The rapid development of AI has brought forth advanced language models like OpenAI’s GPT series, which can understand and generate human-like text based on a given input.

In this publication, our experts explore the effective tax rate (ETR) considerations for indirect investments held by institutional investors under Pillar 2.

A group of companies whose accounts and funds had been affected by these actions engaged A&M to undertake detailed analysis of financial documentation, so as to deliver a fair and impartial judgement on the source of funds and potential presence of ‘loan recycling’ – meaning illegal activity wherein loaned money is transferred to a ‘safe harbour’ destination or used to repay older loans – across all relevant accounts.

The Spanish and Portuguese Banking Pulse Reports, measures the performance of the Spanish and Portuguese banking Industry. View our latest Pulse here.

Rebecca Saunders, Director in our Consumer & Retail Group, was invited to share her views on “physical retail” as part of a panel discussion at the Professional Beauty International Manufacturers and Distributors Forum.

This study analyzes the evolution of the top 10 Spanish banks in terms of growth, liquidity, efficiency, risk, profitability and solvency throughout 2022, highlighting the key performance indicators of the industry and scoring them according to KPIs related to each area of analysis.  Alvarez & Marsal's ranking for large banks is headed by BBVA, while that of medium-sized banks is led by Kutxabank.

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is delighted to publish the seventeenth edition of the Spanish Banking Pulse (“The Pulse”) Q4 ’22. In this edition, we share results from our research examining the 10 biggest Spanish banks (“top 10”) with regard to their activities within Spain and highlight key performance indicators of the Spanish banking industry. 

Our March Briefing Note will cover a variety of topics including: an introduction to &M Scotland’s new Restructuring Team; a recap of the Spring Budget 2023; and discuss the delay to making tax digital for income tax self-assessment.

Alvarez & Marsal Taxand , LLP (A&M Taxand), an affiliate of leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) announced Damon Yousefy, as a Managing Director with the firm’s Global Transaction Tax Advisory group.

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) was engaged by a leading global packaging company to help create a robust, data-driven sales and operational execution (S&OE) process for its business. With a much shorter tactical horizon than sales and operational planning (S&OP), S&OE has emerged as a focus area for many organisations, helping supply chain teams adapt quickly to disruptions and keep sales, supply and production on target. Find out more.

Managing Directors Raphael Kiess and Christoph Hörauf have been recently interviewed by the Financier Worldwide Magazine to give their insights on Corporate Fraud & Corruption.

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M)’s Financial Services Industry practice recently hosted a roundtable discussion with senior leaders in the wealth industry in the UK centred around our recent paper – “Women In Wealth: Moving Towards Equity”, which highlighted the gender investing gap and women’s underrepresentation in the wealth management workforce.

The report shows that higher credit demand, better asset yield, and operating efficiencies drove the top Saudi lenders’ profitability amidst rising benchmark interest rates.