Tag: fitch ratings

Fitch Ratings has flagged how forward-looking ESG-related metric gives investors a clearer idea of how such risks can impact the corporate debt they seek to invest in.

Fitch Ratings will use a new system to study ESG factors when compiling credit ratings. Moody’s warns that debt worth $2.2 trillion across 11 sectors could be downgraded due to environmental risk.

Regulators appear set to crank up AML/CTF and sanctions-related work and now have their eye on individuals too. But with the rise of China, regulators will have their work cut out for them.

While they have reduced accounts receivable days, some Chinese companies must improve working capital management to hasten collection of cash payment from sales, Fitch Ratings says.

Following IMF’s decision to include renminbi in its currency basket, CT compiles excerpts from latest analyst reports underlining its implications for treasurers.

Taiwanese money market funds are struggling to perform amid low interest rates. Some managers are shortening the duration of their portfolios, possibly in expectation of a rate rise.

Over 260 treasurers, CFOs, and bankers attended the Inaugural Southeast Asia Corporate Funding Forum held in Singapore on September 19. We capture the highlights.

It’s accepted by many as a real and present danger, but there's very little anyone can do about it. This is why the bankers are silent on the matter, naturally preferring to steer the conversation to what they can and are prepared to deal with.