A new Thomson Reuters report highlights the challenges organizations face as they prepare to meet the complex demands of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II).

Initiated by China, the Belt & Road was to promote free trade and connectivity between Asia, Africa, and Europe via a huge infrastructure investment

Corporate treasury teams should prioritize setting a strategy for using data and digitization to transform how they operate, writes Ron Chakravarti, global head of treasury advisory, Treasury and Trade Solutions, Citi. Meanwhile, Martin Schlageter, head of treasury operations at Roche, explains how digitization is core to shaping what treasury achieves.

In the search for investment yield, one asset class that is expected to grow significantly in the coming years is global local currency bonds, with recent macro conditions set to spur new demand.

Euromoney presents the Hangzhou investment e-book, with an intro by Hangzhou deputy mayor Xie Shuangcheng; containing information on on Hangzhou's digital future, business hubs & help, Hangzhou's location, private investment, talent and tourism.

Global technology companies have changed many industries and banking has not been immune from this digital onslaught. But banks themselves have maintained their central role in a world increasingly dominated by tech companies. The key advantages banks have over technology companies include the solidity of branches, brand loyalty, and national purpose. Banks also have zero tolerance towards failure. Tech companies do many things well, and banks need to learn from them if they are to maintain their central position.

A full quarter has elapsed since Bond Connect was launched, and the mood remains confident.

China is keen on deepening its bond footprint, and the world should take notice.

Penelope Smith, Director, Head of non-German Schuldschein Origination, DCM Loans at Commerzbank, considered the role of this unique private placement instrument in international investors’ portfolios.

This year marks a decisive year in the global economy, and the transaction banking industry that facilitates it. In every region, we have seen how eCommerce, new technology and changing regulations are prompting new business models, faster or real-time payment methods and changing customer expectations, both at a consumer and corporate level. While the underlying trends may be similar, however, the implications for transaction banking in each region are quite different, demanding a multi-faceted approach to address the distinct strategic challenges and opportunities.

Asia’s high-yield bond market has had an impressive year so far – and it’s set to continue.

BNP Paribas, PwC, SAP and the European Association of Corporate Treasurers (EACT) released the second edition of their thought leadership initiative, the Journeys To Treasury (JTT) report at EuroFinance Barcelona on the 4th of October 2017. The first edition of the report, released at EuroFinance Vienna in 2016 made a lasting impression on the corporate treasury community, with more than 1000 downloads across the world and more than 24,000 visits to the report’s website within the first three months of its launch. The 2017 edition of the report has taken the narrative further and discusses some of the most important issues and trends affecting the corporate treasury.

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It’s lunchtime in Singapore. And like many people, you feel like going to a food court for some laksa, or mee goreng. Traditionally, you would have to find some money, walk out of the office, join the queue at the stall, pay for the food with your cash, wait to pick it up and then go find a table. It’s a standard process. But DBS has come up with a better way through DBS FasTrack. Now, all you need to do is order on your smartphone, be notified when your food’s ready, walk up to the stall and collect your food. No queue, no wait, and perhaps most importantly, no cash. This is the Uber of lunchtime.

A number of market participants believe that a prominent theme of 2018 may be the accelerated convergence of trading and reporting mechanisms across the global fixed income and equity markets.

Malaysia’s infrastructure financing market is well ahead of many of its peers, proving time and again that it can support greenfield financing when many other countries are still focused on funding pure brownfield projects.

Cyber threats are on the rise and no industry is immune. According to a January 2016 report by Forbes, the global cost of cyber crime will reach $2 trillion by 2019.

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