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June 24, 2025

Global M&A trends in financial services: 2025 mid-year outlook

Bold bets amid uncertainty: How megadeals, private credit and regional momentum are shaping financial services M&A in 2025.

June 24, 2025

Global M&A industry trends in real estate and real assets: 2025 mid-year outlook

Diverging dynamics within global real estate and real asset markets are creating new investment opportunities including in international markets.

January 28, 2025

Global M&A trends in financial services: 2025 outlook

Cautious optimism for an uptick in financial services M&A activity in 2025 as megadeals return and deal values rise.

January 28, 2025

Global M&A industry trends in real estate: 2025 outlook

New ways in which investors and users interact with the built environment will spur real estate M&A activity in 2025.

January 09, 2025

Next in asset and wealth management 2025

AWM leaders can no longer delay their transformation efforts as socio-economic, investment and funding disruption sweep aside old ways of doing business.

November 26, 2024

Key Tax Issues at Year End for Real Estate Investors 2024/2025

This publication gives investors and fund managers an overview of year-end considerations and important issues in real estate taxation in 36 tax systems worldwide

October 10, 2024

6th Annual Global Crypto Hedge Fund Report

The 2024 Global Crypto Hedge Fund Report examines the current state and evolution of the crypto hedge fund market over the past year.

June 25, 2024

Global M&A trends in financial services: 2024 mid-year outlook

Increasing pressure on financial services companies to transform and grow will create M&A opportunities in the second half of 2024.

June 25, 2024

Global M&A industry trends in real estate: 2024 mid-year outlook

Broader asset classes, growth in private credit and a focus on value creation create optimism for an uptrend in real estate M&A.

March 26, 2024

Global Insurance Run-off Survey 2024

Welcome to the fifteenth edition of PwC’s Global Insurance Run-off Survey.

January 23, 2024

Global M&A trends in financial services: 2024 outlook

Financial services M&A will continue to be challenging in 2024, but the need for financial institutions to transform should give dealmakers greater optimism.

January 23, 2024

Global M&A trends in real estate: 2024 outlook

Real estate is entering a new phase, with strategic adjustment, transformation and sustainability as priorities- creating optimism for M&A in 2024.

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November 26, 2024

Key Tax Issues at Year End for Real Estate Investors 2024/2025

This publication gives investors and fund managers an overview of year-end considerations and important issues in real estate taxation in 36 tax systems worldwide

March 26, 2024

Global Insurance Run-off Survey 2024

Welcome to the fifteenth edition of PwC’s Global Insurance Run-off Survey.

June 22, 2023

Real Estate Going Global

Our global real estate network comprises of people and teams with hands-on experience at the very top of the industry. Real Estate Going Global provides you with a summary of the tax and legal aspects of real estate investments from 53 countries.

May 31, 2023

Real Estate Transfer Tax (RETT)

This publication covers the real estate transfer tax (RETT) regimes in 17 territories. As there is no harmonization of the RETT regimes, the tax basis, rates and exemptions are diverse and sometimes complicated.

May 25, 2023

Embedded finance: Priorities for ecosystem transformation

Financial institutions must position themselves within a wider network of partners as they adapt to growing demand for frictionless financial services.

May 04, 2023

Embedded finance: Managing risks

Technological innovation and business disruptions are changing the landscape for embedded finance players. Growth depends on the ability to manage new risks.

April 24, 2023

Embedded finance: Challenging assumptions to chart new growth

As consumers’ appetite for frictionless financial services increases, discover how embedded finance is outperforming common assumptions.

March 29, 2023

ETFs 2027: A world of new possibilities

Discover the exciting opportunities that lie ahead for the ETF industry with our latest publication, ETFs 2027: A world of new possibilities. Explore the latest trends and innovations that will shape the future of investing in exchange-traded funds.

March 14, 2023

Emerging Trends in Real Estate®: The Global Outlook 2023

Emerging Trends in Real Estate® 2023, undertaken jointly by PwC and the Urban Land Institute, provides a global outlook on real estate investment.

February 21, 2023

Choosing an investment vehicle - European Real Estate Fund Regimes

This booklet seeks to compare more than 40 different types of fund vehicles in 20 European countries in a summary form, by looking at a consistent set of key topics, and noting major pros and cons.

February 08, 2023

Wholesale Banking 2025 and Beyond

Getting proactive about the transformation agenda: Unlocking growth in an evolving market

October 04, 2022

Asset and wealth management revolution 2022: Exponential expectations for ESG

July 25, 2022

Retail Banking 2025 and Beyond

Five scenarios for the future of retail banking. Five future-facing scenarios that help retail banks prepare for a rapidly changing environment.

