Tag: hedging

Thomas Tan, CIMB global sales, FX and transaction head offers advice to companies considering billing in local currencies to obtain better trade terms and improve group-wide hedging strategies.

News reports suggest Asia’s central banks are set for “heavy currency intervention” to defend against the flood of capital leaving the region as US monetary policy tightens. Will this really happen? CT asks the experts.

The strength of Thai baht should be tempered by reasonable capital controls. They would not damage the country's reputation.

The strength of the Thai baht has caused concern among the country’s exporters but also investors who are fearful of the country's capital controls. What is Thailand’s best way to manage its currency? CT asks the experts.

Aurangzeb Bozdar, group finance controller of Premier Oil, talks to CT about refinancing, project finance and hedging risks.

Henrik Hänche, executive v.p. of corporate finance at Deutsche Post DHL, on treasury centralisation, hedging, and cash flow.

The Hong Kong jeweler issued its first profit warning and blamed rising gold prices and mark-to-market accounting for possible losses.

Joseph Mani, CFO of India’s Ador Welding, on cutting procurement costs and why accounting is like throwing a bottle into the sea.

Andy Cheung Lee-ming, CFO of The Link Management, manager of Hong Kong's largest REIT, on his new approach to financing acquisitions.

CT has made freely downloadable its webinar on "Corporate strategy, risk and liquidity management, post credit crunch". Recorded on September 27 in Singapore, it contains advice on mitigating market risks.

Standing against the CFTC’s Gary Gensler on derivatives is justified. Ceding to his aims will only damage the ability to hedge risk.

Citi has appointed Yigen Pei as head of Citi transaction services (CTS) for China. He will focus on mobile solutions, easing cross-border trade, and helping emerging Chinese MNCs