Singapore’s Ministry of Law has unveiled significant proposed changes aimed at revising Singapore’s restructuring and insolvency laws and developing Singapore into a regional debt restructuring hub.1
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Draft legislation unveiled
In Brief
For the first time, a court has adopted the ‘centre of main interest’ (COMI) as grounds at common law to recognise foreign insolvency proceedings.
The decision earlier this year by the High Court of Singapore (the Court) recognised a Japanese bankruptcy trustee appointed to companies incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (BVI):
Major insolvency reform: Getting the (ipso) factos straight
In brief
In brief
On 29 April 2016, the Australian Federal Government (Government) announced three major insolvency law reform proposals in its Improving Bankruptcy and Insolvency Laws Proposal Paper1 (Proposal). The Government has invited submissions from stakeholders and given this is a rare opportunity to undertake substantial reform, we strongly encourage involvement.
On Friday, the Florida Office of Financial Regulation closed Wakulla Bank, headquartered in Crawfordville, Florida, and appointed the FDIC as receiver. As receiver, the FDIC entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with Centennial Bank, headquartered in Conway, Arkansas, to assume all of the deposits of the failed bank.
On Friday, the Washington Department of Financial Institutions closed Shoreline Bank, headquartered in Shoreline, Washington, and appointed the FDIC as receiver. As receiver, the FDIC entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with GBC International Bank, headquartered in Los Angeles, California, to assume all of the deposits of the failed bank.
On Friday, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency closed First National Bank, headquartered in Rosedale, Mississippi, and appointed the FDIC as receiver.
Tuesday, the Financial Crisis Advisory Group (FCAG) issued its report on “the standard-setting implications of