Risk & Compliance

The private healthcare firm has rebuilt its treasury architecture to prioritise liquidity mobility, policy-driven hedging and system-led control amid rate volatility and fragmented capital markets. CT spoke with Manjiv Dodanwela, the firm's transformation lead for group treasury.

Multinationals need to finetune their FX hedging strategies faced with a market with growing volatility, according to speakers at the event.

As US-listed companies operating in Asia turn their attention to first quarter reporting, they need to be aware of new hedge accounting standards and they don’t just apply to new hedges

While standards under IFRS9 look very similar to its predecessor IAS39 when hedge accounting is concerned, there are opportunities. CT looks at what treasurers can extract.

As the trade war threatens to spill over into a currency war, China’s renminbi is back in the spotlight. CT spoke to Deutsche Bank about key corporate considerations when hedging the Chinese Rmb.

The Reserve Bank of India has released futher guidelines around hedging, this time simplifying hedges under US$30 million in a move to improve access for SMEs.

After much consternation over controversial new hedging laws, Malaysia's central bank has further clarifies (again) its position on what corporates can and cannot do. The rules are now live.

The central bank seeks to establish a list of commodities that can be hedged by all companies with direct exposure. In step, it also plans to allow greater FX hedging activity.

It’s one of the Asia Pacific’s fastest growing economies, but it can also be one of the more volatile. A central banker tells corporate treasurers what to watch out for in the Southeast Asian powerhouse.

India's central bank follows up an initiative to develop financial markets by simplifying how non-resident companies with less than $ 30 million of exposure do their hedging.

An MNC can now enter hedging agreements in India, but it will have to process the instruments via a tri-partite agreement with an Indian bank, the MNC's Indian subsidiary and its own treasury function.

Currency volatility is a now a part of the Indian firmament, requiring skillful risk management policies. However, one unexpected consequence is a rise in shared treasury services.