Bankruptcy Blogs

By Carolyn King 

The industry has moved from a traditional customer-oriented banking model to a transactional and counterparty-oriented model. This change has contributed to an operating environment in which the opportunity for abuse and deception has increased.

Restructuring enthusiasts, mark your calendars. In December 2014, the industry’s top professionals are expected to release a report on how to modernize the aging U.S.

Discount retailer Loehmann’s filed for Chapter 11 protection for the second time since 2010. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

The operator of the Fox & Hound and Champps restaurants filed for Chapter 11 protection Sunday. Read the DBR Small Cap article here.

Receiving Wide Coverage ...

Yes, Virginia, There is a Volcker Rule: Columnists on both sides of the pond spent the weekend parsing the true meaning of the Volcker Rule, now that U.S. regulators have finalized it. Echoing a piece in American Banker last Tuesday, Gretchen Morgenson concludes in the New York Times that with so many aspects of the measure still open to interpretation Â-- like, um, is this activity an endeavor in approved market making...