As well as being a seminal quote from John F Kennedy’s inaugural address, “help them help themselves” is an idea that has long been discussed and explored with respect to the global poverty agenda. As ...

With higher inflation come higher premiums, 5.2 percent over the next decade, according to Allianz. “The insurance industry cannot undo inflation, but it can smooth out the impact over time, acting as ...

Grupo Financiero Banorte is one of Mexico’s leading banks, supporting local families and businesses since 1899. In this video, the group’s chairman, Carlos Hank González, reflects on Banorte’s history ...

Ooredoo is one of the world’s largest mobile telecommunications companies, with over 164 million customers across 12 countries. Hilal Mohammed Al Khulaifi if Ooredoo’s Group Chief Legal, Regulatory ...

Working for a global financial services firm that offers access to the markets for more than 1.5 million investors via our online trading platforms has enabled me to see a wide range of market ...

Almost everyone has a clear idea on what they will be doing after retirement from work. Unfortunately, most have not taken any concrete steps to prepare for retirement. As is often the case, planning ...

When Jared Bibler visited Iceland for the first time in 2002, he couldn’t imagine that one day he would become an Icelander himself. A native of Massachusetts in the US, he was working for an ...

Move over, millennials: Gen Z is here, and is ready to spend. Generation Z – or those born between the years of 1997 and 2012, for the uninitiated – now account for a staggering 40 percent of ...

Thirty years after celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall, Europe has gone on a wall-building spree. In its next budget cycle (2021-27), the EU plans to spend €34.9bn ($38.4bn) on border security, to ...

Rampant inequality, corruption and poor education standards continue to impede growth in South Africa. A year into his presidency, Cyril Ramaphosa will have to tackle an array of structural ...

The country is forging ahead with its ambitious attempts to transition from a manufacturing-heavy economic model to a services-led one. A number of policies and initiatives are being employed to ...

It was revealed, in a survey carried out by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy (LILP) in 2019, that 90 percent of the 200 cities around the globe that were polled were considered to be unaffordable ...