After the big bang of the Singapore summit in June, with its showy but vague North Korean commitment to denuclearisation, many analysts doubted that the deal had any real substance. But we’re beginning to see the first signs of what a serious accord would look like. This week’s North-South summit meeting in Pyongyang produced accord on some basic essentials of ...

The UK finance industry still has few clues about what the post-Brexit landscape will look like other than the certainty that doing business with the European Union will have more friction than it does now. Fund managers aren’t hanging around for the conclusion of the divorce negotiations, and the slow hemorrhaging of jobs and assets poses a clear and present ...

The world’s third-largest economy has suffered from a caricature. Yes, Japan fell from its pinnacle in the 1990s because of a property crash, enfeebled banks and a dwindling population. But that was then. It’s not falling anymore. When Japan’s economy was stumbling, China became the darling of the commentariat, investors and multinational companies developing supply chains. The mood towards China, ...