Metals: Keeping market value in proper perspective

For just about anybody in the business world, the term “metals” immediately calls to mind the fast-paced trading action of places like the London Metals Exchange, where fortunes rise and fall each day based on the flux in demand for aluminum, zinc, nickel, tin and a host of other metals. As a former metals analyst, I can attest to the fact that a veritable army […]

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Keeping the lights on – A key to Chapter 7 recoveries?

When a borrower goes into Chapter 7, it’s natural to focus on the endgame: liquidation. After all, operational concerns come to the fore only in cases involving reorganization, right? Not necessarily. Consider our largelot sale of the majority of former assets from one of North America’s biggest auto parts suppliers — Fenco (Fenwick Automotive Products Ltd., and Introcan).

A major supplier to the likes of AutoZone, […]

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