With oil prices rising ever higher, interest in ethanol as a green fuel is growing, with the world's largest economies – Brazil, China and the US – already involved in production.

Latin America seems to have finally freed itself from its failing patterns of populism with impressive economic results, but Venezuela and, more evidently, Argentina remain reluctant to play ball.

The appointment of a US academic to head the world Bank instead of Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala shows how out of touch the institution is.

The rise of non-bank intermediaries in Europe is an opportunity, not a threat

Already North Korea's new leader Kim Jong-un has taken a step forward and a step back in cooperating with the international community. Will his reign mark the beginning of a more diplomatic North Korea or just more of the same?

Investors appear to have lost confidence in diversified cross-border banking models, forcing banks to decide what they do best.

Amid the celebrations to mark the first anniversary of Libya's revolution, strong economic leadership of the country is yet to emerge.

Regulators are making much of macroprudential tools to prevent future bubbles. But regulatory capture remains an obvious risk.

Strengthening the legal framework to manage an international financial failure does not make failures more likely.

The strength of China’s banks in the Top 1000, despite the strong dollar affecting Tier 1 capital, distracts from the economic issues being felt across the country.