In May 2015 the Productivity Commission released its Draft Report ‘Business Set-up, Transfer and Closure'. This research note does not deal with the broad range of issues touched on by the Productivity Commission. Instead, it concentrates on those matters relating to corporate insolvency and...

Phoenix activity occurs where the business of a failed company is transferred to a second company and the second company's controllers are the same as the first company's controllers. Phoenix activity can be both legal as well as illegal, however regulators face difficulties delineating between...

Phoenix activity occurs where the business of a failed company is transferred to a second (typically newly incorporated) company and the second company's controllers are the same as the first company's controllers. Phoenix activity can be legal as well as illegal. The aim of this research report...

Phoenix activity occurs where the business of a failed company is transferred to a second (typically newly incorporated) company and the second company's controllers are the same as the first company's controllers. Phoenix activity can be legal as well as illegal. Phoenix activity has become a...