Page 0 Nexia Conference – Delhi Nick Anthony Barclays Commercial Bank October 2008 Strictly Private & Confidential
Page 1 1.Global economic outlook Agenda: 3. Our advice to you 2. Global Accountancy
Page 2 Change in global equity capitalisation as % global GDP
Page 3 Global GDP growth has slowed significantly
Page 4 Global monetary policy continues to be accommodative
Page 5 Euro area GDP depends on rest of world
Page 6 Composite PMIs vs GDP growth
Page 7 UK exports skewed towards weakening developed markets UK exports and world GDP Regional shares of UK exports, 2007 % Source: Datastream, Barclays Capital Last updated: 3 October 2008 World GDP, % y/y
Page 8 Comparisons with the 1970s far-fetched Source: Datastream, Barclays Capital, Bank of England Last updated: 7 August 2008
Page 9 Economic Outlook – In Detail……. EO = r 1 r 2 e i( 1 + 2 ) +e i( 1 - 2 ) - ( 2) 8 e i8 /4
Page 10 Global accountancy market growth Source: Datamonitor (2008) CAGR ( ): 5.4% CAGR ( ): 3.7% Actual Forecast $bn Global accountancy developments
Page 11 Our advice to you - be smarter at financial risk management Short-term/on- demand facilities vs long-term facilities Interest rate protection Need to manage working capital tightly
Page 12 Cost Control – investigate which departments/teams are underperforming Manage your Cash – Debt pricing is rising!! Performance Management Professional indemnity insurance Our advice to you - be rigorous about resource management
Page 13 Our advice to you - be shrewd how you invest Prioritised Investment IT Shared services and off-shoring
Page What is your appetite to switch our current, on-demand or short-term facilities to long-term facilities and on what terms? 2. We want advice on protecting ourselves against interest rates and exchange rate volatility. 3. Can you take a look on how we are managing our cash on a multi-currency basis? How could we be more effective? Our advice to you – ask the right questions of your bankers
Page 15 Thank you
Page 16 Appendix – UK outlook
Page 17 Global manufacturing output has slowed sharply
Page 18 Consumer confidence has slumped; we expect consumption to fall Consumer confidence and retail sales Consumption, % y/y Source: Datastream, Barclays Capital, GfK Last updated: 3 October 2008
Page 19 MPC might have cut aggressively were it not for credibility concerns… Source: Datastream, Barclays Capital
Page 20 Inflation hump is largely energy Source: Datastream, Barclays Capital Contributions to CPI inflation, pp Last updated: 1 October 2008