Vital Statistics Location: West Africa Neighbours: Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Togo Capital city: Accra Population (2023): 33.79 million Official language: English GDP per capita (2023): $2,260 GDP growth (2024): 5.7%, forecast 4% (2025) Inflation: 23.8% (December 2024), forecast: 11.9% (2025) Currency: Cedi Credit Rating: Caa2, “Positive” outlook (Moody’s,October 2024); CCC+ (Fitch, October 2024); CCC+with stable […]
Last month, Germany’s Federal Cartel Office approved Italy’s second-largest lender’s plan to purchase a major stake in state-backed Commerzbank. UniCredit revealed last year that it had secured a position of around 28%, with plans to increase it to 29.9%, just short of the 30% threshold requiring it to submit a public bid for the entire […]
Gen Z is known for bucking the trend: creating its own internet vocabulary, ditching phone calls for FaceTimes and investing in crypto over 401(k)s. Now, its boundary-busting habits are coming to the office. Some new — and potentially surprising — Gen Z workplace trends are emerging, including a desire for a “uniform.” Though classic tenets […]
Few markets are moving as rapidly as China’s automotive sector. There, new models are rolled out in as little as 18 months, putting tremendous pressure on legacy Western automakers, which need four-plus years to go from concept to sales floor. “With the increasingly short development cycles in China, it’s driving a huge amount of cost […]
Think that the class action plaintiffs’ attorney has a good case? Now you can invest in it, says James Koutoulas, CEO of JurisTrade, which he calls “the first secondary marketplace for litigation assets.” Spreading risk and reward from big lawsuits makes sense. They can pay out billions, but involve huge upfront costs and take years […]
NurPhoto via Getty Images Pakistan claims to have shot down five Indian fighter jets – India has not confirmed this In a dramatic overnight operation, India said it launched missile and air strikes on nine sites across Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, targeting what it called militant positions based on “credible intelligence”. The strikes, lasting just […]
Donald Trump’s new global tariff regime could be great for Brazil, it turns out. Here’s why. China, which Trump hit with new tariffs of 145% last month, has of course imposed its own retaliatory measures. Beijing is aiming its guns at American farmers, who make up an important slice of Trump voters. Flash back to […]
Joseph Giarraputo, Founder and Editorial Director of Global Finance, talks to Melvyn Low, Group Managing Director and Head of Global Transaction Banking at OCBC, about the importance of democratizing digital solutions for cash management and the innovative tools the Singapore-based bank has developed to support its customers’ 24/7 banking needs. OCBC, one of the largest financial services groups in Southeast Asia by assets, has helped transform […]
The market has been treading through rough waters in 2025, but several stocks in the entertainment industry are among the stars shining the brightest despite this. While many sectors have struggled to gain traction amid economic uncertainty and mixed earnings results, a select group of entertainment names has managed to stand out. The communications sector […]
Several firms like StubHub have suspended IPO plans, and merger activity has slowed following President Trump’s imposition of global tariffs, fueling uncertainty across US dealmaking markets. Initial public offerings involving StubHub, Klarna, eToro, Chime, Circle, and Medline have all been deferred as these firms navigate a tentative period following the US imposition of “liberation day” […]