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
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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
Is the tech-heavy NASDAQ valuation bubble ready to pop?
Technology entrepreneur says billion dollar valuations do not guarantee success and switching to profitability should be the end goal
How to manage the people’s wealth
The largest pool of wealth in the world is still comprised of commercial assets that are held in public ownership. If professionally managed it could generate an annual yield of $2.7trn
Thieliant: Japan’s economy is winning, but citizens still losing
Marcel Thieliant, Japan Economist at Capital Economics, tells World Finance that further structural reforms and wage increases are key
