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Thought leadership
KPMG's knowledge base of research to inform your most important business decisions.
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Aligning near-term goals with long-term value
February 26, 2020
Highlights from KPMG’s Board Leadership Conference, including the economic and geopolitical outlook, climate risk, the board-CEO relationship, corporate purpose, artificial intelligence, fintech, cybersecurity, oversight of human capital management, and more.
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Adopting sustainable finance: Responsible banking and investment
February 07, 2020
Increasing pressure to operate a more sustainable business model
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Transactions in the age of tax reform
January 23, 2020
Companies have a tremendous opportunity to create value through M&A. But are they prepared to take advantage from a tax perspective?
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2020 personal tax planning guide
January 20, 2020
KPMG’s 2020 personal tax planning guide provides valuable information about the current tax laws and provides planning tips.
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Handbook: Share-based payments
January 17, 2020
Latest edition: KPMG’s in-depth guide to ASC 718, with Q&As, interpretive guidance and examples.
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Living in an AI world
January 14, 2020
Artificial intelligence across five industries - healthcare, financial services, transportation, technology, and retail
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Why data governance should be part of board conversations
December 23, 2019
To help develop a more rigorous approach around data governance, we recommend three areas of board focus.
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Ethical AI: Five guiding pillars
December 02, 2019
Pragmatic insights that will inform policies and actions for AI to be fully productive, beneficial, and trusted in the enterprise
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Modernizing freight audit and pay solutions
November 28, 2019
Future-ready supply chains use intelligent automation to help reduce administrative burdens, deliver insights and inform decision-making.
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Ten key regulatory challenges of 2020
November 27, 2019
Financial services risk across business imperatives
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Intentional. Proactive. Connected.
November 18, 2019
A new approach to handling customer queries will eventually break down the silos currently present in the front office.
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SPACs: A big deal again
November 15, 2019
Selling to a special-purpose acquisition company can be quick and lucrative – if you know the risks, complexities and tradeoffs.
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The End of LIBOR
November 12, 2019
Proposed Treasury regulations address tax issues arising from LIBOR's cessation
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2019 Payroll Year-End Guide and Checklist
October 31, 2019
Year-end for payroll professionals generally begins when the next year’s inflation or indexed numbers are released in mid-October and ends in February, when most reports and forms for the prior year have been completed and filed.
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Handbook: Equity method of accounting
October 17, 2019
KPMG’s in-depth guide to ASC 323 includes Q&As, interpretive guidance and examples.
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A 'maniacal pace' in the digital banking race
October 11, 2019
There are a couple of questions we hear from our financial institution (FI) clients practically every day: We have so much to do, where do we start, and how do we accelerate?
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2019 U.S. customer experience excellence report
October 09, 2019
Doing a million things well each day, every day, to retain customers requires an organizational focus on consistency.
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Handbook: Accounting for income taxes
October 07, 2019
Latest edition: KPMG explains the accounting for income taxes in detail, providing examples and analysis.
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The battle for procurement's internal customer
October 01, 2019
Employee‑as‑consumer strategies in procurement and tailored purchasing experiences can help companies achieve spend compliance objectives.
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ALM Intelligence: KPMG is a global leader in workforce consulting
October 01, 2019
KPMG was found to have a singular ability for visioning future state organizations and mapping paths to the future.
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ALM Intelligence: KPMG is a global leader in change consulting
October 01, 2019
KPMG was noted for its suite of change management tools, methods, and playbooks for making change real and impactful.
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HR: Under pressure to act
October 01, 2019
To meet growing challenges, the HR function must be agile and digitally enabled, all while reducing operating costs.
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Examine your options
September 09, 2019
Applying the expected credit loss standard to reinsurance recoverables.
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Banking on data analytics? Think fast
September 03, 2019
Generating insights from ambitious big data projects is frustratingly slow. There’s a better way.
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Crisis prevention and readiness
September 03, 2019
Insights from board and business leaders on assessing crisis readiness and response plans and steps for enhancing line of sight.
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Harvey Nash / KPMG CIO Survey 2019
August 28, 2019
Explore how digital leaders are outpacing their competitors in delivering real business results.
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Benchmarking Innovation Impact 2020
August 20, 2019
Do you have the right innovation strategies, investments, and approaches in place to drive future growth?
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Defining ESG metrics that matter for private equity portfolio companies
August 17, 2019
While the impact on private company boards, management, operations, and disclosure varies—and largely dependent on ownership—a shift is apparent in how institutional investors are directing capital and increasing expectations for private company reporting on ESG.
