BlackLine said recently that it has made several complimentary offerings to help customers who could benefit from extra support closing books...
Read moreWhile more than 80% of large firms in China have started to resume operation since the last two weeks according...
Read moreA former senior executive from the Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing (HKEX) and an IPO consultant face charges for alleged...
Read moreThe coronavirus outbreak and the related oil price shock will lower sovereigns' economic and fiscal strength, increase weaker sovereigns' vulnerability...
Read moreIs your company doing the same? A Gartner survey of 200 CFOs on March 17 revealed that 81% intend to...
Read moreWhile Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said the country should focus on maintaining employment amid the conronavirus outbreak, about 5 million...
Read moreGoldman Sachs said in a note on Sunday that it has downgraded outlook for the US economy in the first...
Read moreCompanies that are identified as leaders in digital transformation – and who are using technology to drive and enable growth...
Read moreMoody's Investors Service said today that its Asian Liquidity Stress Indicator (ALSI) edged higher to 32.9% in February from 32.7%...
Read moreOnly 12% of more than 1,500 respondents believe their businesses are highly prepared for the impact of coronavirus, while 26% believe...
Read moreDaily data on traffic congestion and coal consumption suggest that the Chinese economy overall is operating about 25% below its...
Read moreAccenture and Qlik’s survey of 1,000 employees in Singapore found that local companies lose an average of more than seven...
Read moreWhile RPA offers many benefits, CFOs face challenges related to implementation and employee mindset when deploying the technology. Malina Platon,...
Read moreOrganisations allocate less than 10% of their training budget to address employees’ most significant skill gaps during finance transformation, according...
Read moreFraud committed by customers tops the list of all crimes experienced (at 35%), up from 29% in 2018, according to...
Read moreThe Hong Kong Monetary Authority has cut its benchmark interest rate today by half a percentage point to mirror the...
Read moreThere are ten trends that Gartner said recently that CFOs must understand to become successful in the future. Digital is...
Read moreThe Association of International Certified Professional Accountants said recently it has launched a new online career portal to help accounting and finance...
Read moreTencent-backed WeDoctor is hiring a new CFO to lead a Hong Kong initial public offering in late 2020 or 2021,...
Read moreMany Asia-Pacific organisations are holding back their adoption of AI because of mistrust, potential bias, and a lack of transparency...
Read moreCEOs of leading accounting professional bodies calls on all accountants to put their skills to use to help businesses fight...
Read moreEmployer-sponsored health care benefit costs are expected to grow at the same rate as last year in Asia Pacific at...
Read moreDespite the overall growth in cyberattacks, only one-third of organisations say the cybersecurity function is involved at the planning stage...
Read moreWhile huge uncertainties remain over the impact of the coronavirus on China's economy, Fitch Ratings has come up with two...
Read moreThere are three major long-term global economic issues, said ACCA, which recently published a related report together with the Institute...
Read moreA global survey by Protiviti and NC State University’s ERIM initiative reveals the top 10 operational risks in 2020. This...
Read moreThe default rate for Asian high-yield non-financial companies will rise modestly to 2.4% in 2020 from 1.1% in 2019, amid...
Read moreMoody's Investors Service recently said that its Asian Liquidity Stress Indicator (ALSI) weakened further to 32.7% in January 2020 from...
Read moreSouth Korea life insurance firm Kyobo Life has implemented a high-performance computing platform for IFRS 17 and K-ICS financial reporting...
Read moreSingaporean employees are not actively looking for new jobs, said Hays which recently released results of a survey of 6000...
Read moreThe Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants estimated today that Hong Kong's fiscal deficit for 2019/20 will reach HK$18.1...
Read moreWhile the number of confirmed Coronavirus case and death toll are on the rise, more companies require their employees to...
Read moreWhether your tax, accounting and finance operations are locally-based, centralised or otherwise, investing in the right tools and resources optimises...
Read moreFrom enhancing compliance to optimizing data to elevating strategy, the latest innovations in corporate income tax technology deliver not only...
Read moreThis Thomson Reuters whitepaper details some recommended tools and best practices to assist all companies actively involved in global trade...
Read moreMoody's Investors Service said recently in a report that the coronavirus outbreak will further weaken the revenues of rated Hong...
Read moreThe world’s business leaders are increasingly embracing a new form of capitalism, moving from one focused primarily on shareholder value...
Read moreOrganisations using blockchain smart contracts will increase overall data quality by 50% but reduce data availability by 30% by 2023,...
