlook for Ireland in the first quarter of 2009. Despite a recovery in growth in the third quarter, the Irish economy remains weak and is estimated to have contracted by just over 1% in 2008. A further contraction is forecast for 2009, as unemployment rises and consumers tighten their belts.

December 2008

Advisory: Commercial Advice, Competitive Advantage
This booklet highlights the broad range of business advisory services provided by PwC.

January 2008


12th Annual Global CEO Survey: Redefining success
CEOs around the world are retrenching, indeed many claim to be entering ‘survival mode.’ Our 12th Annual Global CEO survey shows how the financial crisis shattered short-term confidence. The percentage of CEOs who were ‘very confident’ about their one-year revenue growth prospects dropped to 21%, the lowest level in six years. Uncertainty about the future is still running high and confidence no doubt continued to deteriorate after we completed the survey in early December.

January 2009

M&A insights 2008: Media sector
In the report, we analyse the trends driving M&A activity in the European media sector and look ahead to 2008 and beyond. Forecasts for 2008 media M&A activity was strong in the first half of 2007 although the impact of the ‘credit crunch’ began to be felt in the latter part of the year.

February 2008

Corporate Reporting: Is it what professionals expect?
In an on-going effort to understand the views of investors and analysts about financial reporting issues, the global PricewaterhouseCoopers team interviewed over 250 investment professionals about the adequacy of the corporate reporting model.

November 2007