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Agenda Magazine - April 2009 Issue
The continuing downturn brings serious challenges for CFOs as they strive to protect their businesses. Until life returns to normal, companies have to survive the turmoil while making strategies for the future. Finding sources of capital in a time of asset deflation is one key challenge, as is maintaining performance while looking for ways to cut costs — both these issues are explored in depth this third issue of Agenda.
Agenda is a Global Advisory magazine that provides fresh thinking on emerging issues related to growth, performance and governance, and includes stimulating debate from leading figures in academia and a variety of sectors in the business world.
Articles in this issue of KPMG's Agenda Magazine include:
Articles in this issue of KPMG's Agenda Magazine include:
- Strategic intelligence: Revolutionary regulation; Islamic finance; the bright(ish) future of private equity
- Ones to watch: They’re aiming for growth in 2009 — how will these execs buck the trend?
- Keys to success: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, India’s ‘biotech queen’, on successful management
- Competitive edge: There’s more to Finland than Moomins: why Finns are hotting up in 2009
- Cost optimization: Why cutting 10% off everyone’s budget is wrong — and how to get it right
- Acumen: Which unexpected sector is exciting Istithmar, the Dubai SWF?
- Great debate: Where will the capital come from? Three experts chase the money
- 10 issues on your agenda: Factors for your consideration, from corporate ethics to the changing role of CFOs
- The big issue: Why it’s time to get IT out of the basement and into the boardroom
- Learning curve: Investing in a downturn? You wouldn’t be the first…
- Left field: What science fiction tells us about financial modeling
- Any other business: Monitise Group’s Tom Spurgeon on the couch; exec blogs and Tweets
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