Advocates of trade finance have secured exemptions in the form of Capital Reserve Requirements IV (CRR IV) from tougher banking regulations that would have affected trade in Europe. Regulators in Asia have yet to ...
Australian treasurers and CFOs say Chinese counterparts are requesting more LCs are part of their trade negotiations. The LCs are allowing the Chinese firms to line up better financing rates offshore.
The Corporate Treasurer is launching its ‘Cash Mandate Chronicle’, a submission-based deal table benchmarking innovative cash mandates in Asia-Pacific. We want YOUR submissions.
ANZ casts doubts over China's official data and analyses it with a fraud detection formula developed by twentieth century physicist Frank Albert Benford.
Global trade flow volumes have declined in 2012, dwindling to $37.7 billion and registering 217 deals in the year. This is down from $40.5 billion and 593 deals recorded in 2011.
BHP Billiton has executed the first fully electronic document presentation under a letter of credit into China, but critics remain skeptical over the chances of wider adoption.
Vipul Gupta, head of tax and treasury for Electrolux, discusses how a Western company can facilitate cheaper financing for their key Asia-based suppliers.