World Finance

Once dismissed as hype, cybercrime is now a multi-trillion-dollar force - disrupting industries, empowering non-state actors and quietly threatening global financial stability at unprecedented scale

AI-driven productivity gains are widely expected to ease advanced economies' fiscal strains through higher tax revenues. But shifts in income distribution, rising spending pressures, labour disruption, weak regulation and geopolitical risks suggest defici

A tech CEO known not for dramatic predictions or wild antics but steady leadership and successful product delivery, Alphabet's Sundar Pichai is something of a rarity in Silicon Valley. World Finance discovers how he rose through the ranks of one of the mo

The Iranian strikes on Gulf data centres have exposed a new geopolitical reality: the infrastructure underpinning AI, cloud computing and digital services is now a strategic target. For Europe, the attacks raise urgent questions about the resilience, secu

As the US doubles down on fossil fuels under Donald Trump, some economists warn that America risks falling victim to the same 'resource curse' that has long undermined resource-rich developing economies by distorting investment, politics and long-term eco

The UK spent its North Sea windfall while Norway chose to save its. With oil production declining and taxes rising, can Britain still build a sovereign wealth fund, or is it already too late?

The illusion of neutral finance is fading. As sanctions expand and geopolitical tensions rise, capital flows are being reshaped by power - forcing markets to price politics alongside risk and return

Dame Susan Langley explains how she is using her historic tenure as Lady Mayor of London to modernise an 800-year-old institution, transforming it from a ceremonial symbol into a global ambassador for financial and professional services

In the global race for AI dominance, Russia continues to lag behind the leading powers. Instead, it is waging a different war - less about chips and models, and more about narratives, algorithms and the slow poisoning of the information environment

What began as a shift in political tone has become a wave of corporate reversals. As firms abandon high-profile commitments, markets are starting to question not just strategy - but integrity