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SURREAL
ESTATE
Far more than their counterparts
overseas, Asian companies' financial well-being is lashed
to real estate investment. An original study by CFO
Asia and Singapore Management University shows just
how much value this unholy tie has destroyed, compared
to those that wisely opted out.
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| FEATURE |
TRUTH
AND CONSEQUENCES
Our second
ranking finds notable improvements in financial reporting from
a few of Asia's major public companies, but concludes that the
rest have a long way to go. |
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| FEATURE |
END OF
THE AFFAIR
Back in the binge
years, Asian groups wooed and won an unseemly number of non-core
businesses. Now they must wave goodbye to all those unsuitable
assets. |
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| FEATURE |
THE TWILIGHT
REGULATOR
Following the penny
stocks fiasco last July, the Hong Kong stock exchange has had
to face up to the fact that it may be time to get out of the
regulations business. The move is crucial to Hong Kong's integrity
as a free market and long overdue. |
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| SPECIAL REPORT: OUTSOURCING IT |
WILL
IT STILL FLY?
When outsourcing
giant EDS missed its earnings targets in December, Cassandras
waved goodbye to good deals from major suppliers. Now, in a
sweet turnaround, it looks like CFOs are actually enjoying a
buyers' market. |
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| MONEYWATCH |
TAIWAN'S
DIRTY LITTLE SECRET
Short-selling
of the underlying shares around the pricing of a convertible
bond issue is giving Taiwan's bond market a bad name. |
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| TECHWATCH |
MASTERING DATA
New products in the business intelligence
software market are improving number crunching and enabling
smarter business decisions. |
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| PLANNING |
THE FIVE-YEAR ITCH
If five-year plans become meaningless
only two years into the cycle, why should CFOs bother crafting
such a lengthy document? |
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| POINT OF VIEW |
RISK, SYNTHESIZED
Securitization has so far been little
used by CFOs in Asia, but a new special purpose vehicle, synthetic
securitization, may change attitudes towards risk. |
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| YOUR MOVE |
OUT OF WORK? START
A COMPANY
Out of work? Maybe
you should start your own company. |
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