2020 has seen tens of thousands of jobs and companies on the brink of collapse. In response to a wave of insolvencies expected at the end of the year, the Federal Government has announced a new set of insolvency laws to help small businesses either restructure or fold. 2020 has seen tens of thousands of…
Liquidator Nicholas Crouch, who advised the small business ombudsmans insolvency review earlier this year, likens it to doing a 10-year apprenticeship. You must have the smartest mind on the job for the strategic plan otherwise mistakes happen and those mistakes are borne by the mums and dads in this environment, the small business owner, he…
Incoming Ford CEO Jim Farley (left) and Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford Jr. pose with a 2021 F-150 during an event Sept. 17, 2020 at the company’s Michigan plant that produces the pickup. Michael Wayland / CNBC Ford Motor‘s new CEO Jim Farley is shaking up the company’s top ranks and restructuring operations as the…
The new measures will apply to incorporated small businesses with liabilities of up to $1 million. Almost all such businesses have 20 or fewer employees and constitute three-quarters of all businesses facing bankruptcy in the current crisis. Under the policy, a small business operator facing financial distress can seek advice from an insolvency practitioner on…
The Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) has welcomed the Governments insolvency framework as it could be the difference between survival and extinction for small businesses. IPA chief executive, Andrew Conway, said the reforms would test the viability of small businesses and support their recovery, restructure and survival. Or, it would help them wind down and…
The banking industry has to walk the tightrope of balancing relief with financial responsibility. Where private investors are unwilling to step in, governments are filling the void. Structured correctly, pension funds and other long-term investors might be the patient capital required to support local community businesses. The fallout from COVID-19 continues to challenge and disrupt…
As businesses continue to be affected by the new normal, many are expected to restructure their debts after the moratorium ends on Sept 30 by NUR HANANI AZMAN / pic by RAZAK GHAZALI MORE corporates are expected to descend into defaults as the business disruption brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic continuing to unfold resulting…
By Davide Barbuscia DUBAI (Reuters) – Turnaround and restructuring firm AlixPartners is boosting its headcount in the Middle East as corporates seek to cut costs and restructure debt amid the double shock of low oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic. The New York-headquartered firm has recently hired six people in Dubai from one of its…
By Davide Barbuscia DUBAI (Reuters) – Turnaround and restructuring firm AlixPartners is boosting its headcount in the Middle East as corporates seek to cut costs and restructure debt amid the double shock of low oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic. The New York-headquartered firm has recently hired six people in Dubai from one of its…
Firms that help to restructure or wind down distressed startups and other companies are seeing a big pick-up in business. At one firm Silicon Valley-based Sherwood Partners the number of calls it’s getting and deal it’s signing are up 300% from the levels they were at 12 to 18 months ago, its cofounder Martin Pichinson…