After a roller-coaster ride this year sparked by fears of Fed tapering, emerging market equities could be calmer in 2014, but will continue to face challenges as investors reappraise the risk-reward expectation.

The Bitcoin rollercoaster has lurched down as BTC China said it would no longer be accepting renminbi deposits, triggering a massive sell-off across most cryptocurrencies. But Bitcoin believers remain unbowed. Here is a round-up of the most bullish projections.

A new Isda report reveals how the fight for currency liquidity is on as foreign exchange trading venues struggle to adapt to the new regulatory landscape

Germany’s export machine will be hit by a rebalancing of China's economy, but the special relationship between the world’s second- and fourth-largest economies might provide a springboard for the development of more sustainable economic ties.

Buy-side involvement in repo markets has yet to recover from lows plumbed following the financial crisis, despite increasing disintermediation of banks resulting from regulatory pressures and the search for yield.

It’s been a torrid year for emerging market local- and hard-currency bonds. After a 2012 rally, credit picking has reigned supreme and the conventional investment case – emerging markets are at a different stage of the credit-rating and growth cycle than developed market issuers – took a knock.

The Bank of England’s more activist mandate may push the Monetary Policy Committee to leave interest rates on hold for too long, complicating efforts to bring down inflation and cut British household debt.

Businesses may be taking on exposures to FX risk unnecessarily because they think hedging costs are too expensive. Understanding these costs is the springboard to a robust hedging strategy that avoids too much damage when an unexpected devaluation hits.

UK companies offering peer-to-peer lending are following their US counterparts into the financial mainstream, with an hospitable regulatory climate, as well as new sources of demand and products.

Businesses must embrace the digital revolution taking place in international trade.