India’s misguided curbs on foreign direct investment will hit its burgeoning digital economy in particular, and deter not just funds from mainland China but also from the regional financial centre of Hong Kong.

India, once considered less than ideal for major manufacturing projects, is seeing its reputation shift thanks to Modi’s efforts, with China now the fastest-growing source of foreign investment.

Who runs the country and the policies they follow are of global significance

It’s not clear how any Brexit deal could clear Parliament – and the EU – before the present deadline, and political divisions are too deep to resolve without another vote.

Shareholders should be pushing boards to go beyond publishing policies and instead to deliver real change in diversity, both at board and management levels

Hong Kong has the cultural ambidextrousness, the science base and the financing skills to act as interpreter between new businesses in India and China