This article compares reforms to directors' liability for insolvent trading in Singapore and in Australia. The authors analyse the law in these two countries because they are important Asia-Pacific trading partners and their laws were originally largely the same – Singapore's law on insolvent...

The Singapore Companies (Amendment) Act 2017 introduced the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross Border Insolvency into Singapore law. It facilitated the recognition of cross-border insolvency processes in Singapore and introduced new legislative tools to rescue distressed companies. This article...

Using a unique dataset that merges bankruptcy and motor events with personal data in Singapore, this study finds significant evidence of gender gap in personal bankruptcy risk. We show that the women' odds in bankruptcy events is 28% of the men's odds controlling for demographic, housing types...

The international spread of the coronavirus has forced many countries to put their economies into ‘hibernation', leading to one of the worst recessions observed in modern times. Since Singapore is not isolated from this crisis, the Government had to intervene by adopting a very ambitious...

This book is a comparative study of international practices in bankruptcy law, providing perspectives from a variety of specialisms including practitioners, lawyers, bankers, accountants and judges from the United Arab Emirates, the UK and Singapore