May 11, 2022

Insurance 2025 and Beyond

Five key trends influencing the industry and five strategic imperatives insurers should consider as they rethink their strategies and plan for the future.

March 14, 2022

Emerging Trends in Real Estate®: The Global Outlook 2022

Key industry findings from the Global Emerging Trends in Real Estate report, produced in conjunction with ULI, based on interviews from global real estate leaders assessing investor sentiment.

February 14, 2022

Executive Leadership Interview Series: Egon Zehnder

Gabi Carvalho of Egon Zehnder, speaks with PwC’s Mohib Yousufani on the identification of internal talent, external leadership, and change management.

January 26, 2022

ETFs 2026: The next big leap

The global ETF market has built up phenomenal momentum over the past five years. The COVID-19 pandemic has further reinforced and highlighted ETFs’ remarkable resilience and growth potential. Having steered through the market uncertainty and volatility of 2020 and 2021, ETFs are emerging from the crisis stronger than...

October 25, 2021

Transforming European Banks

To emerge stronger from the crisis, European banks must radically transform their cost base, streamline their operations and consider mergers, including cross-border deals, more seriously.

September 13, 2021

Global Insurance Run-off Survey 2022

Welcome to the fourteenth edition of PwC’s Global Insurance Run-off Survey.

August 03, 2021

IFRS 17: Transition survey August 2021

Eighteen insurance companies participated in this survey from the end of April to the beginning of June 2021, including some of the largest insurers in the world.

June 25, 2021

Worldwide Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Regimes - Compare and contrast

This booklet will keep you up to speed and allow you to compare the various global REIT regimes in 30 countries.

May 07, 2021

Payments 2025 and Beyond

The payments industry is shifting towards cashless payments, and inclusion is a key priority.

February 21, 2021

Productivity 2021 and beyond

COVID-19 disrupted financial services, ending positive credit cycle & ensuring low rates. Upskill workforce for competitive advantage & productivity.

February 18, 2021

Global Insurance Run-off Survey 2021

Welcome to the thirteenth edition of PwC’s Global Insurance Run-off Survey. The growth in legacy activity predicted in the last edition of this survey has materialised and the market has maintained its momentum.

October 26, 2020

Global financial services virtual series

Be a part of the conversation. Interact with executives from across the globe in a virtual forum. Connect on relevant financial services topics.

October 02, 2020

PwC Annual Global Crypto Tax Report 2020

Digital assets are a new and rapidly evolving asset class.

October 01, 2020

Financial services - Securing your tomorrow, today

In contrast to the GFC, COVID-19 triggered initial impacts in the real economy and will increasingly manifest itself in a second stage throughout FS.

August 05, 2020

IFRS 17: Managing data to optimise cloud strategy

The variety of technology platforms and applications that firms use to manage data can make optimising it difficult.

November 18, 2019

Brexit and beyond: Assessing the impact on Europe’s asset and wealth managers

This paper details the position of AWMs on Day One after Brexit, anticipation of operating models changing further in months/years to follow.

November 11, 2019

Asset and wealth management revolution: Investor perspectives - Rethinking purpose and performance

In this report, we’ll explain our findings and offer advice on what Asset and wealth management firms can do to begin their transformation.

October 14, 2019

Global FinTech Report 2019

In this year’s Global Fintech Survey, we polled more than 500 financial services and TMT executives worldwide and analysed their responses.

October 08, 2019

Fit to compete - accelerating digital workforce transformation in financial services

In this report, we explore opportunities for digital upskilling across Financial Services sectors and in different regions across the globe. We explain how digital transformation has generated a strong demand for new competencies, and describe the resulting talent strategies among leading Finance Services companies.

September 02, 2019

IFRS 17 Education Training Programme

Assist you in developing the technical and commercial skills within your business to successfully implement IFRS 17.

August 21, 2019

The New FATF Rules for Crypto Exchanges and Custodians

5 Things you need to know on the new FATF AML rules for Crypto Exchanges and Custodians.

July 16, 2019

Saving a bundle on banks’ data costs: Setting up utilities to manage client data

Large banks around the world each spend as much as US$88 million a year collecting and storing data from corporate clients — information they are obliged to gather in order to comply with anti-money laundering (AML) regulations. Yet this activity brings no competitive advantage.

June 18, 2019

PwC’s 2019 actuarial robotic process automation (RPA) survey report

PwC’s 2019 RPA survey report provides insights into the current and future landscape of RPA within the actuarial function.

June 12, 2019

Selecting the right systems vendors for IFRS 17

Vendors are more ready now than they were six months ago. If you make sure you understand what IFRS 17 requires of your systems and find the vendor with the capabilities you need, you’ll stay on track for a successful changeover.

