The firm surveyed attendees at the Pinsent Masons Restructuring and Insolvency Conference last week, to gauge their views towards some of the issues impacting the industry in 2016. Of the over 400 attendees at what is the largest industry conference in Europe, 62% believed that business failures would increase in the aftermath of the UK’s…
NEW DELHI: Government today came out with another set of draft rules, including for liquidation of insolvent corporate persons, under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. As part of implementing the Code, the government has already constituted the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) while the draft norms will be finalised after taking into consideration…
The Ghana Association of Restructuring and Insolvency Advisors (GARIA) is to lay before Parliament the Corporate Insolvency Bill, which is expected to provide a framework for restructuring viable but temporarily distressed businesses. The bill is also expected to promote efficient closure and transfer of assets of businesses which are no longer viable and a…
United Kingdom Restructuring and insolvency 06-10-2016 The farming and agricultural sector continues to experience financial pressures. Agricultural charges remain an important form of security available to banks when lending to the agricultural sector, but nevertheless how useful they can be and the cost saving they can bring on enforcement is often not fully appreciated. Although…
Scottish company insolvencies ‘rise sharply’ 10 October 2016 From the section Scotland business Image copyright Thinkstock Prolonged economic uncertainty led to a sharp rise in the number of Scottish business failures this summer, according to a new report. Professional services firm KPMG found corporate insolvency appointments increased year-on-year by 30%, to 230, in the three…
Almost 500 diplomas including in fitness coaching, fashion styling and art therapy are set to be stripped of access to government subsidies under an overhaul of the vocational loans scheme by the Turnbull government. Of the more than 800 vocational courses currently eligible for government loans, only 347 are expected to receive support under the…
Vocational loans hit list revealed: jewellery making, fitness coaching to lose support exit Almost 500 diplomas including in fitness coaching, fashion styling and art therapy are set to be stripped of access to government subsidies under an overhaul of the vocational loans scheme by the Turnbull government. Of the more than 800 vocational courses currently…
Almost 500 diplomas including in fitness coaching, fashion styling and art therapy are set to be stripped of access to government subsidies under an overhaul of the vocational loans scheme by the Turnbull government. Of the more than 800 vocational courses currently eligible for government loans, only 347 are expected to receive support under the…
Companies which have raised monies through fixed deposits are now required to have a credit rating agency rate the instruments Q: My father who is in India has some surplus funds which he would like to invest. In the past, he had invested in fixed deposits of public limited companies. He wants to…
Thousands of Australian investors who ploughed millions into illegal fundraising outfit Astra Resources will have to seek recourse in Britain after a court ruling. Liquidators from Grant Thornton’s London office last week secured orders from Federal Court judge Richard White for a single liquidation process operated out of England. ASIC took action. Photo: Jim Rice Astra…