Asset-based finance—credit investing backed by financial and/or physical assets—is gaining in popularity, offering benefits ...

Prediction markets, in which participants buy and sell contracts with payouts contingent on the outcomes of future events ...

Five technology trends stand out for 2026, each set to shape how we work and interact, both digitally and physically, with ...

South Asia’s economic dynamo, India, enjoyed a surge in initial public offerings last year, with more than 100 companies raising $22 billion, and the momentum is expected to continue in 2026. However, ...

Humanoid robots are set to become the next great technological breakthrough, and China is poised to dominate the market. Having already demonstrated several real-world industrial and service ...

Debt is mushrooming worldwide, hitting many developing countries especially hard. Struggling to cover their debt interest, they are cutting back on health and education programmes. The International ...

As technology continues to advance at a rapid pace, financial institutions all across the world are under intense pressure to improve efficiency, reduce costs and boost productivity. Indeed, there is ...

Coming hot on the heels of accounting scandals involving Enron and Tyco, both of which sent financial markets into tailspins, the fraud committed by WorldCom, one of the world’s biggest ...

As of early 2024, fraud and cybercrime within the global banking system show little sign of abating. On the contrary, the comprehensive ongoing digital transformation undertaken by many of the world’s ...

The US dollar is the world’s reserve currency, the representation of US economic might on the global stage and the de facto currency unit for the overwhelming majority of financial assets. Throughout ...