France’s audit office sounds warning – Industry roundup: 16 July
by Graham Buck
Pakistan wins U5$7 billion IMF loan; KPMG launches Clear on Climate Reporting; World Bank helps Pacific islands; La Niña threat to EM bonds
% Rate Hedging & Risk Management
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Most businesses are exposed to interest rate risks from their operating cash flows, their financing and their investments. Businesses with variable interest rate investments face the possibility of…
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Japan nears end of negative interest rates era – Industry roundup: 12 March
by Graham Buck
Egypt’s inflation jumps to 35.7%; India signs US$100bn free trade deal; NatWest to exit BNPL market; Inditex investors seek supply chain transparency
Operation Prosperity Guardian to protect Red Sea shipping – Industry roundup: 19 December
by Graham Buck
Buliish growth outlook for China and India; Germany's business sentiment worsens; Cambridge Uni could drop Barclays; HK seeks more digital green bonds
Argentina’s economic outlook still murky – Industry roundup: 24 October
by Graham Buck
US 10-year Treasury yield at 16-year high; Priorities for G7 Osaka summit; Nigeria sees liquidity crunch relief; Security new 'S' of ESG
US faces US$2 trillion ‘corporate debt wall’ warns Goldman – Industry roundup: 8 August
by Graham Buck
Italy's banks face windfall tax; Investors regain appetite for junk; PayPal to launch stablecoin; Ripple platform for carbon market
Japan’s SMFG is first to resume CoCo bonds – Industry roundup: 20 April
by Graham Buck
ChatGPT "can decipher Fed speak"; Greek economy wins seal of approval; Red flag reappears in corporate bonds; Tanzania in rare earth development deal
More South Korean companies issue corporate bonds – Industry roundup: 4 April
by Graham Buck
Cineworld emerges from Chapter 11; Squeeze tightens on MTS Bank; Credit Agricole expands in China; Tranglo adds instant SEPA payout to Europe
Digital pound “likely before 2030” – Industry roundup: 7 February
by Graham Buck
Roubini predicts challenge to USD; Volatile dollar raises hedging cost; Australia lifts bank rate to 3.35%; Bond scarcity fears in Europe
China set to retain grip on global rare earths supply – Industry roundup: 3 November
by Graham Buck
Bank of England hikes rate by 0.75%; Singapore's MAS explores retail CBDC; Call for crackdown on shadow banks; Canada ISO 20022 delay
Bank of Canada hikes interest rates by a full percentage point – Industry roundup: 13 July
by Pushpendra Mehta , Executive Writer, CTMfile
Ransomware is still cybersecurity’s biggest challenge, Risk management not keeping pace with growing risks
Interest rate guidance to combat inflation – Industry roundup: 11 May
by Kylene Casanova
Visa Ready platform, EMTECH and HaitiPay, Chile's digital peso, omnichannel global digital banking app, Canadian inflation.
Central banks lower curtain on era of minimal interest rates
by Graham Buck
‘’Financial markets have become hooked on the drug of cheap money and policymakers are clearly keen not to induce a shock for the economy"
Industry roundup: 21 April
by Graham Buck
Fitch outlines China challenges; Euro firms gain from commodity hedges; SG seeks start-ups to accelerate; Citi recycles for corporate cards
Industry roundup: 3 March
by Graham Buck
Russia exodus tests fund managers; VTB commodities unit winds down; IMF paper examines cash management capacity; China overhauls supply chain finance
Industry roundup: 1 March
by Graham Buck
Banks halt Russia commodity trade finance; Paga Group expands to Ethiopia; Sweden's biometric payment card; Ex-SWIFT trio launch cross-border payments
Feedzai’s RiskOps platform brings all risk management together
by Jack Large
Operationalize machine learning and mitigate the most complex financial crime
The State of Risk Management: Survey Report 2021
by Jack Large
MetricStream Report shows the need for Integrated Risk Management programmes and systems
Treasury outsourcing: alive and growing in South Africa
by Jack Large
TreasuryONE shows how to meet corporates needs today
CTMcast - 23 April 2020: How corporate treasury is going back to basics
by Jack Large
Jack and Ben review last two week’s posts and discussions
Hedging and COVID-19: Three key considerations
by Amol Dhargalkar , Managing Director, Global Corporates Sector, Chatham Financial
How can your company address its financial risk management program in light of these unprecedented times?
Deutsche Bank closes hedge for offshore wind farm
by Ben Poole
Despite volatile markets, the bank closed the US$3bn project finance for a Taiwanese wind farm.
Constant Currency Reporting: the good, the bad and the ugly
by Jack Large
Helen Kane, Hedge Trackers explains the concerns, why it’s a problem & what to do about it
OECD transfer pricing guidance on financial transactions has implications for treasury
by Ben Poole
The guidance addresses the transfer pricing of treasury functions, intra-group loans, cash pooling, hedging, and more.
OCBC Bank and Standard Chartered complete Singapore’s first OIS trade based on SORA
by Ben Poole
The overnight indexed swap (OIS) derivatives transaction used the Singapore Overnight Rate Average (SORA) as interest rate benchmark.