Tougher company director ID requirements under spotlight – The Sydney Morning Herald

The introduction of company director identification numbers to help prevent the deliberate liquidation of companies to avoid paying workers’ entitlements and tax is being considered by the federal government. A Federal Treasury spokeswoman told Fairfax Media the introduction of a director identification number had been recommended by a Productivity Commission inquiry and a Senate economics committee inquiry into insolvency…

Police detain insolvency Latvian insolvency process administrators Krums and Spruds – The Baltic Course

The State Police have detained Trasta Komercbanka liquidator Ilmars Krums and another insolvency process administrator, Maris Spruds, sources tell LETA. Krums’ mobile phone is switched off. When LETA tried to call Spruds at his office, Spruds’ representative said that he was out of office and would be away on vacation for a couple of days,…

Spicers facing a resolution to its long-running hybrid problem – The Australian Financial Review

The bitter four-year battle between hybrid holders and ordinary shareholders at paper distributor Spicers is finally headed to a sensible resolution that should pave the way for a re-rating of this beaten-down stock. After multiple failed attempts to resolve a problem that left the company’s strategy completely paralysed, Spicers shareholders and hybrid holders will next…