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 ...

When Cybercrime magazine predicted in 2020 that the scourge of cyberattacks would cost the world $10.5trn by 2025, many considered the estimate to be wildly exaggerated. In fact, it is turning out to ...

From freight rail and green energy to manufacturing and maritime trade, India is betting big on infrastructure-led growth – and the world is starting to take notice When a container is hoisted ashore ...

Spooked by US adventurism, Russian aggression and Chinese protectionism, the EU is rushing to assert its financial sovereignty through a range of initiatives. Will they work? When the Italian bank ...

From missile strikes and cyber-attacks to disrupted shipping lanes and AI-powered warfare, today’s conflicts are reshaping the global insurance market – forcing insurers to adapt The war in the Middle ...

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 ...

As conflict in the Middle East sends shockwaves through global energy markets, governments are rushing to deploy strategic oil reserves to prevent economic turmoil The single most important energy ...

Born from the wreckage of the 2008 financial crisis, cryptocurrency once promised to replace the global monetary system. Instead, it has evolved into something narrower but arguably more influential ...

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 ...

For much of the post-Cold War period, the global financial system operated under the assumption that it was, if not entirely apolitical, then at least insulated from the harsher realities of ...

When Donald Trump turned his fire on Jerome Powell last year, it barely registered as unusual. The President had criticised the Federal Reserve chair before. This time, however, the threat felt ...

Changing perceptions of an 800-year-old institution steeped in tradition is no easy task, but that is what Dame Susan Langley is on course to achieve in her year as the first citizen of the City of ...