The collapse of construction and property company, Pindan Group, which has gone into administration owing up to $100-million to workers, subcontractors and creditors mainly in WA shows the urgent need for statutory trusts and security of payment laws for the construction industry. This is according to the CFMEU Construction & General union, which has called…
A new framework will be introduced for the cooperation between the courts of Hong Kong and Mainland China on cross-border corporate insolvency. The Secretary for Justice, Ms Teresa Cheng SC, and Vice-president of the Supreme Peoples Court (SPC), Mr Yang Wanming, signed a Record of Meeting in Shenzhen on 14 May 2021 to signify the…
The companies have also improved their offers, which were submitted to the Committee of Creditors (CoC) on Tuesday. Construction firm NBCC submitted its bid just before midnight while Mumbai-based realty firm Suraksha submitted its resolution plan on Tuesday afternoon, sources said. The deadline to submit the bids was Tuesday. A meeting of the CoC will…
Uneven economic impact of pandemic implies risks concentrated in specific sectors and countries Banks asset quality holding up, but profitability weak and potential for credit risk to worsen Disorderly corrections in financial market segments may affect non-banks that have large exposures to corporates with weak fundamentals The uneven economic impact of the pandemic means that…
Photo: iStock Photo: iStock The height of a global pandemic may not seem like a particularly propitious time to roll out a transformative piece of corporate legislation, but in June 2020 the UKs Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act (CIGA) came into force. The Insolvency Service described it as the most significant change to the UKs…
The second lender claim from Westpac, Chinas Bank of Communications and Spains Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria alleges both insolvent trading and material adverse effect (MAE) against remaining Arrium treasury employees Ms Sparkes and Mr Bakewell. Marcus Pesman, SC, who represented the Arrium directors in the liquidator action as well as Mr Bakewell across all three…
State-owned NBCC and Suraksha group, which are in the race to acquire debt-laden Jaypee Infratech Ltd (JIL), will submit their revised bids by Tuesday. According to sources, a meeting of Committee of Creditors (CoC) is likely to be held on May 19 to discuss the bids submitted by both the parties under the Corporate Insolvency…
A controversial Sydney property developer who was the first to fall foul of NSWs laws to stamp out illegal sunset clawbacks has gone bust leaving the buyers of its latest apartments, already three years behind schedule, devastated in its wake. Developer-builder Parker Logans apartment complex The Acre, that it began building in blue-chip Bellevue Hills…
State-owned NBCC and Suraksha group, which are in the race to acquire debt-laden Jaypee Infratech Ltd (JIL), will submit their revised bids by Tuesday. According to sources, a meeting of Committee of Creditors (CoC) is likely to be held on May 19 to discuss the bids submitted by both the parties under the Corporate Insolvency…
Analysis of ASIC and ABN Lookup data reveals the full list of companies to close down in your area over the past year, updated hourly throughout the day. THERE has been one company liquidation notice in the Yarra Ranges Local Government Area today and 12 for the past year. News Corp analysis of ASIC Insolvency…