On October 11, General Electric (GE) announced it had acquired Denmark’s LM Wind Power for $1.65bn, as the conglomerate seeks to establish itself as a world leader in the rapidly expanding renewable ...

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 ...

In the Banking Awards 2026, World Finance will once again be putting together the most comprehensive awards in the industry. In a busy and competitive industry, organisations must constantly be ...

One way of measuring global policy-makers’ concerns about the unprecedented increase in debt around the world is the number of times the subject is raised at high-level conferences. And it comes up ...

In the face of market turmoil – such as what we’re seeing as a consequence of Trump’s war on Iran – gold is often spoken ...

For decades, Africa’s growth story was framed around potential. Today, it is increasingly about execution, integration and capital. Zenith Bank’s expansion across the continent reflects a broader ...

After discussing the recent movements in the oil markets and their ramifications in the broader economy, EBC Financial ...

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 ...

The International Energy Agency says that Trump’s Iran war has created the “largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market.” But that history is full of these sorts of crises; so ...

In the event of economic crisis, a country’s banking system is saved at all costs. When Iceland made the decision to go against the grain and let its banks fail, no one could have predicted the ...

Financial scandal, it would appear, has really taken off since the crisis took hold a half decade ago, with financial fraudsters racking up billions of dollars worth of illegitimate gains and so often ...

There are the obvious operational challenges of running banks, insurers and financial advisors when the bombs are falling: staff safety and availability is a constant challenge and Russian attacks on ...