As the year comes to an end and businesses come and go, entrepreneurial spirit is pivotal. Here, we look at some of the individuals that are driving business in the World Finance Entrepreneur of the Year Awards

The BVI is reshaping itself as a one-stop shop for offshore financial services, beyond its original incorporations focus

Eurobond cash will fund big capacity increases in the Ivory Coast energy sector, says minister Nialé Kaba

On the eve of a meeting of the G20, Raghuram Rajan calls for new safety fund to deal with increasingly troubled emerging markets as well as reforms to IMF and World Bank practices

Poor industrial figures and low confidence of large businesses in Japan suggest the East Asian economy may see another recession

With the world still anticipating a tightening of monetary policy in advanced economies, the IMF warns of the impact this will have on market liquidity and emerging market corporate debt

Deutsche Bank has recently faced the wrath of re-fanged post-crash regulators. With a long and rocky history, its new chief executive has the task of restoring confidence in the German financial institution

Despite yielding to European lenders, Greece’s Syriza party is voted back into power

As part of a wider set of agreements, China has agreed to issue short-term bonds outside of the country for the first time

Europe’s economic woes have hampered efforts to modernise its infrastructure. But China could in fact prove to be its saviour

After much speculation, the Fed announces that it will keep historically-low interest rates at current levels

Rapid urbanisation has pressured leaders to rethink the ways in which cities are run – Elizabeth Matsangou explores what it takes for a metropolis to become sustainable amid a range of complex challenges

A three-day weekend provides many benefits, but getting the US to embrace a world with less work will require a massive cultural shift in the way Americans look at life

Treasury managers have been spending too long gathering data, and not enough time managing, says Martin Bellin

Higher-ranked countries better develop and deploy their human capital in terms of skill, education and employment, across all age groups