CT takes a look at Cathay Pacific’s 2017 annual report to see how its treasury is dealing with its fuel hedging strategy and how new accounting practices affect the airline.
Precedent can count for a lot when it comes to treasury practice but just because it’s always been done that way doesn’t mean you can’t shake things up. We look at best practice in working capital management.
Some of the world’s top companies – also including Roche, GE and others – join Swift’s global payment initiative pilot. But whether other “Swift corporates” will be able to go GPI-active remains to be seen.
While today's technology makes it possible to process payments instantly, deep-rooted issues such as reconciliation, AML, compliance and FX seriously hamper banks’ abilities to evolve.
The perceptions of North American chief financial officers remain solidly upbeat, according to a new survey from Deloitte. And the biggest surprises concern China.
ABB, GE, Honeywell and Siemens have already profited from the Belt and Road Initiative. CT tells you how to help your company do so too – while minimising the risks.
Automating workaday tasks costs money in the short term and saves money in the long term. Justifying the outlay to a sceptical board must be part of the treasurer’s skill set.
Tariffs are just one of Trump’s weapons to move manufacturing and the global supply chain back to the US. Companies such as Apple could face a potential 40% increase in production costs, Goldman Sachs estimates.
Companies in China are more confident than they’ve been for five years, according to the latest survey. But going forward, will the picture always remain this rosy?