The global mid-market is maintaining optimism about export growth in the face of economic uncertainties, changing supply chains and trade routes. Learn more!
Technology can help mid-market firms to offset the damage caused by soaring inflation. But how do companies globally ensure they get the best return on investment? Here, we explore the opportunities and risks for businesses in the year ahead.
Inflation has taken hold globally and won’t loosen its grip anytime soon. International mid-market companies need to take action to address it now. To help, Grant Thornton has developed a list of essential actions that we think companies should take now. These are set out below and in an accompanying video series, and are used to assess the current priorities and progress of mid-market companies.
Covid-19's impact on middle-market optimism is revealed.
After a first semester that was greatly impacted by the economic uncertainties caused by the pandemic, the Brazilian business community demonstrated in the International Business Repor (IBR), in the second semester, that it was more optimistic about the future of business.
Grant Thornton's International Business Report (IBR) reveals the level of optimism about the economy and business in the next 12 months. The semi-annual survey was conducted in 28 countries with about 4,600 middle-market business leaders.
Grant Thornton's International Business Report (IBR) reveals the level of optimism regarding the economy and business over the next 12 months. The biannual survey is conducted in 29 countries with nearly 4,600 middle-market business leaders
The recent approval of Law No. 14,193, of August 6, 2021, which establishes the Soccer Corporation (“SAF”) in Brazil, leaders envision an alternative in this business model to attract investors in order to settle debts, change the management profile and strengthen the team.
A widely used approach in the technological area, with good results, agile methods have gain market share in the financial industry.
The mid-market’s real prioritisation of sustainability not only reflects the growing expectation of stakeholders but the forward-thinking nature of this entrepreneurial segment.
Sustainability actions have become a business imperative. Bloomberg projections indicate that global ESG assets by 2025 will account for more than a third of all projected assets under management, accounting for $53 trillion of the $140.5 trillion total.
Mid-market businesses around the world want to accelerate their ESG and sustainability journey. But they’re going to need support to do so.
The digital transformation has changed the characteristics of the financial industry, which has been undergoing significant changes, especially in the last decade, with the emergence of several institutions that are part of the financial system ecosystem: payment companies, digital banks, credit fintechs , market information and financial education companies, investment platforms, among others.
In recent years, environmental and social issues have come to be considered essential in risk analysis and investment decisions.
As markets emerge from COVID-19 lockdowns, the financial services sector is taking stock of the pandemic’s impact, and future working practices.
From the ‘nationalisation of wages’ to revenue volatility and supply chain disruption, the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has upended the precedent and comparability upon which the arm’s length principle relies.
