Avacade directors banned after pocketing £1.4m ahead of insolvency – FT Adviser

The directors behind Avacade have each received six-year directorship disqualifications after the Insolvency Service found they had paid themselves 1.4m during a tax investigation. Craig Lummis and his son, Lee Lummis,were banned by Judge Halliwell in Manchesters High Court on August 27, due to the fact they repaid themselves 1.37m despite their company being under…

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No evidence found that San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane bet on NHL games; league considers this ‘specific matter closed’ – ESPN Australia

11:22 PM GMT The NHL has completed its gambling investigation into Evander Kane, saying Wednesday that it found no evidence that the San Jose Sharks forward bet on NHL games. The investigation, which was conducted by Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, in conjunction with NHL Security, was spurred by allegations in social media posts…

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B. Riley Strengthens Restructuring Division with Three Senior Hires – Yahoo Finance

John Sordillo, Jeffrey Truitt and Tim Hannon join B. Riley to support growing demand for complex financial management and restructuring services LOS ANGELES, Sept. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — B. Riley Financial (NASDAQ: RILY) (“B. Riley”) today announced continued growth in its restructuring division with the addition of three new senior executives. John Sordillo, Jeffrey Truitt…

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Former Liberal party president and Carlton boss John Elliott dies aged 79 – The Guardian Australia

John Elliott, the controversial Australian businessman and former federal president of the Liberal party, has died aged 79. Elliott was also president of the Carlton football club for two decades before being sacked in 2002 after the club breached salary cap rules. He was federal president of the Liberal party in the late 1980s. He…

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China may initiate restructuring of Evergrande Group, says Morgan Stanley – Business Standard

Beijing may initiate a managed debt restructuring of a troubled property developer in the coming week, followed by policy easing in October to contain spillover to the broader economy, according to Morgan Stanley economists. Regulators have had a mechanism to deal with defaults of property developers and reduce systemic risk, economists including Robin Xing wrote…

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