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KPMG reports revenues of $22.7bn
 
 In the fiscal year
ending 30 September
2011, KPMG’s Management
Consulting practice
achieved revenue growth
of 29%.
  
   KPMG announced member
firm combined revenues
totalling $22.7bn, a
10.1% increase in US
dollars or 6.2% in local
currency terms.
  
   The strong
performance spanned all
geographic regions and
resulted from a
strategic commitment
across KPMG member firms
to: invest in priority
high growth markets; to
focus on key industries
 
 such as financial
services, healthcare,
government,
infrastructure, and
energy; and to expand
KPMG’s capabilities in
high-demand service
offerings including
management consulting
and tax services.
  
   “To achieve
double-digit growth in
such a tough environment
shows that we have the
right strategy,” said
Michael J. Andrew,
chairman of KPMG
International. “We
achieved this by
focusing on fundamentals
and organic growth and
making common
 
  
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 dollars, or 8.5% in
local currency terms, to
$4.69bn. Advisory
revenues rose 14.8% in
US dollars, and 11.2% in
local currency terms, to
$7.54bn.
  
   KPMG’s Management
Consulting practice,
with its revenue growth
of 29%, has become, on a
combined basis, a $2bn
business in just six
years. With the
acquisition of
EquaTerra, KPMG jumped
from fourth place to be
the market leader in
shared services and
outsourcing advisory.
  
   Revenues grew across
 
 all of KPMG’s geographic
regions, with gains in
US dollars of 16.6% in
Asia Pacific, 10.7% in
the Americas, and 7.7%
in Europe, the Middle
East, Africa and India.
Much of the increase
came from high growth
markets, with India
growing at 25% and
Brazil at 22% in local
currency terms. In
October, Andrew
underscored KPMG’s
commitment to high
growth markets when he
became the first head of
a Big Four accounting
network to be based in
Asia.
 
 investments in our
strategic priorities.”
  
   KPMG recorded strong
growth across all
functions. Audit
revenues rebounded to
grow 5.8% in US dollars,
or 1.8% in local
currency terms, to
$10.48bn against strong
competition in the
marketplace and a
difficult business
environment. Tax
revenues grew 13% in US
 
 
Accenture reports record quarterly revenues
 
 Accenture has reported
strong financial results
for the first quarter of
fiscal 2012, ended 30
November 2011, with net
revenues of $7.1bn, an
increase of 17% in US
dollars and 14% in local
currency over the same
period last year.
Diluted earnings per
share were $0.96, an
increase of $0.15, or
19%, over the same
period last year.
  
   Consulting net
revenues for the quarter
were $4.1bn, an increase
of 14% in US dollars and
11% in local currency
over the first quarter
of fiscal 2011.
Outsourcing net revenues
 
 also rose to $3.0bn, an
increase of 21% in US
dollars and 18% in local
currency over the first
quarter of fiscal 2011.
  
   The firm’s operating
income was $981m, an
increase of 19% over the
same period last year,
and operating margin was
13.9%, a year-over-year
expansion of 20 basis
points.
  
   Accenture also saw
new bookings for the
quarter, at $7.8bn, with
consulting bookings of
$4.2bn and outsourcing
bookings of $3.6bn.
  
   Pierre Nanterme,
Accenture’s chief
 
  
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   “Our excellent
results in the first
quarter give us
confidence that we are
executing a growth
strategy that resonates
with the needs of our
clients in the current
environment. We remain
focused on delivering
profitable growth
through a relentless
focus on industry and
technology
differentiation and on
accelerated geographic
expansion in our
priority emerging
markets.”
  
   Accenture expects net
revenues for the second
quarter of fiscal 2012
 
 to be in the range of
$6.5bn to $6.8bn. For
fiscal 2012, the company
continues to expect net
revenue growth to be in
the range of 7% to 10%
in local currency.
  
   Accenture will also
continue to target new
bookings for fiscal
2012, in the range of
$28bn to $31bn.
  
   All five operating
groups within Accenture
achieved double-digit
revenue growth in both
US dollars and local
currency compared with
the first quarter last
year.
 
 executive officer, said:
“We are pleased with our
strong performance in
the first quarter. We
generated our highest
quarterly revenues ever,
with double- digit
local-currency growth in
all five operating
groups and all three
geographic regions. We
grew EPS by 19%,
expanded operating
margin, delivered strong
bookings and continue to
have a very strong
balance sheet.
 
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