With fiscal constraints a dominant feature of the economic landscape across major economies, politicians’ eyes are increasingly alighting on the trillions managed by financial institutions. They are ...

Despite a succession of shocks since 2020, the global economy has held up remarkably well – so far. But the margin for error is dwindling. Total global debt is now ...

Once the hallmark of secrecy and security for the ultra-wealthy, traditional offshore tax havens are losing their grip under mounting global scrutiny. As pressure grows from international tax reforms ...

The global banking industry in the past year has operated within an environment of significant complexity. Economic headwinds, high interest rates, persistent inflation, and geopolitical tensions have ...

After a year defined by US dollar dominance and central bank divergence, the FX landscape in 2025 is shifting toward greater balance. The reversal of dollar strength, central bank normalisation, and ...

Sustainability in 2024 remained both a top priority and an immense global challenge. According to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Progress Report, only 15 percent of targets are currently ...

The global pension fund sector in 2024 operated at the intersection of long-term responsibility and short-term economic pressures. High inflation, volatile markets, and shifting demographic trends ...

or Apple and Google, September 10, 2024 was a judicial bloodbath. For the EU’s regulatory apparatus, a rare victory in its war against big tech. The European Court of Justice ruled that Apple should ...

The tidal wave of geo-political volatility that has surged around the world in the last decade has propelled financial institutions into the frontline. Many were unprepared and have paid a heavy price ...

In 2014, the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) declared sleep disorders a “public health epidemic”; two years later, the World Health Organisation released a study, Sleep ...

Europe is at an economic crossroads. Mario Draghi, the former head of the European Central Bank, has warned that the continent faces an “existential challenge” unless it can reverse decades of ...

The world is on the verge of Disease X pandemic outbreak. Yes, the sound of it may pass as the stuff that can only be found in science-fiction blockbuster movies or bestseller novels. It also has the ...