The benchmark needs to be reformed, not scrapped.

Allowing crippled banks to fudge their loan losses is not the way to deliver a healthy banking market.

A critical design flaw in the euro project meant that problems were inevitable.

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.