The risk landscape for organisations is constantly evolving, with threats emerging from different sources such as the following:
Internal Misconduct
External Vendors
Regulatory Violations
Legal Disputes
These threats pose significant challenges to organisational stability and credibility.
Furthermore, the rise of cybercrime, geopolitical tensions, and advancements in technology present new obstacles for businesses to navigate.
By implementing robust risk management strategies and staying vigilant to potential threats, organisations can enhance their ability to adapt to changes, maintain trust with stakeholders, and safeguard their reputation.
How can KPMG help?
We bring together a diverse array of expertise, including expert witness and litigation support specialists, forensic accountants, compliance specialists, and data scientists. This multidisciplinary approach enables us to offer comprehensive and integrated solutions to safeguard your organisation.
From proactively strengthening controls and ensuring compliance to conducting thorough investigations and providing swift and effective responses, we are committed to mitigating risks and protecting your organisation from potential reputational and financial harm. By focusing on prevention, detection, and resolution, we aim to protect your organisation from the complexities of fraud, misconduct, and other threats.
Through our commitment to promoting integrity through prevention, detection, and investigation, we strive to not only address current risks but also to equip your organisation with the tools and strategies necessary to navigate future challenges and maintain a strong and reputable presence in the marketplace.
Our KPMG Services
Investigation services
Many organisations struggle to find the appropriate resources with the necessary skills and expertise to efficiently conduct a timely, cost-effective, and unbiased investigation into suspected fraud or misconduct. We collaborate closely with your business to understand the investigation objectives and to coordinate a strategy that incorporates the appropriate resources.
By swiftly identifying fraud or misconduct, you can mitigate the risk of:
Financial loss
Reputational damage
Loss of public trust
Corporate Intelligence
We gather critical intelligence to help you manage non-financial risks as you engage in joint ventures and acquisitions, enter new and emerging markets, and oversee your existing third-party relationships.
We offer support in the following areas:
New market intelligence and country risk
Empowering you to enter challenging markets with confidence and a strategic advantage.
Due diligence, screening, and background checks
Leveraging advanced technology to conduct comprehensive research, helping you understand your counterparties and investment targets.
Disputes and investigations support
Assembling public information, evidence, and intelligence to map networks and uncover new investigative leads across various jurisdictions.
Special situations and crisis management
Working with you to develop strategies that anticipate unexpected risks and crises, and providing on-call support as new challenges arise.
Disptute Advisory Services
Disputes are an inevitable aspect of conducting business. When they occur, it is essential to gather critical facts, evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of your organisation's position, and develop a strategy to either settle or prevail.
Domestic and cross-border disputes can encompass complex economic, financial, and technical issues, as well as multiple languages, client locations, and varying jurisdictional laws and standards. KPMG's Dispute Advisory Services equip litigants with a comprehensive understanding of the issues and a thorough assessment of each party's position. This level of support facilitates better outcomes, whether through settlement or litigation. We combine industry-specific experience with technical knowledge, enabling us to serve as effective advisers, privileged consultants, and expert witnesses.
Forensic Technology Services
The relentless growth of data volumes, sources, and types presents both opportunities and threats for companies. Properly managing data can provide valuable insights into your business needs, while misunderstanding your data landscape or mishandling data can lead to reputational, legal, and regulatory risks.
We offer support in the following areas:
Forensic Investigations
When data has been misused or you suspect wrongdoing within your company.
eDiscovery
When you need to quickly and accurately identify, collect, review, and disclose your data.
Compliance Automation
Making tedious, manual compliance checks and validations more efficient.
Our specialists and industry experts possess extensive knowledge and experience in disclosure, incident response, investigations, regulatory inquiries, and data enhancement and remediation.
Contract Compliance
Our team of professionals possess a deep understanding of the complexities and nuances of various business contracts, processes, and procedures.
We can assist you with:
Intellectual property (IP) audit
Evaluating and optimising IP governance processes throughout different stages of the IP lifecycle.
Vendor contracts
Advising management on vendor relationships.
Reseller and distributor review
Enforcing contracts with channel partners.
Digital distribution
Assessing the completeness and accuracy of self-reporting of content distribution for digital content owners.
Royalty compliance
Recovering fees, strengthening licensing relationships, and identifying opportunities to mitigate risk.
Anti-bribery & Corruption
By promptly benefitting from our anti-bribery and corruption services, you can mitigate the risk of non-compliance with ABC laws and regulations, thereby avoiding fines, penalties, sanctions, civil liability, and reputational damage.
We can assist you by:
Providing prevention measures including risk assessments
Evaluating program controls and governance structures
Developing robust and tailored anti-bribery and corruption compliance programs
Conducting third-party screening and acquisition due diligence
Offering training programs in various formats
Ethics & Integrity Management
We aim to help you enhance your level of business integrity by focusing on "doing the right thing in the right way." Additionally, we can assist you in "measuring" integrity and facilitating the implementation of an effective "integrity policy." To this end, we have developed a range of practical, tried-and-tested tools, based on specialist knowledge of integrity risks and dilemmas, as well as specific industry insights.
How we can assist:
Evaluating, developing, and implementing behavioral codes
Organising training courses on integrity, including dilemma training and executive coaching
Identifying the integrity climate within an organisation
Conducting third-party screening and acquisition due diligence
