RegionalTreasury Management
March 9, 2023

Reimagining the Regional Treasury Center’s Strategic Role

Post-pandemic thinking on the role of Asian regional treasury centers, often based in Singapore.By Joseph NeuI was excited to return to Singapore in February for the first time since 2019 to address NeuGroup for Asia Treasury, a group launched in 2011 to connect member companies to this vital region. While much has changed in a dozen years, Asia in 2023 remains crucial for MNC growth plans, so the group’s bridging mission remains more important than ever. When I met with members before…
November 8, 2021

Asia CFOs Tackle Uncertainty and Transformative Change in China

About this meeting As members of the AsiaCFO convene (in person for those who are in Shanghai) for their 2021 H2 meeting, several large topics and expert speakers are on the agenda: US-China relations and their impact on business with the head of the American Chamber of Commerce; how to upskill and transform the world’s largest workforce with a speaker from McKinsey; how the developing data factor market can empower digital transformation with a director from the Shanghai Data Innovation…
CryptoRegionalTechnology
June 24, 2021

China and Beyond: Understanding Central Bank Digital Currencies

Insights from HSBC on CBDCs, as China’s tests of a government-backed digital currency, dubbed e-CNY, grow larger.Most multinationals in the NeuGroup Network do business in China, just one reason finance teams need to stay on top of the country’s expanding tests of a digital version of the yuan known as the e-CNY, a so-called central bank digital currency or CBDC. HSBC’s global head of FX research, Paul Mackel, spoke at a NeuGroup virtual interactive session sponsored by the bank this…
January 27, 2021

AsiaCFOs 2021 H1 Meeting (Time zone in Shanghai (GMT+8))

About this meeting The main theme of the meeting will be robotics and digital automation, featuring the latest innovations from UiPath, which in addition to riding the success of its recent IPO has been raising the bar on AI + RPA. This will help firms and their finance organizations reach new levels of productivity while expanding automation to countless new areas. Chinese start-ups specializing in AI-empowered, intelligent business automation will push progress as well. Other topics to be discussed include…