Platinum’s price broke its three-year slump in 2025, rising sharply due to surging demand and supply deficits. Viewed as a ...

WorldCom’s accounting scandal is a riches-to-rags story. Until its demise in mid-2002, WorldCom was regarded as the second-largest long-distance US telecommunications company. Although changing market ...

In the decade following the global financial crisis, banks have faced a flood of new laws and regulations. The pace of change has been furious. Banks have been forced to hire more and more bodies to ...

What does satellite imagery have to do with hedge funds? The more information the better when it comes to making an investment decision, which is why some investors are resorting to alternative data ...

When speculative trading goes badly, it often goes extraordinarily badly for those caught on the short end. March’s LME nickel short squeeze pummelled Chinese nickel-maker Tsingshan Holding Group.

Banks must know who their authentic customers are to serve them safely, effectively and legally, and biometrics are helping them to identify clients through physical or behavioural traits more ...

Some companies define their space, and for decades, this was true of Thomas Cook, the world’s oldest travel firm. Longevity was not enough to save it, as it succumbed to mounting debt and pressure ...

Panic buying is as much a reality on stock exchanges as panic selling, especially when investors short sell stocks that have experienced unexpected supply squeezes and price jumps. Porsche’s 2008 ...