Trade finance may take a beating in light of more stringent enforcement around trade embargoes by US authorities. Corporate treasurers would do well to keep a close eye on the developments.
Last week, the IASB published a draft version of IFRS17 that will require treasurers to coordinate with their accountants to prepare their firms by 2022. Be prepared for some early pain before future gains.
Steady pickup in money markets using the Secured Overnight Financing Rate is helping financial industry participants formulate fallback language for existing financial products that use Libor.
China market regulator gets new chief, hbanks pour $50 million into blockchain-based digital currency settlement, India NBFCs must hire “independent” CROs - RBI, central bank-backed digital currencies gain momentum, ...
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
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has imposed a penalty on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) for allowing certain traders to gain unfair advantage amid co-location services the exchange offered to brokers
Banks and service providers armed with thick pitch books filled with irrelevant case studies came under fire from treasurers at our recent CT Week in Singapore
As the cliff-edge of Libor’s demise approaches, corporates are caught in a chicken and egg problem of alternative benchmarks with limited liquidity. Can it be fixed?