KPMG International News

Apr 28, Colombo: The recently released results of the 2012 Change Readiness Index have ranked Sri Lanka at the 22nd place among 60 developing and emerging world economies.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 -- Malaysia was placed seventh out of 60 developing economies in a new ranking that assessed countries' abilities to manage change and cultivate opportunity.

While recessions are often considered periods where value is destroyed and growth slowed, a study of merger and acquisitions that were conducted at the height of the financial crisis indicates otherwise.

Companies are more likely to improve shareholder value in their transactions if they finance the deals with cash and have lower than average P/E ratios, according to a study by KPMG International.

The coming data explosion including the shift to mobile commerce services and other transformative technologies is expected to have a big impact on revenue leakage among the world's major telecommunications companies, according to a new survey conducted by KPMG International.