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In Germany, insolvency proceedings, both for companies and for natural persons, are regulated by the Insolvency Act (Insolvenzordnung), in effect since 1999 but with significant changes in 2012. [9] The goal of insolvency law is the equal and best satisfaction of creditors.
Many banks failed as well. Between 1980 and 1994, 1,617 commercial banks failed (9.14 percent of all banks) with total assets of $206 billion. [92] However, the overlapping regional banking crises in the 1980s were far less severe on the commercial banking side because the FDIC remained solvent.
2012-03-13 National Bank of Greece: Government of Greece 7.612 2012-03-13 Piraeus Bank: Government of Greece 5.516 2012-03-25 Laiki Bank: Bank of Cyprus: 10.812 2012-05-25 Bankia: Government of Spain: 20.962 2012-06-07 Caixa Geral de Depositos: Government of Portugal: 1.78 2012-06-07 Millennium BCP: Government of Portugal 3.3
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In the U.S., Chapter 11 bankruptcy made it possible for a business to declare bankruptcy without actually being insolvent. It is also strongly weighted toward retaining the existing management through the process of restructuring, on the basis that the existing management would be most familiar with the business and thus best equipped to preserve as much of its value as possible.
Bankruptcy, also referred to as insolvency in Canada, is governed by the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and is applicable to businesses and individuals. For example, Target Canada , the Canadian subsidiary of the Target Corporation , the second-largest discount retailer in the United States filed for bankruptcy on 15 January 2015, and closed all ...
banks; insurance companies; trust and loan companies; telegraph companies [6] and: is either bankrupt or insolvent; has committed an act of bankruptcy under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act ("BIA") or is deemed insolvent under the Winding-Up and Restructuring Act ("WRA"), whether or not proceedings have been initiated under either of those Acts
CAMELS ratings (US supervisory ratings used to classify the nation's 8,500 banks) were being used by the United States government in response to the 2007–2008 financial crisis to help it decide which banks to provide special help for and which to not as part of its capitalization program authorized by the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act ...