Skill, experience and finely honed judgment are key to minimising risk and part of every treasurer's core competence. Can machines really take on the grunt work?
Despite clearer guidance from the government, less than 20 per cent of listed companies in Vietnam have been able to meet deadlines for filing financial reports this year.
Non-listed companies with turnover of up to HK$100 million will have their credit information shared by lenders. That could push borrowing costs down – or up.
A local government’s dramatic U-turn over its loan guarantee commitments may have averted an immediate crisis, but the damage to China’s reputation in honouring contracts is harder to repair.
At a time when regulatory pressure has forced large Chinese conglomerates such as Wanda to wind back overseas acquisition, the forex regulator says Beijing is still open for business.