Pilbara developer has one of her firms put into liquidation – The West Australian

Veronica Macpherson. Picture: Steve Ferrier/The West Australian. Aggrieved investors claiming to be owed tens of millions of dollars by alleged Ponzi scheme operator Veronica Macpherson have begun the process of trying to reclaim their investments, putting one of her companies into liquidation yesterday. The company, Edkinway Pty Ltd, is one of hundreds of companies set…

Could you handle a 33 per cent interest-rate hike on your debt? If not, start paying it off now – Globalnews.ca

The Bank of Canada (BoC) will tell us tomorrow whether it will raise or lower interest rates or leave them untouched. And while the overwhelming expectation among economists is that things will stay as they are, a growing number think that BoC governor Stephen Poloz may signal that the bank is contemplating a future rate hike.   Many…

UK firms have reportedly used a loophole to offload nearly £4 billion in pension liabilities – Business Insider Australia

LONDON A Financial Times investigation has found that several UK companies have used a controversial insolvency procedure to offload up to £3.8 billion of pension liabilities. The investigation found that 17% of the 868 schemes managed by the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) a fund which picks up pension liabilities from failing companies had entered the…

Three in ten Canadians say low interest rates have caused them to take on more debt than they otherwise would have – Marketwired (press release)

Looking ahead to BOC interest rate announcement: – Thirty-one per cent say they will be comfortable taking on more debt if rates decrease – Half say they will be more concerned about their ability to pay their debts if rates increase CALGARY, ALBERTA–(Marketwired – April 11, 2017) – As the nation awaits the Bank of…

Three in ten Canadians say low interest rates have caused them to take on more debt than they otherwise would have – Yahoo Finance

CALGARY, ALBERTA–(Marketwired – Apr 11, 2017) – As the nation awaits the Bank of Canada’s next announcement on interest rates, Canadians’ appetite for cheap credit is being highlighted by a new Ipsos survey conducted on behalf of MNP Debt. Nearly thirty per cent of Canadians say that the current low interest-rate environment has caused them…

Insolvency appointments Mar 9 to April 10 2017 – Business News

Firm Appointee/Solicitor Role Company Name Published Date Cor Cordis Dino Travaglini liquidator TWE Logistics Pty Ltd 10/04/2017 Cor Cordis Tony Uri Kolker liquidator AS Financial Solutions Pty Ltd 10/04/2017 SM Solvency Accountants Brendan Nixon liquidator Samson (WA) Pty Ltd 10/04/2017 SM Solvency Accountants Brendan Nixon liquidator Mandurah Heritage Gastropub Pty Ltd 10/04/2017 AMB Insolvency Anne…