Treasury, Trade and Risk Management Awards 2016

The Asset Triple A
Treasury, Trade and Risk Management Awards 2016

Best Country Solutions

Australia

Sandfire Resources NL (SFR)

Provider:

ANZ

Award:

Best Trade Finance Solution

Industry:

Mining

Released a significant amount of internal liquidity to fund group operations

The Bindaree Beef Group

Provider:

ANZ

Award:

Best Structured Trade Finance Solution

Industry:

Food and Beverage

Working capital facility specifically tailored to customer requirements

Bangladesh

Unique Hotel & Resorts

Provider:

Standard Chartered

Award:

Best Structured Trade Finance Solution

Industry:

Hospitality

Structuring repayment close to hotel cashflows allowing a self-liquidating loan

United Nations Development Programme

Provider:

Standard Chartered

Award:

Best Cash Management Solution

Industry:

Government

Leveraged on mobile wallet solution with end-beneficiaries in remote locations

China

Alipay

Provider:

Deutsche Bank

Award:

Best Risk Management Solution

Industry:

E-commerce

FX and reconciliation for a major player in China

Associated British Food (ABF)

Provider:

Standard Chartered

Award:

Best Cash Management Solution

Industry:

Food and Beverage

Horizontal sweeping solution allowing company's entities to fund one another directly

Bosch

Provider:

Deutsche Bank

Award:

Best Electronic Banking Implementation

Industry:

Electronics

Automated and streamlined the company's balance of payment process

China Resource Henan Pharmaceutical

Provider:

Bank of China

Award:

Best Supply Chain Solution

Industry:

Medical

Pharmaceutical distributor online financing solution

Chongqing Grain Group

Provider:

DBS

Award:

Best Cash Management Solution

Industry:

Agriculture

Using point of sale (POS) technology to enable remote payments and collections from farmers

Corning China

Provider:

Standard Chartered

Award:

Best Liquidity Management Solution

Industry:

Industrials

Regional interest optimisation paired with domestic cash pool

Fangyuan Group

Mandated Arrangers:

Deutsche Bank, Natixis

Award:

Best Structured Trade Finance Solution

Industry:

Materials

Syndicated structured copper pre-delivery facility

Flex (US GMNC)

Provider:

Deutsche Bank

Award:

Best Risk Management Solution

Industry:

Information Technology

FX management centralization under China's SAFE regulation

Huadian Financial Leasing

Provider:

Deutsche Bank

Award:

Best Trade Finance Solution

Industry:

Industrials

Three-year account receivable finance secured by a letter of comfort

Lenovo

Provider:

Bank of China

Award:

Best Structured Trade Finance Solution

Industry:

Information Technology

Dealer financing solution for Lenovo that is also covered by credit insurance

Linde Group

Provider:

Standard Chartered

Award:

Best Cash Management Solution

Industry:

Energy

Domestic cash pool with SAPXI connectivity

Nokia Solutions and Networks

Provider:

Standard Chartered

Award:

Best Electronic Banking Implementation

Industry:

Telecommunications

Centralized payment/collection processes along with multi-currency cross-border lending/borrowing

SF Holdings (Group) Incorporated Company

Provider:

China Merchants Bank

Award:

Best Cash Management Solution

Industry:

Logistics

Multi-level cash pooling project used to track funds flow

Shandong Coking Group

Provider:

DBS

Award:

Best Trade Finance Solution

Industry:

Manufacturing

Three-year pre-ship financing with offtaker contract

Trafigura Investment (China)

Provider:

Bank of China

Award:

Best Structured Trade Finance Solution

Industry:

Commodities

First commodity trade finance syndication led by a Chinese domestic bank

Veolia Environnement SA

Provider:

BNP Paribas

Award:

Best Liquidity Management Solution

Industry:

Environmental

Two-way cross border cash pooling across 37 entities as a result of new PBOC regulation

Voith Paper

Provider:

Deutsche Bank

Award:

Best Trade Finance Solution

Industry:

Industrials

Export AR without recourse purchase against Sinosure

Hong Kong

Convoy Asset Management

Provider:

