Colin Dyer, President & Chief Executive Officer, Jones Lang LaSalle, says high-net-worth individuals in Asia are increasingly looking to Europe for real estate investment opportunities, particularly in London.
Ritesh Maheshwari, Managing Director, Financial Services Ratings for Asia-Pacific, Standard & Poor's (Singapore) says despite the downgrades of European banks, lenders in the Asia-Pacific region have a stable outlook.
Anoop Singh, Director, Asia & Pacific Department, IMF says concerns persist over a possible spillover effect to Asia from the euro zone. However, he adds that Asia has room for stimulus.
Andrew Pease, Investment Strategist (Asia Ex Japan) at Russell Investments is leaning towards risk on investing strategy and says he likes Asia in the environment.
As many European banks trim lending to Asia, U.K.-based Standard Chartered's Group CEO, Peter Sands, says it will use this deleveraging as an opportunity to expand its market share in Asia.
Arjuna Mahendran, MD & Head Investment Strategy Asia, HSBC Private Bank says Asia would face key risks in the next six months because of debt concerns in the U.S. and Europe.
Neale Anderson, Telecom & Media Analyst for Asia-Pacific at HSBC talks about how investors can play the tech space, and says that 4G launches are gathering momentum in Asia.
Karsten Weide, Program Vice President, Digital Media and Entertainment at IDC, says Apple needs to increase its presence in emerging markets like Indonesia.
Ed Rogers, CEO & CIO at Rogers Investment Advisors, says Asian stock markets will surprise to the upside and explains why investors should invest in the region in 2012.
Michael Gregory, Head of Healthcare Investments at Highland Capital Management says medical equipment is an attractive sector in the Asian region with countries like Korea making acquisitions in the space.
Ray Attrill, Head of FX Strategy, North America, BNP Paribas says the Indonesian rupiah will see the most strength against the dollar in Southeast Asia.
Sanjay Verma, CEO, Asia Pacific of Cushman & Wakefield says that commercial property in Asia is holding up, as exposure to problems in the U.S. and Europe is limited, and that the healthy regional economy remains a catalyst of leasing activity.
Erwin Sanft, Executive Director, Deputy Head of Asian Equities Research, BNP Paribas Securities (Asia) says that his top pick for this year is China, as he believes Asia will be the "engine of growth" for the world economy, both for this year and next.
Kelvin Tay, Chief Investment Strategist, Singapore at UBS Wealth Management says that markets have "de-risked" and that valuations are now becoming more attractive.
Prakriti Sofat, Economist,Regional Economist at Barclays Capital discusses the outlook for smaller South East Asian economies such as the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia, and says that they are all likely to see significant growth, despite the current state of the global economy.
Michael Kurtz, Chief Asia Equity Strategist at Nomura discusses how insulated Asia is from the euro zone crisis, and shares his views on the outlook for Asia in the year ahead.
Khiem Do, Head of Asian Multi-Asset, Baring Asset Management (Hong Kong) says with the slowdown around the world and drop in food inflation, there's room for central banks to ease policies.
Tomo Kinoshita, Chief Economist Asia ex-Japan at Nomura International, says falling exports to Europe, and a subsequent inventory destocking, will cause a painful slowdown in Asia next year.