Tai Hui, regional head of research, South East Asia at Standard Chartered Bank discusses the growing demand for gaming and leisure activities through casinos in Asia.

Tai Hui, regional head of research, South East Asia at Standard Chartered Bank says the recent pullback in oil prices will help ease Asia's inflation pressures.

Grant Chum, head of Hong Kong research at UBS says Galaxy Macau is a big step forward in Macau's continuing development.

John McDonnell, COO of Patron Spirits says consumers in Asia are looking for expensive, high-quality and sophisticated brands.

Joel Perlman, president and co-founder of Copal Partners says China is currently the hotbed for M&A activity.

Daniel Tabbush, head of regional banks research at CLSA talks about why Singapore banks have been a surprising underperformer in the region.

Discussing whether the recent interest rate hikes by Asian central banks are justified, with Haruhiko Kuroda, president of Asian Development Bank.

Andrew Freris, chief investment advisor at Asia BNP Paribas likes the Chinese and Korean markets as they are the top performers year to date despite high inflation and tight monetary policy.

Steve Watts, president at SAP APJ says multinational businesses should put their focus on Asia. He is confident on SAP's outlook for the rest of the year, and says they have a good track record of delivering promised numbers.

Hans Goetti, CIO Asia of Finaport says interest rates in Asia are still below inflation, thus inflation pressures will persist.

The rate of growth in mobile advertising would soon overtake that of online advertising, says Naveen Tewari, founder and CEO of InMobi. He sheds more light on this industry.

David Robson, Chairman, President and CEO of Tethys Petroleum, shares his views on supply of energy to East Asia and its corporate update in Kazakhstan.

Jimmy Koh, head of economies, treasury research at UOB, discusses how Asian policymakers are responding to the Fed's decision to keep interest rates low.

Rajat Nag, managing director general at Asian Development Bank, lists out a few risks along Asia's growth track.

Frederic Neumann, MD & co-head of Asian economics research at HSBC, says central banks in India and Southeast Asia are behind the curve and need to take more actions to fight against inflation.

Chang Tou Chen, head of Asia Pacific investment banking at HSBC, says that clients in Asia remain focused on growth prospects, inflation and interest rates.

Enzio von Pfeil, CEO of Economic Time Bond Fund, shares his views on the U.S. budget deficit and why earnings momentum may slack off.

Asia is an extremely critical market for Applied Materials, says its president & CEO, Mike Splinter. He outlines the company's plans to optimize its footprint in Asia.

Kenneth Rogoff, Thomas D Cabot Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University, explains why emerging Asia's debt is still a concern.

Leif Eskesen, chief economist, India & ASEAN at HSBC says inflation is likely to stay elevated in Asia and this will prompt rate hikes across the board.