Steinhoff creditors hire PJT, Latham & Watkins for debt restructuring – Independent Online

JOHANNESBURG – A group of Steinhoff creditors have appointed financial adviser PJT Partners and law firm Latham Watkins to represent them in any potential debt restructuring, PJT said. Steinhoff, owner of more than 40 retail brands including Poundland in Britain, is fighting for survival after admitting accounting irregularities last month that triggered an 85 percent…

Discount grocery chain NQR collapses with store closures expected – SmartCompany.com.au

Discount grocery chain NQR has become the latest retail casualty of 2018, with the 18-store supermarket network placed into voluntary administration last Wednesday. NQR Pty Ltd, which was rescued from administration by the founders of Bakers Delight, the Gillespie family, in 2009, appointed Luke Targett and Bruno Secatore of Cor Cordis as administrators on January…

Conman Peter Foster declared bankrupt after failing to pay up to ACCC – The Sydney Morning Herald

Almost four years after his SensaSlim product was found to be a scam, career con artist Peter Foster has been declared bankrupt after failing to cough up his dues.  Foster, who is currently in remand on charges relating to a separate con, was fined $660,000 by the Federal Court in April 2014 after an ACCC investigation found that SensaSlim Australia was…