Banking & Capital Markets CEOs are the most upbeat of all business leaders about the prospects for the global economy (56% believing it will improve over the next 12 months). More than half of them are planning to increase their headcounts (most by at least 5%) over the next 12 months. In a PWC survey of 1000 business leaders from 68 countries, which was launched at Davos 2014, CEOs said they need to manage their business through uncertainty but many of them said their companies are not yet prepared for change in a number of key areas.

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