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1.  ''Advisory services.''
''US insolvency law''.


In the professional services context, the Big 4 usually refers to the four largest international professional services firms and auditors.
Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code.


Chapter 11 is designed to allow a financially stressed business temporary protection from its creditors, in order to provide an opportunity for recovery.


2.  ''Banking.''
A Chapter 11 debtor usually proposes a plan of reorganization to keep its business alive, and pay its creditors over time.  
 
The term is also commonly used in banking, in different contexts. 
 
For example, referring to the four largest banks in a given country or a given region.
 
The four largest UK banks, by total assets, are HSBC, Barclays, RBS and Lloyds.




== See also ==
== See also ==
*[[Challenger bank]]
* [[Administration]]
*[[Deloitte]]
* [[Examinership]]
*[[EY]]
* [[Going concern]]
*[[KPMG]]
* [[Liquidation]]
*[[Lloyd's of London]]
* [[Receivership]]
*[[PwC]]
* [[Insolvency]]
 
* [[United States]]
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[[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]]

Revision as of 07:14, 28 November 2017

US insolvency law.

Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code.

Chapter 11 is designed to allow a financially stressed business temporary protection from its creditors, in order to provide an opportunity for recovery.

A Chapter 11 debtor usually proposes a plan of reorganization to keep its business alive, and pay its creditors over time.


See also