Insolvency code: Gujarat NRE Coke CMD seeks more accountability from bankers – Livemint

Gujarat NRE Coke is one of the companies affected by the recent ordinance which bars promoters from bidding for stressed assets unless they repay the interest and principal amount. Mumbai: The chairman and managing director of Kolkata-based Gujarat NRE Coke Ltd, Arun Kumar Jagatramka, has criticised bankers and regulators for allowing viable companies to go…

‘Robbing Peter to pay Paul’: Funding grants coming from pokies in low socio-economic areas – Stuff.co.nz

GEORGE HEARD/STUFF A sign in central Christchurch puts a positive spin on the revenues raised – or lost, depending on your perspective – from gaming machines. Millions of dollars each year are flowing from some of the poorest communities in Christchurch into the hands of clubs and charities via pokies scattered around the city. A case…

UPDATE 2-Ukraine central bank says PrivatBank was used for shady deals, money-laundering – Reuters

(Adds Kolomoisky comment, quote from central bank deputy governor, background) By Natalia Zinets KIEV, Jan 16 (Reuters) – Ukraines central bank said on Tuesday an investigation into the countrys largest lender, PrivatBank, which was taken into state control in 2016, showed it had been used for money-laundering and shady deals over the course of at…

UPDATE 1-Ukraine’s cenbank says PrivatBank was used for shady deals, money-laundering – Reuters

(Adds details, background) KIEV, Jan 16 (Reuters) – Ukraines central bank said on Tuesday an investigation into PrivatBank, the countrys largest lender which was taken into state control in 2016, showed it had been used for money-laundering and shady deals over at least a decade. Representatives of PrivatBanks former main shareholders did not immediately provide…

UPDATE 1-Ukraine’s cenbank says PrivatBank was used for shady deals, money-laundering – Kitco News

(Adds details, background) KIEV, Jan 16 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s central bank said on Tuesday an investigation into PrivatBank, the country’s largest lender which was taken into state control in 2016, showed it had been used for money-laundering and shady deals over at least a decade. Representatives of PrivatBank’s former main shareholders did not immediately provide…