http://www.pwchk.com PricewaterhouseCoopers Hong Kong Press Releases en-en 2001-2010 PricewaterhouseCoopers http://www.pwchk.com/webmedia/633693587102146926_pwc.gif http://www.pwchk.com http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_190710.html Anglo Starlite Insurance Company Limited has been placed into liquidation by order of the High Court of Hong Kong. Mr Peter A. Whalley and Mr Jan G.W. Blaauw both of Messrs PricewaterhouseCoopers Hong Kong have been appointed as joint and several Liquidators by the High Court. http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_190710.html Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:09:00 +0800 http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_050710.html At the "IPO Market Interim Review and Outlook for 2010" press briefing today, PwC predicted that Hong Kong will continue to be ranked one of the top IPO listing locations in 2010, with more than HK$330 billion expected to be raised from new IPOs. http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_050710.html Wed, 7 Jul 2010 17:09:00 +0800 http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_230610.html The accounting for financial instruments under both International Financial Reporting Standards and US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles was widely criticised during the financial crisis, leading to calls from politicians and regulators, among others, to simplify and merge financial instrument reporting globally. http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_230610.html Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:04:00 +0800 http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_170610.html While Asia Pacific escaped much of the immediate effects of the global financial crisis it was unable to escape the aftershocks. Amid the turmoil financial services institutions in the region stalled their plans for M&A to focus on their core business strategy. Now operating in clearer skies, confidence has returned remarkably quickly and with it a renewed focus on M&A. http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_170610.html Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:00:00 +0800 http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_150610.html Over the next five years digital technologies will progressively increase their impact across all segments of entertainment and media as digital transformation continues to expand and escalate. The uncertain economic background has done nothing to slow the pace of change, which has been far quicker than predicted 12 months ago. It is clear that the consumer is firmly in the driving seat of these changes, according to the latest Global Entertainment and Media Outlook 2010-2014, from PwC. http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_150610.html Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:28:00 +0800 http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_200510.html Richer countries do not generally outperform poorer opposition in football, according to a new PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP report. http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_200510.html Thu, 20 May 2010 12:23:00 +0800 http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_170510.html Over 1700 graduates will begin their careers with PricewaterhouseCoopers China and Hong Kong this year, representing a clear commitment to the graduate recruitment programme and a significant investment in the firm's leaders of tomorrow. http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_170510.html Mon, 17 May 2010 14:21:00 +0800 http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_130510.html The international healthcare consulting team of ChinaCare Group, led by David Wood, has joined PricewaterhouseCoopers China to guide the expansion of PricewaterhouseCoopers's rapidly growing healthcare and life science consulting practice across mainland China and Hong Kong. http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_130510.html Thu, 13 May 2010 12:07:00 +0800 http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_030510.html Foreign banks operating in China have had to adjust to new challenges following the global economic crisis. Increased competition from domestic banks and a demanding regulatory environment have affected the speed and scope of their expansion in China, according to the fifth PricewaterhouseCoopers' Foreign Banks in China survey. http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_030510.html Mon, 3 May 2010 15:41:00 +0800 http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_070410.html Healthcare will soon become more patient-friendly and tailored in an attempt to encourage more people to take responsibility for managing their health and as new tools, technology and health information give consumers power to take charge, according to the latest in the HealthCast series of reports on health industry trends published today by PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Research Institute. http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_070410.html Wed, 7 Apr 2010 8:58:00 +0800 http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_190310.html Today, the Organizing Committee of the 26th Summer Universiade, Shenzhen and PricewaterhouseCoopers China jointly held a press conference to announce PricewaterhouseCoopers Consultants (Shenzhen) Limited as the exclusive accounting services supplier to the 26th Summer Universiade to be held in Shenzhen in 2011. http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_190310.html Tue, 19 Mar 2010 17:49:00 +0800 http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_080210.html PricewaterhouseCoopers Hong Kong predicts that the final consolidated budget surplus for 2009/10 will be around HK$10 billion. However, in line with past practice, Hong Kong Financial Secretary, Mr John Tsang, will likely announce a more conservative outturn, possibly even a modest deficit, in his upcoming budget speech on 24 February. http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_080210.html Mon, 8 