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In a recent decision, Twiford Enters. v. Rolling Hills Bank & Trust (In re Twiford Enters.), 2020 Bankr. LEXIS 2964, 2020 WL 6075691 (10th Cir. BAP 2020), the Tenth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel affirmed the lower court’s decision awarding postpetition interest pursuant to section 506(b). The disputed issue was whether a reference in the variable rate promissory notes to an internal rate index maintained by the bank was sufficiently clear and specific to support a claim for postpetition interest. The court held that it was.

On Friday, the Executive Commission of the Bank of Spain appointed the Fund for Orderly Bank Restructuring (FROB) as interim administrator of Roman Catholic Church-controlled savings bank Caja de Ahorros y Monte de Piedad de Córdoba (CajaSur).

Today, Dubai World announced that it has presented a restructuring proposal to the Coordinating Committee representing its creditors on the restructuring of $23.5 billion of total financial liabilities of Dubai World as of December 31, 2009.

Today, the FDIC announced that Colony Capital Acquisitions, LLC paid a total of approximately $90.5 million (net of working capital) in cash for a 40% equity stake in a limited liability company (LLC) created by the FDIC to hold a portfolio of approximately 1,200 distressed commercial real estate loans with an aggregate unpaid principal balance of $1.02 billion arising out of 22 failed bank receiverships.