A cartel’s balance sheet: Are we winning the war on drugs?
World Finance speaks to Dr Benjamin Smith from the University of Warwick about the multi-million-dollar narcotics industry
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Financial technology comes home: Finovate Europe 2015
We report from the latest financial technology conference in London, the European home of FinTech
PwC Sweden on the OECD’s tax action plan
World Finance speaks to PwC Sweden about whether the OECD’s 15-point tax action plan will reduce tax avoidance
Smith: 2008 crash era liquidity funded by organised crime
HSBC and its US affiliate exposed the US financial system to money laundering, drug trafficking and terrorist financing risks due to poor money laundering controls an official probe found in 2012
Heilmann: ‘Germany needs to take a hardline on Greek debt’
Eurozone finance ministers are at loggerheads over the Greek government’s bailout demands
KBZ Group on Myanmar’s developing banking sector
World Finance speaks to representatives from KBZ Group about changes in Myanmar’s banking industry
First Bank of Nigeria on African banking trends
World Finance speaks to Bernadine Okeke, Group Executive of Private Banking at First Bank of Nigeria, about the continent’s banking industry
‘To hell with it. Let’s get the money out there’: Paul Krugman on Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
China’s proposed $50bn Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank could become the largest emerging market funding-vehicle in the region and globally
A crude response: great oil price correction coming soon
The drop in crude prices has market watchers expecting a price readjustment in the near future
Russia and China together: Europe pays price for America’s strategy
Despite sanctions imposed by the West, Russia still has many friends and is strengthening ties with the world’s largest economy
Investment One Financial Services on Nigeria’s momentous growth
World Finance speaks to Nicholas Nyamali, Group Managing Director and CEO of Investment One Financial Services, about Nigeria’s economic prospects
Papadopoulos: IMF a formidable weapon of the American government
World Finance speaks to Dr Marcus Papadopoulos to discuss whether Russia’s economic outlook is as bleak as it seems
Is Hong Kong still the best business gateway into Asia?
As China undergoes rapid economic structural reform, Hong Kong is forced to prove its worth as a key entry point for multinationals in the face of stiff competition
