Asia

Trading on China's Shanghai Composite index was halted in the first session of 2016 after shares plunged 7%.

Eclectica founder Hugh Hendry explains why Japan should still be a mainstay of investors' portfolios, and why he would not be surprised if the country is pushed into more radical actions in the future.

Progress on SOE reform needs to be watched closely because it is an area where shifts in management could benefit the economy in a number of ways, according to Koon Chow, senior macro and FX strategist emerging markets fixed income team at Union Bancaire...

As 2015 draws to a close, Japan watchers have grown increasingly concerned the country's reform programme, or Abenomics, is failing to kick-start the economy. Despite unprecedented amounts of monetary stimulus, GDP growth estimates for Japan have lagged...

Looking beyond the current volatility, investors should be thinking where will the world be in three, five and ten years' time? Which markets will see the most significant changes and developments, and therefore the most growth?

RWC Partners' Corinna Arnold argues that for investors trying to get a handle on underlying trends in Japan, it is worth stepping back and looking at the big picture.

Liontrust AM's Shashank Savla discusses his outlook for the Indian equity market following the latest state elections and as the reform pace slows down.

Matthew Read, senior analyst at QuotedData, analyses how two different trusts invested in Japan are benefiting - or not - from the country's internationalisation and Shinzo Abe's three arrows reform agenda.

Kunal Desai, head of Indian equities at Neptune Investment Management, analyses what will be the real driver of the Indian investment story in 2016.

Structural over-capacity and falling productivity in many once-booming sectors means the Chinese economic model is now in crisis, Barry Norris, founder and CEO of Argonaut Capital.