This edition brings fresh insights and key analyses of the most significant tax and customs regulatory developments from the past quarter across the Gulf region.

On 17 June, the European Commission announced draft amendments to the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) and the Securitisation Regulation—marking a significant step toward revitalising the EU securitisation framework.

These proposed changes form part of the Commission’s broader efforts to refine the EU’s financial regulatory architecture, with the goal of fostering a more robust and liquid securitisation market that can better support economic recovery and growth.

Managing Director Elizabeth Shortino recently joined host Emily Slater to discuss the current state of the IMF’s role in the global economy and recent reform proposals.

A&M Public Sector Services explain how strategic coordination and innovative solutions can help governments do more with less to tackle today’s housing and homelessness crisis.

In this article, Alvarez & Marsal explores five distinct partnership models partnership models unfolding between Media & Entertainment and AI technology companies and poses the question: “Who do you want to be?”

A&M Senior Director Emily Miligan was recently a guest on the Weaver: Beyond the Numbers podcast and shared insights on how organizations can best prepare for a benefit plan audit.

In the Seat with an Expert – Forensic Technology Edition series, Managing Director Jeremy Tilsner explores the growing risks associated with artificial intelligence, forecasting a significant rise in both the volume and complexity of fraud.

States must begin verifying millions of Medicaid enrollees’ monthly work status by the end of next year — a task some critics say states will have a hard time carrying out.

The latest 2025 EU-wide EBA stress test results are out, and our first-glance analysis is in.

July 24, 2025, Hyatt International Southwest Asia Ltd (“Taxpayer”), the Honourable Supreme Court (“SC”) upheld the Delhi High Court's judgment on Taxpayer’s existence of a Fixed Place Permanent Establishment (“PE”) in India.

In many M&A share transactions, tax losses may represent significant hidden value. But that value depends particularly on two key questions: Can the tax losses survive the transaction and can the parties mutually agree on a business plan substantiating the future usage of the potentially surviving tax losses? Our article outlines how jurisdiction-specific rules — especially Germany’s strict change-in-ownership regime — affect the usability of tax losses post-closing, whether tax losses can provide a shelter for historic tax risks and why tax losses impact purchase price negotiations.

The EU is set to overhaul its customs regulations in 2028, with a key focus on modernising e-commerce.

Alvarez & Marsal, a leading global professional services firm, is delighted to announce the appointment of Dorian Gaertner as Managing Director to lead the Southeast Asia and Australia Digital and Technology Services (DTS) practice.

Survey conducted with leading voice in corporate Australia highlights opportunities for collaboration between government and corporate Australia to drive economic growth.

Proposed changes to Australia's tax treatment of bail-in bonds provide much-needed certainty regarding their debt/equity classification and tax law.