Infracon liquidation results in Tararua council netting $750k – Stuff.co.nz

DAVID UNWIN / FAIRFAX NZ A total of 220 workers lost their jobs when council-owned construction company Infracon went into liquidation. The liquidation of a multimillion dollar roading construction company, which saw 220 people lose their jobs, is near its end. Infracon was placed into liquidation in August 2014 by its two owners, Taraura and Hawke’s Bay district councils, after…

Dessert business supplying cakes to major supermarkets collapses into voluntary administration – SmartCompany.com.au

A family-owned dessert business operating for more than 20 years is facing an uncertain future after its parent company collapsed into voluntary administration. Cakes Galore appointed external managers earlier this month, with Anne Meagher and Terry van der Velde acting as joint administrators. A creditors meeting was held earlier this week in Toowoomba. Cakes Galore…

Brazil’s Crushing Debt Loads Are Leading to a Restructuring Boom … – Bloomberg

Brazils economic quagmire, with an ever-growing corruption scandal on top of the longest and deepest recession in at least a century, is producing an unprecedented era of corporate debt restructuring in the country. Brazilian debt now accounts for 45 percent of Bank of America Corp.s $137 billion index for distressed emerging-market bonds, compared with less…