The chemical giant is moving payments out of China to Thailand while switching hedging activities back to its Brussels head office. Its treasury team explains how it's going to work.
Singapore might have the pedigree and Hong Kong the proximity to China, but fast-emerging corporate hubs in Southeast Asia are snapping at their heels.
Instead of parking liquidity at a commercial bank in Thailand, Mitsubishi Electric wants to achieve better deposit yields and cash investment returns by pooling, CT has learnt.
Thailand’s petroleum giant tells CT how it centralised cash and liquidity management to cut down its minimal working capital requirement and support more investments.