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Compliance and KYC is here to stay. Stop complaining and improve your own due diligence senior treasurer executives advise.

In part by transforming its treasury operations, AkzoNobel remains one of the world’s largest paint companies by revenue.

Hong Kong enables Islamic bonds to be issued; China's banking regulator pushes for Basel III standards; Myanmar's FX policy gets thumbs up from Standard Chartered

European bank capital reserve requirement exemptions on trade finance were hard won, but a senior banker at HSBC is doubtful whether the Bank of England will apply the Basel III friendlier rules.

Derivatives regulation is pulling end-users to exchanges. CT analyses newly-available tools and the costs incurred moving onto an exchange.

New European proposals to introduce mandatory margining for forward FX trades will eliminate a risk that does not actually exist.

IOSCO and the Basel Committee have proposed collateral-tasty requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives trades. They are hopeful regulators across the globe will adopt the same standards to reduce regulatory arbitrage.

On June 21 Moody's downgraded the credit ratings of 15 global banks by a number of notches. The markets appeared uninterested but the impact on corporate treasury trade finance will hurt. We ask Olivier Hubert, treasury consultant at AlterCFO, to explain what that pain will be.

Damian Glendinning, group treasurer of Chinese PC manufacturer Lenovo discusses Basel III, the lessons learnt from the financial crisis and being a party pooper.