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.
Corporate treasuries in the firing line of the second salvo of US-imposed tariffs must now dodge China’s response. Is it time to create separate risk management departments?
Events at Alibaba and JD.com have put the arcane but ubiquitous Chinese corporate legal structure in the news; how safe are they for foreign corporates and is change in the air?
Treasurers in Hong Kong are eyeing a US rate hike in September, but as uncertainty lingers – and the gap between the rates in HK and the US remains – the HKMA is left to bail out the currency.
Cherry-picking corporate treasurers are causing problems for regional financial institutions which are losing wallet share to their more nimble counterparts.
As trade tensions deepen, charting a path through increasingly desynchronised economies is becoming more difficult. Citi’s lead Asia economist tells CT what treasurers need to prepare for.
It's not just Twitter and Facebook: a new survey from the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai shows VPN policy is causing trouble for 56% of foreign companies operating in China.
It started as a crackdown on wealth management products; now it threatens credit to the real economy. Here's why China’s regulators may now need to sue for peace.