Treasury

Exports and imports beat expectations in September, but trade uncertainty and weak domestic demand are causing concern; China's GDP grew 4.5% in Q3.

From nuclear power and sustainable finance to AI adoption and regional growth, CLP’s Sharon Wang outlines how the utility's treasury is helping chart its future path.

The agreements cover hybrid vehicles, tariffs and rare earth export licences.

Treasurers need to be critical thinkers, self-starters and good communicators to show their strategic importance to a firm, according to market experts.

A trial has applied HKD stablecoin to logistics and hospitality-related payments, while Thailand has expanded a blockchain payment test.

Spiking government bond yields and sticky inflation are impacting Apac funding and hedging decisions.

The former Glenmark Pharmaceuticals finance exec succeeds Salim Yahoo at the renewable energy firm, which has been raising capital.

The Indian renewable energy group combined an international bond issue with a tender and redemption of its 2027 notes; ReNew Energy raised a $600m bond in GIFT City in February.

The Japanese yen fell to a 40-year low, the Korean won outperformed, the Rmb was flat, the Indian rupee was resilient, while MAS unexpectedly tightened monetary policy.

The Reserve Bank of Australia said the cash rate remains its primary policy tool, but new guidance sets out how it could deploy additional monetary tools to respond and prepare for future crises, such as another pandemic on the scale of Covid-19.

The Bank of Japan raised its policy rate to the highest level since 1995 and said it will stop paring back its bond purchases from April 2027, amid rising energy costs and firming inflation expectations. The US Fed has held rates steady at the new chair’s first meeting.

Asian corporates are looking beyond preconceptions about the role of fractional chief financial officers amid a global talent shortage and, in particular, among smaller firms with a close eye on costs. Paul Golden reports.