Thought Leadership Category: Insights

In the December 2023 issue of MortgagePoint, Stretto Managing Director Joseph Smith explains that the Supplemental Partial Claim can be beneficial in certain circumstances and will address a number of defaulted loans. Allowing some workouts with Supplemental Partial Claims is good for the market and will help with losses.

Stretto co-CEOs Jonathan Carson and Eric Kurtzman discuss the relief that bankruptcy can provide from the seemingly insurmountable debt facing millions, and a fresh start that so many student loan borrowers seek without the uncertainty of elusive promises of student loan forgiveness that remain at the center of political debate in Law360.

A means test evaluates someone’s finances to determine if they qualify for assistance. These calculations include “extra housing costs, special education expenses, and other circumstances to be considered as reasons the median income would not be reasonable for this family,” says Jonathan Carson, co-CEO of Stretto as interviewed in Business Insider.

Stretto Managing Director Travis Vandell and Morris Nichols Senior Counsel Daniel B. Butz discuss that for companies in the commercial real estate sector, the advantage of filing chapter 11 is mostly cut-and-dry: they can drive the process rather be driven in the AIRA Journal.

Stretto Managing Director Anthony Facciano and Otterbourg PC Attorney David A. Castleman explain that as cases may begin to show a wide variety of digital asset issues, fiduciaries will have to consider a number of legal and practical considerations when determining how to manage and ultimately resolve these assets in insolvency proceedings in Law360.

Stretto Managing Director Michael A. Cohen and Attorney Jeff Gleit with ArentFox Schiff examine the integral role independent directors can play in guiding companies through the restructuring process in Turnaround Management Association’s Journal of Corporate Renewal November issue.

Stretto Managing Director Dan McElhinney and Attorney Thomas E. Springer discuss the best practices for Trustees to follow to efficiently and successfully monetize preference portfolios for Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 liquidations and maximize recoveries in the ABI Journal November 2023 issue.

Stretto Managing Director George M. Vogl and Attorney Malissa Lambert Giles explain that discharging student loan debt in bankruptcy has become a more viable yet often misunderstood alternative for millions of Federal student loan borrowers to get out of debt and gain a fresh start in bankruptcy in the fall issue of NACBA’s Consumer Bankruptcy […]

In seven years, I can imagine that large companies will have a big advantage over smaller companies, as they’ll be able to invest in labor-savings tools like Generative AI to get things done more efficiently and at lower cost, predicts Peter Bonfiglio, CFO of Stretto, as interviewed in StrategicCFO360.

If you aren’t able to make your mortgage payments and you want to stay in your home, a modification is usually a good option, according to Igor Roitburg, Stretto Managing Director, as interviewed in U.S. News & World Report.