The Tokyo Stock Exchange hopes that a new trading system and a raft of other reforms will secure its position as a global financial centre

The BM&F Bovespa, founded in 2008, is the main Brazilian brokerage operations for capital markets, and the only exchange, commodities and futures operations in Brazil. World Finance speaks to CEO Edemir Pinto

Bolivia’s micro-entrepreneurial sector in its three biggest cities is estimated to grow by five percent this year

World Finance interviews Hernan Cheyre, Head of CORFO the Chilean Economic Development Agency

Wedged in by IMF demands for fiscal austerity, Pakistan’s unpopular civilian government has presented a budget that may fail to please both voters hit by tax hikes and investors wary about its optimistic economic forecasts

World Finance interviews Endre Dobozy, Managing Director of FTM Ltd, and George Andrews, the Vanuatu Financial Services Commissioner

World Finance interviews Álvaro Saborio, Executive Vice-President and CEO, and Leonel Baruch, Chairman of the Board at Corporacion BCT, on banking in Costa Rica

World Finance interviews Jaime Polit, Partner at Pluris Sustainable Investments, on the sustainable premium

Saudi Arabia plans aid to Syria as ties improve

Syria is an Arabic-speaking country of Western Asia, bordering Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Israel and the Mediterranean Sea. It is a middle-income country, whose economy is based primarily on agriculture and oil

ABI Trust are leading the way in seeking to promote Antigua and Barbuda as a jurisdiction of choice for financial services

Cyprus has developed into a key venue for the worldwide operations of multinational companies

A public to private transition has greatly enhanced ENPAM’s efficiency

The sector’s methods, models and motivation are coming under fire, writes Elizabeth Pfeuti

Slovenia’s business environment is acting as a springboard for creativity