Lawrence Carrel

More and more families are accumulating enough wealth to need not just a private banker, but a whole flock of them, growing the ranks of family offices. 

J.P.Morgan took the top spot in a year when confidence in North America was balanced by uncertainties in other regions.

 Lack of transparency, including an inability to identify who would control the exchange, sink economically modest but politically heated transaction.

The Swedish company plans to simplify company structure and cut 10 billion Krona in costs by mid 2018 by cutting jobs, divesting businesses, closing 83 sites and reviewing all existing contracts.

Financial regulators the world over are beginning to take a closer look at digital currency Initial Currency Offers and companies that use them to raise funds.

Financing start-ups with “initial coin offerings,” or ICOs, could potentially upend both the investment banking and venture capital industries. 

FM Global, one of the world’s largest business property insurers, four years ago created its Resilience Index to rank 130 countries and territories according to their ability to manage disruptive events. 

The story of online trading platforms really starts May 1, 1975, when the Securities and Exchange Commission broke the Wall Street cartel and eliminated the practice of fixed brokerage commissions.

Chosen by readers and experts the #1 financial innovation of the last 30 years: online banking.