Richard Green, Asia Head, Structured Credit Insurance at Marsh tells CNBC that while European banks are being forced to scale down their banking activities in Asia, they are increasingly using structured credit insurance to remain competitive in the region.
Tai Hui, Head of Regional Research, Asia at Standard Chartered Bank says domestic factors will determine the resilience of Asian economies in the next few months.
The financial centres of New York and Hong Kong as well as China's growing wealth are just some of themes covered in Hong Kong's first independant movie, Supercapitalist. Producer, Writer and lead actor Derek Ting discusses how the movie came about and the challenges he faced in putting it together.
Frederic Neumann, MD & Co-Head of Asian Economics Research at HSBC says Asia will not see a re-run of the financial crisis in 2008. Johanna Chua, Chief Economist of Asia Pacific at Citi, agrees, adding that the region has not totally de-coupled from the West but it is more resilient now.
Tom Johnstone, President & CEO of manufacturing supplier SKF, says his company is seeing some traction in North and South America but there will be weakness in Europe and Asia during the second quarter.
Pamela Cox, Regional Vice President for East Asia and the Pacific at the World Bank, discusses the importance of infrastructure investment to stimulate Asian economies, create jobs and boost competitiveness.
Manpreet Gill, Senior Investment Strategist, Standard Chartered says that sovereign debt in Asia offers good defensive opportunities, if investors are willing to take on some currency risk.
Catherine Yeung, Investment Director, Fidelity Worldwide Investment says stocks in Southeast Asia remain attractive because valuations are low and yields are high.
Although Cathay Pacific issued a profit warning recently, its CEO John Slosar remains upbeat. He tells CNBC's Emily Chan that its business in Asia remains strong.
Dean Winterton, Global Head of Institutional Business, Eastspring investments says that U.S. institutional exposure to Asia is still low and that provides good opportunities for the firm to be an advisor to institutions looking to the region.
Maria Van Der Hoeven, Executive Director at the IEA believes that demand for gas in the Asia-Pacific region will continue to remain strong despite worries of a slowdown in China.
Tim Huxley, Executive Director at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, says the biggest issues in the region are China's rise and the U.S.'s re-balancing of its security commitment in Asia. The US will have to be very careful in the way it deals with territorial disputes in the region.
Jaspal Bindra, Group Executive Dir & CEO, Asia, Standard Chartered says that the group is seeing huge growth in Asia and is looking at expansion in markets like Myanmar.
Rajeev Singh-Molares, EVP & President, Asia Pacific at Alcatel-Lucent says that after a particularly slow first quarter, Asia's mobile markets will rebound over the rest of the year. China will publish its plan for a national broadband network later in the year and this will drive growth in the mobile industry.
Victor Chu, Chairman of First Eastern Investment Group discusses China's role in supporting demand and growth within the broader ASEAN region amid a slowdown in the country.
Geoffrey Riddell, Regional Chairman, Asia Pacific & Middle East, Zurich Insurance Group says there is growing caution in Asia and worries about Europe's debt crisis is weighing on business sentiment.
Chandran Nair, Founder and CEO, Global Institute For Tomorrow (GIFT), says Asian consumers cannot save the world and that the region must re-define the concept of capitalism in an Asian context.
Rob Subbaraman, Chief Asia Economist, Nomura discusses the implications of a sharp slowdown in the West on Asian economies. He adds that China, Indonesia and the Philippines would be the most resilient.
Fan Cheuk Wan, MD and Head of Research Asia Pacific, Credit Suisse Private Banking talks about the policy implications for Asia as the threat of a Greek exit from the euro looms.
Frederic Neumann, MD & Co-Head of Asian Economics Research, HSBC says Asia needs fiscal stimulus rather than monetary stimulus to cushion the blow from the EU crisis.
Rob Subbaraman, Chief Asia Economist, Nomura says Asia has a lot of room to ease policy. He adds that doing so may help stimulate growth in the region.