Former Anchorage Restructuring Head Joins Investment Bank PJT – The Wall Street Journal

Investment bank PJT Partners Inc. has hired the formerU.S.head of restructuring athedge fundAnchorage Capital Group as a partner, said people familiar with the matter. Charles Tauber, 50 years old, had a major role in the New York hedge funds investments in distressed companies including the Hollywood movie studio MGM Holdings Inc., PG&E Corp. and J.Crew…

Lendlease plans restructuring, warns of tough year – The Australian Financial Review

They historically have actually delivered great product, said Jason Kururangi, a senior research analyst at Milford Asset Management. I do think they need to deliver more consistently. That might mean they need to restructure how the business thinks about development. Earnings improvement Net profit after tax of $377 million was in line with the companys…

Corporate blueprint predicts death of higher education in Australia – WSWS

A report issued this week by the global corporate consultancy firm EY, formerly known as Ernst & Young, provides a naked picture of the financial aristocracys exploitation of the COVID-19 pandemic to accelerate the pro-business restructuring of tertiary education. Part of Macquarie University in Sydney [Credit: mq.edu.au] The report, entitled The Peak of Higher Education,…

ATO chases debts as lockdowns continue. Is it making a bad situation worse? – SmartCompany.com.au

Small business closes doors during COVID-19. Source: Unsplash/Anastasiia Chepinska. Australias latest lockdowns pose a challenge for the Australian Tax Office: start collecting the business debts outstanding from 2020 and risk putting companies under further pressure, or allow those debts to continue to grow. The news this week that businesses with over $100,000 in tax debts…

Independent financial adviser in favour of SPH plan to carve out media business – The Straits Times

SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – Following a financial analysis, Singapore Press Holdings’ (SPH) appointed independent financial adviser has advised the company’s directors to recommend that shareholders vote in favour of the proposed restructuring of its media business. The independent financial adviser, Evercore Asia (Singapore), said in a letter to the board of directors that the…