Martin Lamb, CEO of IMI, tells CNBC that the US construction market is looking more promising but Europe is likely to remain difficult for some time.

Swiss & Global Asset fund manager Scilla Huang-Sun says the luxury market still offers robust growth, and that any worries regarding China and the U.S. should be ignored.

Samer Khoury, president of Consolidated Contractors Company, is looking for growth in the gas pipelines of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan.

Ric Deverell, global head of commodities at Credit Suisse, says the reason why people are moving out of gold is because they are less worried about the financial security of the financial system.

Seijiro Takeshita, director at Mizuho International, says unless the Japanese corporates are coming back on track by regaining competitiveness, the Japanese consumers will not spend.

Valentin Marinov, director of FX strategy at Citi, thinks today's BoE meeting will just highlight the continuation of further agressive monetary easing, and projects negative sterling sentiment with a dollar rally.

Eduardo Santander, executive director of the European Travel Commission, tells CNBC that tourism is south Europe's best industry and they should invest in it accordingly.

European shares fell on Wednesday as investors booked profits on a rally that had sent several markets to multi-year highs, led by weakness in the mining sector after metals prices fell.

Chris Pissarides, professor of economics at the London School of Economics, tells CNBC that Cyprus is ready for the conditions a European bailout might involve, particularly mid and long-term structural reforms.

Diego Moya Ocampos, Latin America analyst at IHS, tells CNBC that a Nicolas Maduro presidency in Venezuela would see little deviation from the policies of Hugo Chavez.

Alan Gayle, senior investment strategist at RidgeWorth Capital Markets, comments on how to allocate between the U.S. equity market and Treasurys.

John Ryding, chief economist and founding partner of RDQ Economics, says struggling European countries - having no option of exchange rate policy - need to have more labor market flexibility.

Sudeep Ghai, founder of Athena Aviation, commented on the Iberia strikes saying IAG - the owner - has to go through with the transformation as the Spanish flag-carrier is one of the least productive airlines in Europe.

James Lockhart-Smith, head of Latin America at Maplecroft, says although Brazil has been slowing down, the long-term fundamentals remain good, adding beyond the BRICs there is a wider variety of growth markets today.

Peter Shakeshaft, chairman at Vin-X, tells CNBC why he expects the fine wine investment market to continue growing as it represents a safer option than more mainstream investment opportunities.

Guy Bisson, Senior Analyst at Screen Digest, tells CNBC why cable providers are extremely well-positioned to capitalize as the industry moves towards content provided over the internet.

Edmund Salvesen, equity analyst at Brewin Dolphin, tells CNBC that airlines in Europe are a mixed picture, with the low-cost airlines like easyJet continuing to perform well versus the flag carriers.

Kasper Rorsted, CEO of Henkel, tells CNBC that the real growth driver for the company is their global footprint, which makes them optimistic for 2013.

Nicole Wong, regional head of property research at CLSA in Hong Kong, recommends to invest in diversified developers, the national ones.

Gervais Williams, MD of Miton Group, tells CNBC that poor European data could well prompt setbacks in the market from current record highs.