A License to Print Money
Bold headlines, fast-paced storytelling, illustrations aplenty, and a scoop in every issue: Hak Holdert knew precisely what a newspaper should look like in order...
IFC: Why Corporate Governance Is Crucial to Myanmar’s Growing Private Sector
Emerging from decades of isolation, Myanmar is undergoing major reforms to become a more market-driven economy. Many are hoping for a meteoric rise of...
Micro Credit the American Way
Being short on cash is an expensive proposition: ask the Greeks or anyone whose luck has run out. The cash-strapped often spend more on...
Joseph E Stiglitz and Hamid Rashid: Closing Developing Countries’ Capital Drain
Developing countries are bracing for a major slowdown this year. According to the UN report World Economic Situation and Prospects 2016, their growth averaged...
The Big Win: Singapore
The ‘Lion City’ is roaring again
By Tony Lennox
IN the heart of downtown Singapore, Raffles Hotel, a stately symbol of colonial splendour, sits in the...
Drug cartels, weapons, banks and the Greenback — illicit trade continues, former whistleblower claims
Major banks are unwittingly laundering drug money to fund international arms deals, a former US Senate candidate tells BV editor HAL WILLIAMS
US BUSINESS intelligence...
Fast moves mean head start in high-paced fintech arena
A LONDON-based fintech start-up profiled in BV’s feature on the recent Gibfin conference, Lendo, is making headlines for its pioneering approach towards regulated cryptocurrency.
Forbes...
More to employee satisfaction than monetary gain, report shows
FINANCIAL professionals have voted Goldman Sachs the world’s top company to work for.
Research by eFinancialCareers was conducted via an online survey between the months...
Indian Summer On The Horizon
Investors had been keeping their distance from India this last 12 months as New Delhi's business hubs looked like being on the brink of...
Sharia banking weaves moral fibre into the West’s oft-flawed system
No pork, no porn, no booze: this traditional Islamic take on finance and funding relies on ancient ethical codes — and ensures lender and...
