creditors

Debt and defaults

How to profit from the looming debt crisis

One man’s misery is another man’s fortune. As Covid-19 bites, investors may want to back debt collectors, says columnist Nirgunan.

Global Markets

Which markets face the most risks as frontiers drown in debt?

SINGAPORE (Mar 11): With a steady build-up of public debt becoming increasingly held by private creditors, frontier markets (FMs) are outpacing their emerging market (EMs) counterparts to become more and more vulnerable to global financial shocks.

Bonds and treasuries

Singapore opens new door for bondholders to chase default losses

(Oct 9): Singapore is giving liquidators of insolvent companies a new tool to retrieve funds for bondholders and other creditors.

Hyflux eyes court protection for debt talks

(May 22): Hyflux, the Singapore water treatment firm, is considering seeking a form of court protection to facilitate negotiations with creditors, people with knowledge of the matter said.

Hyflux said to mull seeking court protection for creditor talks

SINGAPORE (May 22): Hyflux, the Singapore water treatment firm, is considering seeking a form of court protection to facilitate negotiations with creditors, people with knowledge of the matter said.

Noble Group says more than 75% of credit holders OK restructuring

SINGAPORE (Apr 13): Commodity trader Noble Group said on Thursday that more than 75% of creditors holding the majority of its senior debt have accepted its US$3.4 billion ($4.5 billion) restructuring plan.

Noble granted extension on waiver for revolving credit facility

SINGAPORE (Dec 21): Noble Group has obtained an extension on a waiver relating to the financial covenants in its committed unsecured revolving credit facility, which was due to mature today, to 18 May 2018.

Singapore makes a 'good start' on its debt restructuring ambitions

(Nov 23): Singapore has made “a good start” in its bid to become a debt restructuring hub in the region, with six workout cases filed before its courts after it adopted U.S. Chapter 11-like incentives in local company laws this year, a senior governme

Noble group creditors agree to extend credit facility deadline: source

HONG KONG (June 16): Creditors of struggling commodity trader Noble Group have agreed to offer a lifeline by pushing back a repayment deadline on a crucial credit line until October, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday.

Swiber’s judicial managers get time extension to negotiate with creditors

SINGAPORE (Dec 2): Swiber announced that its judicial managers have applied for and received an extension of time until March 23, 2017 from the Singapore High Court to send creditors a statement of proposals and summon a creditors’ meeting.
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