Practical guides for directors navigating financial distress. Written by advisors who have been on both sides of the table - not by content teams.
Why impairment is a decision when taken early and a result when taken late. Four situations from the public record — Elders, Freedom Foods, Arrium, Slater & Gordon — read honestly. A practitioner's view for bank credit and workout teams, non-bank lenders and private credit managers.
A covenant breach is a lagging signal. By the time it prints, the cheapest months to act have already passed. Rebound Advisory's research report on why proximity to the borrower — not enforcement capability — is what preserves value when a private credit borrower starts to struggle.
ATO enforcement. Payday Super. A fuel crisis. Construction collapse. Trade disruption. They are not arriving sequentially - they are arriving simultaneously, and they are compounding. Rebound Advisory's full analysis of the restructuring landscape across Australia and New Zealand in 2026.
A behavioural framework for reading distressed businesses before the financial statements catch up. Thirty years of restructuring practice, distilled into three stages every advisor needs to recognise.
Written by Brendan Richards
A payment plan can buy time. But it does not protect you personally. Here is what every director with ATO debt needs to understand before agreeing to one - including the critical risk when a Director Penalty Notice is involved.
Written by Brendan Richards
I used to brief a team of three to build a financial model for a distressed client. It would take a week. Today I can produce the same analytical foundation in an hour or two. This changes the economics of advisory work fundamentally.
Written by Brendan Richards
There is a deeply ingrained assumption that when a company cannot pay its debts, the next step is formal insolvency. It is not the only path - and in many cases, it is not the best one. The case for informal creditor compromises.
Written by Brendan Richards
More than 80% of companies that enter Voluntary Administration return nothing to unsecured creditors. This article examines why the outcomes are so consistently poor - and what the alternatives look like when a business still has a viable core worth preserving.
Written by Brendan Richards
A comprehensive guide for directors who have received a DPN. Understand the two types, your 21-day deadline, what works, what does not, and a step-by-step 48-hour action plan.
Written by Brendan Richards
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