The banking sector faces significant regulatory challenges, technological disruption and shifting consumer habits. In a very uncertain and volatile economic environment and with sustainable finance gaining prominence as banks and regulators develop new ideas, adapting business models and embracing disruption is key. Our integrated team of banking & capital markets specialists can provide you with the vision and guidance to navigate a fluctuating landscape.
Our approach
Disruption and regulatory change are well-established themes in the banking sector. Add to this rising cost pressures, changing consumer behaviours and new political and economic challenges, and there is no shortage of risks and opportunities facing the industry. As the market changes, it is critical that banks are equipped with the tools to recalibrate their business and operating models, meet the demands of a complex regulatory environment, and place sustainability at the heart of what they do.
At Forvis Mazars, our banking & capital markets team features former regulators, industry executives and senior professionals who offer deep insights into the industry. We understand the complicated web of regulatory, economic and political changes affecting financial institutions, and offer advice and solutions that lead to robust decisions.
Our clients include some of the largest banks in the world and we work with the entire value chain of the industry. With banking & capital markets specialists around the world, we offer local market experience working with a single integrated platform that ensures the guidance you receive from us is the right fit for your business objectives.
When you partner with us, we can offer guidance on:
● Regulatory reforms and issues
● Globalisation, new technologies, business and operating model changes
● Combining, restructuring, monitoring in a complex environment.
Our team comprises banking & capital markets experts who have the global, regional, local and regulatory knowledge and technical expertise to deliver a broad range of solutions in a truly integrated fashion. We work in a collaborative way that brings together our multidisciplinary team across geographies and an array of specialisms.
Our dedicated banking & capital markets service covers:
● Audit and assurance
● Regulation and compliance
● Risk management
● Restructuring
● Forensics and litigation
● Finance and operational effectiveness
With Environmental, Social and Governance factors, and responsible banking practices more broadly becoming an essential focus for the banking industry, Forvis Mazars has assessed how banks are embedding sustainability into their commercial practices.
Forvis Mazars and the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) are proud to have come together to produce a global report providing unique insight on current and upcoming financial regulatory evolutions aimed at tackling climate change. What policy adjustments are being undertaken in different jurisdictions around the world to assess and control climate risks? How are these actions...
Gender balance in central banks is improving but progress is slow, reveals index and report from Forvis Mazars and the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF). The OMFIF Gender Balance Index tracks the presence of men and women in senior positions at central banks, sovereign funds and public pension funds. The study, now in its seventh year, scores and ranks institutions based...
03/04/2020 As we continue to feel the effects of the global pandemic, the banking sector, like many other sectors, now faces unprecedented uncertainty. While banks are generally going into this pandemic in a stronger position than the global financial crisis of 2008, the current environment presents challenges for standard accounting procedures and processes that could impact a bank's risk profile.
The Covid-19 outbreak and the unprecedented emergency it presents has created a unique threat to the world’s economy. Like all sectors, banking has been impacted, and its stakeholders have felt excessive pressure over the last few weeks to get things right. Regulators in financial markets around the globe have all announced Covid-19 action plans, which may afford the banks room for relief over the...
In recent years, disruption to the banking sector has seen an increasing number of partnerships between banks and FinTechs, as banks look to acquire the digital expertise now required for 21st century banking and FinTechs look to tap into the finance knowledge and consumer reach that traditional banks enjoy. More recently, this quest for technological know-how has expanded to included partnerships...
Yearly, hundreds of newly qualified Chartered Accountants venture on secondment programmes across the globe. They usually return to South Africa between mid-March and end April to start the corporate careers they have been dreaming of for many years.
15/04/2020 In the context of Covid-19, our expert Vincent Guillard presents recent EBA, IASB, ESMA and BCE publications and the consequences of these new accounting and prudential measures on banks’ ECL under IFRS 9.
Sustainable finance is expected to be a crucial factor in the post Covid-19 economic recovery period and regulators are encouraging banks to actively embed climate-related risks in their business operations and risk management frameworks. Against this backdrop, Forvis Mazars has analysed how 30 of the largest banks worldwide have been responding to climate-related financial risks.
Guiding you through unprecedented change in order to meet the needs of your evolving customer.
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