by Engaged BT | Feb 18, 2021 | Engaged Business Turnaround
Leveraging Market Uncertainty in Restructuring Private Equity Investments. While every restructuring situation is different, and the springing debt concept is but one example of a carrot to use in negotiations with creditors, it is illustrative of the dynamics...
by Engaged BT | Feb 12, 2021 | Engaged Business Turnaround
Business rescue practitioners in SA are likely to be much in demand South Africa is likely to face more business rescues than it did last year through the Covid-19 pandemic. This could be because the government had not amended business insolvency legislation...
by Engaged BT | Jan 28, 2021 | Engaged Business Turnaround
The importance of optimism in 2021 “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence,” Helen Keller famously said. Read this great piece from Chris Botha on the importance of an optimistic attitude to get the...
by Engaged BT | Jan 20, 2021 | Engaged Business Turnaround
Uncertainty: The Greatest Gift One of the greatest gifts Kim learned from travelling the world, and being a hospitality entrepreneur in South Africa, is that Uncertainty is an opportunity in disguise. In this punchy webinar, Kim unpacks her lived experience of...
by Engaged BT | Jan 12, 2021 | Engaged Business Turnaround
Covid business innovation: Don’t wait for the phone to ring Tales of woe and business failures are legion as the Covid-19 pandemic wreaks economic havoc. But there are ways to survive, and thrive, through innovation. Just don’t wait for the phone to ring… Find...
by Engaged BT | Jan 11, 2021 | Engaged Business Turnaround
Five key factors that will affect South Africa’s economy and your wallet this year London-based consultancy Capital Economics reckons the renewed lockdown measures imposed late in December shut down about 20% of the economy, shaving 0.5% of potential growth off...
by Engaged BT | Jan 6, 2021 | Engaged Business Turnaround
South Africa is losing thousands of millionaires Wealth leaving the country has the exact opposite effect of foreign direct investment – job losses, negative growth, more financial distress. With tax increases of R5bn projected for 2021/2022 as tax revenues...
by Engaged BT | Dec 23, 2020 | Engaged Business Turnaround
Business rescue stalked SA businesses in 2020 Business Rescue is an essential mechanism for financially distressed businesses to rehabilitate their affairs. But while Comair, Edcon and Phumelela made it, SAA and SA Express are still deeply troubled. READ...
by Engaged BT | Dec 13, 2020 | Engaged Business Turnaround
The next global ‘black swan event’ may be uninsurable The insurance industry is heading for an existential crisis. A pandemic is not a risk it can cover. But if the industry doesn’t use its expertise to find innovative and creative solutions, it risks becoming...