KPMG Business Alert
May 2010

KPMG’s monthly e-newsletter from Singapore, features a summary of recent thought leadership publications, locally-organised events and other useful news.


THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

	Insights into brand management Extracts from Frontiers in Finance		KPMG’s Revenue Recognition Survey of Technology Companies The Impact of Adopting EITF 08-1 (ASU 2009-13) and EITF 09-3 (ASU 2009-14) March 2010
	A Better Pill to Swallow A global view of what works in Healthcare		Taxation of Real Estate Investment Trusts An overview of the REIT regimes in Europe, Asia, the United States and Canada
	Cost of Capital and Impairment Test Study 2009 Empirical survey of companies in Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland and Spain.		Costing a packet Paying for the universal service in post
	IFRS – Insurance Newsletter		Inside the Dragon: Outsourcing destinations in China
	Intangible Assets and Goodwill in the context of Business Combinations An industry study		Standard costing Insights from leading companies
	Driving Indirect Tax Performance Managing the Global Reform Challenge

KPMG NEWS

KPMG is gold sponsor of the World Cities Summit 2010
KPMG is participating as gold sponsor of the World Cities Summit 2010.

The theme for the second Summit is Liveable and Sustainable Cities for the Future. The three-day event focuses on leadership and governance, and building liveable and sustainable communities. Through the exchange of ideas and knowledge, cities can learn from each other to create a good environment that is sustainable and forward-looking.

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Sustainable Margin Improvement Webcast
Throughout the economic downturn, Cost Management has been at the top of the corporate agenda; but as we start to see signs of stability return, organisations are focused on rebuilding and further improving margins. Recent KPMG firms’ experience demonstrates that while short term cost reductions can be found, Sustainable Margin Improvement presents difficult challenges both in relation to pricing and “right-sizing” the cost base.

Please join us on 18 May 2010 when some of KPMG's leading business transformation specialists will share their insights on these issues.

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