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Austria's Signa Development heads for bankruptcy proceedings
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on December 30, 2024
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on December 30, 2024
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026
Austria's Supreme Court has rejected Signa Development's restructuring plan, leading to bankruptcy proceedings. The decision affects creditors with claims worth billions.
(Reuters) - Austria's Supreme Court of Justice has rejected a restructuring plan for Signa Development, a unit of property tycoon Rene Benko's firm Signa, meaning it must undergo bankruptcy proceedings, the insolvency administrator said on Monday.
The aim is now to utilize the assets of the business as well as possible in the interests of the creditors, insolvency administrator Andrea Fruhstorfer said in a statement.
The Supreme Court's decision dismissed an appeal by Signa Development and upheld an earlier ruling by a top appeal court in Vienna, the statement said.
Signa, the property empire founded by Benko, has been one of the biggest casualties of Europe's real estate crisis, with creditors filing claims worth billions of euros.
(Writing by Dave Graham, editing by Maria Martinez)
The main topic is the bankruptcy proceedings of Austria's Signa Development after a court ruling.
The Austrian Supreme Court rejected their restructuring plan, necessitating bankruptcy proceedings.
Rene Benko is a property tycoon and founder of the Signa Group, which includes Signa Development.
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