Bloomberg Markets magazine

The Arctic is feeling the impact harder than anyplace else on Earth. That's creating risks -- and opportunities.

As the risks grow on a hotter planet, a billionaire hedge-fund manager and a former treasury secretary aim to put a price on the consequences of carbon pollution.

Fernando Haddad, a rookie mayor, pledges to curtail corruption, quicken mass transit and improve schools in Latin America's biggest city.

The U.S. direct-sales giant enlisted America’s most prestigious university to help make China its biggest market -- even after the country banned its business model.

The heroin fueling the murderous gang violence on the streets of Chicago streams in from Mexico -- under the firm grip of a cartel run by Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.

Banks are tackling new capital requirements by doing innovative deals with hedge funds -- as regulators fret about unforeseen risks.

The chairman of Deutsche Bank's supervisory board is a leader in the fight against regulators who want to restrict trading at Europe's biggest financial firms.

DeVry's Caribbean medical schools leave students with high debt -- financed by American taxpayers -- and fewer chances of getting jobs as physicians than graduates of U.S. institutions.

Central bankers around the globe look to the Columbia University economist for extraordinary methods to spur growth.

Japan's economy minister is responsible for stimulating business expansion, closing a social security funding gap and negotiating a trans-Pacific trade pact as the point man in Shinzo Abe's radical plan to spur growth.

The CEO of JPMorgan's $2.2 trillion money management arm has made the bank a force in mutual and pension funds while pulling in billions from Asia and Europe.

A post at Gazprom gave him connections, metals and mining established his fortune, and now, technology have made Alisher Usmanov Russia's richest man.

They shape economies, move markets, do deals -- and change the world.

Chasing average returns of more than 9 percent, hedge funds, family offices and brokerages such as Morgan Stanley and Oppenheimer are flocking to peer-to-peer loans from LendingClub and Prosper Marketplace.

JP Morgan Chase had the highest-rated team in a year when equities finally stopped marching in lock step.