Navigating the cultural shoals of heading a new treasury team is not for the faint-hearted. Damian Glendinning reminisces on his time at the head of Lenovo’s treasury team in Singapore
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
Notional cash pooling avoids the physical transfer of foreign exchange, reducing FX risk. The US tech manufacturer's Yvione Zhou explains how it works in Asia.
While today's technology makes it possible to process payments instantly, deep-rooted issues such as reconciliation, AML, compliance and FX seriously hamper banks’ abilities to evolve.
From China to Indonesia, Korea and Japan, 2018 will see a changing of the regulatory guard. Will it make a real difference or is it a case of plus ca change?
A sour situation at China Huishan Dairy will hardly be helped by the fact it has lost contact with its treasury chief. Our thoughts go out to the team left behind.
High scores in the banking regulator’s benchmarking exercise are vital if an IHB is to win approval to expand its range of services. CT spoke to an SOE treasurer on how the process works.
Many of China’s small exporters denied hedging tools have warmed to the new FX hedging offering from Alibaba’s subsidiary Shenzhen OneTouch Business Services.
CT has established an interactive treasury webcast service. With access to exclusive, upcoming interactive events, treasurers can watch and listen in live or download the archive of webcasts at a convenient time.
Tapping the new renminbi cash management pilots requires more than just approval from the state regulators, but also the sophistication and sound preparation of the treasury team who will implement it.