Latest press releases

• Mumbai, 18 February 2013
  PE investments in India in Q4’12 (Oct-Dec ’12) drop 74%
  PE firms invested 1,010 million USD across 82 deals in the last quarter (Oct-Dec) of 2012 – a decrease of 74% in value and 24% in volume, as compared to the previous quarter (i.e., Q3 ’12).
  
  
• New Delhi, 17 February 2013
  Russell Parera, former CEO KPMG India, joins Price Waterhouse
  Russell will lead client service to selected clients in India and also lead the Assurance Markets and Industries initiative in the PW India Network Firms.
  
  
• New Delhi, 14 February 2013
  Global shale oil production could boost global GDP by up to $2.7 trillion by 2035
  The global impact of shale oil could revolutionise the world’s energy markets over the next couple of decades, resulting in significantly lower oil prices, higher global GDP, changing geopolitics and shifting business models for oil and gas companies.
  
  
• Bangalore, 7 February 2013
  Indian aviation market has potential to be in global top 3 by 2020: FICCI - PwC Report
  A strong market growth rate coupled with infrastructure expansion will help the sector back on its feet as the economy recovers.
  
  
• Mumbai, 6 February 2013
  DNA model for inclusive financial services and profitability, says PwC Report
  Banks need to start looking at inclusive markets as a 'growth opportunity' rather than as a 'cost to business' as they can build a profitable business serving a large market of about 500 million people in India.
  
  
• Mumbai, 11 December 2012
  Real estate India trends 2012
  Bangalore, Mumbai, and Delhi slip to the bottom of the investment destinations list, according to the ULI, PwC report on ‘Emerging Trends in Real Estate® Asia Pacific 2013.'
  
  
• New Delhi, 6 December 2012
  PwC’s Information Security Survey states 80% businesses have high confidence in their security behaviour
  75% respondents as compared to 45% of global peers expect information security spends to go up
  
  
• Mumbai, 19 November 2012
  PE investments in India in Q3 '12 exceeds US$ 2.5 billion
  Private Equity (PE) firms invested US$ 2.5 billion in India across 97 deals in Q3 of 2012 - compared on Y-o-Y basis. With 45 deals worth US$ 1.3 billion in Q3 '12, the IT and ITeS sector maintained it’s position as the leader in both value as well as volume.
  
  
• Ahmedabad, 5 November 2012
  India’s Pharmaceutical industry is on a good growth path, but will have to watch out for the regulatory interventions
  The Indian pharma industry is likely to be in the top 10 global markets in value term by 2020
  
  
• New Delhi, 27 Oct 2012
  India's entertainment and media industry to clock over INR 175,000 crores by 2016
  CII-PwC study forecast CAGR of 17% over 2012-16
  
  
• New Delhi, 10th October, 2012
  PwC unveils report on the role of E&P in India’s energy security
  The report states India’s GDP would be up by 6.5% if it was self sufficient in crude oil production
  
  
• New York, 4th October 2012
  PwC FY 2012 Global Revenues Rise to US$31.5 billion
  PwC, the world's leading professional services network, reported record total gross revenues for the fiscal year ended 30 June 2012 of US$31.5 billion. At constant exchange rates, PwC's total global revenues rose by 8%.
  
  
• Mumbai, 16 Aug 2012
  PE investments in India in Q2 ’12 decreases in terms of value and in volume
  
  
• Mumbai, 12 July 2012
  Indian organisations trail global counterparts in retaining people, says PwC Saratoga India survey
  Banking and ITeS organisations witness highest voluntary employee turnover
  
  
• Chennai, 10 July 2012
  PwC strengthens its Advisory and Tax Practice in Chennai
  Employee strength grows by 24%
  
  
• Mumbai, 27 June 2012
  Global commerce set to bypass the West,intra trading across SAAAME region to rise
  India presents a big opportunity as people’s risk appetite is increasing
  
  
• New Delhi, 8 June 2012
  Consumers are ready to adopt mobile health faster than the health industry is prepared to adapt, finds PwC Study on Global mHealth Adoption
  India ranks 2nd among developing countries studied on maturity for mHealth adoption
  
  
• New Delhi, 22 May 2012
  COAI and PwC unveil their assessment of TRAI’s spectrum recommendations on end consumers
  Estimates cost per minute to go up between 29 to 34 paisa against TRAI’s 4.4 paisa
  
  
• New Delhi, 16 April 2012
  PwC’s 2012 State of the Internal Audit Profession Survey Reveals Businesses Want Increased Internal Audit Involvement in Risk Identification and Management
  According to the 2012 PwC State of the Profession study, global economic uncertainty is the biggest risk to companies in 2012
  
  
• New Delhi, 2 March 2012
  Health in India to be a 3000 crores INR opportunity by 2017
  To constitute 8% of the total Asia-Pacific opportunity states the PwC Report ‘Touching Lives through Mobile Health’
  
  
• New Delhi, 11 February 2012
  PwC-CII Hospitality Survey reveals 82% CEOs in the sector confident of robust growth
  Infrastructure, regulations and talent management continue to be a challenge to growth.
  
  
• India, February 2012
  PwC launches 2012 outlook for global power deal activity
  Mix of divestment, repositioning and market growth imperatives make for potentially buoyant conditions.
  
  
• Mumbai, 27 January 2012
  Global Emerging Middle (GEM) is the next big market, says PwC
  In India, this segment is expected to cross the USD 1 trillion threshold by 2021. Globally the figure is expected to be in excess of USD 6 trillion by 2021.
  
  
• Mumbai, 16 January 2012
  Digital banking to be the norm by 2015, says recent PwC report
  Preference for digital is now globally pervasive among banking customers.