Andrew Tjaardstra

Japan’s yen fell this this week to an 18-month low against the dollar as Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi seeks to shore up her coalition.

Yang Zhang joins the French bank in Hong Kong for the newly created role.

The aim is to improve liquidity management, optimise cash flows and meet more payment deadlines for clients of the Bahrain-headquartered bank.

Amit Baraskar believes tariffs, US diversification, artificial intelligence and geopolitics will all be key themes for Apac treasurers this year.

Pritesh Vinay has joined the TPG-backed India and South Asia wind energy firm.

GTreasury is looking to automate reconciliation and regulatory reporting across treasury, finance, and compliance operations.

The US's increasingly assertive foreign policy is set to heighten geopolitical risk this year amid wider threats, says Fitch.

From March 2026, Teo Nee Chuan will become group chief financial officer, as Chua Chee Wui continues as CIO after being in both roles.

Chintan Shah will lead Apac & MEA, corporate bank, as Ole Matthiessen becomes global co-head of the corporate bank; Christof Hofmann is named as global head of cash management.

Sharon Wang, senior director, head of group treasury & project finance at CLP Group, shared her views with CT on AI, inflation and transition finance.

US interest rates have been lowered again by the US Fed to a range of 3.5%-3.75%; as a result Hong Kong has cut its base rate to 4%.

Neeraj Kumar Jumrani will leave the gas and engineering firm in February. The company has been fighting action from SEBI.