BNP Paribas

Award:

Best Cash Management Solution

Industry:

Financial advisory

Designing of account structure, account opening, e-banking solution with file upload functionality, virtual account on collections and auto-quote cross-currency payments

Huhtamaki

Provider:

DBS

Award:

Best Cash Management Solution

Industry:

Food and Beverage

Two-way target sweep feature resulting from working advisory work

Li & Fung

Provider:

Standard Chartered

Award:

Best Supply Chain Solution

Industry:

Logistics

Providing Li and Fung's vendors with working capital solution

India

Airports Authority of India

Provider:

IndusInd Bank

Award:

Best Electronic Banking Implementation

Industry:

Government

Integration of bank's payment system with the company's online e-tendering module

Amway India Private Limited (Amway)

Provider:

Deutsche Bank

Award:

Best Cash Management Solution

Industry:

Retail

Take away mandate to provide a comprehensive payment factory solution

Anupam Industries

Provider:

Standard Chartered

Award:

Best Trade Finance Solution

Industry:

Manufacturing

Receivable and payables finance to optimize balance sheet

Capital First Limited

Provider:

Deutsche Bank

Award:

Best Electronic Banking Implementation

Industry:

Financial Services

Designed customizable validation utility to scan payments mitigating risk and supporting it's dealers

Columbian Chemicals Company

Provider:

Standard Chartered

Award:

Best Trade Finance Solution

Industry:

Industrials

Structuring of bills discounting against buyers risk giving suppliers extra liquidity

Craftsman Automation

Provider:

Standard Chartered

Award:

Best Supply Chain Solution

Industry:

Manufacturing

Supply chain financing scheme for suppliers resulting in increased turnover for the company

DuPont

Provider:

Deutsche Bank

Award:

Best Cash Management Solution

Industry:

Chemicals

Holistic solution that provided automation and efficiency to DuPont ranging from FX to liquidity

Firstsource Solutions

Provider:

Standard Chartered

Award:

Best Trade Finance Solution

Industry:

Services

Working capital financing by way of a without recourse receivable purchase over multiple entities

Hinduja Leyland Finance Limited

Provider:

Deutsche Bank

Award:

Best Cash Management Solution

Industry:

Financial Services

Implementation of a cheque truncation system and auto reconciliation process

Hindustan Unilever Limited

Providers:

Citibank, HSBC, Deutsche Bank & Bank of America

Award:

Best Cash Management Solution

Industry:

Consumer Goods

End-to-end scheme allowing simplification and automation of cash management activities

Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited

Provider:

IndusInd Bank

Award:

Best Liquidity Management Solution

Industry:

Industrials

An integrated solution allowing better fund management and automated reconciliation

IndiGo

Provider:

DBS

Award:

Best Trade Finance Solution

Industry:

Transportation

Standby letters of credit helped IndiGo minimize stress on its balance sheet

KEC International

Provider:

Deutsche Bank

Award:

Best Trade Finance Solution

Industry:

Energy

Allow KEC to improve its cash flows by releasing cash from retention financing

MPLUN

Provider:

IndusInd Bank

Award:

Best Cash Management Solution

Industry:

Government

Created platform that facilitates automatic calculation of commission and reconciliation of funds

Legrand India

Provider:

BNP Paribas

Award:

Best Working Capital Solution

Industry:

Manufacturing

Achieved balance between risk and reward in managing vendor finance

Panasonic India Private Limited

Provider:

Standard Chartered

Award:

Best Trade Finance Solution

Industry:

Electronics

Payable finance solution for Panasonic's nominated suppliers

Publicis Groupe

Provider:

BNP Paribas

Award:

Best Cash Management Solution

Industry:

Communications

Helped client setup a robust shared service centre ensuring better control over accounts

Today Green Energy

Provider:

IndusInd Bank

Award:

Best Trade Finance Solution

Industry:

Energy

Complex renewable energy financing deal involving multiple counterparties and the use of capex letters of credit

Wings Travels Management

Provider:

DBS

Award:

Best Electronic Banking Implementation

Industry:

