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Further change is on the cards for Europe, following the win by the Syriza party in the Greek national elections. The left-wing party has always pledged to end the country’s austerity programme, yet has announced its desire to remain in the…

The erosion of public trust in big business has changed the landscape for finance leaders, according to Gregor Alexander, Finance Director for British energy company SSE. “Once there used to be a trade-off between making money in the…

Germany’s Chancellor, Angela Merkel, called for urgent fiscal reform in Europe at a special session at yesterday’s World Economic Forum Annual Meeting. Whatever the decision of the European Central Bank (ECB) on quantitative easing, she…

Ministers, industrialists and academics from the BRICS countries delivered a strong message of long-term potential economic growth for their countries at a panel session at yesterday’s World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland. The…

Europe needs quantitative easing but that monetary policy alone will not restore growth and jobs to the region, that’s according to a panel debate of business leaders and policy-makers, held at the World Economic Forum in Davos,…

This afternoon, Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank (ECB) announced the much awaited outcome of the Governing Council’s meeting on quantitative easing (QE) for the Eurozone economy. First, the ECB is to launch an…

President Obama delivered a defiant and upbeat State of the Union Address earlier this week, claiming that 2014 had been a ‘breakthrough year for America’. “Our economy is growing and creating jobs at the fastest pace since 1999. Our…

President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine told participants at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting that despite the aggression his country faces, Ukraine is strong and unified. “Ukraine has become stronger. Ukraine has become more…