Trump vs Clinton: Who is better for Asia?

Call it the Brexit effect. Asian investors and traders were caught by surprise in June when the UK voted to leave the European Union.

At the time, most had priced in a scenario where the UK would vote to remain in the EU. When the opposite happened, stocks fell and sentiment soured.

Fast forward a few months, and this time round the environment has become even more uncertain.

As equity markets research house Nomura puts it "the election has become the largest 'known-unknown' markets have had to deal with since the global financial crisis (far more than the Brexit...