
Have Ukraine tensions hurt Russia’s start-up community?
Russian investors expect a small amount of instability, says Denis Kalinin
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Lies and prejudice: The politics of austerity | Video
World Finance speaks to Mark Blyth, author of Austerity, to discuss if the measure is really as outdated as suggested

FBN Insurance on Nigeria’s growing insurance sector | Video
World Finance speaks to FBN Insurance about Nigeria’s dynamic insurance market

A universal rejection of backhanders
World Finance speaks to Graham Baxter, who sits on the board of trustees of Transparency International UK, on how common backhanders are in business today

Modi’s tech infrastructure fervour on the back of Obamamania
As the dust settles following India’s dramatic federal election, Narendra Modi is increasingly feeling the pressure to deliver robust economic reform

A cartel’s balance sheet: Are we winning the war on drugs?
World Finance speaks to Dr Benjamin Smith from the University of Warwick about the multi-million-dollar narcotics industry

Financial technology comes home: Finovate Europe 2015
We report from the latest financial technology conference in London, the European home of FinTech

PwC Sweden on the OECD’s tax action plan
World Finance speaks to PwC Sweden about whether the OECD’s 15-point tax action plan will reduce tax avoidance

Smith: 2008 crash era liquidity funded by organised crime
HSBC and its US affiliate exposed the US financial system to money laundering, drug trafficking and terrorist financing risks due to poor money laundering controls an official probe found in 2012

Heilmann: ‘Germany needs to take a hardline on Greek debt’
Eurozone finance ministers are at loggerheads over the Greek government’s bailout demands

KBZ Group on Myanmar’s developing banking sector
World Finance speaks to representatives from KBZ Group about changes in Myanmar’s banking industry

First Bank of Nigeria on African banking trends
World Finance speaks to Bernadine Okeke, Group Executive of Private Banking at First Bank of Nigeria, about the continent’s banking industry

‘To hell with it. Let’s get the money out there’: Paul Krugman on Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
China’s proposed $50bn Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank could become the largest emerging market funding-vehicle in the region and globally