Press releases

More than one in three (35%) global insurers are budgeting over €50m (US$58.7m) as they move towards IFRS 17 implementation, according to a Deloitte research published today. IFRS 17 goes live as the new global accounting regulation on 1st January 2021.

More than 150 Chief Financial Officers (CFOs), Chief Executive Officers and senior management executives from across the region came together at the Deloitte Southeast Asia CFO Vision 2018 Conference in Kuala Lumpur yesterday to participate in important conversations on the future of the CFO role.

Deloitte has announced that its geographies in Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand and Southeast Asia are coming together to create Deloitte Asia Pacific. This move will allow for greater investment and focus on Deloitte clients in the region.

The world’s 100 largest luxury goods companies generated sales of US$217 billion in FY2016 and the average luxury goods annual sales for a Top 100 company is now US$2.2 billion, according to the fifth annual Global Powers of Luxury Goods report by Deloitte.

Following a year marked by significant geopolitical and social change, millennials and Gen Z are sounding the alarm for businesses to step up their efforts to make a positive impact on the broader world, according to Deloitte’s seventh annual Millennial Survey.

Deloitte Malaysia today announced that Yee Wing Peng, currently Deloitte Malaysia Country Tax Leader, will succeed Datuk Tan Theng Hooi as Deloitte Malaysia’s next Country Managing Partner effective from 1 June 2018. Datuk Tan will be retiring from the position after 41-year career with Deloitte.

Deloitte Malaysia will be hosting its inaugural International Tax Symposium at the One World Hotel, Petaling Jaya on Thursday, 3 May 2018.

Over the last few years the global loan portfolio market has been geographically centered around Europe, but this is beginning to shift towards Asia as investors start to look for alternative loan portfolio opportunities.

Organizations face skills gaps, workplace shifts, a more vocal and empowered workforce, and societal call to action, as nearly three-quarters of executives rate AI as a critical issue

Economies in Asia will see another year of faster growth in 2018, according to Deloitte who today released the fourth edition of their Voice of Asia series.