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Expert panellists in Hong Kong discussed the rise of private credit as a preferred debt structure in Asia, as interest rates remain high and traditional bond issuance slows down.

Stella Cramer will join the firm from Norton Rose Fulbright next month.

A ‘retention of title’ clause that could protect suppliers of failed companies is being underused in Hong Kong and Asia.

SAFE’s changes to foreign exchange rules will help corporate treasurers locate regulations covering their transactions more easily.

Singapore’s central bank has proposed criminal and civil sanctions for benchmark manipulation in a bid to improve trading transparency. Experts are divided whether it will work.

Singapore’s banks will cease publishing an offshore rupiah reference rate, treasurers with outstanding contracts will have to switch to the onshore rate.

SAFE is calling for comments on draft proposals aimed at relaxing FX administration requirements on cross-border loan guarantees.

An exclusive look at China's new shadow banking regulations, clarifying the different government bodies’ and market participants’ duties.

China’s central bank launched a voluntary Shanghai Clearing House for renminbi interest rate swaps in a bid to mitigate counterparty risk.

China now allows more banks to qualify to sell renminbi and FX derivatives, giving Chinese corporates more hedging products as demand grows following RMB rates liberalisation.

Channing P. Flynn, a tax partner at Ernst & Young, advises on how China’s technology companies should consider the location of servers, and check their tax forecasts in the cloud computing age.

A pilot reform that allows foreign guarantors on loans to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in China is enabling new strategies for cross-border funding and parallels China’s foreign exchange liberalisation.