Steilmann to File for Insolvency Five Months After IPO – Wall Street Journal (subscription)

March 24, 2016 1:05 p.m. ET FRANKFURTGerman fashion company Steilmann SE jolted investors Thursday by saying it would file for insolvency less than five months after going public, a move that raises questions about its bank advisers and auditor. The clothing maker, which focuses on women over 45, said late Wednesday recent developments and failed restructuring negotiations led to…

Briefs: Mezzanine finance in debt solutions, A mutual three-year bond price high, and more – Banking Day

— Westpac has renewed a A$250 million non-recourse senior loan facility with debt solutions company FSA Group until October 2017. An institutional fund manager chipped in a $20 million mezzanine finance line . The mezzanine finance has also been renewed. FSA is in the business of assisting debtors enter into payment arrangements with their creditors,…

People declared bankrupt may be banned from holding posts of judges and prosecutors – RAPSI

15:46 23/03/2016 MOSCOW, March 23 (RAPSI) – Legislators from the Kamchatka Region have submitted a bill to the State Duma, that would prohibit individuals who have been declared bankrupt from holding judicial positions, taking service at law enforcement agencies or prosecutor offices, according to the database of Russias lower house of parliament. The amendments are…