Personal insolvencies register biggest rise since GFC – MacroBusiness (blog)

By Martin North, cross-posted from the Digital Finance Analytics Blog: The Australian Financial Security Authority today released the personal insolvency activity statistics for the June quarter 2016. Total personal insolvencies increased 13.7% in the June quarter 2016 compared to the June quarter 2015. This is the largest rise since the March quarter 2009, when compared…

Robins Kaplan LLP Appoints Scott Gautier Co-Chair of National Restructuring and Business Bankruptcy Group – Business Wire (press release)

MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Robins Kaplan LLP® announced today that Scott Gautier has been named national co-chair of the firms Restructuring and Business Bankruptcy Group. Gautier joins current practice co-chairs Howard Weg and H. Jeffrey Schwartz in this role. Scotts appointment to national co-chair of the Restructuring and Business Bankruptcy Group follows the firms growth in this practice…

CirraGroup Secures Strategic Investment to Help Cure Growing Medical Debt Crisis – Yahoo Finance

LAFAYETTE, La.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– CirraGroup, the first crowdsourced medical debt settlement solution, announced today that the startup has closed a $500,000 Series B equity investment from the Lafayette General Foundations Health Innovation Fund (Lafayette, LA). CirraGroups novel approach to medical debt resolution addresses an ongoing challenge for all hospitals, states Cian Robinson, Executive Director for the…

CirraGroup Secures Strategic Investment to Help Cure Growing Medical Debt Crisis – Business Wire (press release)

LAFAYETTE, La.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CirraGroup, the first crowdsourced medical debt settlement solution, announced today that the startup has closed a $500,000 Series B equity investment from the Lafayette General Foundations Health Innovation Fund (Lafayette, LA). CirraGroups novel approach to medical debt resolution addresses an ongoing challenge for all hospitals, states Cian Robinson, Executive Director for the Lafayette…

Premier Oil says post-Brexit sterling weakness will help reduce costs – International Business Times UK

Premier Oil has revealed that the weakness in the sterling post the Brexit vote will help reduce its sterling-denominated operating expenses, capital expenses and debt. The London-headquartered company said in its trading and operations update and guidance for its half year financials to 30 June, 2016 that its total revenues for the period were about…