Cross-investment in related enterprises, an opaque business model at the mercy of regulators and a netherworld of shadowy financial products, Anbang is a signal lesson in what to avoid in China.
The Chinese conglomerate's over-arching ambition finally gets the better of its board – and its financial officers may have been powerless to halt the slide.
HSBC’s strategic push to Asia promises explicit investment in transaction banking platforms and lending rates set to undercut existing lenders*, but the shift will be far less substantial than presumed.
Treasurers, CFOs and sell-siders delivered their verdicts over the future of funding in 2013 during the second annual Asia-Pacific Corporate Funding Forum held in Hong Kong on March 6th.