Industrial sectors like aerospace and automotive have some of the highest fixed operating costs in any industry anywhere. This environment creates the need for more substantive fixed cost reduction programmes.
A lower cost base is a competitive advantage in any sector and the COVID-19 pandemic has made management teams and private equity (PE) investors urgently reconsider the costs and benefits of different transformation programmes.

With retailers still working to respond to the global coronavirus crisis, partnerships and supply chains have never been more important – or under more pressure.

In a ‘normal’ year, annual and mid-year supplier negotiations can be the crucial difference that results in consistent margin performance and stable, predictable cost of goods sold (COGS) improvements. In this uniquely uncertain climate, the next round of negotiations will be the most significant in at least a decade, perhaps ever.

Late Friday, the IRS released its much-anticipated guidance (Notice 2020-65) on the implementation of the President’s August 8, 2020 Executive Order (EO) directing the Secretary of the Treasury to take steps to defer the withholding, deposit, and payment of the employee’s share of OASDI taxes and railroad retirement taxes.

This article explores what COVID-19 disruptions mean to infrastructure investing.

On July 28th, Treasury and the IRS released finalized regulations and a new set of proposed regulations under section 163(j), TCJA’s limitation on the deduction of interest.

Do you want to be better positioned to capture market share coming out of the crisis?

On Friday, August 21, the IRS and Treasury released a new package of final and proposed regulations, continuing the practice of providing taxpayers with weekend reading. This week’s package finalizes the temporary section 245A regulations that were issued in June of 2019 to address certain potential tax avoidance transactions.

A&M Disputes and Investigations professionals can help companies to investigate fraud, but can also help review governance and control structures to ensure they meet the needs of all stakeholders.

Enterprise cybersecurity programs may have something to learn from an unlikely source—the humble sea slug.

The e-commerce market in India is poised for annualized growth of more than 28 percent in the next five years, given the favorable adoption trends in India and the growth seen in mature markets.

Alvarez & Marsal Middle East Limited (A&M) is delighted to publish the Q4’20 edition of the UAE Banking Pulse (“The Pulse”). In this quarterly series, we share results from our research examining the top ten largest listed UAE banks by assets, and highlight key performance indicators of the UAE banking industry.

In Part I of the series, we will provide an overview of the Public Health and Social Services Fund, commonly referred to as the Provider Relief Fund, the oversight structure and identify key compliance considerations that Recipients should keep in mind when accepting these funds