Effective liquidity management is as much an art as a science. The main objectives of cash and liquidity management are to free up all the company's cash whilst minimising processing costs, to…
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Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Transaction Services (GTS) and China UnionPay (CUP) have officially announced the launch of their exclusive cash management alliance in mainland China.
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According to a recent survey by Coface, a credit insurance company, almost half of companies in Asia experienced a 14% increase in overdue payments in 2012. Companies in Hong Kong,
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J&W Associates 'Global Network Banks Cash Management Coverage & Services 2013' report
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China's Ministry of Finance (MOF) and the State of Administration of Taxation (SAT) jointly issued a circular Caishui No. 84, "Provisional Measures for the VAT Calculations and Reporting of Pilot Taxpayers with HQ a
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Opposition to the Financial Transaction Tax is growing as associations and corporates around the world wake up to the impact.
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EuroFinance's largest event for senior treasury professionals operating in Asia. Morning sessions showcase the latest direction in treasury, plus the global economic and political outlook. Afternoon
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Slaughter and May and the Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) have today published a new edition of the ACT Borrower's Guide to the Loan Market Association Documentation for Investment
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This acquisition builds on the significant investment Standard Chartered has already made in its African franchise. In addition to substantial organic investment, the Group acquired First Africa (a
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The Cyprus liquidity crisis showed that the euro crisis is not over by any means.
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In his blog, Richard Raeburn, Chairman of the European Association of Corporate Teasurers, concludes on the Financial Transaction Tax:
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China has taken another step closer towards internationalising the RMB as the Australian dollar will be directly convertible into the yuan and vice versa from 10 April.
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Another two new examples of the march of the renminbi confirm that corporate treasurers need to factor the RMB into their trading models:
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Wal-Mart Stores has sold a $5 billion four-part bond issue with a similar structure to a deal the company did in 2011.
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CTMfile asked two leading corporate treasurers and two senior bankers for their tips for global cash management in 2013. Their tips are:
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Rocky Lee's, Asia managing partner of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, and the firm's Iris Zhaoxin Liu's article in The Corporate Treasurer provides advice on how multinationals can better handle
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Australia is to become the first major global economy to scrap its benchmark interbank borrowing rate. The Australian Financial Markets Association (AFMA) has today (27 March) unveiled sweeping c
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Most corporate treasuries have set up their regional corporate treasury departments in Asia-Pacific in either Hong Kong or Singapore. China is now aiming to change this as it tries to upgrade its
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Atradius Group, which provides trade credit insurance, surety and collections services worldwide, carryout an annual Payments Practices Barometer survey in Asia-Pacific region. The 2012 survey of
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Citi has extended its Common Depository services to Asia Pacific following the appointment by Euroclear Bank and Clearstream, the International Securities Depositories (ICSDs), to provide sub-
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SWIFT, today announced that the Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) systems have gone live on SWIFTNet in Macau and Taiwan.
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HSBC has implemented a renminbi (RMB) cross-border payments and collections solution for a Fortune 500 company in China. It provides a centralised approach to cash management by enabling
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A new report by Greenwich Associates claims that Basel III bank capital adequacy requirements are poised to increase pricing on trade finance. Greenwich suggests that this could accelerate the
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Cindy Fryer, Senior Director-Treasury, Endo Health Solutions presented at AFP Annual Conference 2012 her 10 tips for ensuring debt compliance which included:
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Betty Fan, senior consultant at Element Consulting Group in the USA, an advisor of shipping companies and manufacturers, in an article in 'the corporate treasurer', recommends an integrated approach from all busines
