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The article reports that Guinness Peat Group has hired a London-based brokerage firm to promote Coats as a stand-alone business. It also says GPG is exiting its investments apart from Coats, which will be its remaining asset.

According to the article, GPG has engaged a London-based brokerage specifically to promote Coats as a stand-alone business. The report does not provide additional details about the brokerage’s strategy or GPG’s precise objectives beyond promotion.

Yes. The article says Guinness Peat Group is searching for a chairman for what will be its remaining asset, Coats.

The article states that GPG is exiting its investments except for Coats, meaning Coats will remain GPG’s primary or sole holding while other investments are being wound down or sold. The piece does not list the other investments or timelines.

The article reports that liquidators of ABC Learning can proceed with legal action to recover $244 million from a bank syndicate after a Federal Court decision in New South Wales.

Justice Peter Jacobson of the Federal Court in NSW found there was no conflict of interest in IMF Australia funding both the liquidators’ action and a potential class action. Based on that finding, the liquidators may proceed with the $244 million recovery action.

The article says Justice Peter Jacobson determined there was no conflict of interest in IMF Australia funding both the liquidators’ action and a potential class action, clearing the way for the liquidators to continue their recovery proceedings.

Based on the article, investors should note that GPG is focusing on Coats as its remaining asset and has taken steps to promote it and find a chairman, which could be material to holders of GPG or Coats shares. Separately, the court ruling allowing ABC Learning’s liquidators to pursue $244 million from a bank syndicate is a legal development relevant to creditors and parties connected to that insolvency. The article does not provide further financial or timing details.