Leading Australian businesses, brands and charities including the AFL, Cricket Australia and Movember may have been defrauded as part of an alleged systemic rort by collapsed leading agency, Ambient Advertising. An investigation by a NSW Supreme Court-appointed special purpose liquidator into Ambient Advertising is examining allegations the firm may have routinely and deliberately overcharged some…
New Delhi: M S Sahoo on Saturday took charge as Chairperson of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI). The oath of office was administered by Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Arun Jaitley here. Sahoo, a financial markets expert, was appointed as IBBI Chairperson for a period of five years last month. The Finance…
Leading Australian businesses, brands and charities including the AFL, Cricket Australia and Movember may have been defrauded as part of an alleged systemic rort by collapsed leading agency, Ambient Advertising. An investigation by a NSW Supreme Court-appointed special purpose liquidator into Ambient Advertising is examining allegations the firm may have routinely and deliberately overcharged some…
New Delhi: M S Sahoo on Saturday took charge as Chairperson of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI). The oath of office was administered by Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Arun Jaitley here. Sahoo, a financial markets expert, was appointed as IBBI Chairperson for a period of five years last month. The Finance…
Bianca Mlilo, Business ReporterALTFIN Life Assurance has been placed under liquidation on insolvency basis after it failed to pay out claims to its clients. Liquidation occurs when a company is insolvent, meaning it cannot meet its obligations as and when they are due. Upon liquidation, the company ceases operations and its assets are divided up…
The total number of corporate insolvencies to the end of Quarter 3 2016 have totalled 765, according to the latest analysis from Deloitte. This represents a 3% increase on the same period in 2015 and is a reversal of the decreases seen in the first half of 2016. The total number of insolvencies…
New Delhi: Draft rules for various aspects of the infrastructure and ecosystem required to manage insolvencies will be ready soon and shared in the public domain to seek comments, an official at the corporate affairs ministry said. The government set up four working groups to look at various aspects of this and they are expected…
The consultation ran between May and July and looked at four broad areas. These were: introducing a moratorium for distressed businesses to benefit from protection against legal action while considering their options for rescue; widening the definition of essential supplies; developing a new restructuring plan would enable (for the first time in the UK) a…
Allowing Clive Palmer to launch a bid to claw back assets held by failed company Queensland Nickel would have been a “startling affront to justice”, the Supreme Court has ruled. The former politician, through some of his other companies, had sought leave to proceed with a claim for all assets held by the Townsville refinery’s…
Ive hired hundreds of tech employees, and recently started Comparably to make workplace compensation and culture more transparent. Most private tech companies offer equity as part of team members compensation package, but employees rarely understand the value and most important aspects of this arrangement. Stock compensation is complex, and there are many hidden rules. This…