The US-China conflict has entangled the Panama Canal, a crucial waterway for international trade. Pressure from US officials ...

Switzerland’s top bank, UBS, is facing the threat of a huge increase in its mandatory capital requirements, two years after ...

As technology continues to advance at a rapid pace, financial institutions all across the world are under intense pressure to improve efficiency, reduce costs and boost productivity. Indeed, there is ...

On October 22, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released the latest edition of its “World Economic Outlook”. Published twice a year, the report’s October issue confirmed that the organisation ...

At the beginning of the last decade, Swiss investment firm UBS Investment Research began partnering with satellite companies such as Remote Sensing Metrics LLC in order to gauge changes in the ...

Construction in the United States entered 2024 on a high note, with growth in all major segments. While some categories appear poised for further increases, the industry is unlikely to repeat its ...

As the world continues to deal with the grim spectre of surging inflation this year, countries worldwide are scrambling to contain runaway prices whilst also attempting to prevent their economies from ...

In the early hours of Monday, September 23, the UK company that revolutionised the package holiday filed for compulsory liquidation. Following the failure of last-ditch rescue negotiations, the UK ...

The yield on the 10-year Treasury bond is arguably the most critical asset price in the global financial system. It is the benchmark for all other interest rates and is thus a crucial determinant of ...

It’s one of the world’s scarcest metals. With many qualities making it highly sought after across such diverse industries as automotive catalytic converters, jewellery, refining, new hydrogen ...

According to its most recent “Pulse of Fintech” report, KPMG Global found that global investment in financial technology in 2020 through venture capital (VC), private equity (PE) and mergers and ...