Risk & Compliance

The government is providing subsidies and loans to diversify supply and boost imports of solar generators amid the Middle East conflict.

Treasurers need to be critical thinkers, self-starters and good communicators to show their strategic importance to a firm, according to market experts.

Hong Kong's chief executive is planning for more investment and innovation as the city looks to capitalise on its international status.

As agentic AI moves closer to treasury decisions, it's prompting a push for stronger governance and oversight.

The global weather phenomenon is already raising food and commodity prices, and increasing input costs, putting pressure on margins and working capital.

The aims of Phase 2B include decarbonising manufacturing processes, and to offer transition pathways for hard-to-abate sectors.

Singapore has opened a stablecoin consultation, while a rupiah-SGD framework will help cross-border trade.

As firms move beyond spot market purchases, forward offtake agreements are a hedge for treasurers looking to de-risk, says Tencent's Andy Yu.

With the majority of chief financial officer appointments at firms listed in Apac going to first-timers, Paul Golden examines the key issues such as technology and strategy that these newcomers need to address to hit the ground running.

With a new PCC framework for captive insurance and the launch of the SAFR AI governance toolkit, Singapore's regulator is moving aggressively to reinforce the city-state's financial infrastructure against emerging risks.

The Reserve Bank of Australia said the cash rate remains its primary policy tool, but new guidance sets out how it could deploy additional monetary tools to respond and prepare for future crises, such as another pandemic on the scale of Covid-19.

Asian corporates are looking beyond preconceptions about the role of fractional chief financial officers amid a global talent shortage and, in particular, among smaller firms with a close eye on costs. Paul Golden reports.