Supply chains squeezed, deliveries delayed and consumption collapsing, these are testing times for treasurers. CT looks at how much stretch there can be in contract language.
It’s every corporate treasurer's nightmare. Your company is rapidly losing altitude and the regulator is about to shut you down. CT looks on as the airline drama unfolds
Where does Libor live in a bank? Why are banks in Asia not looking at Libor transition seriously? Which bank is racing ahead? It’s been an interesting couple of weeks for Libor transition watchers.
As Hong Kong’s protests stretch into their fourth month, at least two of the city’s new virtual banks have decided on a delayed soft launch of the financial product
Protests, riots and mayhem – it’s enough to give any treasurer indigestion. So is it time to move your treasury operations to Singapore, or should you wait out the storm?
Markets are skittish, prone to starting at shadows or gorging themselves on rumours. Is China’s ‘counter-cyclical bounce’ just the latest piece of scuttlebutt to affect the currency or is the writing on the wall?
If traditional industries are the ground troops in the looming conflict, cross-border e-commerce platform Youkeshu is China’s militia. Its CFO talks trade warfare, hedging strategy and bank relationships.
Can you imagine a world without Swift? As transactions limits rise for real time payment platforms, no-fee cross border payments could soon be a reality – starting in Southeast Asia.
China’s leading optical device manufacturer has seen the equivalent of $29 million wiped out on the back of the renminbi’s devaluation. Meanwhile, the PBoC’s latest move is adding to its pain.
It's like nothing China's treasurers have seen in the past 10 years; a toxic combination of defaults, US rate hikes, a downturn at home, regulatory interference and trade tensions are killing bond issuance.