Gold prices continue to break new price records. During the second week of October 2025, gold had surged to $4,000 a troy ounce, and the Financial Times reports that prices have doubled in less than ...

Since time immemorial, alcohol has been a part of the social fabric of human life on earth. The earliest evidence of intentional alcohol production stems back to 7,000BC, from fermented residues found ...

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 ...

Until last September, few people beyond the close-knit world of pension asset managers had heard of ‘liability-driven investment’ (LDI), a trading strategy deployed by many pension funds. When the ...

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 ...

On election night in November 2024, the US crypto industry enjoyed a rare moment of euphoria, with investors celebrating the arrival of the first truly crypto-friendly administration in American ...

Every year, thousands of the world’s foremost leaders and business elite trek to the snow-capped mountains of Switzerland. In the Alpine town of Davos, geopolitical issues are hashed out, economic ...

The digital banking landscape has undergone another transformative year, as technology, regulation, and consumer behaviour continue to reshape the way financial services are delivered. From the rise ...

As the founder of Europe’s most valuable fintech, Nikolay Storonsky is at the helm of a digital-first bank pushing back against the traditional grain. But as Revolut’s valuation soars, can he walk the ...

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 many ways, 2023 has been a bombshell year for activist investing. In January, US activist short-seller Hindenburg Research sent shockwaves through the business world when it accused India’s Adani ...

Of all the crisis meetings around the world in the wake of the collapse of Lehman Brothers in the US and the onset of the Great Financial Crisis of 2008, the one in Athens was the most significant.