In the March issue of Consulting Magazine, 35 consultants under the age of 35 were selected as "Rising Stars of the Profession." Alvarez & Marsal's (A&M) own Devin Rochford was chosen for Excellent in Financial Consulting.

This issue of A&M’s Readings in Quantitative Risk Management examines why lenders should assess the strength and scope of their monitoring of credit markets, especially commercial real estate (CRE) markets.

Companies, investors and government entities around the world turn to Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) when conventional approaches are not enough to make change and achieve results. Privately held since its founding in 1983, A&M is a leading global professional services firm that provides advisory, business performance improvement and turnaround management services.

The value of higher education once seemed unquestionable, and the pipeline of resources to support academic programs, research and student financial aid appeared unwavering. That was then.

European companies have often lagged the U.S. in their appetite for transformational change: a combination of labor laws, powerful unions and stagnant growth across the region have frequently held back management teams from making the tough choices needed.

Alexander Demuth introduces the discounted cash flow (DCF) methodology and its approaches, and then discusses, in the context of international arbitration, its application to the assessment of damages, the assumptions required to adequately and reliably use this methodology and the documentation required to support its results.

Roman Gorban, Director from our Disputes and Investigations team in Russia, highlights the role of regulations in the country, in particular, how it impacts the sharing of information.

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the Act) is the most significant change to the U.S. tax law since 1986. Although much of the focus is on “bigger ticket” items, such as moving to a more territorial-type tax system and taxation of “pass-through” entities, the Act contains numerous compensation and benefit provisions and considerations which should not be overlooked.

We are nearly two months into the new tax regime, and we in the tax community are still wrapping our heads around the complex and far-reaching new provisions.

GDPR is a new framework for data protection laws, designed to strengthen and unify personal data protection and data handling of EU residents across the globe.

Our latest video in the Global Insights on Forensic Technology series features, Davin Teo, Managing Director from our Disputes and Investigations team in Asia.

On January 25, 2018, Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) was a sponsor and participant at the 2018 Skytop Strategies conference focused on shareholder activism.

Last year, many early-stage companies significantly reduced payroll taxes thanks to a new federal tax credit including many of our start-ups in the tech industry.

This article offers some things to consider for those responsible for managing trading, risk and compliance around volatility strategies.