VBS liquidators are going after KPMG SA to try and recover some of the funds lost in large-scale fraud that the firm’s auditors failed to report. Photo: Getty Images VBS liquidator Anoosh Rooplal isgoing after KPMG SA to try to recover some of the funds lost in large-scale fraud that the firm’s auditors failed to…
By Natalia Zinets 3 Min Read KYIV, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Ukraine listed the former CEO of its largest bank and two other top former managers on Tuesday as suspects in an embezzlement case, the first criminal case opened in a long-running dispute over the bank whose nationalisation dominates domestic politics. The fate of PrivatBank…
By Natalia Zinets KYIV, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Ukraine listed the former CEO of its largest bank and two other top former managers on Tuesday as suspects in an embezzlement case, the first criminal case opened in a long-running dispute over the bank whose nationalisation dominates domestic politics. The fate of PrivatBank has overshadowed Ukraine’s…
Member Article Corporate insolvencies decreased by 39.1% to 752 in January 2021 compared to December 2020s figure of 1,235, and were 50.4% lower than January 2020s figure of 1,515. Personal insolvencies decreased by 13.7% to 8,305 in January 2021 compared to December 2020s figure of 9,623, and were 20.8% lower than January 2020s figure of…
Directors no longer have the protection of the COVID Safe Harbour insolvency rules put in place to deal with the impact of the pandemic. These rules, which absolved directors from personal liability if their businesses traded while insolvent, have been replaced by legislation that includes a new, streamlined SME restructuring process that came into force…
These charges are baseless and I will be defending them. This has already been dealt with and is very old news. Ron Bensimon Originally from Melbourne but based in Bondi since 2017, Mr Bensimon indicated he would fight the case against him. These charges are baseless and I will be defending them. This has already…
For individual insolvencies, the number of bankruptcies in January 2021 was 818, while the number of Debt Relief Orders was 1,167. Both were 47% lower than in January 2020. Overall numbers of company and individual insolvencies have remained low since the start of the first UK lockdown in March 2020, when compared with the same…
Grupeer is looking to work with lawyers representing a group of disgruntled investors who were taking legal action against the European peer-to-peer lender. The Latvia-based peer-to-peer lender had itseconomic activities suspendedby the countrys tax authority last September. It also faced criticism and legal action after it said in March that it wouldno longer pay interest…
Eleanor Temple, Yorkshire Chair of R3 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 Januarys corporate and personal insolvency statistics for England and Wales: Januarys fall in corporate insolvency numbers has been driven by a fall in Creditors…
These charges are baseless and I will be defending them. This has already been dealt with and is very old news. Ron Bensimon Originally from Melbourne but based in Bondi since 2017, Mr Bensimon indicated he would fight the case against him. These charges are baseless and I will be defending them. This has already…