The customers of Agetur, the first Romanian tour operator to go insolvent because of the coronavirus pandemic, will receive only half of the EUR 440,000 paid in advance for holidays this summer. The clients will be compensated through the insolvency risk insurance policy, which will partially cover the amounts paid. Agetur is one of the…
Image copyright Getty ImagesImage caption Those working in the events industry face an uncertain future A wave of “zombie companies” kept afloat during lockdown are on a cliff-edge going into the autumn, experts say. Analysis by the BBC shows a surge of firms went bust in March, then the rate slowed in the first few…
The act will make substantial changes to Singapores corporate insolvency laws in particular, while retaining most existing personal insolvency provisions. It sets out common principles and aligns procedures across the previous regimes under a single law, rationalising existing inconsistencies and minimising uncertainty that has previously existed due to cross-referencing across the various pieces of legislation.…
Remington Arms, the nation’s oldest gunmaker, has declared bankruptcy for the second time in as many years. Remington first soughtbankruptcy protection in 2018after reporting nearly $1 billion in debt. Although the company exited court supervision that same year, it remained weighed down by lawsuits and retail sales restrictions following the2012 Sandy Hook school massacre. The…
Tuesday, July 28, 2020 On 26 June 2020 theCorporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020(the Act) came into force, introducing a number of permanent reforms to English insolvency and restructuring law. Among these reforms is a standalone moratorium available to any eligible company that is, or is likely to become, unable to pay its debts. Eligible…
The stress of losing your life savings really muddles your thinking, Mr Russell said. His appearance is part of a stream of prosecution witnesses appearing in the case against Mr Gore, who has declared he is not guilty to the 12 fraud charges relating to $800,000 of investor funds. He was arrested in 2017 following…
Member Article Over 8 in 10 respondents to a national survey of members of the insolvency and restructuring profession carried out by insolvency and restructuring trade body R3, expect personal insolvency numbers to increase within the next 12 months. Nearly half (44.5%) of the respondents to R3s member survey who work in personal insolvency say…
Steinhoff, the corrupt South African retail group who changed their name to Greenlit Brands in Australia and were responsible for the questionable sale of Harris Scarf, that saw consumer and appliance distributors owed millions is offering up A$1.4 Billion dollars to settle a multi-billion dollar accounting scandal. Greenlit Brands CEO Michael Ford, he was not…
The customers had established SMSFs with one financial advisory outfit and then ultimately were told in 2013 that it was becoming Arion Financial, the court heard. All of the witnesses who are making a complaint … dealt with somebody called Craig, Mr Copley said. A director of Arion would testify that person was Craig Gore,…
Proposed changes will provide clarity for consumers about when they will own goods they have pre-paid for, particularly if a retailer becomes insolvent guidelines will set out ways of identifying the consumer as legal owner, including if goods have been labelled or altered for the buyer such as an engraved ring the current rules on…