Tech start-ups are raising capital by issuing cryptocurrencies, but regulators are starting to smell a rat. How kosher is the new market, and is it worth the risk?
Beijing has released broad measures aimed at improving the environment for foreign corporates, ranging from dividend repatriation, taxation and visa issues
China’s deleveraging push led to the highest number of defaults on corporate bonds ever for a first quarter – and the Shanghai exchange aims to weed problems out at source
For treasurers at the centre of China’s efforts to cool the bubbling property sector, offshore yields are now so attractive they outweigh the problem of foreign exchange restrictions
Failure to implement effective internal controls and comply with accounting standards have emerged as key pitfalls for companies wanting to go public in China.
Treasurers will watch with interest as regulator calls out shell and zombie companies over reporting problems. Details, however, are thin on the ground.