Tatas complete acquisition of controlling stake in Bhushan Steel via wholly-owned subsidiary Bamnipal Steel – Firstpost

New Delhi: Bamnipal Steel Ltd (BNPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Steel, has successfully completed the acquisition of controlling stake of 72.65 percent in Bhushan Steel Ltd (BSL). Tata Steel Ltd had won the bid to acquire debt-laden Bhushan Steel Ltd (BSL) in an insolvency auction. The bankrupt firm was among the 12 stressed assets…

Assault, lawsuit threats push insolvency professionals to duck for insurance cover – Moneycontrol.com

Devendra Jain, a veteran insolvency professional recently faced a tough time when he was kidnapped from a Mumbai suburb. A group of investors, attempting to derail insolvency proceedings, mistook him for a company official in relation to a ponzi-scheme case. Jain, who is also the founder-chairman and managing director of NPAsource.com, an NPA-listing portal for…

The Big Four face the dismembering of accountancy’s ‘cosy club’ – Financial Times

The Big Four accountancy firms have lived a charmed life. Despite repeated audit scandals their profitable oligopoly has survived intact. Now, in the light of this weeks damning parliamentary report on the collapse of UK government contractor Carillion, an overdue reckoning may be imminent. The case of Carillion perfectly illustrates the lack of competition and…

Mothercare’s Middle East stores “unaffected” by UK restructuring – The National

Franchised Mothercare stores across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) will not be affected by the roots-and-branch restructuring of the UK parent company announced on Thursday. The announcement from Mothercare in the UK has no impact on stores in the Middle East, said a spokesperson for Kuwait-based Alshaya Group, which operates the Mothercare franchise…