The growth of e-payments in China could cause major headaches for its central bank's monetary policy, including making depositors more sensitive to rates.
When it comes to cross-border currency movements and repatriating profits, a cash pooling structure can mitigate the risks and optimise cash management.
Cross-sector business, shadow banking, and online finance are all irreversible trends as financial products converge, but where will this leave China’s regulatory framework?
Instead of parking liquidity at a commercial bank in Thailand, Mitsubishi Electric wants to achieve better deposit yields and cash investment returns by pooling, CT has learnt.
Wealth management products are rapidly gaining popularity among Chinese corporates who are otherwise hesitant to use spare cash on capex. But the runaway growth of WMPs is potentially dangerous for the Chinese ...
As the world comes to terms with a Trump presidency, CT asks treasurers in Asia whether they have priced in the result and adjusted for short- and long-term volatility.