The success of an acquisition largely hinges on the price paid relative to the value received. To ensure success, it’s crucial to gain a comprehensive view of not only the quality of earnings of a business but also the quality of the reporting itself. If you’re an investor performing due diligence, here are five key considerations about the quality of the target’s financial reporting.
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Forecasting and budgeting
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Performance improvement
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Programme & project management
Successfully execute mission-critical changes to your organisation.
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Strategy
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Risk
Manage risks with confidence to support your strategy.
Start or enhance your digital transformation journey or latest IT project.
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Cloud services
Leverage the cloud to keep your data safe, operate more efficiently, reduce costs and create a better experience for your employees and clients.
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Data analytics
Use your data to make better business decisions.
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IT assurance
Are your IT systems reliable, safe and compliant?
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Cyber resilience
As the benefits technology can deliver to your business increases, so too do the opportunities for cybercriminals.
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Virtual asset advisory
Helping you navigate the world of virtual currencies and decentralised financial systems.
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Virtual CSO
Security leadership and expertise when you need it.
Unlock sources of finance, present your case to potential funders and negotiate long-term sustainable relationships.
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Debt advisory
Raise, refinance, restructure or manage debt to achieve the optimal funding structure for your organisation.
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Financial modelling
Understand the impact of your decisions before you make them.
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Raising finance
Access the best source of funding for your business with a sound business strategy and rigorous planning.
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Business valuations
Valuable decisions require valued insights.
Take an early and proactive approach if insolvency is on the horizon.
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Complex and international services
Navigate the complexities of multi-jurisdictional insolvencies.
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Corporate insolvency
Achieve fair and orderly outcomes if your business – or part of it - is facing insolvency.
Practical solutions for distressed situations.
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Independent business review
Is your business viable today? Will it be viable tomorrow? Give your business a health check to find out.
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Litigation support
Straight forward advice from trusted advisors to support litigation and arbitration matters, expert determinations and other specialist hearings.
When risk becomes reality, take rapid protective action to get back to business as usual.
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Business valuations
Valuable decisions require valued insights.
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Forensic accounting & dispute advisory
Understand the true values, numbers and dollars at stake, as well as your obligations and rights to ensure value is preserved and complexities are managed.
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Expert witness
Our expert witnesses analyse, interpret, summarise and present complex financial and business-related issues which are understandable and properly supported.
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Investigation services
A fast and customised response when misconduct occurs in your business.
Strategies that drive value and reduce risk.
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Business valuations
Valuable decisions require valued insights.
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Mergers & aquistions
Accelerate your growth with a buy-and-build strategy, or sell an entity for the highest possible value.
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Transaction advisory
Navigate your next business transaction with confidence.
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Capital markets
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Financial modelling
Understand the impact of your decisions before you make them.
Our unique offering to the financial services sector may be the catalyst you need to take your business forward, safely and prosperously.
The true measure of society is how it treats its most vulnerable people. Your success is vital to ensuring our country remains a fair and civil one.
Minimise your risk and cost while maximising your returns for the best chance of success in today’s market.
Our public sector team goes beyond expectations so you can too.
Helping aged care and retirement village operators deliver on their mission and purpose in an increasingly demanding environment.
Every transaction you make can affect your competitive position today and your opportunities for growth tomorrow. Whether you’re a buyer, lender or a seller, ensuring you have the right guidance, supported by robust due diligence to make informed decisions is critical.
With backgrounds in public accounting, valuations, investment banking and private equity, we bring dedicated expertise to the table. Our professionals will work closely with you throughout each phase of the transaction process. We’ll help you identify potential opportunities and exposures, avoid common transaction pitfalls, and take an objective, pragmatic approach to each new development.
Our advisors work alongside shareholders, owners and managers to understand every client’s challenges, opportunities and goals. We then pull from our extensive experience to develop a plan customised specifically to your transaction. And we work at speed to deliver critical findings and results when you need them.
How we can help
Our transaction advisory and support services include:
- buy-side (acquisition) and sell-side (vendor) financial due diligence on transactions
- buy-side (acquisition) and sell-side (vendor) support and assistance on transactions
- sale and purchase agreement (SPA) financial and tax review and negotiation assistance
- completion accounts preparation and review for transactions
earn out calculations and review for transactions - business health checks covering historical and forecast financial performance, financial position, working capital and cash flow reviews
- transaction accounting advice including Purchase Price Allocations (PPA)
- buy-side (acquisition) and sell-side (vendor) tax due diligence
- tax planning and structuring.
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