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Topic - Restructuring
Issue - Issue 6 - December 2011
The Asian Tiger’s Camouflage
Once fraud is revealed, investor losses can be sudden and dramatic. When considering Asian investments, look beyond the audited financials.
Unite And Conquer
Getting bigger is one way to cut costs and improve care, but merged hospitals often fail to achieve one or both goals. Michael Dowling, president and CEO of North Shore-LIJ Health System, discusses what it takes to integrate operations and cultures.
Restricted Access
Banks are lending again, but new banking regulations, loan structures and products, coupled with more conservative bankers, make for tough going.
Pressure Points
Activist shareholders are training their sights on how businesses deploy cash and run their operations. In this roundtable, corporate directors discuss the best ways to respond and a board’s proper role in helping companies compete and prosper.
Ready. Aim…
After three years of hunkering down, deferring unnecessary investment and cutting costs, companies around the world are sitting on record levels of cash to spend as the global economy strengthens.
Rulebooks For A Changing World
New thought leadership offerings propose solutions to some of today’s vexing issues.
Risks, Riots And Rewards
Diverse challenges, many of them unexpected, could slow Asia’s inexorable rise. Investors need to be wary, well informed and unafraid.
Issue - Issue 3 - November 2010
Filling The Corner Office
When Cerberus Capital Management adds a new business to its portfolio, it knows just where to turn for management know-how.
Issue - Issue 1 - October 2009
The Next Wave
A spike in maturities of corporate debt in the U.S. and other OECD countries threatens to capsize the nascent economic recovery. Falling assets prices, weak consumer demand and deleveraging by lenders means that many companies facing some $900 billion of speculative-grade debt maturities by 2014 will struggle to refinance. FTI Consulting counts the cost of going overboard during the boom years and examines the outlook for survivors.
Issue - Issue 1 - October 2009
Dealing with the Unforeseen
Great companies might not be able to predict the future, but they are ready for whatever fate throws their way. The FTI Journal examines best practices from a region familiar with crises.
Issue - Issue 1 - October 2009
Turning the Turnaround on its Head
In a turnaround situation, too many businesses rush to apply short-term fixes rather than diagnosing the real problem. There is only one cure: identifying the competitive advantage and transforming the corporate culture, while keeping a laser-sharp focus on the end-game.