Steady business exit rates show post-JobKeeper fallout yet to emerge – UNSW Newsroom

This comes after a year with lower numbersof businesses entering external administrationthan usual.Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) recently reportedthat 2020-21,4235companies entered external administration. Thiswas after7362 in 2019-20, and8105in 2018-19. Thenew ABS data saw a12 per cent exit rateof businesses2020-21, downslightlyfrom12.5 per cent the year before.Dr Pamela Hanrahan, Professor of Commercial Law and Regulation at…

How to Design Debt Relief for Maximum Effect – Knowledge@Wharton – Knowledge@Wharton

Government interventions in private debt negotiations could be more effective in preventing default waves if they accounted for the connections between lenders and borrowers across the debt chain, according to a new research paper by Wharton finance professor Vincent Glode and Christian Opp, associate professor of finance at the University of Rochester Simon Business School.…

Calls to hardship helplines rocket as lockdowns roll on – Sydney Morning Herald

The number of people seeking advice from financial counselling help lines has soared as COVID-19 lockdowns and severe restrictions take a heavy toll in the nations two most populous states. Thousands of New South Wales and Victorian residents and small business owners have sought assistance from the National Debt Helpline and Small Business Debt Helpline…

IBC is a road under construction, says IBBI chairperson M S Sahoo – Business Standard

Business Standard Referring to the pre-pack scheme of insolvency resolution for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), he says it takes three-six months for the market to understand a new framework TopicsInsolvency and Bankruptcy Code|IBBI|bankruptcy proceedings Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) Chairperson M S SAHOO says 90 per cent of companies applying for…