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What Are Debentures? Everything You Need To Know

Hudson Weir

A debenture is a document representing a loan agreement between a lender and a borrower, granting the lender security over the borrower’s assets. This gives the lender a means of collecting the debt if the borrower cannot pay. Debentures are typically used by traditional lenders like banks to provide funding to large companies.

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When a Company Goes Into Administration or Liquidation Who Gets Paid First?

Hudson Weir

Those the business owes money to are known as creditors. In this blog, let’s look at which creditors are paid first if the organisation ultimately becomes insolvent and its assets are sold to repay the balance due (a winding-up or liquidation). Secured creditors include leasing companies and banks.

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It’s Getting Chilly: The “Cryptowinter” Marches On

PBWT

In addition, one major cryptocurrency exchange platform recently warned investors that, in the event of bankruptcy, its users’ assets may be treated as property of the estate, which would leave users in the unfortunate position of being treated as unsecured creditors. This revelation caused that entity’s stock to plummet.

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All in a Day’s Work. Belk Achieves Confirmation of Pre-Packaged Plan in Record Time

PBWT

” [1] Critically, the plan leaves all unsecured creditors unimpaired. We posit a few of those here: Broad Creditor Support. In Belk’s case, 99% of the First Lien Term Loan Claims and 100% of the Second Lien Term Loan Claims – the creditors absorbing that $450 million debt reduction – supported the plan.

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What Happens When a Company Goes into Administration?

Hudson Weir

Administration is a robust insolvency procedure for securing control when a company is insolvent and facing serious threats from creditors. The directors, or a ‘secured’ creditor (like the bank), can make an application to the court to appoint a licensed insolvency practitioner as an administrator. . What is a trading administration?

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter

Troutman Sanders

Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that it has granted three new Small Business Lending Company (SBLC) licenses to lenders focused on historically underserved markets — the first expansion of the SBLC program in more than 40 years. The company expects to have sufficient funds to fully repay unsecured creditors.