Save or salvage: the real role administrators play in troubled businesses – The Conversation AU

News that Australias third-largest pizza chain Eagle Boys has been placed in administration suggests a bleak future may lie ahead for the company. Administrators have indicated they are in the process of identifying restructuring measures”. But research by ARITAs Mark Wellard (formerly from QUT) on the effectiveness of voluntary administration indicates that a sustainable rescue…

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Pyramid scheme fraudster declared bankrupt – The Times (subscription)

Aodhan OFaolain Breifne O’Brien convinced people to invest millions of euros in bogus dealsMARK STEDMAN/ROLLINGNEWS Breifne OBrien, the convicted fraudster, has been declared bankrupt by the High Court. The former businessman was given a seven year prison sentence in 2014, which he is currently serving, for convincing people to give him millions of euros for…

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BHS schemes ‘weakened’ by management prior to company insolvency – IPE.com

UK parliamentarians have criticised as wholly inadequate attempts by the former owner of retailer BHS to address the companys pension deficit and called for significant contributions to address the schemes underfunding. Philip Green was the focus of the parliamentary investigation into the retailers insolvency earlier this year, which followed Greens sale of BHS to Retail…

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£34m in Berezovsky’s estate but it is still hopelessly insolvent, says judge – Evening Standard

The estate of the late Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky is hopelessly insolvent, a High Court judge has said. Mr Justice Arnold says about £34 million remains in the estate but creditors claims run into hundreds of millions of pounds. The judge outlined financial facts in a ruling on the latest stage of litigation involving insolvency…

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Enterprise Insurance Company to cease contracts following insolvency – Intelligent Insurer (subscription)

The Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC) has directed Enterprise Insurance Company, under section 105 of the Financial Services (Insurance Companies) Act, to cease writing any new insurance business or contracts after the company was declared insolvent. GFSC has also issued certain directions under Section 100 of the Financial Services (Insurance Companies) Act that prohibits Enterprise…

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