A KPMG report forecasts global GDP growth of 2.2% in 2024 – down from 2.6% in 2023, with a return to 2.6% growth anticipated in 2025.
KPMG, one of the world’s largest audit and consulting companies, sees Romania’s economy growing by 2.5% in 2024, while inflation should reach 6.9%. Its forecasts were included in the ‘Global Economic Outlook’ report, which in this year’s edition included a review of Romania, along 36 other countries from all continents, such as US, Switzerland, Brazil and Japan.
Audit and consulting firm KPMG in Romania & Moldova has announced new promotions at the level of the management team, starting October 1, 2023.
The outlook for the global economy has taken a positive turn in the first half of 2023 as inflationary pressures began to ease, but the most recent KPMG forecast shows that ongoing geopolitical tensions and domestic challenges in key markets are slowing down the return to sustained growth.
The year 2023 will be less dynamic in the Romanian M&A market, but it will still be a good year, according to Bogdan Vaduva, partner, deputy head of advisory at KPMG.
The integrated lawyer and consultant team of law firm KPMG Legal – Toncescu si Asociatii, KPMG Advisory and KPMG Tax, led by Alexandru Mocanescu, Bogdan Vaduva/Elena Surdeanu and Daniel Pana, assisted Paval Holding in buying the office space portfolio of CA Immo in Romania and taking over the management team.
KPMG announced on Monday (October 3) that Ramona Jurubita was re-elected to serve a second three-year term as Country Managing Partner (CMP) of KPMG in Romania and Moldova.
The Deal Advisory team of KPMG in Romania has advised Polish Enterprise Fund VII, a private equity fund managed by Enterprise Investors (EI), on the sale of 100% in Noriel Group, the leading Romanian toys, games, and baby products retailer, to Sunman Group, Turkish market leader in toy retail, distribution and manufacturing.
Investments into property in Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) for H1 2021 were down by a whopping 22% compared to the same period a year earlier, which may come as no surprise, given the immense economic repercussions of the COVID-19 international health crisis on most sectors, according to KPMG.
The COVID-19 pandemic caused a lot of distress on the market, with transactions postponed and uncertainty rising, but there is increased optimism among stakeholders who expect further growth in M&A activity in Romania in 2021, a KPMG survey showed Wednesday.