The introduction of stricter capital requirements for US banks has provoked a backlash that could go on to shape banking regulation across the whole globe
Index funds and private equity have outgrown their purpose and undermine the legitimacy of American capitalism, argues a Harvard academic and former SEC executive
Regulators around the world are grappling with a rapidly evolving technology with major economic and geopolitical repercussions
Can pension funds cope with a perfect storm of demographic changes and market volatility through riskier investments?
Anna Sergi, a leading authority on the Italian mafia, discusses how the Calabrian ‘ndrangheta became one of the world’s wealthiest criminal organisations by exploiting loopholes in the financial system
The science of economics is going through a difficult time, with its credibility and methodologies being questioned by the public, politicians and even economists themselves
South America’s two biggest economies, Brazil and Argentina, are planning to create a joint currency called ‘Sur.’ But can it work?
Is the global economy heading for an era of protectionism under the guise of environmental policy?
Western economies have imposed crippling economic sanctions on Russia, hoping to turn the screws on its government. Although they have failed to stop the war, they send a message to China and other authoritarian governments
World Finance spoke with a former Bank of England adviser about rising inflation, the looming demographic crisis, climate change and the increasingly challenging role of central banks
Since the global financial crisis, regulators have restricted the lending abilities of traditional banks, leaving the riskier bits to non-bank financial institutions. The policy may have gravely backfired
With current global debt levels sky high, the events which led to Iceland’s 2008 financial crisis could be repeated on a much larger scale, warns the former lead investigator for the country’s regulator
Digital banks have gained momentum in the past few years amid the global turmoil caused by the pandemic. They now face regulatory headwinds as well as traditional banks catching up to the competition through acquisition or imitation
With inflation rates rising and interest rates remaining stubbornly low, policymakers have some tough decisions to make
Debt forgiveness, something of a taboo in the previous decade, is now being discussed more frequently, courtesy of the pandemic and climate change