Deloitte | News

Organizations embrace marketing technologies (martech), as seven out of ten (75%) marketers say that they are using them, according to the latest edition of Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Survey, conducted by Duke University with the support of Deloitte.

Back-to-school spending is likely to remain unchanged this year, as 73 percent of parents are concerned about rising prices for everyday purchases, so low and middle-income ones are planning to spend less for this purpose in 2024, by 4 percent and 9 percent, respectively, 47 percent having less money to spend, and 44 percent being concerned about economy, according to the Deloitte back-to-school 2024 survey.

Private equity (PE) firms in Central Europe (CE) are overwhelmingly confident that 2024 will be a good year for investments, according to 84% of the participants to the latest Deloitte CE Private Equity Confidence Survey, as the sentiment regarding the economy continues to improve, with 31% of them expecting conditions to get better and 59% expecting them to remain the same.

More than half of workers (54%) around the world identify increasing work stress as their top concern, according to the Deloitte 2024 Global Human Capital Trends report, while technology advancement is second on the list, according to a quarter of workers, who worry about the significant changes that technology advancement brings, such as creating the need for new skills and new jobs.

Expectations for Generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) remain high among global leaders, as eight out of ten (79%) respondents that participated in Deloitte’s study “The State of Generative AI in the Enterprise: Now decides next” expect the technology to transform their organization within three years.

After a weak year where sales fell 9.4% to $520 billion in 2023, the chip industry could see a strong rebound with 13% growth to $588 billion in 2024, Deloitte predicted.

Financial results of commercial real estate companies (commercial spaces, business centers and offices, logistics premises) will be impacted this year mainly by cyber risks, climate-related regulatory actions and rising interest rates, according to Deloitte 2024 Commercial Real Estate Outlook global study.

Despite the recent emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) in the marketing landscape, a Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Survey conducted by Duke University with the support of Deloitte reveals that 60% of respondents, primarily marketing leaders, have already integrated AI into their strategies over the past year.

A third of companies worldwide (34%) anticipate a significant increase in their group’s global effective tax rate, as a result of the implementation of the two-pillar global tax reform coordinated by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), down from 47% in 2022, according to Deloitte 2023 Global Tax Policy Survey.

Deloitte has released its global predictions for the tech, gaming and entertainment markets for 2024. Yep, it's that time of year already.

Redbee Software, DRUID and Questo are the Romanian technology companies included in the main category of the Deloitte 2023 Central Europe Technology Fast 50 ranking of the fastest growing tech start-ups in the region.

Global leaders view geopolitical challenges (61%), inflationary trends (46%) and concerns about their ability to meet increased environmental, social, and governance (ESG) expectations (40%) as the top risks impacting their third-party relationships, according to Deloitte 2023 Global Third-Party Risk Management Survey, conducted in 40 countries, including Romania.

In juli bleek dat de afgelopen vijf jaar ruim honderd KPMG-medewerkers per jaar betrokken zijn geweest bij fraude met verplichte examens en trainingen. De Autoriteit Financiële Markten laat nu weten „geschokt” te zijn over de fraude bij Deloitte.

The organizations operating in the financial services industry are beginning to register significant progress in terms of implementing changes meant to assure compliance with the new EU regulation Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), as a third of them (29%) started to prepare since 2022 and, out of these, 29% have already completed 75% of their implementation roadmap by Feb 2023, as per the latest edition of Deloitte survey on DORA.

Eight out of ten companies in Romania expect a high or very high impact of national and European circular economy regulations, on a short and medium term, and 70% estimate that state subsidies are not sufficient, according to Deloitte report “Circular Economy. The perception and stage of implementation in Romania”, conducted among companies on the local market, from the manufacturing, retail, consumer goods, construction and real estate industries.

With help from Nvidia, Deloitte is rolling out new AI capabilities to enhance logistics, supply chain and customer care deployments.

The world’s largest semiconductor companies will spend US $300 million in 2023 on artificial intelligence-based solutions dedicated to chip design, an investment that will increase by 20% annually over the next four years, according to the Deloitte TMT (Technology, Media and Telecommunications) Predictions 2023 report.

Nine out of ten organizations (91%) reported at least one cyber incident or breach last year, according to Deloitte 2023 Global Future of Cyber Survey, and more than a third (38%) between six and ten events.

Deloitte wil bij de volgende ronde waarin veel beursgenoteerde bedrijven van accountant wisselen 'een redelijk marktaandeel' pakken. Maar wat is dat eigenlijk?

Interest in electric and hybrid cars remains high among consumers, mainly due to the lower fuel costs compared to internal combustion engines, to the concern about climate changes and the government incentives programs, according to Deloitte 2023 Global Automotive Consumer Study..