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A new framework will be introduced for the cooperation between the courts of Hong Kong and Mainland China on cross-border
drafting of Companies (Small Company Administrative Rescue Process and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021 commenced Small Company Administrative Rescue Process (SCARP)
Billy Porter has been living with HIV for 14 years. (Getty Images)Billy Porter has shared that he's been living with
published : 19 May 2021 at 14:57 updated: 19 May 2021 at 18:49 writer: Agencies Thai Airways aircraft are parked
The companies have also improved their offers, which were submitted to the Committee of Creditors (CoC) on Tuesday. Construction firm
The Appen Ltd (ASX: APX) share price is on watch this morning after providing a trading update and announcing a
The engineering firm said the restructuring of Chamberlin and Hill Castings Ltd and its integration into the business has been
Uneven economic impact of pandemic implies risks concentrated in specific sectors and countries Banks asset quality holding up, but profitability
Member Article Corporate insolvencies fell by 7.2% to 925 in April 2021 compared to Marchs figure of 997, and fell
Ghanshyam Sarup Batra (58), of Harlow, Essex, was the appointed director of Dylan Lettings Worldwide Limited since its incorporation in
Artificial intelligence crowdsourcing provider Appen will use artificial intelligence (AI) itself in a restructuring that will allow it to slash
Previous releases of these statistics were classified as experimental. However, the initial development phase has now ended and the methodology

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 consensus on the mutual recognition of and assistance to insolvency proceedings between the two places.

Pilot measure on mutual recognition and assistance

Under the new mechanism, the SPC may designate pilot areas in which the Intermediate Peoples Court may cooperate with the Hong Kong courts. The SPC has issued a set of opinions on taking forward the pilot measure, in which Shanghai, Xiamen and Shenzhen have…

Read the full article at: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/mutual-recognition-of-and-assistance-to-5861056/

  • drafting of Companies (Small Company Administrative Rescue Process and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021 commenced
  • Small Company Administrative Rescue Process (SCARP) will be a simplified restructuring process for viable small companies that is timely and cost effective
  • SCARP caters for the issue of onerous contracts
  • debts owed to the State are addressed by SCARP

Minister for Trade Promotion, Digital and Company Regulation, Robert Troy TD, today announced the publication of further information on the Companies (Small Company Administrative Rescue Process and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021. The Bill amends the Companies Act 2014 to provide for a new dedicated rescue process for small and micro companies.

Concerning the publ…

Read the full article at: https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/60d55-minister-troy-welcomes-publication-of-further-information-on-small-company-administrative-rescue-process/

Billy Porter has been living with HIV for 14 years. (Photo by Dave J Hogan/Getty Images)

Billy Porter has been living with HIV for 14 years. (Getty Images)

Billy Porter has shared that he’s been living with HIV for 14 years.

The 51-year-old actor opened up about receiving the diagnosis in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter.

The Pose star, who plays HIV positive character Pray Tell on the series, was diagnosed in 2007 – a year he told the publication was the “worst of [his] life”.

He’d been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in February, was declared bankrupt in the March and tested positive for HIV in June after originally seeking medical help for a spot which had increased in size and before beginning to hurt.

Read more: Billy Porter unveils genderless fairy godmother

Porter related that at the time he was getting tested e…

Read the full article at: https://au.news.yahoo.com/billy-porter-hiv-positive-141455135.html

published : 19 May 2021 at 14:57

updated: 19 May 2021 at 18:49

writer: Agencies

Thai Airways aircraft are parked on the tarmac at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport March 27, 2015. (Reuters file photo)
Thai Airways aircraft are parked on the tarmac at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport March 27, 2015. (Reuters file photo)

Thai Airways International’s creditors have voted to approve the airline’s restructuring plan, its legal advisor said on Wednesday.

“Ninety percent of creditors voted to approve the plan,” Kitipong Urapeepatanapong,chairman of Baker and McKenzie, the airlines legal adviser,told Reuters, adding the Central Bankruptcy Courtwill need to review the plan on May 28.

Five people have been appointed as its administrators including acting Chief Executive Officer Chansin Treenuchagron and former CEO Piyasvasti Amranandthe, Thai…

Read the full article at: https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/2118327/thai-airways-creditors-approve-restructuring-plan

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 be held on May 20 to discuss inter-alia the final resolution plan(s), JIL said in a regulatory filing on Wednesday.

The bids have been submitted by the parties under the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP).

The sources said NBCC has offered an additional 200 acres, especially for assenting creditors, apart from Yamuna Expressway road project that connects Noida and Agra in Utt…

Read the full article at: https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/jaypee-infra-insolvency-nbcc-suraksha-submit-revised-bids-11621421304295.html

The Appen Ltd (ASX: APX) share price is on watch this morning after providing a trading update and announcing a restructuring to the market.

