Tag: debt

Ken Low, CFO of PE-backed ship owner-operator GCI, on the dangers of debt financing and the cyclical nature of bank funding.

Once a rife practice pre-credit crisis, anecdotal evidence of bond ratings shopping is surfacing as the debt markets become buoyant again. Treasurers and investors beware.

Cui Dachao, CFO of CAG, provider of railway signaling and safety systems, on bonds, trade settlement, and cash flow.

Riyadh Lai, CFO of Silicon Motion Technology, talks about investing in higher-yielding investment grade debt and the value of IP.

Eddie Lui Sai-Kit, financial controller of COSCO Pacific, talks about his parent company's losses and creative financing.

Eddie Lui Sai-kit, financial controller of COSCO Pacific, talks about chaos of working in Greece and troubled bank relationships.

Ni Quiaque Lai, CFO of Hong Kong Broadband Network, talks to CT about the art of managing debt after its HK$5.2 million MBO.

To help suffering businesses in Vietnam, the central bank has requested bank rates for existing loans be pushed down to 15% and under.

Troubles in shipping has caused the 78-year-old Japanese liner, Sanko Steamship Company’s chartering business model to collapse as it declared bankruptcy this month.

Andrew Beckham, CFO of Jakarta-headquartered mining company Bumi Resources, talks to The Corporate Treasurer about governance, the benefits of Indian and Chinese banking, a new fuel hedging strategy and why it’s best for a company not to have too much debt.