Gold prices continue to break new price records. During the second week of October 2025, gold had surged to $4,000 a troy ounce, and the Financial Times reports that prices have doubled in less than ...

Since time immemorial, alcohol has been a part of the social fabric of human life on earth. The earliest evidence of intentional alcohol production stems back to 7,000BC, from fermented residues found ...

Building on the momentum of last year’s historic World Cup, Qatar is racing towards an exciting new phase of development. Seeking to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels, Qatar’s next chapter will put ...

Until last September, few people beyond the close-knit world of pension asset managers had heard of ‘liability-driven investment’ (LDI), a trading strategy deployed by many pension funds. When the ...

One way of measuring global policy-makers’ concerns about the unprecedented increase in debt around the world is the number of times the subject is raised at high-level conferences. And it comes up ...

It used to be the case that the sole focus for most investors was making a profit. Following this, it became fashionable to worry about things like negative externalities, such as the impact companies ...

Of all the crisis meetings around the world in the wake of the collapse of Lehman Brothers in the US and the onset of the Great Financial Crisis of 2008, the one in Athens was the most significant.

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development has reported that the value of frontier technologies, such as IoT, AI and electric vehicles, is expected to accelerate over the next decade. It ...

What makes a successful leader? For some it’s measured by the bottom line; for others by company culture, connection and purpose. For the best it’s a combination of all of these, and then some. In ...

After a career spanning more than eight decades, it turns out that Warren Buffett had one last trick up his sleeve. The veteran investor shocked his audience when he announced his retirement from ...

As the northernmost city in Sweden, Kiruna is used to seemingly endless winters, short, cold summers, and relative isolation in the vast expanse of Swedish Lapland. Its population, just shy of 20,000, ...

The global transition toward a low-carbon economy has gathered extraordinary momentum over the past year, as governments, investors, and corporations alike accelerate their commitments to net zero.