It has been well documented that recent global events have served as the catalyst for an escalation in the rivalry between Hong Kong and Singapore, as both cities tussle for supremacy as Asia’s foremost international investment destination.

The International Union of United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) is concurrently striking against Detroit’s Big Three (Ford, General Motors and Stellantis) for the first time in history after the union and automakers failed to reach an agreement before the existing labor contract’s expiration on September 14.

Generative AI is poised to revolutionize the way businesses operate, offering unprecedented opportunities for efficiency, innovation and value creation. A&M Managing Directors Mehdi Goodarzi, Pete Koltis and Adam Malamut provide a foundational understanding of generative AI, its implications for businesses and how to integrate it into your operations.

In 2013 and 2014, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) were introduced into the legal frameworks of various jurisdictions to combat global tax avoidance and increase transparency.

At Alvarez & Marsal (“A&M”) Tax we work with international mobile individuals and families to ensure their business and personal objectives are met.

In the second installment of the ‘Women in Real Estate, Infrastructure and Private Equity’ video series from our Financial Investors Group, A&M Assistant Director Ruhi Agarwal interviewed Assia Belkahia.

In our latest Q&A series focused on helping private equity managers improve their internal operations, we asked Managing Director John Scerbo to weigh in on the private equity regulatory changes stemming from the recently announced Private Fund Adviser rules release on August 23rd.

In response to the heightened need from the pandemic, many states have recently relied on Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds to pay for school-based supports (SBS) dedicated to addressing students’ mental health and wellbeing. ESSER funds are set to expire in the fall of 2024, and therefore are not a long term solution. To implement robust, innovative and sustainable school-based support models, school districts must strategically assess and leverage available resources. A&M Managing Director Erin Covington, Director Mathew Smith and Manager Abigail Snyder discuss how districts can expand social and emotional supports for students.

A&M’s Insurance team revisits the predictions made early this year, providing an update on how the outlook for UK and Europe insurance industry has progressed so far.

This article is the second piece in our series on Value in IT investment. In our previous article “The Right IT Investments to Speed Up Merger Integration and Unlock Value for Private Equity” we introduced the Alvarez & Marsal EBITDA approach to the valuation of IT investments. Here, having tackled and quantified the Why of investing, we dive deeper into how Alvarez & Marsal approaches the How in this article.

On September 8th, Treasury and the IRS released Notice 2023-63 (the Notice), which showcased the rules they intend to propose regarding the mandatory requirement to capitalize and amortize specified research or experimental (SRE) costs under section 174, which became effective beginning in 2022.

Last year saw pharma M&A settle down into a slower pace as a result of macroeconomic uncertainty.

The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, better known as the UAW, and Detroit's Big Three — General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co. and Stellantis NV — have opened labor contract negotiations for the first time since 2019.

On August 25, 2023, Treasury and the IRS released an initial set of proposed broker reporting regulations that would apply broadly to cryptocurrency transactions.

Over the last 24 months, we have seen a significant increase in the number of co-investment transactions in the private equity (PE) and infrastructure sectors globally.