Many businesses are—or soon will be—unable to meet their obligations. Not all businesses in distress are unsuccessful; sometimes, as in the economic circumstances arising from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and the governmental directives tailored to address the related public health issues, even successful businesses must confront closures and steep declines in demand that could not have been anticipated, and may find it necessary or desirable to restructure their existing debt obligations.
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).
Yesterday, Senate Republicans circulated a brief summary of the Financial Regulatory Improvement and Taxpayer Protection Act, a Republican substitute to the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 (S.3217) previously
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.
On Friday, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency closed American National Bank, headquartered in Parma, Ohio, and the FDIC was named receiver.
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.
This past Monday, in the wake of last month's termination of TCW Group, Inc.
Today, the U.K. Treasury and Northern Rock plc separatelyannounced that the restructuring of Northern Rock will take place on January 1, 2010 (Transfer Date).
Yesterday, the bankrupt estate of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. (Lehman) sued Barclays Capital, Inc.
Today, HM Treasury announced the conclusion of discussions with Lloyds Banking Group (Lloyds) and Royal Bank of Scotland Plc (RBS), regarding their participation in the U.K.