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?
A month on from the news that US dollar Libor could have yet another replacement, CT speaks to experts - including those from ISDA - to find out what it could mean for treasury departments in the region.
Former Safeway treasurer Bradley Fox said that a primitive version of a blockchain solution saved the grocery chain thousands of dollars in corporate issuance after contagion took root in markets during the financial ...
China tightens reins on blockchain; Singapore to limit e-wallet size; China increases QFII quota; Philippines and Singapore join forces on derivatives; Basel slashes bank capital requirements
Fitch Ratings will use a new system to study ESG factors when compiling credit ratings. Moody’s warns that debt worth $2.2 trillion across 11 sectors could be downgraded due to environmental risk.
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
Getting the jump on FX movements is an artform: it involves finding common themes in disparate narratives and knitting them into real world scenarios. CT looks at some of the meatier metrics.