Events, such as the Russia-Ukraine war, spiraling global debt and the looming climate crisis, are exposing a systemic failure to appropriately analyse geo-political risk

China has unveiled plans to cut financial commitments to Africa by a third over the next three years from $60bn to $40bn. What will be the impact of this?

Movies were producing revenues of over $100bn a year before the pandemic. But a series of lockdowns and a streaming boom has threatened to topple Hollywood’s reign.

From vegan products to cellular meat startups, the alternative meat market is booming, creating huge opportunities for investment.

Does El Salvador’s decision to adopt bitcoin as legal tender move cryptocurrency out of the financial shadows and into the mainstream?

Romi Savova, founder and CEO of PensionBee, spoke to World Finance about demystifying retirement in a post-pandemic world.

The Chinese government has unleashed havoc against some of the country’s largest corporations. It may backfire.

Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney has turned his attention to the next great emergency facing our planet: climate change

Prices are soaring, businesses are closing and many are losing their livelihoods. Is there a global supply chain fix, and what might it look like?

There were lessons to be learnt for all businesses from Deliveroo’s IPO, in a market where ethics have become as important as the bottom line

A company’s marketing strategy can be fundamental to its success – we look at five brands that have been transformed by the power of a strong campaign

Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) have dominated M&A activity this year. Is this meeting of minds between technology and finance a pandemic-driven fad or the wave of the future?

After a year during which the ‘great lockdown’ threw global markets into crisis, private equity might just be the strategic catalyst needed on the road to recovery.

The World Trade Organisation faces a series of challenges, from vaccine nationalism to carbon tariffs and rising US-China trade tensions. Can it adapt to the post-pandemic era?

As we head towards the worst global recession in 75 years – we look into some of the biggest downturns over the past 150 years – and the billion-dollar companies that were born out of them