How the new $20,000 personal bankruptcy threshold could affect SME directors – SmartCompany

The involuntary bankruptcy threshold will lift from $10,000 to $20,000, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus says, giving debtors more breathing room before their creditors can launch court action. On Monday, Attorney-General Dreyfus said the federal government will introduce a suite of reforms to the bankruptcy system, bringing it up to speed with the contemporary economic landscape. In…

Stabilisers suggest Swiss corporate distress will stay in same gear – International Financial Law Review

In early 2024, Switzerland’s GDP continued a moderate growth, mostly due to the service economy. Most conjunctural indicators have stabilised in recent months. The Swiss federal government’s Expert Group on Economic Forecasts therefore expects, in its latest forecast, growth for the Swiss economy in 2024 to be similar to 2023; i.e., a GDP growth rate…

More than 160 staff terminated from trouble-plagued retailer Booktopia – Sky News Australia

Only 18 staff members remain at recently collapsed retailer Booktopia as 165 of their colleagues were sacked from the beleaguered company. The virtual bookseller announced last Wednesday it had entered voluntary administration after a major slump in share value, less than four years after it went public on the ASX.   The major Australian retailer…

Online bookseller Booktopia enters voluntary administration; Dymocks circles – Sydney Morning Herald

By Jessica Yun Updated July 3, 2024 5.34pmfirst published at 10.40am Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size Booktopia has gone into voluntary administration weeks after suspending its shares on the ASX as rival Dymocks considers snapping up some of its assets. The embattled online book retailer, which has been scrambling to secure emergency…

Online retailer Booktopia goes into voluntary administration, customers waiting on unfulfilled orders – ABC News

In short: Australian book retailer Booktopia has gone into voluntary administration.  The company has been trading at a loss for over a year and earlier made 50 staff redundant.  What’s next? Administrators are looking at selling or restructuring the main Booktopia business and its three subsidiaries. Australian online book retailer Booktopia has gone into voluntary…

Major Aussie retailer that boomed during Covid plunged into voluntary administration after mass sackings – Daily Mail

By Daily Mail Australia Reporter Published: 11:03 AEST, 3 July 2024 | Updated: 12:48 AEST, 3 July 2024 Booktopia has been placed into voluntary administration. The grim news for Australia’s largest online bookseller comes just weeks after it announced 50 jobs needed… Read the full article at: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13594565/Booktopia-plunges-voluntary-administration.html

Stabilisers suggest Swiss corporate distress will stay in same gear – International Financial Law Review

In early 2024, Switzerland’s GDP continued a moderate growth, mostly due to the service economy. Most conjunctural indicators have stabilised in recent months. The Swiss federal government’s Expert Group on Economic Forecasts therefore expects, in its latest forecast, growth for the Swiss economy in 2024 to be similar to 2023; i.e., a GDP growth rate…

How the new $20,000 personal bankruptcy threshold could affect SME directors – SmartCompany

The involuntary bankruptcy threshold will lift from $10,000 to $20,000, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus says, giving debtors more breathing room before their creditors can launch court action. On Monday, Attorney-General Dreyfus said the federal government will introduce a suite of reforms to the bankruptcy system, bringing it up to speed with the contemporary economic landscape. In…

Law reform to lift stigma from bankruptcy, deliver fairer system – The Mandarin

Australia will see a raft of reforms to the national bankruptcy system introduced so that debtors involved in personal insolvency matters receive fairer outcomes. On Monday, Attorney-General (A-G) Mark Dreyfus said key changes would lift the stigma associated with filing for bankruptcy. The changes include increasing the timeframe in which a debtor may respond to…

Holistic vs piecemeal: the state of review of Australian corporate insolvency laws – Clayton Utz

It has been 33 years since the “recession we had to have” in 1991. Fears that Australia would enter a technical recession during 2023 didnt eventuate. At the time of writing, our economy continues to still be resilient (relying on massive population growth through migration) despite ongoing decreasing consumer sentiment but another year of slow…