Infracon liquidation ends with all debts paid | Stuff.co.nz – Stuff.co.nz

The liquidation of council-owned roading construction company Infracon has ended, with the millions of dollars of debts the business left on its collapse all paid. Infracon was placed into liquidation in August 2014 by its two owners, Tararua and Hawke’s Bay district councils, then quickly purchased by Manawatu roading firm Higgins – which has since been sold to Australian company Fletcher Building –…

Infracon liquidation ends with all debts paid – Stuff.co.nz

The liquidation of council-owned roading construction company Infracon has ended, with the millions of dollars of debts the business left on its collapse all paid. Infracon was placed into liquidation in August 2014 by its two owners, Tararua and Hawke’s Bay district councils, then quickly purchased by Manawatu roading firm Higgins – which has since been sold to Australian company Fletcher Building –…

Swiber Drops Liquidation Plans Following Talks With Creditor – Bloomberg

Swiber Holdings Ltd., the Singapore-based offshore oil and gas services group, said it is dropping liquidation plans and intends to restructure its business following talks with the companys major financial creditor. Swiber plans to operate under so-called judicial management, according to a statement to the Singapore exchange Friday. The arrangement would allow the company to…

Swiber applies to place company under judicial management instead of liquidation – The Straits Times

SINGAPORE – Offshore marine group Swiber Holdings on Friday (July 29) took out an application to place itself and its subsidiary Swiber Offshore Construction (SOC) under judicial management and interim judicial management. It had announced its winding-up application on Thursday (July 28), sending shock waves through the market. Swiber said that on Thursday, the directors…

ASIC savages online search firm Uglii’s multibillion-dollar claims – The Sydney Morning Herald

Australia’s corporate watchdog has alleged internet search company Uglii’s multibillion-dollar earnings projections are a sham and the existing managers should be removed to protect shareholders and creditors. Counsel for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Michael Pearce, QC, told a Federal Court hearing on Friday  the Victorian firm was a house of cards built on wildly inflated and…