Transport insolvencies highlighted in ASIC report | News – Australasian Transport News

Date: 19.12.2018 Transport, postal and warehousing fifth-most likely sector to experience financial difficulty The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released its insolvency statistics for the 2017-18 financial year, with the transport, postal and warehousing category recording 379 insolvencies for the period equating to…

Miniso Canada reaches preliminary agreement with Chinese parent company amid news of bankruptcy application – Straight.com

Miniso Canada (various locations),a discount retailer thats like a Uniqlo-meets-Muji hybrid, is allegedly facing bankruptcy. According to a Miniso Group press release issued yesterday (December 17),the Chinese parent companies of the global chain have filed an applicationin the B.C. Supreme Court to begin bankruptcy proceedings for its Canadian division of variety stores that carry low-cost…

Mediation numbers fall in Dublin family law cases – Law Society of Ireland Gazette

Disappointment Chairman Philip OLeary expressed disappointment, however, that the numbers opting for mediation have fallen in Dublin, with 318 first joint information sessions in 2017 compared with 348 in 2016 and 407 in 2015. The board wants a higher take-up of mediation in applications for guardianship, custody or access in the Dublin area, and it…

Quick Take | Operational creditors getting a say in IBC proceedings could complicate bankruptcy code – Moneycontrol.com

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 has seen its share of twists and turns. One more twist may be lying in wait; operational creditors seeking a voice alongside financial creditors in the insolvency process. A financial creditor is one who has lent money to the company, and an operational creditor is a vendor who has…

Once-hyped augmented reality startup Blippar has laid off all of its employees after collapsing into administration – Business Insider Australia

Once-hyped augmented reality startup Blippar has laid off all of its employees after it collapsed into administration. The company said it would wind down its augmented reality services after being unable to raise the necessary funding to stay alive. The decision leaves loyal Blippar employees in a tough position before Christmas and may affect their…

Sberbank, PIB maintain acceptable liquidity level, NBU calls on courts to review asset arrest practice – Rozhkova – Interfax Ukraine

17:14 17.12.2018 Ukrainian banks with Russian state capital currently have a sufficient level of liquidity for timely settlement with depositors in the event of possible court decisions about the seizure of their assets, First Deputy Head of the National Bank of Ukraine(NBU) Yekateryna Rozhkova has said. “We have two large banks with Russian state capital…

Palmali to fight court ruling on bankruptcy of Russian arm – Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide

Palmali, one of the biggest players in Russias river-to-sea cargo market, plans to appeal against a court decision declaring its Russian business bankrupt and effectively handing its fleet over to Sberbank, the shipping firms owner said. Last month, a court in Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia declared the Palmali unit bankrupt. The unit owes $180 million…