Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code

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Finance

26 December, 2018

Flashback 2018: Stressed assets pain eases as bad loan clean-up gains momentum

Two years ago, in December 2016, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) came into effect. While the new bankruptcy law ......

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Finance

18 September, 2018

Succession plan, family biz rejig turning important for promoters: EY's Ajay Arora

Accounting and consulting firm EY India has, over the years, established a strong presence in the deals advisory segment as ......

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Infrastructure

13 August, 2018

Can power producers attract enough buyers to revive stressed projects

Last week, the Supreme Court provided some respite to debt-laden power companies when it refused to stop a lower court ......

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Finance

03 August, 2018

How PE funds, foreign banks are changing tack in battle for stressed assets

When Indian authorities started cracking down on banks’ bad loans two years ago, several private equity firms and stressed assets ......

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General

24 July, 2018

Two years on, how effective has the bankruptcy law really been?

On Monday, nearly two dozen Indian lenders inked a pact that may help expedite the resolution of bad loans. Meanwhile, the ......

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General

13 June, 2018

Bankruptcy resolution or liquidation: How companies admitted to NCLT are faring

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) is grappling with hundreds of cases of debt-laden companies pushed into insolvency proceedings by ......

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Infrastructure

13 April, 2018

Strategics, pension & sovereign funds eyeing assets: Centrum's infra advisory CEO

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) is widely expected to help creditors recover some of the money stuck with debt-laden ......

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Finance

15 November, 2017

PE/VC firms expand indemnity clause in investment pacts to skirt bankruptcy risks

A few months ago, a Hong Kong-based private equity firm hit a roadblock while seeking to sell its stake in ......

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Finance

28 August, 2017

Stressed asset deals set to see greater momentum: Veritas Legal's Abhijit Joshi

Stressed asset buyouts may be few and far between at this point, but they are set to increase. Abhijit Joshi, ......

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Finance

20 July, 2017

Why buyers of stressed assets must brace for a long-drawn-out process

In early May, the government empowered the Reserve Bank of India to direct lenders to start bankruptcy proceedings against large ......