Abraaj, a private-equity firm, files for provisional liquidation
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
The firm dipped into investor funds for its own corporate purposes
Most stockmarket returns come from a tiny fraction of shares
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google (FAANG) have been the motor of the S&P 500
France and Germany finally have a common position on euro-zone reform
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Emmanuel Macron convinces Angela Merkel to sign up for a euro budget. But banking reform will be halting
Sino-American interdependence has been a force for geopolitical stability
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
A full-blown trade war would harm more than the two countries’ economies
Harley-Davidson shifts some production out of America
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
An isolated response to Donald Trump’s trade war, or the first of many?
China considers its response to Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Though America has more firepower, China can still do it a lot of damage—at a cost to itself
Why foreigners are keen buyers of Chinese government bonds
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
A bet on the yuan’s dominance or a snare for the unwary? Actually neither
The Trump administration plans to crack down on Chinese investment
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
For once, this goes with the grain of American policymaking
The changing world of work
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Women’ are much happier at work than in 1950. Men have fared less well
Italy’s resilient savers are driving consolidation in asset management
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Intesa Sanpaolo is said to be in talks with BlackRock, the world’s biggest asset manager
Fighting the resource curse through online gaming
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Welcome to Petronia
Carrot, a Silicon Valley startup, takes a novel approach to funding IVF
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Fertility treatment is too expensive for many. And insurance often does not pay
User-rating systems are cut-rate substitutes for a skilful boss
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
The management of a growing share of workers is outsourced to strangers
The rich world needs higher real wage growth
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Pay is rising, but so are prices. Blame more expensive oil
China starts easing monetary policy. Or does it?
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
The challenges of interpreting the central bank’s latest move
Central Europe’s Goldilocks economies
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
The region is enjoying a boom. But long-term success requires more skilled workers and more innovative companies
Argentina’s currency crisis is far from over
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
BUENOS AIRESA weak currency and punishingly high interest rates mean recession appears inevitable
The American president is stirring up trouble in a volatile oil market
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
If he cannot arm-twist OPEC, he may unleash America’s Special Petroleum Reserve
As its trade tussle with America heats up, China is on the back foot
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
But tumbles in Chinese equities and the yuan stem more from domestic causes
China’s statistics are bad. Many criticisms of them are worse
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
China’s census-takers should be more open about what they can and cannot measure
The growth of index investing has not made markets less efficient
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
It has put a lot of bad money-managers out of business
Investors are gorging on American assets
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
An update to the Big Mac index
Why the euro zone hasn’t seen more cross-border bank mergers
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
And why you shouldn’t hold your breath waiting
Companies appear to be gaining market power
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
That may mean lower pay for workers, and less innovation
Development-impact bonds are costly, cumbersome—and good
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Payment by results increased the impact of a charity educating Indian girls
Donald Trump insists on trade reciprocity. But what kind?
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Quid pro quo does not necessarily mean like-for-like tariffs, as all trade negotiators know
Even stockmarket bulls are more cautious than at the start of the year
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Will being a bear save you money as well as make you sound clever?
Is North Korea the next Vietnam? Don’t count on it
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Market reforms invite comparisons, but North Korea’s path is more fraught
Income-share agreements are a novel way to pay tuition fees
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
They shift risk from students to investors and nudge universities to think about employability
Mini-grids could be a boon to poor people in Africa and Asia
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
When allied with microfinance, “green grids” can boost economic activity
David Solomon will be the new CEO of Goldman Sachs
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
He is replacing Lloyd Blankfein, stepping down after steering the bank through the financial crisis
What Venezuelan savers can teach everyone else
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Lessons in preserving the value of savings from hyperinflation
Mario Draghi’s replacement is already being discussed
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
The next president of the ECB will be chosen after much political haggling
Bond yields reliably predict recessions. Why?
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
An inverted yield curve may mean a few things, none of them cheering
Greece exits its bail-out programme, but its marathon has further to go
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
The economy is expanding again, but the crisis has caused lasting damage
America’s stockmarket passes a milestone
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Record or not, America’s bull market keeps going
Tech startups are reviving point-of-sale lending
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Young people dislike big banks. But they still want consumer credit
The contrarian case for emerging markets
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
It is not that emerging markets are cheap, but they are not dear
As private-equity firms mature, the way they buy and sell is changing
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
They are reshaping Wall Street’s ecosystem
Life-insurance policies with perks make it to America
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Insurers hope ancillary services will cut losses and keep customers loyal
Are you a stock or a bond?
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Why the ideal portfolio depends on the business you are in
African governments let too many taxpayers off the hook
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
The range of tax breaks can be bewildering
A milestone is reached with the first zero-cost tracker funds
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
As Fidelity goes to zero, will other asset managers follow?
New software helps uncover Mafia crime masked as ordinary business
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Suspicious patterns are revealed by crunching financial data
Why simple rules are best when spreading your investment bets
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Rebalancing stops portfolios becoming riskier or safer than desired
Australia’s lauded private-pension system is under scrutiny
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
An inquiry has exposed a number of egregious rip-offs
Private equity is piling into health care
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
High prices and stiff competition mean investors must think creatively
Turkey’s crisis is not fundamentally contagious
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Spillovers through trade and banking links should be limited
Football talent scouts become more rational
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
The World Cup no longer distorts the transfer market as egregiously as it used to
How to design carbon taxes
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
The levies raise revenue and reduce emissions. But their unpopularity is a problem
Why is macroeconomics so hard to teach?