This restructuring is aimed at aligning to the companys product-led and consumer-centric strategy, as well as changes to financial reporting to give greater visibility to the drivers and performance of the business.

Appen says that the changes reflect its evolution to become a broader range of AI data annotation products and solutions.

The new structure and reporting

Its new organisation structure will have four customer-facing business units global, enterprise, China and government.

The global unit will focus on providing data annotation services and products to major US global tech customers.

Ap…

Read the full article at: https://www.fool.com.au/2021/05/19/appen-asxapx-share-price-on-watch-with-restructuring/

The engineering firm said the restructuring of Chamberlin and Hill Castings Ltd and its integration into the business has been completed while also winning a 3-year contract to supply components for diesel engine generators

() has updated investors on its operations as it continues its restructuring efforts.

The specialist castings and engineering firm said the restructuring of Chamberlin and Hill Castings Ltd(C&H) and its integration into the business has been completed in line with expected cost savings, while the group said C&H has also won a 3-year contract to supply components for diesel engine generators commencing in July 2021.

READ:Chamberlin appoints from within to the role of finance director

The firm also said that C&H has be…

Read the full article at: https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/949917/chamberlin-updates-on-restructuring-efforts-business-performance-949917.html

  • 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 financial stability risks are concentrated in specific sectors and countries, often with higher pre-existing vulnerabilities, concludes the May 2021 Financial Stability Review (FSR) of the European Central Bank (ECB).

    As the euro area emerges from the third wave of the pandemic, risks to financial stability remain elevated and have become more unevenly dist…

    Read the full article at: https://www.miragenews.com/ecb-review-sees-elevated-financial-stability-562725/

    Member Article

    Corporate insolvencies fell by 7.2% to 925 in April 2021 compared to Marchs figure of 997, and fell by 22.9% compared to April 2020s figure (1,199).

    Personal insolvencies fell by 9.9% to 9,859 in April 2021 compared to Marchs figure of 10,941, and were 5% lower than April 2020s figure of 10,394.

    Eleanor Temple, chair of insolvency and restructuring trade body R3 in Yorkshire and a barrister at Kings Chambers in Leeds, responds to todays publication of the April 2021 corporate and individual insolvency statistics for England and Wales:

    The monthly fall in corporate insolvency numbers shown in the figures published today has been driven by a drop in Compulsory Liquidations and Creditors Voluntary Liquidations.

    On the per…

    Read the full article at: https://bdaily.co.uk/articles/2021/05/18/april-2021-monthly-insolvency-statistics-r3-response

    Ghanshyam Sarup Batra (58), of Harlow, Essex, was the appointed director of Dylan Lettings Worldwide Limited since its incorporation in May 2010.

    The company acted as a management organisation for three apartment blocks that had previously been converted from hotels.

    The freeholds of the buildings were owned by three separate companies, whilst Ghanshyam Batra was the registered leaseholder on all the apartments.

    In April 2017, Ghanshyam Batra and the three companies were ordered by the court to pay a confidential settlement connected to 6.5 million of arrears owed to mortgage lenders.

    When the settlement was not paid, a Receiver was appointed by the court over the properties and the leaseholds. Restrictions were then placed on Ghan…

    Read the full article at: https://www.miragenews.com/lettings-company-banned-for-emptying-company-562767/

    Artificial intelligence crowdsourcing provider Appen will use artificial intelligence (AI) itself in a restructuring that will allow it to slash service staff and become more customer-focused.

    To put it simply, we are accelerating our transformation into an AI-powered provider of AI data and solutions, said Appen chief executive Mark Brayan as the stock bounced back on the ASX, having been savaged this year on fears the companys big tech customers may become less reliant on its services. Appen shares, which were worth as much as $43.50 in August last year, jumped more than 13 per cent to $12.92 on Wednesday morning.

    Appen makes most of its money from crowdsourcing a global workforce of a million people that do the low-level grunt work f…

    Read the full article at: https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/appen-slashes-staff-promises-more-revenue-transparency-20210519-p57t6z.html

    Previous releases of these statistics were classified as experimental. However, the initial development phase has now ended and the methodology and content have proved sufficiently robust to meet the needs of the users of these statistics, so the experimental statistics designation has now been removed.

    1. Data Sources

    Company Insolvency data for England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are sourced from Companies House, except for compulsory liquidation data for England & Wales and Northern Ireland.

    Compulsory liquidation data for England & Wales are sourced from the Insolvency Service case information system (ISCIS). Compulsory liquidation data for Northern Ireland are sourced from the Department for the Economy, Northern Ireland…

    Read the full article at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/monthly-insolvency-statistics-april-2021/methodology-and-quality-document-monthly-insolvency-statistics-april-2021

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