Tesla chief Elon Musk is latest in long line of figures suspicious of short selling

Putting someone in charge of ethics does not absolve chief executives of responsibility

Stocktake: Elon Musk taunts short sellers and GE exits Dow Jones index

Markets took fright after the entrepreneur lashed out at analysts

As with Anglo, Carillion’s failure shows if auditors take their eye off the ball ordinary people suffer

Proinsias O’Mahony on the pitfalls to which the ordinary investor are all too prone

Decades of corporate scandals have taught us the importance of empowering whistleblowers

Elliott succeeds Alan Cook who is retiring from 75% State-owned bank after six years

The group has committed the auditing equivalent of a face-plant on the red carpet

Idea has far-reaching potential, but it’s a solution that’s audacious and risky

European Commission urged to toughen up rules governing jobs for former staff

Former commissioner Neelie Kroes among names revealed in Bahamas leak

Bahamas Leaks: Cache of documents on more than 175,000 Bahamian companies

Details of Rybolovlev divorce struggle, and many others, contained in secret files

Andrew Fastow made Enron look healthy before it crashed and now advises how to spot fraud

Cheating by car maker has the potential to accelerate our trajectory towards greener, self-driving cars but some think it will eventually all blow over

Eye-popping growth and questionable acquisitions raise far too many questions

Few corporate scandals involve deliberate fraud and the Volkswagen scandal could have far greater consequences

The latest trends in stock markets

A seven-year study suggests that character-driven chief executives deliver as much as five times greater returns

They are usually discreet, but a new breed of activist short sellers say they are out to expose financial corruption

Old Moore’s Almanac predicted that a famous work of art would make headlines and a politician would have a Twitter event in February. And then there were the misses . . .

A group of reforming academics have written an effectively strident polemic against all the ways capitalism is going wrong

New study bearish on China’s long-term outlook

Merger of Kinder companies will create the largest energy infrastructure company in North America

Are short sellers immoral parasites or clever analysts who help to expose ‘frauds, fads and failures’?

With US earnings season about to start, it is no harm to learn how to decipher statements

It’s a subject that has become even more important since the financial meltdown

What, if any, responsibilities go along with the freedom to research?

Opinion: Failure to challenge those who appear to be performing well financially seems to be a recurring issue

Studies have uncovered all kinds of peculiar findings that could make people think twice about where to invest

Investors are beginning to realise that doing the research themselves is a lot safer than depending on strangers or ‘experts’

Investors need to do their own due diligence and not take agms seriously

Investors need to do their own due diligence and not take agms seriously