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Handbook: Leases
August 14, 2019
Latest edition: KPMG’s comprehensive guide to ASC 842, with Q&As, examples and observations to explain key concepts.
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Asset acquisitions
August 06, 2019
KPMG highlights the significant differences in accounting for asset acquisitions versus business combinations
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Solving for IT integration: SIAM
August 03, 2019
Six steps that CIOs can take to kick-start service integration and management (SIAM) to meet the challenge of IT governance.
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The future of sales
August 02, 2019
Achieve and sustain growth with a networked, data-driven and digitally-enabled approach to sales.
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A framework for OFAC compliance commitments: An overview
July 31, 2019
OFAC's new framework provides further insight into leading practices to mitigate the risk of sanctions penalties.
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Environmental and social concerns dominate proxy season
July 24, 2019
Reflections on some of the issues that shareholders asked boards to address in 2019 and the outlook for next proxy season
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Handbook: Business combinations
July 15, 2019
Latest edition: KPMG explains accounting for acquisitions of businesses and related issues with examples and analysis.
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How agile portfolio management can align performance with strategy
July 10, 2019
The traditional approach to prioritizing and funding business initiatives doesn’t work in today’s fast-moving world.
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Directors Quarterly: July 2019
July 08, 2019
In this edition: geopolitics, transformational technologies, proxy trends, investor coalitions, audit committee concerns, board diversity, and a financial reporting and auditing update.
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Zero based budgeting
July 04, 2019
Enabling finance to drive better decisions on portfolio and cost management
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Five reasons why procurement organizations don't transform
July 01, 2019
Stay ahead of change. Transform to a modern way of working that brings greater value to the business.
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Five characteristics of a future-ready procurement function
July 01, 2019
Stop waiting to future proof your procurement function. Start orchestrating supplier ecosystems.
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Real Insights for Operations
June 28, 2019
Research, analysis, news and events to help operations executives innovate and drive business growth.
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Keeping pace with disruptive risk, digital transformation
June 20, 2019
Audit committee members continue to express confidence in their oversight of core responsibilities. Yet, it’s clear that technological innovation, digital disruption, and the complexity of business are sharpening the focus on risk management and the internal control environment.
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Driving strategic value with workforce analytics
June 17, 2019
With new tools, technology and skill sets, HR can support strategic decision-making with evidence-based workforce insights.
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The automation transformation
June 11, 2019
Successfully charting the course ahead with intelligent automation
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June 2019 Quarterly Outlook
June 03, 2019
KPMG’s quarterly update on accounting and financial reporting developments, including SEC matters and FASB activity.
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Handbook: Statement of cash flows
May 24, 2019
Latest edition: Updated for ASU 2018-07 and ASU 2019-01, plus practice issues such as leases and debt arrangements.
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TaxNewsFlash
May 23, 2019
Summaries of the latest developments pertaining to the United States and U.S. industry sectors as well as developments being reported by KPMG member firms around the globe
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Diversity in the boardroom: Pushing forward, reaching back
May 21, 2019
The 2019 WCD Thought Leadership Commission report assesses the state of board diversity globally and provides practical recommendations based on the wisdom and experience of corporate board members.
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Keeping pace with disruptive risk, digital transformation
May 18, 2019
Technological innovation, digital disruption, and the complexity of business are sharpening the focus on risk management and the internal control environment.
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AI I Compliance in control: Financial services regulatory challenges
May 16, 2019
The adoption of artificial intelligence capabilities is accelerating across the financial industry, creating regulatory challenges
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HR/CEO – A house divided on intelligent automation
May 11, 2019
One of the biggest disruptions to the future of HR is the emergence of IA
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What's next: Software defined infrastructure and cyber security
May 02, 2019
Achieving SDI implementation that mitigates cyber risk
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Top cyber security considerations in 2019
April 23, 2019
As cyber security efforts evolve to become an integral part of broader risk management, here are six issues for boards to consider.
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Dynamic internal auditing
April 15, 2019
An approach to internal audit which drives impact and insight through data-driven and agile-thinking at a project level.
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Personal and customized: Employee experience
April 10, 2019
Employee experience is critical toward having the right people, skill sets, and agility to compete in a competitive marketplace.
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Trends in customer identity and access management
April 09, 2019
Transforming your customer IAM program
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What's next: trends in insider threat
April 09, 2019
Mitigating and maturing your insider threat program.
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What's next: data privacy trends and insights
April 08, 2019
Building and sustaining your data privacy program