Financing cash-flow needs with unpaid invoices may be nothing new, but Hong Kong-based fintech Velotrade has plans to use regulation to revolutionise them as an alternative asset class
If there’s one thing that corporate treasurers can count on, it’s that Hong Kong is awash with banking liquidity. With underpricing the enemy, it’ll pay to take the long view
The HKMA has teamed up with 12 banks to use blockchain to build its new trade finance platform. How effective will it be at digitising cross-border payments?
The regulator says it’s getting serious about regulatory technology with plans to tackle issues ranging from money laundering to machine readable regulations.
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.
CT takes a look at Cathay Pacific’s 2017 annual report to see how its treasury is dealing with its fuel hedging strategy and how new accounting practices affect the airline.