Elaine Leong

Recent articles by Elaine Leong

Cash

UPS, one of the world''s largest delivery companies, has a regional treasury centre in Singapore which manages its operations in more than 40 countries.

2 August 2001

Cash

Tesco: Thinking global, acting local

The British supermarket chain is growing rapidly yet its number of treasury staff is not. How does it do it?

27 July 2001

View Point

Asian office rents in state of flux

In the past year, Hong Kong office rents have increased a whopping 81.4% while Tokyo rents have fallen 7.1%.

16 July 2001

People Moves

Executive appointments for Noble

The Noble Group appoints two new executives to its board of directors for the Singapore listed company.

12 July 2001

Private Banking

In China we trust

A new law on trusts was passed by the People''s Republic of China (PRC) recently. It has raised many an eyebrow, not just in the legal field, but also in the pensions and fund ...

11 July 2001

People Moves

Deutsche names Hellbeck as Philippine country head

Deutsche Bank replaces Jose Isidro Camacho, current Philippine secretary of Finance, with Michael Hellbeck.

9 July 2001

People Moves

ABN AMRO hires new Korean banks analyst

ABN AMRO appoints a new analyst to cover Korean banks.

9 July 2001

People Moves

Hutchison 3G names finance director

Hutchison 3G appoints finance director from HSBC investment bank.

5 July 2001

Institutional Investors

Strategic tie up for Da Cheng and Deutsche

Deutsche Bank puts another foot in the door to China, this time in the fund management industry.

4 July 2001

People Moves

New board member for State Street

Global custodian State Street corporation, appoints its nineteenth board member.

22 June 2001

Alternative Investments

MAS guidelines on retail hedge funds 'useless'

New MAS guidelines allowing hedge funds to be sold to the public may prove to be of little use in the domestic market, according to one consultant.

15 June 2001

Institutional Investors

ABP mandates State Street with US and Japanese assets

State Street Corporation has bagged a lucrative contract with ABP to service its US and Japanese assets.

15 June 2001

Pensions & Insurance

Stock market too immature for Chinese pension funds

Lack of corporate governance and the poor quality of listed companies on China''s stock exchanges is preventing pension funds from entering market.

13 June 2001

Cash

TMT powers change in cash management

For companies in the telecoms, media and technology industry, cutting edge technology is a way of life, but at what cost?

12 June 2001

Securities Services

Westpac considers outsourcing back office broking

Westpac looks to outsource its back office processing.

8 June 2001

Trade

BASF's re-invoicing centre

7 June 2001

Cash

Cap Gemini links up with TradeCard

Cap Gemini Ernst & Young (CGEY) didn''t bet on the numerous start-ups in the B2B craze. It stuck to industry consortiums and so far, it has paid off. The management and IT ...

6 June 2001

Risk

Gambling on country risk

Exporters look to export credit agencies (ECA) to underwrite the risk of default of payment from their counterparties. Which countries in Asia are most at risk? Jenny Plei, ...

31 May 2001

People Moves

Deutsche appoints Japanese equities head

Deutsche Securities appoints Katsushiro Ashizawa as Head of Global Equities for Japan.

31 May 2001

Debt

Japanese bank-strong contingent raise huge loan for KDB

Japanese banks show huge apetite with a syndicated loan for the Korea Development Bank (KDB).

26 May 2001

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