Tag: governance

When it comes to ratings, ESG is growing in importance. Some 88% of the rating changes made by Moody’s have been based on governance issues, the agency says

Experience, as they say, is the name we give our mistakes. Black Swan events such as the coronavirus can be as good as foresight ... in hindsight

During an afternoon session at Hong Kong FinTech Week, representatives of the eTradeConect-GSBN alliance spoke of the difficulties in consortia-forming, whether corporates should be paid for data and why too many platforms might not be a bad thing

ESG can be a mystery for corporate treasurers, but a new tracker launched by S&P Global Ratings attempts to cut through the fog

One corporate treasurer tells CT how a misunderstanding over his company name led to a nine-month dance with a China regulator

While the US imposes harsh restrictions on Chinese foreign investments, China has decided to shorten its negative investment list.

Tough trade talk from the White House is now a permanent feature of the economic landscape. Is ZTE gut-wrenching share price plunge just a taste of things to come?

Nothing is likely to rock the world of the corporate treasurer more than IFRS. We look at the transition requirements for new adopters as well as for existing reporters.

In China, telecoms giant ZTE is on the front pages presented as a pawn in a larger political game, but the lessons of looking out for compliance apply to every corporate treasury in the region

If you want to see IFRS in action, look no further than the estimated $100bn Xiaomi mega-IPO. The Chinese tech giant's growth in value can look like accumulated losses depending on your accounting standard.

Treasurers have a duty to keep tax costs down—and often use complicated structures to do so—but where do they draw the line? A fresh report reveals the common structures used by aged care providers to reduce tax.

A massive tax reduction plan promoted by Premier Li Keqiang is intended to boost small and medium-sized enterprises. Treasurers may want to revisit contracts and renegotiate pricing.