Features
Banks Surf Asia’s Fintech Wave
Digital and mobile technologies are rapidly transforming the way Asians use financial services. Is competition or collaboration the answer for traditional banks?
Author: Simon Littlewood
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Australia’s “Modern Slavery” Bill To Impact Global Supply Chains
Australia cracks down on modern slavery.
Data
Custody Battle
With the growth in digital assets, there’s a growing need for secure custody. Fintech startups are ready, but where are the banks?
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
New York Warms To Cryptos
New York City joins Singapore and Hong Kong in embracing cryptocurrencies, albeit gingerly.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Enlightened Policy Paves The Way For Blockchain Preeminence
Financial innovation on the rise in nations where cryptocurrencies and related technologies are regulated rather than banned.
Features
The End Of Easy Money
Low interest rates have distorted stock prices, real estate markets and balance sheets. When central banks finally shut off the spigot, it won’t be pretty.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Tax Bends & Breaks
New rules could make it harder for companies to book profits in places with favorable tax rates.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
CFOs Boxed Out By Compliance?
CFOs are now so consumed by the need to meet expanding compliance requirements, they’re finding it harder to focus on big-picture strategy.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Transfer Pricing: A Risky Juggling Act
Transfer pricing—price-setting for sales within a corporate family—for maximum returns takes on heightened risk as governments crack down on creative tax-avoidance maneuvers.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Hanjin: Coal Mine Canary?
Some believe Hanjin's bankruptcy signals that quantitative easing has no more power, and a global recession is on the horizon.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Singapore Cracks Down To Save Its Reputation
<strong>Singapore </strong>| The Monetary Authority of Singapore is establishing a new team to bolster monitoring of financial institutions and enforcement of rules againstmoney laundering.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
In Developing Technology, Banks Go Back To Basics
Amid the surge in global trade, financial institutions are revisiting the way they conduct transaction banking.