The benefit in Malta is that given that we are a small country, we are well connected and tightly knit. It’s a nice place to settle, well connected to Europe, and also given its location, Malta is ...

As private credit markets balloon into opaque, cross-border mega-funds chasing yield in unstable regions, the sector is hurtling toward a geopolitical reckoning – one that could blindside institutiona ...

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 ...

In 2014, the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) declared sleep disorders a “public health epidemic”; two years later, the World Health Organisation released a study, Sleep ...

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 ...

Taking to the stage at the Chinese Communist Party Congress in October 2022, President Xi Jinping was met by rapturous applause. The week-long event ushered in a new era for both Xi and for China, ...

According to Deloitte’s banking outlook for this year, as banks “contend with multiple fundamental challenges to their business models” they will have to “demonstrate conviction and agility to thrive.

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Standing in the middle of Verkor’s headquarters in Grenoble, Olivier Dufour, the firm’s co-founder, delineates his vision for the future of Europe’s green economy. “Batteries replace oil – it is ...