CLOSE Puerto Rico’s financial oversight board has filed a form of bankruptcy for the island under Title III of last year’s Puerto Rico rescue law, which is known as PROMESA. USA TODAY People face off with police during the general strike against austerity measures, which coincides with the International Workers Day, in San Juan, Puerto…
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has debt management firms in its sights as it looks to crack down on misleading conduct by companies that claim to be able to help with bankruptcy advice and debt consolidation at a time when personal insolvencies are up 10%. ASIC put the debt management sector front and centre…
2017-05-03T11:55+02:00 11:55 03.05.2017 The transition bank created on the basis of Diamantbank declared insolvent earlier will have enough attractive assets, and the bank has a potential investor, Diamantbank Board Chairman Oleh Khodachuk has said. “In four days after the introduction of interim administration the bank’s employees carried out titanic work resulted in submitting an application…
Personal insolvencies have jumped more than 10 per cent over the past year, as people in financial difficulty sought help from debt-management firms which have been roundly criticised by key corporate regulators. Key points: ASIC criticised the “opaque and expensive” agreements Credit card debt accounted for almost a third of 7,900 new personal…
The number of West Australians falling behind on their mortgages is skyrocketing. Personal insolvency in WA reached record levels in the March quarter, reflecting the human impact of the end of the mining boom. Nationally there was a 10.8 per cent rise in personal insolvencies in the quarter but WA led the rise with a…
Debt relief for Greece will be looked into at the next Eurogroup meeting on 22 May, according to Jeroen Dijsselbloem. The president of the informal body of the eurozone’s finance ministers made the announcement during a plenary debate in Parliament on 27 April. He also apologised to MEPs about recent remarks that proved controversial. Greece…
With the corporate insolvency law nearly fully rolled out, the focus of the government is likely to shift towards implementation of what is probably the more difficult part of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. With the corporate insolvency law nearly fully rolled out, the focus of the government is likely to shift towards implementation of…
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BBC star became business partners with Lymington landlord Rob Smith in 2014 Mr Smith, who ran The Haven since 2002, then embarked on expensive refurb DJ called bar the ‘best on the south coast’ and used it during Children in Need But three years on the bar has been shut down and Mr Smith declared…
Rent controls could help to trigger a renaissance of Britain’s seaside towns, a report argues. The Housing and Finance Institute said dysfunctional housing markets are at the heart of a “spiral of decline” in many coastal communities. It argues that tenants and taxpayers are often overpaying for housing which is not worth the rent being charged.…