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WORTH
A SOVEREIGN
Petronas
is Malaysia's most powerful company, with a bond rating
higher than the country itself. Part efficient multinational,
part secretive behemoth, the government-owned oil giant
mixes world-class corporate governance, information management
and capital structure with the jittery specter of government
intervention. As such, CFO Datuk Ishak Imam Abas walks
a tightrope.
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| FEATURE |
A
LITTLE CLARITY PLEASE
The traditional approach to budgeting
takes too long, creates barriers to fleet-footed decision-making
and fails to help companies deal with change in an increasingly
uncertain world. Small wonder Asia's CFOs seek a better way. |
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| FEATURE |
ON THE LOOKOUT
More and more, finance chiefs find
corporate strategy a part of their remit. Michael Moy, CFO of
Hong Kong property company Hysan Development, believes the benefits
are twofold: more focused goal setting, certainly, but also
better finances. |
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| FEATURE |
SPIN
DOCTORS
Smooth-talking CFOs have emerged
as key players on China's burgeoning telecommunications scene.
They're charged with selling the new regime of cut-and-thrust
competition to financial markets and consumers - and loving
every minute of it. |
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| INTERNET EDUCATION |
IN GOOD
COMPANY
The internet provides
a way for time-strapped executives to study at their own pace,
in their own place. |
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| RAISING CAPITAL |
POLISHING
A GEM
In the eyes of Chinese companies,
Hong Kong's tarnished Growth Enterprise Market is regaining
its luster. |
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| DEALWATCH |
THE MYSTERY OF
551 REVEALED
Hong Kong-based Tom Group has financed
19 acquisitions over the past two years by exchanging its
stock at a set rate of HK$5.51. Intriguingly, its share price
has been below that magical figure all the while. Just why
do companies accept Tom shares at such a big premium to market
rate? |
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| TECHWATCH |
SEEK AND/OR DESTROY
Confidential or ill-considered
email can be a time-bomb, destined to destroy a company's
reputation. A new breed of software ensures such missives
implode before they do damage 
Instant messaging's rapid march. |
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