The gender gap in insolvency

An article in the latest Insolvency Law Bulletin – The gender gap among Australian liquidators,[1] by Paulina Fishman – comments on the fact that only 9% of liquidators are women. That gap is apparent from repeated surveys in an industry where diversity of gender is seen as a necessary feature in the range of circumstances […]

Insolvent assetless MSMEs – all but forgotten?

My commentary of October 2020 is re-issued, for readers’ interest.  Does it matter that a company is insolvent such that something should be done by way of putting it into a formal insolvency arrangement under the Corporations Act? It seems not, according to the insolvency reforms announced by the Australian government, and according to insolvency […]