In this edition of the Navigator, we briefly review some of the politically-driven changes that impacted financial services throughout 2017, share industry conference chatter and examine old news that resurfaced in the headlines last year.

Janusz Oczyp explains some of the critical issues firms are facing when it comes to using data effectively and provides one piece of advice that all companies should take on board.

Once upon a time, a retailer’s store profitability was the simple metric that determined store portfolio growth or contraction, as store sales were the retailer’s single source of revenue and the highest predictor of future growth.

Leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) announces the addition of Michael Malarkey as a Managing Director in the firm’s Disputes & Investigations practice.

Our Corporate Transformation practice brings enterprise wide change with speed and scale to clients: speed in that the need for change is urgent and scale, because of the magnitude of such change on an entire business.

If you’re a start-up company with annual gross receipts of less than $5 million, you can increase the ROI on your funding by reducing your 2018 labor costs by up to 6.2%.

Phil identifies some of the unique data challenges European businesses must consider when assessing the role of systems and apps that employees are using in today’s workplace.

Online Social Networks (OSN) are becoming the de facto communication medium around the world. As people move away from traditional voice communications for texting and instant messaging, we are also seeing a shift in how people get their news.

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has announced the promotions of 34 professionals, from the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Brazil, Netherlands, Canada and India to the position of Managing Director.

Alvarez & Marsal’s Executive Compensation and Benefits Practice recently released its 2018 study on compensation practices in the oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) industry. Our study analyzes the total value of CEO and CFO compensation packages, annual and long-term incentive pay practices, and the prevalence and value of change in control benefits to which these executives are entitled.

On Friday January 12, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., which concerns the physical presence standard for sales tax nexus established in Quill Corp. v. North Dakota, 504 U.S. 298 (1992).

Even with established liability, a plaintiff seeking damages must be able to calculate damages with reasonable certainty and demonstrate a causal link between the defendant’s acts and the plaintiff’s injury.

To understand annual and long-term incentive compensation pay practices in the energy sector, specifically for exploration and production (E&P) companies, the Compensation and Benefits Practice of Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) examined the 2017 proxy statements of the largest E&P companies in the U.S.