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BusinessNZ, lawyers tell govt: relax insolvency law
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BusinessNZ, lawyers tell govt: relax insolvency law

While at least some of the major banks have said they will judge the solvency of companies wanting to borrow on their pre-coronavirus crisis financial position, lawyers are saying the government still has to relax insolvency law to ease the liability directors face.Other countrie...

Jenny Ruth 01 Apr 2020
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ANZ Bank will also honour spirit of govt-backed business loans
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ANZ Bank will also honour spirit of govt-backed business loans

New Zealand's largest bank, ANZ Bank, said it will also abide by the spirit of the government's $6.25 billion business finance guarantee scheme and will base its assessment of a firm's solvency on how they were performing before the coronavirus crisis and the nation's shutdown....

Jenny Ruth 31 Mar 2020
Kiwibank to honour spirit of govt-backed business loans
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Kiwibank to honour spirit of govt-backed business loans

Kiwibank intends to abide by the spirit of the government's $6.25 billion business finance guarantee scheme and will be assessing borrowers' solvency based on how they were performing before the nation's shutdown.While the business community is calling on the government to relax...

Jenny Ruth 31 Mar 2020
ASB gives Smiths City space to fix capital structure
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ASB gives Smiths City space to fix capital structure

Smiths City has another four weeks to make its next payment to lender ASB Bank as it tries to find a new capital structure that works for the retail chain and financier.The shares sank 13.8 percent, or 2.4 cents, to an all-time low 15 cents when they resumed trading today, albeit...

Paul McBeth 30 Mar 2020