In our Seat with an Expert video series, Phil Beckett explains what companies should be aware of when considering eDiscovery and digital investigations.

On 9 December 2022, the Dutch Ministry of Finance announced that the abolishment of the Dutch REIT regime will be postponed from 1 January 2024 to 1 January 2025. The motivation behind this postponement is to give Dutch REITs and their institutional investors additional time to restructure. Transitional law will be introduced to facilitate this.

We are pleased to present a copy of our 2022 / 2023 Energy Compensation Report.

In the fourth installment of the Staying Power series, Sooho Choi breaks down how the COVID-19 pandemic changed global spending in the broader Travel and Hospitality industry landscape and what organizations have done to bounce back to recover lost revenue and market share.

During these times of increased economic and geopolitical uncertainty, it is even more important that issuers understand the priorities and expectations of investors and other stakeholders.

Our November Briefing Note will cover a variety of topics including: an introduction to new team member Lewis McMillan, the Autumn Statement 2022; and an update on Qualifying Asset Holding Company Regime

With the macro landscape changing rapidly, transformation of electric utility operating models and capital allocation strategies will be required in order to address pressures on cash flow, balance sheets, returns and equity valuations while delivering on reliability, affordability and energy transition commitments.

Lorenzo Grillo, Managing Director of Alvarez & Marsal’s Disputes and Investigations practice in London, recently joined FSTech’s ‘Cybersecurity Live’ panel of industry-leading experts to discuss how remote working and the cost-of-living crisis is impacting the cyber risk landscape and summarises the main takeaways.

In the non-performing loans arena, secondary deal activity has ramped up significantly due to maturing funds, the need to accelerate business plans, or investors reviewing their risk appetite given macro headwinds. There are several current defining factors influencing this, a boom of regulation to facilitate it, and technology and innovation playing an increasing role in the sector.
Michele Pedrotti, a director in Alvarez & Marsal’s Portfolio Advisory Group in London, recently joined DDC’S 9th edition of the NPL Management Summit in Athens, Greece. The main takeaways of the session are summarised below:

The Netherlands, UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain have confirmed that they are moving ahead with the implementation of the OECD’s Pillar 2 Model Rules and are targeting an effective date of 1 January 2024 with the undertaxed profits rule to become effective as of 2025.

Alvarez & Marsal Healthcare Industry Group Co-Heads Martin McGahan and Peter Urbanowicz recently discussed financial challenges affecting health systems in an article featured in Healthcare Finance News, "Health Systems Need to Balance Their Service Offerings Against Dwindling Financial Resources."

That is the question. At least it is for remuneration committees considering their approach to executive director salary increases for next year.

How the current energy crisis is likely to result in permanently higher energy costs:
Managing the current crisis is essential for surviving, but understanding the lasting impacts is key for the longer term.
The ongoing global energy crisis since 2021 has been proven quite economically destructive due to its sheer price increase and the speed at which this has happened.

Earlier today, the Investment Association published updated Principles of Remuneration and a letter to remuneration committee chairs setting out their members’ expectations for the 2023 AGM season.