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  2. Insolvency - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Harksen v Lane - Wikipedia

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    Harksen v Lane NO and Others is an important decision of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, delivered on 7 October 1997.The court dismissed a challenge to the constitutionality of the Insolvency Act, 1936, finding that it was consistent with the right to property and right to equality for the property of a solvent spouse to be attached to the insolvent estate of his or her partner.

  4. Bank failure - Wikipedia

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    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

  5. Strategic bankruptcy - Wikipedia

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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.

  6. Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act - Wikipedia

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    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

  7. Will Banks Treat You Better in 2012? - AOL

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  8. Lender of last resort - Wikipedia

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    The Federal Reserve System headquarters in Washington, D.C. The Bank of England in London The Reserve Bank of New Zealand in Wellington. In public finance, a lender of last resort (LOLR) is the institution in a financial system that acts as the provider of liquidity to a financial institution which finds itself unable to obtain sufficient liquidity in the interbank lending market when other ...

  9. Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development v SARIPA

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    As required by various legislation, the policy regulated the process for the appointment of insolvency practitioners to act as trustees of insolvent estates in insolvency proceedings under the Insolvency Act, 1936. Insolvency practice was historically dominated by white men, [1] and section 158(2) of the Insolvency Act explicitly licensed the ...