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

We're delighted to welcome John Woods to the Digital Supply Chain and Operations practice in London and Karim Chaabouni who will accelerate growth of Digital Customer Experience services in Paris. Read more.

Leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has launched a new Mass Torts offering, within its Disputes and Investigations practice, dedicated to helping litigants, companies, special masters, and parties in bankruptcy cases forecast and assess the economic impact of mass torts.

In RealClearEducation, Erin Covington and Shane Mulhern outline what school leaders can do to stem the losses of steep enrollment declines.

Managing Director Brennan Rittenhouse speaks to Accounting Today on the SEC's new set of rules regarding pay versus performance

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 report suggests the top 10 banks in the Kingdom witnessed robust growth in profitability as net profit increased 9.3 percent QoQ resulting in a return on equity (RoE) of 14.8 percent in Q3’22.

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.

The International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) has named Alvarez & Marsal’s Tiffany Wong 2022 Woman of the Year in Restructuring (Asia) as a reward for her contribution to the insolvency and restructuring industry through outstanding leadership, mentoring, training and publications.

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."

Mixed Q3 2022 financial results, continued production issues and an improving microchip outlook result in an unclear path ahead moving into 2023

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

Our experts break down the hot trends and important matters in sales and use tax discussed at
the Institute for Professionals in Taxation’s (IPT) 2022 Annual Sales Tax Symposium.