A treasury recruiter spoke to CT about the demographic shifts in Asia’s biggest treasury hubs Singapore and Hong Kong – who’s in, who’s out and what recruiters are looking for
HKMA: time for action on benchmarks; Malaysia closes more than half its digital asset exchanges; MAS proposes expanding cyber risk guidelines; ISDA proposes change on CDS market
Regulators extend control of Anbang; Mainland regulations boost HK reinsurers; HK passes bill on profits tax exemption; Singapore and Europe agree on derivatives trading
Singapore may have scrapped the idea of a centralised database to facilitate KYC checks for now but an advisory body in Hong Kong says the government might not even need one.
Close-out netting derivatives get an update; Singapore to ‘ring-fence’ e-wallet deposits; MAS KYC plan ‘in a coma’; China’s new AML/CFT laws aimed at online FIs
China squares up to bond villains; India allows foreign corporates to deal in commodity derivatives; MAS moves on enforcement; China, Singapore deepen fintech ties; Malaysia eases sukuk regulations.
Corporate treasurers and CFOs are backing a weaker renminbi in 2019, betting the People’s Bank of China will weaponise the currency to fight the escalating trade war.
A revolution in the way the public pays is being echoed in the corporate world. As the likes of BAML roll out innovation payment solutions for corporates, treasurers are weighing up the benefit.