David Malpass – a candidate previously critical of the bank – has been chosen without opposition to head the World Bank. Adrienne Klasa reports.

The USMCA has yet to be ratified in the US, Canada and Mexico while all three countries raise questions over key issues like labour reform. 

The Panamanian government is looking to a combination of state funding and private investment to reduce dependence on the Panama Canal. 

Moves are afoot to relax the 24% cap for foreign investors, to improve FDI inflows. N Chandra Mohan reports.

The UN Conference on Trade and Development has found an alarming increase in countries introducing investment restrictions or rules.

A survey by McKinsey finds widespread pessimism on global economic growth, though emerging countries are more confident about their national prospects than their developed peers.

Early 2019 figures show global M&A underperforming for a sixth consecutive quarter.

Offshore financial centres are playing a critical role in development finance, according to the Overseas Development Institute.

New York supercedes San Francisco and five cities in mainland China join the top ranks. Alex Irwin-Hunt reports.