Corporate Insolvency Bill to be laid before Parliament – Graphic Online

The Ghana Association of Restructuring and Insolvency Advisors (GARIA) is to lay before Parliament the Corporate Insolvency Bill, which is expected to provide a framework for restructuring viable but temporarily distressed businesses. The bill is also expected to promote efficient closure and transfer of assets of businesses which are no longer viable and a…

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China Lays Out Guidelines on Debt-for-Equity Swaps Between Banks, Companies – Wall Street Journal

Updated Oct. 10, 2016 9:24 a.m. ET BEIJINGChina unveiled a controversial loan-relief plan that could help companies reduce their mounting debt loads but leave banks more strapped for capital. The continued economic slowdown has made it harder for businesses to repay debts that have been piling up at an alarming rate in recent years as…

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Will a new financial advice body actually work? For all our sakes, let’s hope so – Spectator.co.uk (blog)

Consolidation. Its a word used widely in financial circles. Consolidation of debt (translation: combining lots of different credit cards into one seemingly simple yet unmanageable whole). Consolidation of assets (translation: combining liabilities into one seemingly simple yet unmanageable whole). You get my drift. So, consolidation is not always a good thing. I wonder if this…

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Here’s How China Plans to Cut Its Massive Corporate Debt Pile – Fortune

China unveiled guidelines on Monday to reduce rising corporate debt levels which some analysts fear could destabilize the worlds second-largest economy. The government will take a multi-pronged approach to cutting company debt, including encouraging mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, debt-to-equity swaps and debt securitization, according to guidelines issued by State Council, or the cabinet. Corporate China…

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