A&M looked back at what happened in 2016, and looked ahead to the top prudential and conduct debates impacting bank strategy to identify the way forward for banks searching for a profitable franchise.

The emergence of big data technologies has led to a fundamental shift in the otherwise disconnected compliance information supply chain. Traditionally, organizations have relied on antiquated know-your-customer (KYC) and customer identification program (CIP) methods to solicit, capture and collect critical pieces of information about their customers, which is then disseminated across multiple business lines and often compartmentalized to make assessments about risk tolerance, marketing efforts, and compliance with laws and regulations.

When our professionals provide multistate tax consulting services to a company, we approach the tax issue with a mindset that our efforts are designed to ensure that the company doesn’t pay any more tax than what is legally owed to a taxing jurisdiction.

Few major changes announced, and most previously announced changes confirmed. Autumn Statement to be abolished and replaced by an annual Autumn Budget.

Regulatory technology (regtech) is a rapidly growing sub-segment of the fintech ecosystem that focuses on technologies that deliver regulatory requirements more efficiently and effectively than existing capabilities.

Many companies breathed a sigh of relief at the release of temporary and final regulations under Internal Revenue Code Section 385 on October 13, 2016. The final regulations severely limit the scope of the previously proposed regulations, which were issued on April 3, 2016.

Whatever your political affiliation might be, the recent election of Donald Trump to be the U.S.’s 45th president and the Republicans maintaining control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate presents us with the possibility of perhaps the most significant tax reform since the Reagan Tax Reform Act of 1986.

How people manage, respond and adapt to change can determine whether a deal delivers on or fails to meet expectations. Yet as anyone experienced with transactions knows, the human element is underemphasized.

You’ve seen the research. And you’ve read the headlines. You already know, statistically, your transaction is expected to under-deliver, even fail. So how do you position your transaction to beat the odds?

Following private equity investors' and strategic acquirers' stable appetite for restaurant acquisitions in the U.S. during the 3rd quarter of 2016, Alvarez & Marsal highlights several unique accounting and operational considerations associated with restaurants that new owners, prospective investors and other stakeholders should understand.

On the evening of October 13, 2016, the United States Treasury Department and IRS released final and temporary Section 385 Regulations (“Final Regulations”) regarding purported related-party debt instruments.

Final internal use software regulations add some complexity but provide taxpayers with an opportunity to qualify additional software research.

Just as a savvy, ethical corporate investigation can make a case, an investigation that lacks sensible governance can severely damage it.