Delphi Technologies is one of the world's leading providers of vehicle propulsion systems. The company, headquartered in London, U.K., has been actively participating in cross-border cash pooling schemes to support its China operations.
For the purpose of further enhancing the business environment in the Chinese mainland and facilitating cross-border fund movement, SAFE announced in March 2019 new administrative provisions on centralized cross-border fund management for multinational companies, which included additional amendments to its cross-border cash pooling scheme.
The upgraded scheme now increases the foreign debt quota of multinational companies' domestic participating members and allows for RMB to be the account currency for domestic master accounts.
Under the new scheme, Deutsche Bank was able to set up an RMB domestic master account for Delphi Technologies to aggregate the foreign debt quotas of the company's onshore entities in China, in order to support the capital expenditure (CAPEX) and working capital needs. With the account, the company will be able to maximize the use of its overseas cash liquidity, while managing foreign exchange risks centrally.
Carol Dong, Asia Treasury Manager at Delphi Technologies, said, "The recent changes in the SAFE scheme including the quota expansion, currency and account management flexibilities will help multinationals like us to strengthen their China businesses. We were impressed by Deutsche Bank's policy expertise, and dedication to implementing the solution. With the new foreign debt centralized management scheme, we will be able to make better use of our overseas funds and expand our business in China." (Contributed by Yu Rui, edited by Duan Jing)
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