If Twitter found that a 140-character limit was not enough, why are payment messages still confined to that number? Deutsche Bank thinks it’s time to use the 15-year old ISO20022 message format, but the road to ...
A hierarchical culture makes it easier for companies to cook the books, but will they always be one step ahead of the short sellers? This series looks at how fraud works in Asia
It’s fitting that Italy – the country that produced the world’s first sinologist Marco Polo – should be the first western economy to want to sign up to the BRI. But what do treasurers need to watch for?
Nearly one quarter of China’s GDP has been generated by the real estate related industries, according to CLSA, however are there now signs this pillar industry could fall over?
There are promising signs for both China's onshore and the offshore bond markets, but analysts warn that 2019 could see a rise in defaults and a flight to safety
China relaxes rules on corporate bank accounts; China’s has a top year for market fines; China mulls new credit rating rules; China brings in new e-commerce rules
Treasurers looking ahead to 2019 will need to be keenly aware of the geopolitical risk to currency movements. Has the US overplayed its hand? Will the Euro be resurgent? Read on…
“Forget Buenos Aires,” said Alicia Garcia-Herrero, Natixis’ chief economist for the Asia Pacific region. She said Japan will gain in the short term due to tariffs but the broader picture, however, is quite complicated.
For corporate treasurers in the logistics sector, China’s big tech is getting serious. A new round of funding for Keking means fintech and data will lead the way
China backs away from new e-commerce rules; China clarifies tax position for foreign bond holders; AML probe deepens on Japanese bank; RBA takes aim at bank profits; MAS grants first private securities platform licence