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Lessons from a master of the craft
Litigation finance offers investors attractive yields
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Payouts tend to be uncorrelated with other market returns
Myanmar’s state-owned enterprises show how much reform is still needed
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
The bureaucratic leviathans, most still under army control, are a drag on the economy
Why the largest group of American corporate bonds is a notch above junk
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
We’re watching a triple-B movie
The Industrial Revolution could shed light on modern productivity
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Researchers differ on whether rising wages gave the impetus to industrialise
Our cities house-price index suggests the property market is slowing
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
After years of strong growth, property prices are on the turn
Japan still has great influence on global financial markets
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Though its economic heft has declined, its surplus savings are felt around the world
Is China losing the trade war against America?
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
A weak Chinese stockmarket gives America the edge, at least in confidence
Japanese banks’ foreign exposure may threaten financial stability
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
TOKYOAfter sailing through the financial crisis, they are taking risks with foreign loans
Factor-based investing spreads from stocks to bonds
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
A data boom enables an algorithmic approach to fixed-interest investing
America and the EU are both toughening up on foreign capital
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Donald Trump and Jean-Claude Juncker share suspicions of Chinese investment
Donald Trump has thrown the Turkish lira under the bus
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
But the argument with America is not the only cause of Turkey’s economic turmoil
Car dealerships have become targets for cross-border investment
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Big investors are snapping up small franchises. Why?
The business of insuring intangible risks is still in its infancy
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Companies’ value lies mainly in assets that are tricky to insure
As inequality grows, so does the political influence of the rich
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Concentrated wealth leads to concentrated power
What a rising current-account surplus means for the euro area
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
A question of balance
In China, a rare public spat between officials as debt pressures build
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Fiscal policy turns contentious. Only Xi Jinping and his advisers can resolve the debate
KPMG is caught up in scandals but its woes are not existential
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
The firm has lost clients in South Africa. The fallout elsewhere is limited
Global unease, from commerce to currencies, rattles raw materials
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Are the worst fears now priced in?
Central bankers grapple with the changing nature of competition
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
This year’s Jackson Hole meeting was a chance to study market concentration
Markets bash Argentina’s and Turkey’s currencies again
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Another torrid week for the peso and lira
A draft deal clarifies what populist trade policy means in practice
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
A bilateral breakthrough for America and Mexico, with Canada on the sidelines: can NAFTA negotiators pull it off?
Informal trade is ubiquitous in Africa, but too often ignored
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
How border towns—and national economies—are shaped by small retailers slipping between countries
Why Argentine orthodoxy has worked no better than Turkish iconoclasm
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Both countries’ currencies have plunged. Only one is taking the prescribed medicine
Rules on bank lending in poor neighbourhoods are being rethought
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
America’s Community Reinvestment Act is sensitive, but still up for revision
America’s recovery breeds complacency about macroeconomic risks
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
A decade on, the economy is showing no signs of returning to the way it used to be
Sir James Mirrlees, a Nobel-prizewinning economist, died on August 29th
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
His impact on economics went far beyond optimal taxes and contract theory
Why Italy’s government bonds are so unstable
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
If you fret about the euro’s survival, Italian bonds might be the last asset you sell
ING and Danske Bank are in the spotlight for their handling of dirty money
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
The scandals expose gaps in the EU’s anti-money-laundering regime
Britain’s housing market could be headed for disaster
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
A no-deal Brexit could cause a credit crunch
More solar power hurts nuclear energy. But it also hurts itself
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
It is not a good time to be producing power round the clock
As regulators circle, China’s fintech giants put the emphasis on tech
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Conflict with banks has made them shift their focus
America is pushing the labour market to its limits
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Low unemployment and inflation complicate economic policymaking
Money managers and charities are offering joint investment products
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Virtuous companies are rewarded and good causes gain extra money—and corporate attention
What the sliding lira and economy mean for Turkey’s banks
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Keep an eye on foreign funding and bad loans
Colombia’s development bank has brought in private-sector discipline
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Some of Latin America’s worst roads are getting an upgrade
Hyperinflation is hard to grasp, harder still to tolerate
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Venezuelans are suffering. Yet other countries have had it far worse
Tariffs may well bring some high-tech manufacturing back to America
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
But ordinary Americans will feel little if any benefit
America and China are in a proper trade war
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Donald Trump announces another wave of tariffs. China retaliates
Markets are suffering from a nasty bout of millenarianism
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Contrary to popular wisdom, there are reasons to be cheerful
A $3bn debt dispute between Russia and Ukraine may go to trial
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Ukraine says it borrowed under duress from Russian creditors
Extreme poverty is growing rarer
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
But it is also getting harder to root out
How the yuan sets the tone in currency markets
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Moves in the Chinese currency carry rare news
What a controversial pastry says about China’s economy
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Mooncakes are a useful indicator of trends, from consumption to corruption
A radical idea for reducing inequality deserves more attention
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
A social wealth fund could narrow the gap between the rich and the poor
The Fed stalls the creation of a bank with a novel business model
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
The Narrow Bank would take deposits but not make loans
Denmark’s biggest bank reports on its Estonian shambles
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Anti-crime procedures were in questionable shape
Tariffs on steel and aluminium are creating some winners
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
But they are not quite the success President Donald Trump thinks
Asia is not immune to emerging-market woe
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Currencies and stockmarkets have tumbled, though growth rates are solid
Blockchains could breathe new life into prediction markets
20 September 2018, 5:11 pm
Putting crowdsourcing and crypto-currencies behind an old idea