Read moreBlue Orca said today that aggregate net profits at China Medical System’s subsidiaries in China were 49% less than reported...
Read moreUS businesses continued to be cautious about the economy and responded by building cash and short-term investment holdings at a...
Read moreIndian businesses face a range of challenges including trade wars and a global economic slowdown – but few firms are...
Read moreThe IMF recently urged policymakers to use other policy tools other than easing as financial vulnerabilities such as rising debt...
Read moreGetting a pay rise, upskilling and feeling happier at work are the top three career goals for Singaporean workers in...
Read moreSome banks in Hong Kong have required their employees who recently visited China to work from home after the coronavirus...
Read moreMore than 90% of treasurers report that responding to KYC (Know Your Customer) requests is more challenging today than it...
Read moreAgainst the global backdrop of rising market and geopolitical volatility, companies in Singapore are taking concrete actions to make the...
Read moreMore than half of the global GDP is exposed to risks from the intensifying climate crisis, according to a report...
Read moreMoody's Investors Service said on Monday that it has downgraded the long-term issuer and senior unsecured ratings of the Government...
Read moreThe IMF warned that the global outlook remains sluggish and is without clear signs of a turning point. As a...
Read moreChina’s GDP expanded 6%in Q4 2019, according to the country’s official numbers. In the entire year of 2019, the country’s...
Read moreM&A activity was surprisingly resilient in 2019 though volatile economic activity led many executives to adopt recession footing, said Bain...
Read moreHong Kong employees are absent from work for an average of 8.3 days a year, incurring annual economic losses of...
Read moreThere’s the further sign of a retail collapse in Hong Kong as Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd. is quoted...
Read moreMoody's Investors Service said recently that its Asian Liquidity Stress Indicator (ALSI) slightly weakened in December 2019 to 31.8% from...
Read morePwC predicts that 2020 will be a year of ‘slowbalisation’ in the global economy, where trade tensions continue to create...
Read moreThe World Bank warned of the risk of a global debt crisis in its biannual Global Economic Prospects report published...
Read moreIndia’s GDP will grow 5% in the year through March 2020, the lowest since 2013, according to government numbers. Weighed...
Read moreWhile China has attempted to crack down on shadow banking activities, unregulated lending is in fact growing, said China Beige...
Read moreWith only ten years to deliver the sustainable development goals (SDGs), there’s a great deal of work to be done...
Read moreA combination of slowing economic growth, sustained low interest rates and unprecedented levels of indebtedness will broadly influence the global...
Read moreHong Kong is now the third most expensive location in Asia for expatriate workers to live, and sixth most expensive...
Read moreThe Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA) said recently that it has scheduled to launch the new qualification...
Read moreAsian business confidence rebounded in Q4 2019 to hit an 18-month high with firms reporting a pickup in sales, though...
Read moreIndia should cut public debt instead of boosting the economy with fiscal stimulus, said IMF recently. The IMF estimated that...
Read moreEmployers in Singapore are grappling with the rising cost of staff health benefits while at the same time modifying their...
Read moreSecurity, analytics and customer service tare op CFO concerns as leaders focus as much on strategy as operations, said Protiviti...
Read moreChina’s GDP growth won’t drop below 6% in 2020 and will hit 6.1% this year, wrote Sheng Songcheng, a former...
Read moreMoody’s Investors Service said recently that its outlook for APAC non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs),which highlights the key credit trends shaping...
Read moreMore than half (55%) of the 228 Singaporean executives surveyed cite high levels of business confidence, on par with the...
Read moreAlthough the majority of finance leaders (79%) say they have the data volumes today to give stakeholders the insight they...
Read moreMoody’s Investors Services said today its outlook for China's financial institutions over the next 12 months is negative because slowing...
Read moreHong Kong dollar jumped as much as 0.13% to 7.7982 per US dollar on Thursday, crossing the 7.8 threshold. The...
Read moreFractious geopolitics in a US election year, a rising tide of global activism and a new level of cyber warfare...
Read moreWhile government numbers indicated that Hong Kong’s retail sales by value shrank by 24.3% year-on-year in October, this might not...
Read moreAre you one of the personally effective CFOs? According to Gartner, only 22% of CFOs achieve a high degree of...
Read moreAsian nations lead the way again for real salary increases, with 13 out of the top 20 increases being seen...
Read moreA survey of 41 major corporations by Willis Towers Watson found that 61% believe political risk levels increased in 2019....
