Eight stories from 2024 selected by CT's editorial team

Here are eight key stories from 2024's CorporateTreasurer editorial team:

Rebecca Brace reported on how treasurers need to pay close attention to terms and conditions, specific country regulations, such as disclosure updates, supply chain traceability and indirect emissions. For more read here: https://www.thecorporatetreasurer.com/article/sustainable-finance-climbs-asias-treasury-agenda/493964

Ryan Li spoke with senior female leaders spoke with CT about how finance teams can drive gender equality – through mindset change, organisational efforts and financing tools. For more read here: https://www.thecorporatetreasurer.com/article/iwd-how-treasury-functions-can-drive-gender-inclusivity/494792

Nishtha Asthana spoke with Gopul Shah, director, corporate treasury and structured trade finance, at Golden Agri-Resources, who shared to CT some of the key factors impacting the agri-food commodity industry and other corporates. For more read here: https://www.thecorporatetreasurer.com/article/qa-golden-agri-resources-gopul-shah/496872

Paul Golden wrote about the utilisation of treasury management system (TMS) functionality remains patchy in Apac, although corporates are 'shopping around' more. Read more at: https://www.thecorporatetreasurer.com/article/apac-corporates-grapple-with-tms-functionality/498972

Ella Arwyn Jones wrote about how Winnie Chen onboarded in Singapore in September as regional leader of the region’s Global Payments Solutions division. Arwyn Jones wrote the story after breaking the exclusive that her predecessor Faisal Ameen was retiring.  Read more at: https://www.thecorporatetreasurer.com/article/bofa-appoints-asia-pacific-gps-leader/497503

Ryan Li reported on how two groundbreaking projects, Project Ensemble and Project Guardian, are setting the stage for digital asset innovation in Hong Kong and Singapore. For more read here: https://www.thecorporatetreasurer.com/article/tokenisation-in-treasury-hong-kong-and-singapore-make-digital-asset-strides/499211

Andrew Tjaardstra examined how the HKMA is setting up a SME task force as companies look overseas and want to improve their financial management tools as a strong HKD persisted in the Special Administration Region (SAR). Read more at: https://www.thecorporatetreasurer.com/article/cash-flow-challenges-ramp-up-for-hong-kongs-smes/497856

Ryan Li, who attended Sibos 2024 in Beijing, wrote about how the treasury digital push, fraud and instant cross-border settlements, dominated discussions at the conference. Read more here: https://www.thecorporatetreasurer.com/article/sibos-2024-banks-adapt-to-changing-digital-payments-landscape/499005