Former Anchorage Restructuring Head Joins Investment Bank PJT – The Wall Street Journal

Investment bank PJT Partners Inc. has hired the formerU.S.head of restructuring athedge fundAnchorage Capital Group as a partner, said people familiar with the matter. Charles Tauber, 50 years old, had a major role in the New York hedge funds investments in distressed companies including the Hollywood movie studio MGM Holdings Inc., PG&E Corp. and J.Crew…

Centre mulls new rules on financial resolution plans – Hindustan Times

The government is considering objective and transparent guidelines for committee of creditors (CoC) mainly banks and financial institutions — signing off on resolution plans under Indias bankruptcy code, after some excessive haircuts agreed to by such CoCs were questioned by the National Company Law Tribunal and even a parliamentary panel, two people familiar with the…

More directors seeking voluntary liquidation, says expert from R3 – Daily Echo

A RISING number of bosses have decided to close their businesses after spending well over a year trying to survive the pandemic, an insolvency expert says. Corporate insolvencies fell slightly in July compared with the previous month, but year-on-year figures were up substantially for the third month in a row. Southampton-based Mike Pavitt, immediate past…

Tax assessment of IBC cases: IRPs, RPs and liquidators can appear before taxman, rules CBDT – BusinessLine

Interim resolution professionals (IRPs) and resolution professionals (RPs) have now got the formal recognition of income tax authorities for dealing with the tax matters of the corporates that are undergoing Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC). The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) in the Finance Ministry has made…

Covid effect causes year-on-year rise in South West insolvencies – Business Live

Corporate insolvencies continue to rise year-on-year according to insolvency and restructuring trade body R3 in the South West. Although the figures show a slight fall between June and July 2021, it was the third consecutive month in which year-on-year corporate insolvency levels have risen. R3 said the month-on-month fall in corporate insolvencies was a result…