Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Podcast Transcript June 29, 2023 Transcript | Cost Optimisation in Manufacturing – with Shawn Seasongood and Andrea Vardaro Thomas Well, it looks like a recession is coming. Or maybe it's not. Or maybe it is. It seems like it's been a long wait for the other economic shoe to drop. And in the meantime, many questions are arising around managing costs in organisations. CFOs and finance leaders continue to have a lot of questions, and get even more from their internal stakeholders and customers, about projections, cost… Whitepaper April 5, 2021 A Middle East Perspective on Top Risks 2021 - Key issues being discussed in the boardroom and C-suite The range of uncertainties facing business leaders around the globe in 2021 is overwhelming. Challenges triggered by a rare airborne virus creating a global pandemic continues to unfold, combined with numerous other risk issues, such as growing social unrest, polarization and ever-present challenges ranging from new technologies and digitization innovations to everchanging markets, strategies,… Whitepaper July 15, 2021 SME Lending in a Post-COVID-19 World – The Role of Digitalization The SME segment in the GCC region has been beset by a lack of access to credit with only 20% of SMEs having access to a loan or line of credit in spite of accounting for up to 80% of the businesses in the Arab region (source: Arab Monetary Fund). The COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated this challenge by compounding SMEs’ credit quality issues and adversely affecting their operating buffer… Whitepaper August 8, 2021 M&A Deal Review H1 2021 MENA Region M&A activity in the MENA region witnessed a slow-down during 2020 on account of the economic uncertainties caused by COVID-19. However, H1 2021 witnessed a rebound in deal activity as a result of consolidation across certain sectors and as deal makers adapted to the new normal of the COVID-19 crisis. The latest M&A Deal Review (a quarterly publication by the Protiviti M&A team… Whitepaper September 8, 2022 Risk Management and Internal Controls Study Report - Roles, Responsibilities & Liabilities of Independent Directors Study findings emphasize the need for Companies to strengthen Internal Control Safeguards to prevent Corporate Frauds Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) and Protiviti Member Firm for India, in association with National Foundation for Corporate Governance (NFCG) has come out with a detailed study emphasizing the need for companies to strengthen Internal Control safeguards to prevent… Survey October 18, 2021 Assessing the Results of Protiviti’s 2021 Next-Generation Internal Audit Survey for the Middle East Region The Next-Generation Internal Audit Journey Needs To Begin Now A global pandemic caused by a rare airborne virus that continues to affect organizations in different ways around the world … a growing number of stakeholders in organizations with whom internal audit needs to partner … digital transformation and innovation initiatives occurring enterprise-wide and in individual departments and… Survey November 18, 2021 The Learning Health Index (LHI) Study The Learning Health Index (LHI) study aims to help organizations identify their areas of excellence and improvement across various dimensions of learning health. Moreover, the study reports a comparative analysis of learning health across multiple industries and sectors and the best practices and trends in organizational learning. In 2021, 51 leading organizations from 6 countries in the… Whitepaper November 24, 2021 International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS 16) in the Telecommunications Industry Overview The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB or the Board) issued a guidance in 2016 on accounting for leases IFRS 16. IFRS 16 replaces the earlier standard IAS 17 on lease accounting. The new standard impacts industries with assets under leases as part of their long-term business models, such as telecommunications, aviation, and construction industries. The new… Whitepaper May 18, 2020 Enterprise & Market Resilience Middle East Forum (Session 4): Managing post COVID-19 - What do Finance organizations have to prepare for? This was the fourth edition in the series of Middle East Forums organised by Protiviti on Enterprise & Market Resilience during COVID-19. The theme for the session was on Finance Organizations preparedness in managing their operations in the COVID-19 environment and how they will need to step up in these challenging times not only to manage their function efficiently but also to adapt… Whitepaper September 2, 2022 A Middle East Perspective on Top Risks 2022 - Key issues being discussed in the boardroom and C-suite | Executive Summary Research Conducted by NC State University’s ERM Initiative and Protiviti The range of uncertainties facing business leaders around the globe in 2022 is overwhelming. Challenges triggered by a rare airborne virus creating a global pandemic continue to unfold, combined with numerous other risk issues, such as growing social unrest, polarization and ever-present challenges ranging from new… Load More