Category: Finance

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised its global economic growth forecast for 2025, attributing the downgrade to the escalating trade tensions stemming from U.S. tariffs. Key Forecast Revisions: Contributing Factors: Regional Impacts: Outlook: The IMF warns that continued trade conflicts could further dampen economic activity, increase financial market volatility, and tighten financial conditions. Medium-term […]

Global public debt is projected to surge to 117% of global GDP by 2027, according to a stark warning from Vítor Gaspar, Director of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Fiscal Affairs Department. The alarming forecast was made during the IMF’s latest Fiscal Monitor briefing, amid rising concerns over mounting geopolitical tensions and fragmented global trade. […]

The European Central Bank (ECB) has established a task force aimed at simplifying the complex regulatory framework governing European banks. Chaired by ECB Vice President Luis de Guindos, the group includes central bank governors from Germany, France, Italy, and Finland . This initiative follows a letter from these central bank governors to the European Commission, […]

Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), the world’s largest public pension fund with assets totaling ¥258.7 trillion (approximately $1.8 trillion), is under increasing pressure to enhance its domestic private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) investments. Currently, alternative assets, including PE, account for only about 1.6% of GPIF’s portfolio, well below its 5% allocation cap […]

The Gateway Program, a massive infrastructure modernization effort targeting the Northeast Corridor (NEC) between Newark, NJ and New York City, is projected to generate $445 billion in economic benefits by 2060, according to a new analysis from the Regional Plan Association (RPA). The initiative encompasses 11 major infrastructure projects over a critical 10-mile segment of […]

In 2021, the World Bank shut down one of its flagship projects: the Doing Business index, a global ranking system that measured how easy it was to start and run a business in 190 countries. It followed an independent investigation that found World Bank officials had manipulated the rankings to favor powerful countries, including China […]

Private equity (PE) investment in Europe’s financial services sector has experienced a significant uptick in early 2025, with deal values surpassing €7.8 billion in the first quarter, marking a 22% increase from the same period in 2024. Despite this growth, the number of deals declined to 101, the lowest since Q3 2021, indicating a trend […]

Every year, American universities spend millions of dollars patenting inventions developed on their campuses. Big names such as Stanford and the University of California system lead the pack in patent activity, but hundreds of other universities are also trying to strike gold by monetizing intellectual property. The idea is simple: By investing in patents and […]

As financial systems evolve, so, too, must the data and tools used for oversight. Emerging technologies are transforming supervision through Supervisory Technology (Suptech) solutions, allowing for more effective and efficient oversight with improved data quality. These innovations enable data-driven approaches with unprecedented levels of granularity and quality, deepening our understanding of financial markets. Supervisors using […]

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is consulting on revisions to its travel rule that will affect all payments and value transfers. The proposed changes form part of the G20’s roadmap for enhanced cross-border payments. However, they pose a threat to the speed, cost, and inclusiveness that the international community expects from global remittances. So […]