January 16, 2019

Financial Services and Social Value Can Mix

For Antonio Huertas Mejías, chief executive officer of the MAPFRE insurance company, economic growth aligns with making a sustainable contribution to the wider community.

December 19, 2018

Executive Interview Series: State Street Global Advisors

Ann Prendergast, State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), speaks with PwC's J.Stadtler on addressing retirement issues and technology in business.

December 19, 2018

Transforming a Traditional Bank into an Agile Market Leader

In 2014, Piyush Gupta, CEO of DBS Bank of Singapore, asked his staff to think like the employees of a fintech startup and build the digital capabilities they would need to succeed.

December 18, 2018

Executive Interview Series: Allianz Global Investors

Michael Peters, COO Europe of Allianz Global Investors, takes a few minutes with PwC Germany's Sonja Panter, to talk about active investment strategies to deliver client value.

December 12, 2018

IFRS 17: Minimizing the risk of error

This paper examines what it means for the three lines of defense: development testing, validation and audit—to work together on IFRS 17 implementation.

October 30, 2018

Validating your IFRS 17 program

IFRS 17 represents the most significant change in accounting standards in over 20 years. It introduces new liability measurement models with..

October 05, 2018

US perspectives on credit spread adjustments

Three ISDA-provided alternatives for developing a credit spread adjustment to account for the bank credit risk premium in various IBORs.

August 07, 2018

Seeing is believing: Clearing the barriers to women’s progress in financial services

What's holding women back in FS and how can this be overcome? In 2018, we surveyed 290 professional women aged between 28 and 40 who are working in FS about their aspirations, how they feel about their prospects for advancement and what they see as potential obstacles to successful careers.

May 30, 2018

Three simple ideas can take the panic out of your prep for IFRS 17

Insurance companies have less than three years to adopt IFRS 17 but a soft design approach can help.

May 21, 2018

LIBOR and reference rate reform (PwC Global)

Organizations must begin now to prepare for and manage the transition from LIBOR to alternative reference rates by the end of 2021.

December 05, 2017

BCBS 239 - Raising the standard

Since it was issued in January, 2013, BCBS 239 has had profound effects in the banking industry. The BCBS has called out banks and supervisors alike.

September 10, 2017

Blockchain, a catalyst for new approaches in insurance: Part 1

How insurance could be a major beneficiary of the technology.

January 20, 2017

Anti-Money Laundering: Financial Crime Guide Tool & Global Financial Crime Resource Map

Our interactive, user friendly platform providing key financial crime information and contact details for PwC professionals globally.

September 07, 2016

Blockchain: The 5 billion opportunity for reinsurers

Reinsurers are in line to build some of the biggest blockchain applications outside the payments sector, opening up a $5-10 billion cost saving opportunity.

July 28, 2016

Customers in the spotlight: How FinTech is reshaping banking

Competition between banks and new entrants may give way to direct cooperation across the FinTech ecosystem. Opportunities exist for partnership and cooperation that would leverage each other's strengths, whether in product design and development by the start-ups, or distribution and infrastructure capabilities by...

June 12, 2016

Opportunities await: How InsurTech is reshaping insurance

Three in four insurance companies believe that some part of their business is at risk of disruption.

March 10, 2016

Payments in the Wild Tech World: Digitisation and changing customer expectations

Payments used to be one of the industries least vulnerable to disruption. In a FinTech flooded world, this is no longer the case.

March 08, 2016

Robo-advice

Robo advisors and digital solutions providing online portfolio management with minimal human intervention are challenging traditional advisors.

November 18, 2015

Financial Services: Making diversity a reality

Diversity is a vital element of the changing talent focus within financial services but is your organisation doing enough to support it? Learn more...

September 08, 2015

Insurance 2020 & beyond: Reaping the dividends of cyber resilience

Insurers and reinsurers face growing demand for cyber insurance, but how can they capitalise on this opportunity, whilst managing their risk exposure?

June 26, 2015

Alternative Asset Management 2020: Fast Forward to Centre Stage

The global alternative asset management industry is expected to experience a period of transformation over the coming years. Are you ready?

June 09, 2015

Female Millennials in Financial Services: strategies for a new era of talent

Diversity and inclusiveness are now competitive imperatives and female millennials are set to play a critical part in future Financial Services growth.

June 26, 2014

Insurance 2020: The digital prize – taking customer connection to a new level

Non-life insurers are being left behind by the rapid changes in customer expectations. How can digital innovation help them to engage more closely with customers?

April 20, 2012

Millennials at work: Reshaping the workplace in financial services

These PwC papers discuss ways of aligning business and talent management strategy as it relates new employees entering the workplace – the generation known as millennials. These publications look at how their unique characteristics demand an innovative approach to recruitment, retention, management and development.

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