Shuaa strengthens restructuring arm to advise corporates looking to tap credit lines – The National

Shuaa Capital, the asset management and investment banking group, is strengthening its corporate restructuring arm to help firms struggling to access finance. The company said its corporate restructuring business would address “liquidity issues and potential insolvency concerns faced by many businesses that have been impacted by the Covid-19 crisis” by providing access to new credit…

The next COVID-19 relief bill must include student debt cancellation – Brookings Institution

The CARES Act provided important temporary relief for student loan borrowers, permitting many with federally held debt to skip payments for 6 months, with borrowers generally given credit towards forgiveness for those payments. The legislation halted collections, though a significant number of borrowers were excluded.[1] However, given the severity of the COVID-19 economic impacts, and…

Debt relief for poorest countries could extend beyond 2020, G7 says – Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Group of Seven finance ministers on Wednesday said a debt relief initiative for the worlds poorest countries could be extended beyond the end of the year to help deal with economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. FILE PHOTO: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva makes remarks during a closing news…

Developed countries urged to lift sanctions, offer debt relief amid COVID-19 – Xinhua | English.news.cn – Xinhua

Video PlayerClose NAIROBI, June 3 (Xinhua) — Countries that form the Organization of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States on Wednesday called on developed countries to lift sanctions on its members and provide more debt relief to enhance fight against COVID-19 pandemic. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta in his capacity as the organization’s President-in-Office, cited the…

North London restaurateur banned for under-declaring tax – Mirage News

Village Mangal Limited was incorporated in December 2012 and Ifras Coruk (43) was appointed the sole director at the same time. The company traded as a Turkish Restaurant called Village Mangal in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, but began to struggle and by January 2019, Village Mangal Limited entered into creditors voluntary liquidation. The insolvency process, however, triggered…

APC Automotive Technologies Enters Comprehensive Restructuring Support Agreement with Debt and Equity Holders – Olean Times Herald

LITTTLETON, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jun 3, 2020– APC Automotive Technologies, LLC, together with certain of its subsidiaries, (APC or the Company), today announced that it has entered into a comprehensive Restructuring Support Agreement (the RSA) with key stakeholders, including its asset-based lenders, 74% of its term loan lenders that are eligible to vote, and significant financial sponsors…

Auckland concrete con artist Gordon Bayne jailed after running business while bankrupt – New Zealand Herald

An Auckland concrete con artist who ripped off customers and operated a business for years while bankrupt has been jailed. Gordon Paul Bayne was sentenced at the Auckland District Court on Wednesday to two years and six months in jail, after pleading guilty to three charges under the Insolvency Act 2006. Judge Evangelos Thomas said…