Global Finance

Facebook Libra cryptocurrency

Born under a bad sign? Libra seems set to face opposition

THE TRUMP administration’s all-encompassing “national security concerns” have been invoked once more, this time in relation to Facebook’s plans to launch its own cryptocurrency,...
Buzz Lightyear

‘Commission-free’ investment platform expected in Q3 2021

FINTECH start-up Lightyear is offering Europe’s first commission-free investment platform. Set to start rolling out in Q3 2021, Lightyear marries multi-currency accounts with unlimited access...

World Bank Group: Development Finance Frontline – Strategic Investment Funds

This is the first of a series of occasional interviews with senior strategic investment fund (SIF) professionals. Tasked with attracting private investors to priority...
Low-emission fertilizer: signing of MOU

Danes, nukes, and fertilizer. Really.

By HAL WILLIAMS FOUR Danish companies are poised to provide low-emission fertilizer for Indonesia. Oh, and one of them is a nuclear power firm... Topsoe, Alfa...
Bankruptcy, insolvency graphic

ONS insolvency figures get tongues wagging

THE LATEST data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have prompted comment from all corners. Jeremy Whiteson, partner in Fladgate’s restructuring and insolvency practice,...
Protest against Shell in Nigeria

Oil giant’s massive profits — and legal woes

SHELL has seen record annual profits since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The oil giant’s profits hit £32.2bn last year: double the previous year’s tally, and...

UNCTAD: Africa Rising

Africa needs investment to advance sustainable development and see the continent prosper. James Zhan, Astrit Sulstarova and Mathabo le Roux argue that the nature...

Asia Pacific: Japan – A Uniquely Successful Model

Ernest Hemmingway once said that going broke happens very slowly – and then all of a sudden. The world has been waiting for more...

The Soft Power of Art: Eiman Elgibreen

A dynamic contemporary art movement is emerging in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the traditional heart of Islam. The art scene is one where...
International copyright

Copyright: don’t get it wrong

Legal protection of copyright in business is of national concern, says HAMID BAGHERZADEH WHILE businesses assume their copyright covers multiple territories, their creative works and...