The Federal Government’s announcement that it would undertake the most significant reforms to Australia’s insolvency framework in 30 years is welcome news for many small businesses. For directors, it will be very important to carefully consider the information in the Government’s fact sheet outlining the reform process.
The Insolvency Risk Factor is the culmination of a major data analytics programme where court data was analysed against 10,000’s recent corporate insolvencies to identify the court actions most likely to lead to future insolvencies. The IRF provides a simple statistical measure of the potential impact of a company’s court actions. For example, a company with an IRF of 10 is statistically 10x more likely to become insolvent during the next 12months than a company with no court actions.
This month’s newsletter features a press release from the HIA discussing that population growth and access to housing finance will be key to Victoria’s economic recovery.
Financially Distressed Businesses As anticipated, the Federal Treasury announced on the 7th of September, that the temporary protections for financially distressed businesses will be extended beyond the initial six month period to 31 December 2020. Since the introduction of these measures in April 2020, the number of construction industry related insolvencies have decreased by 65%….
This month’s newsletter features a piece on “The ‘false comfort’ of extended temporary insolvency law measures and the need for deeper structural reform” written by Scott Atkins and Kai Luck.
A well-executed personal guarantee can be the holy grail of debt recovery tools, but one overlooked detail can bring the whole thing to its knees. It is surprising the number of clients relying on guarantees that are either ineffectively drafted or have been inadvertently discharged by the actions of the client.
BICB and AMPAC Debt Recovery recently meet to discuss the benefits of working more closely together to build greater awareness of each other’s services throughout the building and construction supply sector. This is timely, as the broader Australian economy has been impacted on several fronts recently by drought, bushfires and now COVID-19. It is expected…
Court action is a leading indicator of financial stress and future default. Alares Party Search provides real-time information on court actions across Australia. Alares Watchlist provides instant alerts for any court actions that occur involving businesses you are monitoring. From mid-May 2019 BICB members will have access to the Alares Party Search and Monitoring platform…