Swiber applies to place company under judicial management instead of liquidation – The Straits Times

SINGAPORE – Offshore marine group Swiber Holdings on Friday (July 29) took out an application to place itself and its subsidiary Swiber Offshore Construction (SOC) under judicial management and interim judicial management. It had announced its winding-up application on Thursday (July 28), sending shock waves through the market. Swiber said that on Thursday, the directors…

ASIC savages online search firm Uglii’s multibillion-dollar claims – The Sydney Morning Herald

Australia’s corporate watchdog has alleged internet search company Uglii’s multibillion-dollar earnings projections are a sham and the existing managers should be removed to protect shareholders and creditors. Counsel for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Michael Pearce, QC, told a Federal Court hearing on Friday  the Victorian firm was a house of cards built on wildly inflated and…