Despite the forecast for lower GDP growth, the Chinese Communist Party’s goals initially outlined for the 13th Five Year Plan seek to bolster infrastructure, improve operational costs and open consumer access for mid-market enterprises (MME).
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Obtain cash ahead of payment date by the importer while managing commercial and credit risk. Forfaiting makes your business more competitive as it allows you to offer longer credit terms to your buyers, without needing to wait for payment. Forfaiting works as an off-balance sheet financing solution that improves financial statements.
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Obtain credit terms for your purchases that an exporter may be unable to provide (receive your goods now, but pay for them later). Obtain financing that may work out at a lower cost than the borrowing costs available locally in your country.
Meet the Chinese Consumer
Accessing the Chinese consumer involves understanding the unique platforms and drivers of purchases. Chinese consumption patterns are no longer dominated by spendthrift attitudes and mid-market enterprises (MMEs) that previously shrank from entering China directly should understand three key factors enabling and driving the consumer: mobility (through mobile devices and around the world), quality, and lifestyle upgrades.
Embracing Business Unusual: In conversation with business leaders in Asia on resilience
HSBC hosted a virtual round-table in June with senior business leaders from Asia to explore how COVID-19 had affected their businesses, staff, customer needs and supply chains - and how they had responded to these changes, both immediately and in the longer term.
Employee benefits and retention
The loss of key employees has an impact on any organisation, but the consequences can be particularly acute for small and mid-sized businesses. Apart from the costs of replacement, the disruption involved can also have a disproportionate operational impact. Fortunately, as Mark Hussain, Global Head of Commercial Insurance & Investments at HSBC explains, there are various incentives and benefits that can be used to maximise employee retention
Beyond Growth: The Benefits of Implementing a Working Capital 2.0 Strategy
In today's post financial crisis world, companies that adapt their working capital strategies to the new conditions of economic growth can benefit from more robust supply and distributor chains. Beyond this, however, there are also a number of additional benefits to adopting an updated strategy that can have enterprise wide implications.
China firm cut from a different cloth
If Richard Sun were to sew his company’s label into shirts and jackets he would be known the world over.