Consumer Services

Integrated solution with India's Tally shortening payments and reconciliation process

Indonesia

GoJek

Provider:

CIMB Niaga

Award:

Best Cash Management Solution

Industry:

E-commerce

Providing banking services to the unbanked segments in society via an electronic banking platform

Japfa Comfeed

Provider:

Bank Mandiri

Award:

Best Trade Finance Solution

Industry:

Agriculture

Breakthrough deal for a local bank that allows its client to deal with suppliers overseas

Lazada

Provider:

CIMB Niaga

Award:

Best Electronic Banking Implementation

Industry:

E-commerce

Real-team data monitoring via a host-to-host connection for an e-commerce company

Perfetti Van Melle

Provider:

BNP Paribas

Award:

Best Working Capital Solution

Industry:

Food and Beverage

Comprehensive solution that includes automated payment advice, virtual account and liquidity management

PT Amerta Indah Otsuka/Unicharm

Provider:

CIMB Niaga

Award:

Best Trade Finance Solution

Industry:

Healthcare

Integrated distributor financing supported by electronic invoice settlement

PT Batamindo Investment Cakrawala

Provider:

Standard Chartered

Award:

Best Structured Trade Finance Solution

Industry:

Energy

Complex tranching and cross-collateralization scheme allowing for new refinancing opportunities

PT Bentoel Internasional Investama Tbk (Bentoel)

Provider:

Deutsche Bank

Award:

Best Cash Management Solution

Industry:

Manufacturing

Unique collection solution for Bentoel

PT Mitra Pinasthika Mustika Finance

Provider:

Standard Chartered

Award:

Best Structured Trade Finance Solution

Industry:

Financial Services

Partially hedged structure that lowered overall borrowing cost

PT Panin Dai-ichi Life

Provider:

DBS

Award:

Best Liquidity Management Solution

Industry:

Financial Services

Domestic notional pooling for group interest allocation

Pt. Akino Wahanamulia

Provider:

DBS

Award:

Best Trade Finance Solution

Industry:

Chemicals

Released trapped cash via a supply chain financing solution improving working capital cycle

PT. Rekayasa Industri

Provider:

UOB

Award:

Best Trade Finance Solution

Industry:

Construction

End-to-end competitive financing for Rekind towards development of a plantation

Malaysia

11street

Provider:

CIMB

Award:

Best Cash Management Solution

Industry:

E-commerce

Established a virtual account framework that automates account reconciliation and improves efficiency for an e-commerce site

Agrobank

Provider:

Maybank

Award:

Best Liquidity Management Solution

Industry:

Financial Services

Provided auto reconcilation services along with an automated sweeping process to reduce risk

ASTRO

Provider:

Deutsche Bank

Award:

Best Trade Finance Solution

Industry:

Telecommunications

Account receivable purchase solution backed by promissory notes

Coway (M) Sdn Bhd

Provider:

CIMB

Award:

Best Electronic Banking Implementation

Industry:

Manufacturing

Comprehensive collection scheme that looks to cater to all client segments of the company

Honda Malaysia

Provider:

Maybank

Award:

Best Supply Chain Solution

Industry:

Retail

Automated financing process that transformed the company's supply chain process

Imerys Group Malaysia

Provider:

BNP Paribas

Award:

Best Electronic Banking Implementation

Industry:

Commodities

Host-to-host connectivity combined with customized internal trade document processing

Lafarge Malaysia Berhad Group

Provider:

BNP Paribas

Award:

Best Structured Trade Finance Solution

Industry:

Manufacturing

Improving company's relationship with suppliers via a tailor made supplier financing programme

UIL Malaysia

Provider:

UOB

Award:

Best Trade Finance Solution

Industry:

Commodities

Back-to-back open account financing with a credit insurance back-up

Pakistan

Government of Pakistan

Provider:

Standard Chartered

Award:

Best Structured Trade Finance Solution

Industry:

Government

Offered the Government of Pakistan a new funding source for USD currency

K-Electric

Provider:

Standard Chartered

Award:

Best Cash Management Solution

Industry:

