Tag: fx

With many currencies weakening against the dollar, exceptions were the Indian rupee and the Korean won.

Persistent currency volatility is forcing treasury teams to rethink how they manage exposure, with stronger forecasting, cross-functional collaboration and technology emerging as the foundations of effective FX risk management.

The central bank has tightened rules on cash purchases of foreign currency to help stabilise the rupiah; government spending in Q1 helped spur the country's strongest GDP in several years.

The private healthcare firm has rebuilt its treasury architecture to prioritise liquidity mobility, policy-driven hedging and system-led control amid rate volatility and fragmented capital markets. CT spoke with Manjiv Dodanwela, the firm's transformation lead for group treasury.

Singapore-based Zaman will continue in his role as co‑head of global markets and treasury in Asia Pacific.

China's central bank and FX regulator have replaced fragmented pilots with a nationwide, quota-based framework for MNCs. Integration into global cash management structures should become easier for treasurers.

Multinationals need to finetune their FX hedging strategies faced with a market with growing volatility, according to speakers at the event.

The opening panel at the 12th CTWeek Singapore drew a landscape faced by Asian treasurers in an uncertain, volatile world.

The distinct north-south split that has defined Asian currency markets in the second half of 2025 is set to continue into next year, according to market experts.

Kelvin Li, general manager of platform tech at Ant International, discussed with CT the fintech’s digital assets strategy to support large-volume, intragroup, cross-border fund moves.

Lucia Ma, head of treasury and inventory controller at Klook, explains how the Hong Kong-based travel firm built its own foreign exchange trading portal to handle a post-pandemic surge in FX exposure.

Corporates may be increasingly aware of how more efficient FX trading can impact liquidity management, but apathy remains a major obstacle to the better execution of trades; CT spoke with experts in the space.