Read moreBusiness leaders and investors are increasingly rating companies on their ability to create long-term shareholder value instead of solely focusing...
Read moreChina’s bond default is about to break its 2018 record, according to a Bloomberg report.Data compiled by Bloomberg indicates that...
Read moreHong Kong’s retail sector continues its slump, with sales by value shrinking by 24.3% year-on-year in October, a record drop...
Read moreCredit conditions will weaken for most Indian non-financial companies in 2020, driven by sluggish economic growth and slowing earnings, but...
Read moreWhile disruptive changes take place at an unprecedented rate, disruptive trends, when viewed positively, can bring about CFO opportunities. These...
Read moreAccelerated upheaval across the international tax landscape spurred by tax reforms across the world as well as initiatives such as...
Read moreThere are four challenges that Singaporean C-level executives will continue to combat next year, said Robert Half recently when releasing...
Read moreCFOs: Do you find technology makes paying tax easier? PwC said it does according to its survey findings. The survey,...
Read moreIndonesia’s central bank cut reserve requirement on Thursday but kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 5%. The unchanged rate...
Read moreAtradius forecasts a 0.6% contraction in global trade growth this year with only a modest recovery to 1.5% growth in...
Read moreChina lowered its new benchmark lending rate on Wednesday, in an attempt to give a boost to the slowing economy...
Read moreDespite the current economic slowdown and social unrest, ECA International said Hong Kong workers can expect an average real salary...
Read moreA global economic recovery will come much later than expected and at a much slower pace, UBS was quoted as...
Read moreMalaysia’s economic growth in Q3 weakened to 4.4% from Q2’s 4.9%, the slowest in a year. While Bank Negara Malaysia—the...
Read moreEmployers in Asia Pacific, including Singapore, are working towards transforming their employee benefit strategy to meet changing needs, said Willis...
Read moreWhile organizations are eager to improve productivity, they start to question their current ways of measuring it, said Hays recently....
Read moreThe Bank of Thailand has recently cut its benchmark interest rate again. Down by a quarter-percentage point, the key rate...
Read moreThe Philippine’s Q3 GDP grew 6.2% year-on-year, remaining one of the fastest growing economies in Asia. The growth was fueled...
Read moreWill the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade pact still come through in February next year after India’s decision to...
Read moreThe US dollar index could fall to as low as 85 as the Fed expands its balance sheet by buying...
Read moreIf an issue can be prevented, don’t wait till you have to fix it. The World Health Organisation re-labelled burnout...
Read moreUS businesses are expected to speed up its cash accumulation in Q4, said the Association of Financial Professionals that recently...
Read moreWhile there’s skeptism toward China’s reported economic growth numbers, Morningstar said in a recent report that the country’s Q3 GDP...
Read moreHSBC’s CFO Ewen Stevenson said the bank plans to restructure its loss-making businesses after announcing an 18% year-on-year drop in...
Read moreWhile the export-reliant Singapore economy has seen a more serious decline in the second half of 2019, the country believes...
Read moreEconomies in the East Asia and Pacific region carried out 33 business-climate-enhancing reforms during the past year, said World Bank...
Read moreNearly 60% of the banks in the world might struggle to survive an economic downturn, said McKinsey & Company in...
Read moreThis is good news to female finance executives who aspire to become CFOs and female CFOs who might want to...
Read moreChina reports a year-on-year GDP growth rate of 6% for Q3 2019, the slowest since Q1 of 1992, The country’s...
Read moreIMF has downgraded global growth once again. Global growth is forecast at 3% for 2019, its lowest level since 2008–09...
Read moreSingapore's exports in September dropped for the seventh straight month as electronics shipments continued to slide, official data showed on...
Read moreCompanies in most Asia Pacific markets are conservative in setting their salary increase budgets for 2020, said advisory firm Willis...
Read moreThe vast majority (90%) of Hong Kong businesses surveyed by Robert Half anticipate challenges in upskilling staff to adapt to...
Read moreMoody's Investors Service said itsAsian Liquidity Stress Indicator (ALSI) strengthened to 31.1% in September from 31.8% in August. Still, the...
Read moreAcquirers generally see higher returns from deals made in a weak economy, said the Boston Consulting Group that recently released...
Read moreGlobal confidence in Q3 fell to its lowest level since 201, according to a worldwide survey of more than 1,000...
Read moreDespite the surge in workplace automation, relatively few Asia Pacific employers, including those in Singapore, have developed an integrated digital...
Read moreAre you one of these companies that leave money on the table because you don't charge the right price or...
