Leonardo Braune: Brazil’s tax reforms risk alienating HNWIs
Brazil's plans for higher inheritance and income taxes, and a new asset tax, could push high net worth individuals out of the country, says the Intercorp Group MD
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Is public debt manipulated?
World Finance speaks with Wolfgang Streeck author of Buying Time: The delayed Crisis of Democratic Capitalism on markets and the democratic process
Ghana’s banks must “aggressively support” productive sectors
Ghana’s future looks bright, says Daniel Asiedu, but financial institutions must visibly support the government to stay on a growth path
Xia: Bretton Woods breakdown already underway
Asia economics expert Dr Le Xia argues that the dollar’s reserve currency status – cemented in the Bretton Woods system of monetary management – will decline further in the next decade
Trans-Pacific Partnership’s greatest ally: Jack Ma?
Murray Hiebert of the Center for Strategic and International Studies says Jack Ma’s support for TPP comes from signatories being key to global ambitions
Ponomarenko: Chinese liquidity injection restored faith in Ukraine’s banking system
Lead member of the National Bank of Ukraine calls a currency swap with China as the “biggest and brightest” point in the country’s recent history
Working 9-5 to avoid a breakdown
World Finance speaks with Linda Holbeche, author of the Agile Organization on if we should rethink the standard working week
Is Germany the lynchpin in keeping the single currency alive?
Economist John Mills and former financial attaché for the Netherlands at the EU Hans Hack speak to World Finance about the role Germany will play in securing a future for the EU
Is manufacturing the centrepiece for EU economic revival?
Economists debate whether refocusing the continent’s economic strength on manufacturing can be accomplished with a greater centralisation of EU power
It’s easy to say ‘Save for the future’: Brazil’s pension challenge
Brazil’s history of hyper-inflation has created a generation without long-term financial planning skills, says Alfredo Lalia
The yuan on the world stage
World Finance speaks with Patrick Chovanec Chief Strategist at Silvercrest Asset Management to find out the next stages for the RMB
Collateral damage: China’s property market gets reality check
World Finance speaks with Patrick Chovanec, Chief Strategist at Silvercrest Asset Management to find out how China’s property boom was a bubble waiting to burst
Reduce, reuse, recycle: Where are you in the circular economy?
As the concept of sustainability becomes more deeply embedded in the fabric of society and the economy, the notion of the circular economy has started to gain traction
