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Introduction Director loans are common assets which liquidators identify once they are appointed liquidators of a company. As liquidators, we often see situations whereby the company is not making any [...]

Back in November 2023, I wrote an article about the Australian Taxation Office ('ÄTO') outstanding lodgement amnesty program finishing up in December 2023. Since then, the ATO has returned to [...]

Since the safe harbour legislation was introduced in 2017, there have been no court cases dealing with whether a safe harbour process has been properly conducted or not. This can [...]

Top 10 Tips for Businesses & Corporations. As the financial landscape evolves, businesses and corporations face the ongoing challenge of managing insolvency and restructuring processes effectively both with their own [...]

In this week's article, Stamford Capital provides some insights into commercial property finance markets. With the first quarter of the year behind us and the 11th cash rate rise in [...]

In this week's article, Stephen Groves of Groves & Partners is our special guest providing some insights into valuation and the key non-financial considerations that are relevant to a valuation [...]

In a recent presentation I attended given by David Gonski at the Governance Summit held by the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), Mr Gonski laid out some issues an [...]

In recent times, we have seen two key decisions heard in the High Court which further clarify the position about potential claims against creditors by a liquidator concerning unfair preferences. [...]

The luxury Mosman home of David Fairfull, the founder and chief executive of AI start-up Metigy, quietly sold on Monday as part of a broader sell-off of company assets after [...]

Yolanda Redrup Reporter Artificial intelligence marketing tech company Metigy collapsed owing a list of high-profile creditors more than $32 million after its founder and CEO borrowed millions of dollars of [...]

Disqualified! As we move into more uncertain times and we are seeing a corresponding increase in the number of insolvency appointments, the issue of when a director banning might impact [...]

Construction - 12 Month Look-Back It has been pretty well documented in the mainstream media, the issues that have faced the construction industry over the past 12 months. Volatility within [...]

Major economic disruptions like COVID, low interest loans and supply chain problems, increase the need and opportunity for financial fraud. How do certified fraud examiners detect fraudsters who 'fudge the [...]

'Distress in construction and some practical tips that construction businesses might take in situations when they are staring down a financial distress situation'. Construction industry stress This article aims to [...]

The COVID-19 pandemic raised significant working capital challenges and uncertainty for organisations in trying to manage their cash flow. Supply chain disruptions have been a major challenge, along with consumer [...]

In our last newsletter, Andrew wrote an article regarding the likelihood of insolvencies growing and the level of enquiries picking up generally for the insolvency and restructuring industry. Since that [...]

As we start to settle into the new market conditions and have witnessed a significant change in businesses primarily, as a result of a greater uptake in new technologies and [...]

Even as we exit the COVID economic market, we still witnessed record growth in the Australian private debt market for 2021. Sebastian Paphitis of EY reported that the market grew [...]

When Directors are faced with their business being in severe financial distress, directors will explore the various options available to them regarding dealing with the future of their business. Those [...]

We have all experienced and witnessed situations both personally and with our clients regarding a breakdown in a relationship that has led to a dispute. The most common dispute that [...]

We are likely to see an increased number of businesses suffering from business financial distress caused by the COVID pandemic and potentially the effects of inflation that we are likely [...]

How do established accounting firms deal with the challenges of succession? Exiting partners and business owners want to maximise value while ensuring their clients and staff continue to be looked [...]

The impact of Covid-19 in the last two years has seen and will continue to see some permanent changes occur in the small to medium business sector. As businesses and [...]

Will businesses in financial distress or teetering on the edge of insolvency start to utilise the small business restructuring process introduced in January 2021 now that we have emerged out [...]

In this low interest rate environment access to capital has been plenty. Your clients should be taking advantage of this opportunity and reviewing their finance facilities to determine if they [...]

In our last article 'Take advantage of this low interest rate opportunity with a finance facility review', we spoke about the opportunities that now exist for businesses to review their [...]

As restructuring and insolvency practitioners, we often encounter businesses failing simply because they have poor legal documents or financial systems in place. Often systems that enable a business to function [...]

The world has changed - Australians are locked down and facing challenging restrictions. What that means is that businesses (your clients) could be severely impacted. Whilst there have been some [...]

NEGATIVE SENTIMENT BECOMING MORE POSITIVE. The Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) has released its final director sentiment survey for 2020 and unsurprisingly, the majority of business owners and directors [...]

Providing a competitive alternative for Australian corporates. With the big banks tightening their lending criteria and other traditional funding sources such as bonds not as fast or flexible, the popularity [...]