Property developers must go bankrupt if needed

Chinese regulators are pushing banks to speed up approvals of new loans to cash-starved private property developers, people with knowledge of the matter said, a bid to revive homebuyer sentiment that risks denting lenders’ asset quality. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s struggling real estate developers won’t be getting a major bailout,…

Rite Aid files for bankruptcy

New York CNN  —  Rite Aid filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Sunday, a casualty of a miserable environment for drug stores, exacerbated by its runner-up status to bigger chains and expensive legal battles for allegedly filling unlawful opioid prescriptions. The bankruptcy was not a surprise. Its bigger rivals, CVS and Walgreens, are also facing…

How Abengoa Group impacted the Spanish economy

EY-Parthenon teams were appointed as insolvency administrators in March 2021. From the start, a unique aspect to this engagement was the media attention. Given the size and impact of this bankruptcy, this was a hurdle both Abengoa and EY-Parthenon had to overcome and engage with regularly throughout the process. Loan requests Initially, the EY-Parthenon teams…

St Hilliers liquidation shuts sites, lays off staff

Work has halted on 21 building projects in Queensland and NSW after construction firm St Hilliers called in administrators over the weekend, a casualty of the flagging building sector where insolvencies last year hit an all-time high. Administrators WLP Restructuring partners Glenn Livingstone and Alan Walker said they have secured sites and paused work on…