The markets could always be comfortable in the knowledge that China’s titanic state-owned enterprises had the backing of the government. But is all that changing?
A recent Goldman Sachs report estimates that capital flows worth $4bn have been lost to Singapore as a result of the recent HK unrest. Where does this leave Hong Kong as a corporate treasury hub?
Protests, riots and mayhem – it’s enough to give any treasurer indigestion. So is it time to move your treasury operations to Singapore, or should you wait out the storm?
China squares up to bond villains; India allows foreign corporates to deal in commodity derivatives; MAS moves on enforcement; China, Singapore deepen fintech ties; Malaysia eases sukuk regulations.
The Chinese smartphone maker is the first to apply under new rules that will allow domestic flotation of overseas-listed innovators. For CFOs, it's a potential new funding route.
The perceptions of North American chief financial officers remain solidly upbeat, according to a new survey from Deloitte. And the biggest surprises concern China.
With reports Beijing will put in place contingencies to counter US tax cuts that could stymie foreign direct investment, treasurers lament that getting money into China is still fraught with problems
Treasurers are always on the look out for cheap sources of funding and a small sukuk green bond issuance from a solar project in Sabah could be showing the way