Feb 2010 17:09:00 +0800 http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_020210.html Asia Pacific CEOs are more confident than they were last year about immediate and long-term economic growth, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers' 13th annual global CEO survey. http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_020210.html Tue, 2 Feb 2010 10:49:00 +0800 http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_010210.html Today, PricewaterhouseCoopers China (PwC), one of the world's leading professional services organisations, officially sealed a lease agreement for a 9,000-square-metre office and training center in G.T. Land Group's largest business project, G.T. Land Plaza. PwC will move in September this year and named as PricewaterhouseCoopers Center. http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_010210.html Mon, 1 Feb 2010 16:19:00 +0800 http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_040110.html Despite lingering uncertainty over the recovery of most of the world's powerful economies, Hong Kong has been able to secure top spot as the largest listing market by fund-raising size in 2009. http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_040110.html Mon, 4 Jan 2010 11:19:00 +0800 http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_211209.html International Tax Review, a leading tax industry publication, has named PricewaterhouseCoopers as the "Asian Tax Firm of the Year" at its recent fourth Asia Tax Awards presentation. http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_211209.html Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:43:00 +0800 http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_151209.html Domestic and inbound M&A deal volumes in China (including Hong Kong and Macau) in the second half of 2009 are returning to robust 2008 levels, indicating that the impact of the global economic downturn on China M&A seems to have been short lived. http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_151209.html Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:43:00 +0800 http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_071209.html Hong Kong is rated as the second most favorable market in Asia for real estate investment for 2010, according to the fourth Emerging Trends in Real Estate Asia Pacific 2010 report, released in Hong Kong today by the Urban Land Institute and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_071209.html Mon, 7 Dec 2009 15:43:00 +0800 http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_241109.html The results of the 7th annual Global State of Information Security Survey 2010 demonstrate that global leaders appear to be "protecting" the information security function from budget cuts - but at the same time are placing it under intensive pressure to "perform". http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_241109.html Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:52:00 +0800 http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_121109.html The worst of the economic crisis may be over, but the longer term challenge is the creation of balanced and sustainable global economic growth when government fiscal support is withdrawn. This message of cautious optimism resonates from over 350 business leaders in the APEC region, based on a joint survey by PwC and the APEC CEO Summit 2009 organising committee. http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_121109.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:09:00 +0800 http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_301009.html PricewaterhouseCoopers has earned the second spot on Universum's list of "The World's Top 50 Most Attractive Employers" for business students. http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_301009.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:58:00 +0800 http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_291009.html Although the 2009 outlook for established regions of North America and the European Union is stabilising, China's remarkable advancement in a downturn has prompted an upward revision to PwC's AUTOFACTS global assembly topline. http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_291009.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:35:00 +0800 http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_250909.html For retail and consumer products companies, most of Asia continues to present growth opportunities, albeit at a slower rate in the short term, according to a new PwC report, Glimmers amid the gloom. http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_250909.html Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:40:00 +0800 http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_100909.html Today the China Greentech Initiative launched its first analysis on the green technology market in China, The China Greentech Report 2009, which unearths the huge, untapped potential of China's greentech markets, estimating the total potential addressable market size for greentech solutions could be up to US $1 trillion annually, roughly comparable to 15% of China's forecasted GDP in 2013. http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_100909.html Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:13:00 +0800 http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_070909.html Today, PwC and the China Banking Association jointly launch the Chinese Bankers Survey 2009. The report allows us to understand the opportunities and challenges faced by Chinese banks, as well as the corresponding strategies, against the background of a global financial crisis. http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_070909.html Mon, 7 Sep 2009 16:55:00 +0800 http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_010909.html PwC has released the findings of the "Foreign Insurance Companies in China 2009" survey today. This year the survey received even stronger participation, with 29 of the foreign insurance companies currently active in China taking part. http://www.pwchk.com/home/eng/pr_010909.html Tue, 1 Sep 2009 18:39:00 +0800