Energy

Comprehensive cash management solution that includes onsite cheque printing

Ocean Pakistan

Provider:

Standard Chartered

Award:

Best Structured Trade Finance Solution

Industry:

Energy

Receivables-backed short term facility allowing client to expand the business

Philippines

Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth)

Provider:

Security Bank

Award:

Best Cash Management Solution

Industry:

Government

Online premium payment facility for a government entity

Singapore

China International Marine Containers

Provider:

Deutsche Bank

Award:

Best Trade Finance Solution

Industry:

Logistics

Pre-export financing that allowed client to extend its DPO

Ezra Holdings

Provider:

UOB

Award:

Best Risk Management Solution

Industry:

Industrials

FX payment service converting company's outgoing US dollar payments into various settlement currencies

GrabTaxi

Provider:

DBS

Award:

Best Cash Management Solution

Industry:

Transportation

Using DBS' omni-channel allowing the company's drivers to easily top-up

Halcyon Agri

Provider:

DBS

Award:

Best Structured Trade Finance Solution

Industry:

Commodities

Facility gives client short-term working capital funding for rubber plants processing operations

Huawei

Provider:

UOB

Award:

Best Trade Finance Solution

Industry:

Telecommunications

Put in place an account receivable purchase facility allowing for off-balance sheet treatment

Lenovo

Provider:

DBS

Award:

Best Trade Finance Solution

Industry:

Information Technology

Developed supplier upload functionality allowing the company to confirm supplier invoices electronically

Mercuria

Provider:

UOB

Award:

Best Cash Management Solution

Industry:

Commodities

Able to connect Mercuria's three treasury centres using an "against-the-sun" sweep of funds

Olam International Limited

Provider:

ANZ

Award:

Best Risk Management Solution

Industry:

Commodities

Providing a hedge solution for interest rate exposure

Sivantos

Provider:

Deutsche Bank

Award:

Best Cash Management Solution

Industry:

Manufacturing

Helped company establish a robust treasury functionality following the earlier divestment by Siemens

South Korea

Atlas Copco Group (Atlas)

Provider:

Deutsche Bank

Award:

Best Liquidity Management Solution

Industry:

Industrials

A tax efficient domestic cash pool resulting in interest expense reduction and increased visibility

Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering

Provider:

Standard Chartered

Award:

Best Structured Trade Finance Solution

Industry:

Logistics

First trade receivables discounting deal for a shipbuilding company in Korea

Lotte Nestle

Provider:

BNP Paribas

Award:

Best Cash Management Solution

Industry:

Food and Beverage

Complete solution that includes host-to-host connectivity and supplier financing service

Taiwan

Lion Travel

Provider:

Citi

Award:

Best Cash Management Solution

Industry:

Consumer Services

Using virtual card account greatly improve reconciliation process

Thailand

Berli Jucker Public Company Limited Group

Provider:

Deutsche Bank

Award:

Best Cash Management Solution

Industry:

Manufacturing

Enabled account visibility over all Thai entities with a cash pooling service to improve inter-company funding

Jaew

Provider:

Krungthai Bank

Award:

Best Cash Management Solution

Industry:

Financial Services

Enabling customers with no bank accounts to conduct electronic financial transfers

PTT Group

Provider:

Siam Commerical Bank

Award:

Best Risk Management Solution

Industry:

Energy

Cross border payment with FX settlement instructions in preparation for its future SSC

Thep Sombat

Provider:

Kasikornbank

Award:

Best Cash Management Solution

Industry:

Transportation

Combining "PTT Fill and Go" system with the bank's K-Corporate Mobile Payment solution

Ubon Bio Ethanol Group

Provider:

Krungthai Bank

Award:

Best Cash Management Solution

Industry:

Chemicals

Providing farmers with secure e-Money cards reducing operating costs

Union Auction

Provider:

Krungthai Bank

Award:

Best Cash Management Solution

Industry:

Consumer Services

E-payment solution for auction bidders

Vietnam

Neumann Gruppe Vietnam

Provider:

ANZ

Award:

Best Trade Finance Solution

Industry:

Food and Beverage

Working capital financing with risk controls

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