Feels like déjà vu : Rising sovereign spreads in the eurozone, increased protectionism, higher oil prices, capital outflows from major emerging countries.

Not just it takes 8% longer to get paid, corporates in Asia also find themselves in cash flow squeeze as late payment >120 days surged by 1/6 chance in 2017. Some countries and sectors pay, worriedly, very late. Download the survey findings of 3000 Asia corporates.

Is China in better shape? Yes. Do corporates get paid faster? Unfortunately no! what’s more worrying is that those experienced ultra-long (more than 180 days) payment delays rise to 47% in 2017!