JP Executive Insight Newsletter - Issue 2, 2021

JP Executive Insight is the bilingual newsletter of KPMG U.S. Japanese Practice.

JP Executive Insight is the bilingual newsletter of KPMG U.S. Japanese Practice.

JP Executive Insight (formerly Jnet) is the bilingual newsletter of KPMG U.S. Japanese Practice. Published since 1997, the newsletter is issued quarterly to update you on audit, accounting, tax, and other business issues relevant to Japanese companies operating in the United States.

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Banking Blueprint for the Crypto World

If crypto markets continue to evolve at the pace and scale currently underway, today's traditional banking infrastructure may have a limited shelf life. Growing participation in the crypto economy is making new crypto capabilities essential foundations for the bank of the future. In this paper we outline key actions to help banks accelerate their strategic roadmaps and develop core business and technology capabilities to serve crypto market customers.

Addressing the Impact of Remote Work

As a result of speaking with industry leaders, helping clients, and using our own experience in adapting to an unexpected era of remote working, we uncovered unique issues that have impacted both specific groups within a company as well as the entire enterprise. To help companies continue to respond, adapt, and progress in a remote and digital environment, we have a collection of considerations against those key and unique issues that are challenging how we continue to create value and be productive.

The Reality of SPAC Mergers

This article takes a private company view of the SPAC markets to help identify some of the key opportunities and challenges of this rapidly evolving route to public markets.

Getting Better at Seeing Ahead

The KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC) interviews J. Peter Scoblic, co-founder of Event Horizon Strategies, on how organizations can become more effective at integrating future-thinking into near-term decision-making.

Five 2021 Lessons from HR Leaders

An organization that invests in its workforce can help build organizational resilience and performance in a world where the only constant is change. KPMG convened Chief Human Resources Officers from Chevron and Blue Shield of California to discuss how this disruption impacted their perspectives and is influencing their strategies for 2021.

Auditing & Accounting Update

In this section, we provide a summary of brief updates from the previous quarter on regulatory developments in auditing and accounting that may impact Japanese companies in the United States.

Tax Update

In this section, we provide a summary of brief updates from the previous quarter on legislative, judicial, and administrative developments in tax that may impact Japanese companies operating in the United States.