Suggesting substantial changes to competition regulatory framework, a government-constituted high level panel has recommended a green channel route for automatic approval of certain combinations, including
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Liquidity crunch is impacting debt resolution plans, say lenders | Business Standard News
Experts feel market conditions could hammer down valuations of stressed assets Liquidity crunch is impacting debt resolution under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) and outside, several top lenders have
Private Equity funds ready war chest to help firms skip IBC route | Business Standard News
Private equity (PE) funds estimate that in the next 18-24 months, Indian conglomerates will require over $100 billion in equity infusion because they are already reeling
Will challenge IBC amendments: Essar Steel operational creditors tell SC | Business Standard News
The operational creditors of Essar Steel on Wednesday told the Supreme Court (SC) that they would challenge the latest amendments made to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), which gave preference
Is IBC unfair to operational creditors? | Business Standard Column
A key feature of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016, is that operational creditors — which include employees, suppliers, and consumers — do not participate in
Govt moves SC to make NCLT judges stick to deadline for resolving cases | Business Standard News
The government has sought the Supreme Court’s (SC’s) approval to frame rules for making judges of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) accountable in ensuring corporate insolvency
Stressed assets funds may return to India after relaxed ECB norms | Business Standard News
The Reserve Bank of India’s move to allow companies to raise loans under external commercial borrowing (ECB) route — to repay banks their dues categorised as non-performing assets (NPAs)
Piling foreign debt | Business Standard Editorials
The revised norms for end-use of money raised through external commercial borrowings (ECBs), announced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday, have brought in significant changes.
IBC Bill won’t encroach on SC domain, says FM Nirmala Sitharaman | Business Standard News
The government’s move to amend the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) was largely to clear its legislative intent and not to encroach on the Supreme
RS passes IBC amendment, restores lenders’ primacy in insolvency cases | Business Standard News
The Rajya Sabha on Monday approved amending the three-year-old Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), providing clarity about preference to secured lenders over operational creditors and giving lenders
IBC Bill: Pressure on NCLT benches as 330-day deadline for resolution looms | Business Standard News
More than 500 corporate insolvency cases will have less than three months to complete their resolution or face the prospect of liquidating firms as soon
How the stressed asset problem snowballed into a tussle between RBI, govt | Business Standard News
Even as the banking sector was trying to come to terms with the various schemes introduced by the RBI to force them to recognize bad
Empee Distilleries receives four resolution plans; CoC to decide, says RP | Business Standard News
Four companies have shown interest in reviving Empee Distilleries, which is currently under Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) for not paying over Rs 300 crore dues to
Government moves NCLAT against NCLT orders directing probe into companies’ affairs by SFIO – The Financial Express
The SFIO contended the NCLT does not have the jurisdiction to direct an investigation into the affairs under the provisions of the Companies Act. The
IBC Amendment 2019: Why landmark legislation failed to rescue MSMEs from vicious cycle of indebtedness – The Financial Express
By R Narayan Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: Touted as landmark legislation in heralding a massive transformation in the recovery and resolution process, the Insolvency
NCLAT sets aside NCLT June order rejecting SBI plea against Rohit Ferro – The Financial Express
In its order, the NCLT, however, accepted the fact that there was a default and debts are payable by Rohit Ferro to the state-run lender.
Jet Airways’ resolution professional, dutch administrator, agree to cooperate in insolvency – The Financial Express
NCLAT was hearing a petition filed by the Dutch Court Administrator against the order of the Mumbai bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT),
Understanding the investment slowdown – The Financial Express
The public sector had a secondary role to play, which, however, had increased in scope during this period. The investment rate in the country has
NBFC crisis, slowdown put Modi’s goal of $5 trillion economy at risk – The Financial Express
The nation entered 2019 as the world’s sixth-biggest economy poised to become the fifth. Instead, it has slipped a notch to seventh place. India’s slowdown and a
How companies undergoing insolvency resolution face hardships due to probable clash of GST with IBC – The Financial Express
By Rajat Mohan The introduction of GST has been described as India’s biggest tax reform, and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) is a landmark