Fitch Ratings has flagged how forward-looking ESG-related metric gives investors a clearer idea of how such risks can impact the corporate debt they seek to invest in.
A fishbowl discussion at GTR Asia saw an animated debate between ‘frenemies’ - an international banker and three fintech representatives - on how to tackle the persistent $1.5 trillion trade finance gap
If Twitter found that a 140-character limit was not enough, why are payment messages still confined to that number? Deutsche Bank thinks it’s time to use the 15-year old ISO20022 message format, but the road to ...
Steady pickup in money markets using the Secured Overnight Financing Rate is helping financial industry participants formulate fallback language for existing financial products that use Libor.
A month on from the news that US dollar Libor could have yet another replacement, CT speaks to experts - including those from ISDA - to find out what it could mean for treasury departments in the region.
Former Safeway treasurer Bradley Fox said that a primitive version of a blockchain solution saved the grocery chain thousands of dollars in corporate issuance after contagion took root in markets during the financial ...
Fitch Ratings will use a new system to study ESG factors when compiling credit ratings. Moody’s warns that debt worth $2.2 trillion across 11 sectors could be downgraded due to environmental risk.
Getting the jump on FX movements is an artform: it involves finding common themes in disparate narratives and knitting them into real world scenarios. CT looks at some of the meatier metrics.
If trade tensions do disappear from the picture, the world of trade finance will be quite different over the coming years. It may not necessarily involve blockchain platforms, but it will definitely involve more than ...
Once the domain of risk-takers and corporate buccaneers, these days the humble corporate treasurer is expected to be across commodity hedging. CT looks at what to look out for.