Where does Libor live in a bank? Why are banks in Asia not looking at Libor transition seriously? Which bank is racing ahead? It’s been an interesting couple of weeks for Libor transition watchers.
The past week has been momentous for crypto currency proponents, with social media giant Facebook wading into digital assets, but big corporates are unlikely to use it.
Is it time to rethink the Hong Kong dollar’s peg to the US dollar? At least one treasurer believes it's time to take the long view on Hong Kong and its place in Asia.
Markets are skittish, prone to starting at shadows or gorging themselves on rumours. Is China’s ‘counter-cyclical bounce’ just the latest piece of scuttlebutt to affect the currency or is the writing on the wall?
If traditional industries are the ground troops in the looming conflict, cross-border e-commerce platform Youkeshu is China’s militia. Its CFO talks trade warfare, hedging strategy and bank relationships.
It's like nothing China's treasurers have seen in the past 10 years; a toxic combination of defaults, US rate hikes, a downturn at home, regulatory interference and trade tensions are killing bond issuance.
China has been pushing for more Panda issuance, and a Hong Kong-listed water supply company has delivered despite not holding the top credit rating. It explains how and why.
Notional cash pooling avoids the physical transfer of foreign exchange, reducing FX risk. The US tech manufacturer's Yvione Zhou explains how it works in Asia.
CT kicks off its new weekly column on treasury gossip with a look at “Safe’s roadshow” to promote RMB bonds from non-Chinese issuers, and a book on Buddhism that’s shaping up as the new management Bible.