In September 2023, Nigeria was upbeat after Emirates Airlines agreed to resume direct flights to the country. This came after an 11-month hiatus, the root cause of which was an inability to repatriate ...

Gold prices continue to break new price records. During the second week of October 2025, gold had surged to $4,000 a troy ounce, and the Financial Times reports that prices have doubled in less than ...

In 2014, the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) declared sleep disorders a “public health epidemic”; two years later, the World Health Organisation released a study, Sleep ...

On election night in November 2024, the US crypto industry enjoyed a rare moment of euphoria, with investors celebrating the arrival of the first truly crypto-friendly administration in American ...

Since time immemorial, alcohol has been a part of the social fabric of human life on earth. The earliest evidence of intentional alcohol production stems back to 7,000BC, from fermented residues found ...

In March 2020, reports claimed the World Health Organisation (WHO) had warned against using cash amid fears it could be spreading coronavirus. The WHO later pushed back on the claim, declaring it had ...

Every year, thousands of the world’s foremost leaders and business elite trek to the snow-capped mountains of Switzerland. In the Alpine town of Davos, geopolitical issues are hashed out, economic ...

With global economic uncertainty persisting in 2024, it has been a challenging year in the Forex industry. World Finance presents its awards for those who have led the way during a year characterised ...

In many ways, 2023 has been a bombshell year for activist investing. In January, US activist short-seller Hindenburg Research sent shockwaves through the business world when it accused India’s Adani ...

As the founder of Europe’s most valuable fintech, Nikolay Storonsky is at the helm of a digital-first bank pushing back against the traditional grain. But as Revolut’s valuation soars, can he walk the ...

Until last September, few people beyond the close-knit world of pension asset managers had heard of ‘liability-driven investment’ (LDI), a trading strategy deployed by many pension funds. When the ...

Standing in the middle of Verkor’s headquarters in Grenoble, Olivier Dufour, the firm’s co-founder, delineates his vision for the future of Europe’s green economy. “Batteries replace oil – it is ...