The Brexit that created a hullabaloo in Europe, could be seen a blessing in disguise for emerging economies in Asia, as it accelerates the arrival of an ‘Asian Century’, led by China and India. By 2050, Asia will account for over half the world’s GDP, almost double that of 2011, according to the Asian Development Bank, with three billion …

  Sarah Lohschelder SPECIAL TO EMIRATES BUSINESS Recent events have brought focus to one of the less well-known island disputes in Asia. The Kremlin announced it will deploy military forces to the Kuril Islands, or as Japan calls the island chain, the Northern Territories. This announcement came only three weeks after a private meeting between Putin and Abe in Moscow …

  Satyajit Das Today’s traders and portfolio managers — self-described Masters of the Universe — have hardly covered themselves in glory recently. Their surprise and initial panic at the Brexit result doesn’t say much for the extraordinary foresight, skill at managing risk and large pay packages many of them claim. Truth is, whatever successes they’ve notched till now probably owed …