The so called populist uprising in the west is a rejection of one aspect of globalisation, the power of the supra-national institutions and their policies. “An alternative system has appeared to offset or undermine the existing one and, it is for the many outside the political class rather than the few inside, “summarises Mark Tinker head of AXA IM Framlington Equities Asia. Technology is offering new platforms to do what the elite used to control.