Samsung Electronics is determined to be a leader in the convergence of telecoms, media and technology by building both its brand and its financial presence globally.
NetSol, the only Pakistani company to be listed on Nasdaq, now plans to spin off its Pakistani unit on the Karachi Stock Exchange.
In a race for market leadership with no clear front-runner, Sybase makes a move with its new Enterprise Portal.
Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, owner of The Peninsula Group, looks to the loan market and asset sales for finance.
Previous Central Bank governors of Malaysia always walked a tightrope during the Mahathir years. Newly-appointed Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz also has her work cut out.
Catcha.com, a 10-month-old Singapore-based internet portal operator, plans to list its shares in an IPO on the Singapore Stock Exchange.
E-commerce has bored holes in existing domestic and international tax laws. Just what are the issues for treasurers?
Morgan''s recently established e-finance unit ramps up their technology output.
United Communications Industry, one of Thailand''s largest telecommunications companies, aims to reduce its debt to fund expansion through a strategic sale to Telenor.
MKI''s banking packages to support Continuous Linked Settlement for FOREX deals.
Finance Asia and Citibank hosted a round table in Hong Kong on March 14 to examine the issues surrounding trade finance and the internet. Nick Lord, editor, Financeasia.com, chaired the discussion.
Retail investors in Hong Kong can now margin trade online.
Throughout Asia, the economic recovery from the crises has gained momentum. Unfortunately, the business sector in the region will remain very vulnerable to outside influences for several years to come.
The involvement of Export Credit Agencies in Asia is subject to the whims of fashion, argues the managing director, head of structured export finance with Deutsche Bank.
Fee bonanza for the Hong Kong lending community as record breaking PCCW loan attracts the banks.
New technology will be expensive to develop, but it will eventually make international trade easier than ever - and could lead to the elimination of paper in the process.
The Asian crisis has forced many Asian companies to shift their focus beyond their traditional domestic and intra-Asian markets to global markets with which they are less familiar.
Competition among treasury and risk management system providers hots up.
Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels has recently ssecured a 5-year syndicated loan in excess of HK$2.0 billion. The facility will be used to repay HK$1.32 billion of convertible bonds maturing in January.
VCHEQ, a Singaporean based e-business payment company, has launched an online payment service which connects banks and B2B merchants - but will the banks come out to play?
India is now a world leader in the development and manufacture of computer software, internet, and telecommunication products, bringing profits and substantial economic development to some states.
Pacific NetMarkets, which builds and operates online trading exchanges, plans to raise $60 million to $80 million in a Nasdaq IPO.
Korea''s emergence from its darkest economic hour in December 1997 has been nothing short of remarkable.
A new law in Japan aims to help, rather than punish, troubled companies, which should promote entrepreneurial behavior.
It''s getting easier to predict the winners and losers in the great internet race.
Regional head of research & senior economist, Treasury and Capital Markets, with Standard Chartered Bank in Hong Kong, Chi Lo questions the credibility of Bank of Korea''s inflation policies.
Design, analysis and implementation of risk management solutions.
A sense of urgency, among other things, is vital to ensure success when implementing e-commerce solutions.
Derivative instruments are a ubiquitous part of the financial landscape - can they be used as an investment vehicle?
Traders move on and markets forget. These truisms are especially applicable in the arena of derivatives trading.
The Singapore government''s investment arm is close to picking a lead manager for the $2 billion privatisation of PSA Corp - the holding company of Port of Singapore Authority.
Incubators must show investment discipline and bring a credible track record to lead the next wave of Asian I-builders, argues Edmund Lin.
Eban - a unique executive search firm for financial services, debt and equity securities, derivatives, investment banking, asset management, private banking and operations.
Derivative instruments have become a ubiquitous part of the financial landscape over the last decade.
Greg Major, regional head of derivative marketing, Asia Pacific for ABN Amro, on derivatives and risk management.