The world’s most advanced countries are shifting government spending away from international aid, partly to boost defence ...

On September 2, Russia and China signalled to the world a monumental expansion of their commercial energy ties when they signed an Agreement of Strategic Cooperation outlining the construction of the ...

Coming hot on the heels of accounting scandals involving Enron and Tyco, both of which sent financial markets into tailspins, the fraud committed by WorldCom, one of the world’s biggest ...

At the beginning of the last decade, Swiss investment firm UBS Investment Research began partnering with satellite companies such as Remote Sensing Metrics LLC in order to gauge changes in the ...

Inspired by a wave of disruptive digital innovation, the last decade has witnessed perhaps the most rapid evolutionary change ever within the global banking system. Thanks mostly to a combination of ...

On October 22, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released the latest edition of its “World Economic Outlook”. Published twice a year, the report’s October issue confirmed that the organisation ...

The financial-services sector is one of the most regulated industries worldwide. Every day, banks, asset-management firms, insurance companies and other institutions must sift through hundreds of ...

As the world continues to deal with the grim spectre of surging inflation this year, countries worldwide are scrambling to contain runaway prices whilst also attempting to prevent their economies from ...

As technology continues to advance at a rapid pace, financial institutions all across the world are under intense pressure to improve efficiency, reduce costs and boost productivity. Indeed, there is ...

With prices reaching all-time highs in July above $2,450 per ounce, the gold market has been in fine fettle of late. With a price rally that has now broadly persisted for almost two years, the ...

According to the head of the Siemens tax service, Christian Kezer (Kaeser), investing in Germany is becoming pointless. “In fact, there is nothing that would speak in favour of investing in Germany.

In the early hours of Monday, September 23, the UK company that revolutionised the package holiday filed for compulsory liquidation. Following the failure of last-ditch rescue negotiations, the UK ...