‘Unsustainable debt’ forces mortgage broker eChoice sale – The Australian Financial Review

by Duncan Hughes eChoice, an award-winning mortgage aggregator with more than 400 brokers, could be sold to a ‘major financial institution’ after being placed into voluntary liquidation because of unsustainable debt. Tony Wales, a director of eChoice and Welas, a private investment company, which is a secured creditor of eChoice, called in liquidators’ Rodgers Reidy…

Independent directors in a fix after SC order on asset transfer in Jaiprakash Associates case – Economic Times

MUMBAI: A recent Supreme Court judgement restraining independent directors of Jaiprakash Associates from transferring any personal assets over a group companys insolvency issue has sent shock waves through the independent directors fraternity, with experts warning that there would be few takers for this role. Several independent directors on boards of companies are now seeking legal…

Labour hire companies face harsher penalties under new SA laws if workers exploited – ABC Online

People running labour hire companies that exploit workers and dodge tax will face up to three years in jail under laws that have passed South Australia’s Parliament. The laws were sparked by a Four Corners investigation that found extreme exploitation and slave-like conditions in the food production industry, mostly affecting workers employed by labour…