Read moreThe backlog of high-quality IPOs continues to grow as issuers await more favorable market conditions, pushing IPO activity down across...
Read moreFitch Ratings said that global growth next year will hit its lowest since 2012 when the Eurozone crisis was at...
Read moreFinance departments can save their teams from 25,000 hours of avoidable rework caused by human errors by deploying RPA in...
Read moreDoes this resonate with you? Singapore business leaders are devoting 13.8% of their time to coaching and/or supervising poorly performing...
Read moreMore than two-third of Asian firms surveyed by INSEAD recently plan to cut jobs out of recession fear though their...
Read moreSingapore’s factory output tumbled again in August—after a hopeful July, drawing the island state closer to a technical recession. August’s...
Read moreSingapore need to further digitize when it comes to accounting and tax, according to the TMF Group. While the island...
Read moreMedical costs in Asia Pacific are forecasted to increase from 8.6% in 2019 to 8.7% in 2020, said Aon recently....
Read moreThe CFO Forum and Insurance Europe—representing 23 of the continent’s largest insurers and 95% of premium income—call for a delay...
Read moreWhile there are frequent reports of China’s slowing economy, ACCA said many Chinese companies will become global over the next...
Read moreThe Hong Kong Monetary Authority—the city’s de facto central bank—has lowered its benchmark rate to 2.25% from 2.5% after the US...
Read moreHave you ever considered reverse mentoring in the finance function and/or your company? According to Hays, many innovative employers in...
Read moreAccess to funding, risk management and improving usability are top of mind for treasurers today, according to results of a...
Read moreGartner says 80% of hr leaders fail to consider how cost optimization efforts contribute to organizations’ overall cost savings
Read moreNasdaq-listed Chinese consumer lending marketplace Hexindai Inc. announced recently the appointment of Ms. Kerrie Rui Zhang as CFO after the...
Read moreHong Kong-listed Vanke Property (Overseas) Limited has named Yip Hoi Man as the CFO. Yip, aged 36, joined China Vanke...
Read moreSingEx Holdings Pte Ltd (SingEx) will use SAP S/4HANA Cloud to help drive the transformation of its global finance operations...
Read moreEmployees in the finance function work long hours and under much pressure, having a high risk of burnout. What is...
Read moreGlobal insolvencies rising even faster than expected, said credit insurer Atradius recently. The company expects the highest increase of corporate...
Read moreHong Kong-listed S.Culture International Holdings Limited recently announced that Lin Zheming has resigned as CFO with effect from Aug 31,...
Read moreG20 international merchandise trade, seasonally adjusted and expressed in current US dollars, continued its downward trend in the second quarter of...
Read moreSingapore-listed Boustead Singapore Limited recently re-designated the title of its director of group finance Chan Shiok Faun to Group CFO....
Read moreWhile the US-China trade war continues to change, a bank said China would use tools other than tariffs for future...
Read moreThe Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has set up a steering committee to oversee an industry-wide interest rate benchmark transition from...
Read moreDivesting might not be the right strategy to add value.According to Willis Towers Watson’s Divestment Performance Monitor, in partnership with...
Read moreBanks in Asia's trade-dependent developed markets would face the most pressure on their credit profiles in the event of a...
Read moreMore than 60% of respondents in mainland China and Malaysia said the traditional CFO role would not exist within the...
Read moreThe Chinese yuan hits its 11-year low against the greenback on Monday as the US-China trade war escalated late last...
Read moreBank Indonesia recently cuts its key policy rate by 25 basis points to 5.5%. This is expected to help the...
Read moreA total of 65.6% of finance executives in a survey by UK-based job board CV-Library indicate that work is impacting...
Read moreFormer IMF deputy director of research Carmen Reinhart—now an economist at Harvard University—warns that Hong Kong’s unrest could trigger a...
Read moreThe prolonged protests and the unresponsive government in Hong Kong have made investors and businesses worry about the peg between...
Read moreIt takes three to 12 months to respond to security breaches, according to the annual Vendor Risk Management (VRM) Benchmark Study from...
Read moreWhile other Asia Pacific countries including more advanced economies report economic slowdown in Q2 because of the US-China trade war,...
Read moreSingapore's three largest bank by assets face rising asset risk in 2019 amid a weakening macroeconomic environment, despite their record...
Read moreWhile the implementation among Asia Pacific banking systems of the IFRS 9 accounting standard is making good progress, not all...
