A&M IN THE PRESS
Leadership, action and results communicated across the world.
A selection of our experts’ views in the media – across sectors, markets and industries.
Reuters | April 2025
Reza Baqir speaks to Reuters at the IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings
As leaders wrap up talks in Washington D.C., A&M's Sovereign Advisory Services Head argues that many developing countries, especially in the Global South, are still waiting for the Financing for Development agenda to take centre stage

Featured Expert
Reza Baqir
United Arab Emirates
Welt | April 2025
The German Competitiveness Index hits the headlines
Press covers the findings of the annual Competitiveness Index of German Industry, compiled by A&M and the Deutschen Gesellschaft für Managementforschung (DGMF)

Featured Expert
Patrick Siebert
Germany
Die Presse | April 2025
Disruption, Deals & Distress - Bernhard Engel's op-ed in Die Presse
A&M's head of Austria argues that in a challenging macroeconomic environment, companies must now be open to change and initiate transformations carefully

Featured Expert
Bernhard Engel
Austria
El Confidencial | April 2025
European titles cover A&M's Corporate Finance expansion
Press covers the hires of Managing Directors Alexander Bischoff in Germany, Miguel Kindelán in Spain and Stephan Brücher in Switzerland as A&M's Corporate Finance practice continues its expansion

Featured Expert
Jonathan Boyers
United Kingdom
Finance Magazin | March 2025
Christian Ebner explains to Finance Magazin what's behind Germany's corporate distress figures
A&M's latest research finds Germany the market most affected by corporate distress, with 22.4% of companies showing weaknesses in their financial or operational performance

Featured Expert
Christian Ebner
Germany
Artículo14 | March 2025
Cristina Almeida picks out highlights from her career
Words of wisdom on a professional life from A&M’s representative to the Women in Banking (WIB) association, who stresses the value of a high-functioning team

Featured Expert
Cristina Almeida
Spain
Real Deals | March 2025
Mike Trenouth’s insights featured in Real Deals
Due diligence in private equity is evolving to meet the demands of value creation and transparency, while the integration of AI and automation is revolutionising the process

Featured Expert
Mike Trenouth
United Kingdom
Bloomberg Asharq | March 2025
Asad Ahmed interviewed on the Saudi lending sector
A&M’s expert appears live to discuss findings from the latest KSA Banking Pulse, and the potential impact of two expected rate cuts this year from the Federal Reserve

Featured Expert
Asad Ahmed
United Arab Emirates
Jornal de Negócios | March 2025
Possible paths for the Portuguese banking sector
Mário Trinca looks for efficiency in the lending sector and suggests that banks still have room to optimise operational processes

Featured Expert
Mário Trinca
Portugal
The Times | February 2025
Meet the activists: A&M’s research in a Times exclusive
A&M finds 141 companies at risk of public shareholder activism in Europe

Featured Expert
Malcolm McKenzie
United Kingdom
Forbes | February 2025
EV sales in a new economic environment
The loss of incentives will ‘unquestionably’ have an impact on the marketplace for electric cars, Brian Irwin tells Forbes

Featured Expert
Brian Irwin
United States
El Economista | February 2025
What to expect from company valuations in 2025
After an ‘extraordinary year for equity markets’, A&M’s Valuation Services Managing Director in Madrid asks what’s in store for 2025, in an op-ed for El Economista

Featured Expert
Manuel Cortés
Spain
Reuters | February 2025
Mairéad Warren de Búrca interviewed on the nuances of VAT
A&M’s indirect tax expert notes that the impact of VAT on importers in European countries will vary in the context of new US tariffs

Featured Expert
Mairéad Warren de Búrca
United Kingdom
Financial Times | February 2025
Insights on proposed new standards governing the sukuk market
A&M’s Sovereign Advisory Services lead argues there will be ‘an immediate impact’ of the new ‘Standard 62’ measures, which could risk delaying wider adoption of Islamic-compliant bonds

Featured Expert
Reza Baqir
United Arab Emirates
Financial Times | February 2025
A&M featured in the UK’s Leading Management Consultants
Richard Fleming speaks to the Financial Times on activity in the restructuring market as A&M secures a spot in the 2025 Special Report

Featured Expert
Richard Fleming
United Kingdom
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