Insolvency resolution professionals seek clarity on compliance when firms turn hostile – Livemint

Resolution professionals said they had submitted their suggestions on the issue to a government panel formed to address concerns around the IBC. Photo: Mint Mumbai: Resolution professionals (RPs) appointed to manage companies taken to the bankruptcy court have sought clarity on how to proceed when these companies refuse to cooperate with them, two RPs working…

Now, employees step in to save bankrupt companies – Economic Times

MUMBAI: Employee buyouts or participatory managements are not commonplace in India, but the model could be explored for some companies hauled before insolvency courts, where affected staff-members at units without hopes of a revival have urged tribunals to liquidate the entities as ‘going concerns.’ “There is a growing tendency among employees and workers to save…

Court monitor to review Sears Canada payout of dividends while company was in the red – Toronto Star

Handsome dividends paid to Sears Canada shareholders even as the company was faltering and its employee pension fund was running a deficit are being reviewed by the court-appointed monitor handling the companys insolvency. The monitor is carrying out a review of certain material transactions, according a new report on the insolvency by the monitor, FTI…

Sears Canada bankruptcy monitor to examine contentious shareholder payments of more than $600M – Calgary Herald

Those payments as well as several others stretching back to 2005 were met with consternation by industry observers at the time Sears Canada gave up the ghost this year after more than a decade of pundits calling for its demise. Leah Hennel/Postmedia TORONTO  Sears Canadas bankruptcy monitor is investigating more than a half billion dollars…

Ukraine’s PrivatBank Was Used For ‘Large-Scale, Coordinated Fraud’ – RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Ukraine’s central bank says an investigation into the country’s largest lender, PrivatBank, shows that it had been “subjected to a large-scale and coordinated fraud” over at least a decade. The fraud resulted in the bank, which was taken into state control in 2016, suffering a loss of at least $5.5 billion, the central bank said…

Insolvency code: Gujarat NRE Coke CMD seeks more accountability from bankers – Livemint

Gujarat NRE Coke is one of the companies affected by the recent ordinance which bars promoters from bidding for stressed assets unless they repay the interest and principal amount. Mumbai: The chairman and managing director of Kolkata-based Gujarat NRE Coke Ltd, Arun Kumar Jagatramka, has criticised bankers and regulators for allowing viable companies to go…