Australian Mercantile Collections

Paramount Debt at Risk of Downgrade From Moody’s After Skydance Deal

Paramount’s Times Square office. Getty Images The credit agencies are weighing in on Paramount Global, fresh off the deal that would hand control over the entertainment giant to David Ellison’s Skydance. Moody’s warned in a note that it is placing Paramount’s ratings on review for a downgrade, a move that would rate the company’s debt […]

Debt collection agency says data breach affected more than 4 million people

A data breach discovered in February potentially exposed information on more than 4 million people, debt collection agency Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS) said in an updated regulatory filing Monday. The Pennsylvania-based company has steadily revised its assessment of the potential impact of the breach since it first began notifying customers in April. The […]

QIC bets on Europe port operator

Queensland Investment Corporation is making a bet on trade growth in Europe despite geopolitical tensions in the region QIC Private Debt Infrastructure has committed $80m to junior loan financing for HES International BV, one of Europe’s largest independent portfolios of dry and liquid bulk port facilities. The QIC junior loan forms part of a €220m […]

Private collection agencies being mulled for recouping EFKA dues

The Single Social Security Entity (EFKA) could collect an extra 4 billion euros from large debtors as well as from debts that increase disproportionately due to very high additional fees and surcharges, if the appropriate mechanism were in place. Already, the Social Security Debt Collection Center (KEAO) collects around €1-1.5 billion annually through arrangements and […]

Technical Debt to Technical Wellness for State and Local

“And you put those two together and you start getting a better sense of where to focus instead of making it ‘mainframe bad, cloud good,’” he says. The vast majority of technical debt, Briggs says, arise from IT leaders who had good intentions, knew they were making what they considered a justifiable trade-off when they […]

Businesses look to restructuring for ATO debt solution

South Australian small businesses are facing a choice between calling in the liquidators or bringing in restructuring firms to go on payment plans amid mounting tax debts owed to the Australian Tax Office (ATO). At an information night held three weeks ago by licensed small business restructuring (SMB) firm Small Business Restructuring, five clients representing […]