Expert Analysis

Exchange traded funds (ETFs) have been a huge success growing far beyond their initial function of tracking large liquid indices in developed markets. Global ETFs now hold more than $2.9 trillion of assets in upwards of 5,400 products listed on 60 exchanges. Marie Coady, financial services tax partner at PwC in Ireland, tackles the associated tax and regulatory challenges.

Scott Heidecke and Flora Luo of Nexia International member firm Nexia TS (Shanghai) discuss China's latest attempts to implement countrywide standard practices for application of the general anti-avoidance rules, while bringing clarity to foreign entities which are affected.

Ashwani Mehta, former Chief Commissioner of Income Tax at the Indian Revenue Service, who retired in February after more than 35 years at the IRS department, assesses recent developments in Indian income taxation.

Jess Williams, Jimmy Man, and Olivier Hody of Deloitte explain how tax can be elevated from a post-close support function to a value-realisation tool in M&A transactions through quick wins and longer-term actions

Deloitte pillar two experts Chad Hungerford and Alison Lobb share their insights on the latest developments and practical issues that are emerging – and what may lie ahead

Dave Yaros, tax principal, Deloitte Tax LLP

Several South Korean transfer pricing cases have established clearer judicial standards emphasising robust comparability analysis and stronger functional and economic evidence. Yulchon tax partners provide practical insights for navigating the heightened requirements

Ichwan Sukardi and T Qivi Hady Daholi of RSM Indonesia examine how geopolitical conflict and economic volatility are reshaping transfer pricing risk and enforcement, with a particular focus on Southeast Asia and Indonesia

Monika Bieri and Daniel Schönenberger of Tax Partner use a Swiss lens to examine how workforce mobility is reshaping transfer pricing models, and why the location of key decision‑makers is becoming a critical tax risk

Federico Vincenti and Carola Valente Della Rovere of Valente Associati GEB Partners/Crowe examine a recent decision concerning the transfer pricing treatment of non-remunerated intra-group guarantees, focusing on economic substance, legal form, and group-level business justifications

The key changes under Budget 2025 and the outlook for 2026 raise several areas of heightened focus for taxpayers, say Matthew Kraemer, Adam N Unick, and Justin Ng of McCarthy Tétrault

The Tiger Global Supreme Court ruling weakens the status of tax residency certificates under tax treaties and increases substance‑based scrutiny, say S Vasudevan, Bharathi Krishnaprasad, and Krishna Laasya V of Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan