
Ponomarenko: Chinese liquidity injection restored faith in Ukraine’s banking system
Lead member of the National Bank of Ukraine calls a currency swap with China as the “biggest and brightest” point in the country’s recent history
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Working 9-5 to avoid a breakdown
World Finance speaks with Linda Holbeche, author of the Agile Organization on if we should rethink the standard working week

Is Germany the lynchpin in keeping the single currency alive?
Economist John Mills and former financial attaché for the Netherlands at the EU Hans Hack speak to World Finance about the role Germany will play in securing a future for the EU

Is manufacturing the centrepiece for EU economic revival?
Economists debate whether refocusing the continent’s economic strength on manufacturing can be accomplished with a greater centralisation of EU power

It’s easy to say ‘Save for the future’: Brazil’s pension challenge
Brazil’s history of hyper-inflation has created a generation without long-term financial planning skills, says Alfredo Lalia

The yuan on the world stage
World Finance speaks with Patrick Chovanec Chief Strategist at Silvercrest Asset Management to find out the next stages for the RMB

Collateral damage: China’s property market gets reality check
World Finance speaks with Patrick Chovanec, Chief Strategist at Silvercrest Asset Management to find out how China’s property boom was a bubble waiting to burst

Reduce, reuse, recycle: Where are you in the circular economy?
As the concept of sustainability becomes more deeply embedded in the fabric of society and the economy, the notion of the circular economy has started to gain traction

Malmgren: Diversifying away from China key to global retail success
Dr Pippa Malmgren argues Zara transcended economic chaos by not relying on Chinese manufacturing that is vulnerable to global shocks

Chang: Japan will hurt if Western-style governance reforms adopted
Award-winning economist defends Japan’s traditional mode of corporate governance, focusing instead on an ad hoc approach to reform

Malmgren: China not the endgame for luxury goods – sell to Texas
Economist argues that designers focused on only selling in China are missing a larger customer base

SDR and the new yuan
World Finance speaks with ING’s chief economist Mark Cliffe to find out what impact the internationalisation of the RMB will have

Malmgren: Fidelity justified in attacking FSB’s Too-Big-to-Fail Rules
Former White House advisor argues governments are the least placed to pick and choose successful financial players