Read moreThe market capitalization of the world’s 100 largest public companies has increased by US $1,040 billion (5%) in 12 months...
Read moreAmid the escalating US-China trade war, Singapore cut its economic growth outlook for this year on Tuesday to 0.0%-1.0% from...
Read moreAmid its currency drop below the “psychological barrier” of 7 and the intensifying trade war with the US, China—with its...
Read moreThe People’s Bank of China set its daily reference rate at 7.0039 per dollar, the weakest since Apr 21, 2008. ...
Read moreSkills of the leadership team and the lack of collaboration among the C-suite, the IT team and wider business hold...
Read moreChina’s central bank—the People’s Bank of China—set the Chinese yuan’s official reference point at a stronger point than the fixing...
Read moreHong Kong’s economic growth remained sluggish in Q2 at 0.6% year-on-year. While consumption expanded by 4% year-on-year, it was slower...
Read moreDespite strong employment numbers and a tight job market, business leaders in the US continued their reluctance to deploy cash...
Read moreCFOs: Cyber insurance may create a false sense of security. Here's why. In a study of more than 105 CFOs...
Read moreCFOs who double up as COOs: Now is your time to brag about the improvements you bring to your organizations...
Read moreFive Asia Pacific economies—Singapore, South Korea, Hong Kong, China, and Japan—have made it to the world’s top 20 most innovative...
Read moreMalaysia is the ninth simplest place to do business in Asia excluding Australia and Oceania, according to a new report...
Read moreDespite the regulatory backlash against cryptocurrencies after Facebook’s announcement of Libra, there’s one reason to remain hopeful about crypto. The...
Read moreEver wonder why you were rejected for a promotion last time? A new research commissioned by Robert Half found that...
Read moreACCA’s GECS (global economic confidence survey) indicates that global confidence index in Q2 fell slightly after the bounce in Q1....
Read moreSWIFT announced recently the further enhancement of its gpi service with the full go-live of SWIFT gpi for corporates, a...
Read moreAre you one of those companies that have deployed RPA? A majority of the 450 executives across multiple regions, industries...
Read moreWhile Singapore’s growth will stabilize in the medium term around 2.5%, it will slow to 2% this year as a...
Read moreWhile Facebook’s Libra announcement drove the nine-day Bitcoin rally of 55% after June 18 to hit nearly US$14,000, it also...
Read morePwC warned that HSBC CEO John Flint’s aim of “driving revenue at a faster pace than costs” could give managers...
Read moreChina’s foreign exchange reserves increased more than expected in June, according to data from the People’s Bank of China on...
Read moreWhile AI has an estimated $15.7 trillion economic potential, immature understanding of ethical AI practices might hinder its realization, said...
Read moreSingapore’s PMI fell for the second straight month after shrinking 0.3 point to 49.6 in June. This is the lowest since August...
Read moreAfter the US and Singapore, Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has recently banned Tim Leissner, Goldman Sach’s former...
Read moreEight of the world’s top 10 most expensive cities are located in Asia as a result of the region’s high...
Read moreMoody's Investors Service says in a recently released report that all but five of the 47 rated South and Southeast...
Read moreCraig Wright, the self-proclaimed Bitcoin creator, said in Florida federal court on Friday that he’s unable to access his US$10...
Read moreCompanies operating in Asia Pacific change their strategies as they expect the US-China trade war to deteriorate further. According to...
Read moreIs it another sign pointing a harder time? Global personal wealth just grew 1.6% in 2018, the weakest in five...
Read moreA study by Gartner now gives CFOs a glimpse into returned on invested capital related performance. The best CFO approaches...
Read moreConfidence among Asian companies in the June quarter fell to its lowest since the 2008-09 financial crisis, as the US-China...
Read moreShort seller Bonitas Research accused Hong Kong-listed Bosideng (HKEx: 3998) of public market fraud, which resulted in the firm’s shares...
Read moreIFRS 17 will transform insurance accounting but won't change insurers' underlying economic position, said Helena Kingsley-Tomkins, the AVP-Analyst at Moody's...
Read moreSingapore has experienced a significant rise up ECA’s cost of living rankings, now the 12th most expensive location in the...
Read moreThe Asia Pacific region is expected to show the strongest growth in M&A activity over the next two quarters, said...
Read moreThis is not good news for the economy of a country that has heavy reliance on export. Singapore’s non-oil domestic...
Read moreConfidence in the M&A market is rising, with 58% of technology, media and entertainment, and telecommunications (TMT) executives planning to...
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