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

The Chinese government has unleashed havoc against some of the country’s largest corporations. It may backfire.

With London adapting to post-Brexit life, the Netherlands’ capital – aided by its tech-hub reputation – is gaining ground on becoming the new number one hub of finance in Europe

World Finance’s Alex Katsomitros sat with Professor Michael Pettis for a conversation on the role of the dollar as the global reserve currency, the US exorbitant privilege (or burden), and the difficult choices China will soon have to make about its economic future