insolvency

Insolvencies have spiked – would a law change let more businesses trade their way out of trouble?

Insolvencies have spiked – would a law change let more businesses trade their way out of trouble?

Peter Drennan probes Bernard Whimp's Chance Voight, and looks at whether it may end up in statutory management

Peter Drennan probes Bernard Whimp's Chance Voight, and looks at whether it may end up in statutory management

Peter Drennan finds that tax debt is huge (and bad), fascinating if you look closely at what is happening, and very expensive for those in debt

Peter Drennan finds that tax debt is huge (and bad), fascinating if you look closely at what is happening, and very expensive for those in debt

Peter Drennan finds $3.7 bln in tax debt, money that should be circulating through government services like hospitals, schools & infrastructure but instead sits frozen in a standoff between struggling businesses and an increasingly assertive IRD

Peter Drennan finds $3.7 bln in tax debt, money that should be circulating through government services like hospitals, schools & infrastructure but instead sits frozen in a standoff between struggling businesses and an increasingly assertive IRD

Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Andrew Bayly says Du Val Group companies placed into statutory management after 'complex corporate failure'

Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Andrew Bayly says Du Val Group companies placed into statutory management after 'complex corporate failure'

Cutting off the insolvent: NZ banks close accounts for bankrupts

Cutting off the insolvent: NZ banks close accounts for bankrupts

Chartered accountants say Government Covid support measures have had unintended consequence of propping up businesses that would have failed in normal times

Chartered accountants say Government Covid support measures have had unintended consequence of propping up businesses that would have failed in normal times

Swedish private equity company in legal battle with retirement village operator Metlifecare over an aborted takeover offer unexpectedly launches new takeover bid - but at lower price

Swedish private equity company in legal battle with retirement village operator Metlifecare over an aborted takeover offer unexpectedly launches new takeover bid - but at lower price

The Swedish private equity company looking to terminate its deal to buy Metlifecare says that the retirement village operator will be adversely affected by the virus over the next three financial years

The Swedish private equity company looking to terminate its deal to buy Metlifecare says that the retirement village operator will be adversely affected by the virus over the next three financial years

In what could be a taste of things to come, an overseas buyer is seeking to walk away from an agreed deal to buy one of the country's largest retirement village operators

In what could be a taste of things to come, an overseas buyer is seeking to walk away from an agreed deal to buy one of the country's largest retirement village operators

We have to hope that our fairly shallow pool of investment funds is able to support New Zealand businesses in the tough times ahead

We have to hope that our fairly shallow pool of investment funds is able to support New Zealand businesses in the tough times ahead

Government seeks to address construction industry volatility with new Crown contracting guidelines

Government seeks to address construction industry volatility with new Crown contracting guidelines

Stanley Group and Tallwood Holdings in liquidation after under-pricing a Housing New Zealand project in Auckland, liquidator says

Stanley Group and Tallwood Holdings in liquidation after under-pricing a Housing New Zealand project in Auckland, liquidator says

Mainzeal's liquidators are seeking to double the amount the company's directors, including its chairman Jenny Shipley will have to pay creditors, from $36m to $73m

Mainzeal's liquidators are seeking to double the amount the company's directors, including its chairman Jenny Shipley will have to pay creditors, from $36m to $73m

Dame Jenny Shipley, Peter Gomm and Clive Tilby follow Richard Yan and appeal High Court's Mainzeal judgment which ordered them to pay $36m between them

Dame Jenny Shipley, Peter Gomm and Clive Tilby follow Richard Yan and appeal High Court's Mainzeal judgment which ordered them to pay $36m between them