Nicholas Ferres, investment director at Eastspring Investments, tells CNBC that in his view, equity prices are trading near the highs and valuation is not particularly compelling.

Guy Wolf, global head of market analytics at Marex Spectron, tells CNBC that the deterioration of the German industrial base is more severe in the short-term than people realise.

Christian Morales, general manager at US chip-making giant Intel EMEA, talks to CNBC about the outlook for Intel in 2013 and how the key to remaining competitive is continued investment.

Neil Atkinson, director of energy research & analysis at Datamonitor, tells CNBC that Algeria is very important for the European oil and gas market, with countries like Italy taking about a third of their gas from the country.

Airbus COO John Leahy discusses Boeing's safety troubles on the day Airbus posted a 43 percent drop in 2012 orders.

Jean-Michel Six, chief European economist at ratings agency Standard & Poor's, says European house prices will continue to fall in 2013.

Bill Isaac, Fmr FDIC Chairman, thinks the Dodd-Frank is an excessive and ineffective regulation and hasn't solved the issue of banks being too big to fail.

Stewart Richardson, partner at RMG Wealth Management, tells CNBC the banking recovery will continue but the easy money may have been made.

Sean West, US practice head at Eurasia Group, tells CNBC that this should have been the year where politics turbo charged growth; instead it is the year of growth despite politics.

Chris Wheeler, banks analyst at Mediobanca, tells CNBC that JPMorgan¿s incredibly diversified business model could see it trade up to 60 by 2014.

Karen Cho takes you through the European market open, where the rally seems to be running out of steam.

Martin Gilbert, CEO of Aberdeen Asset Management, tells CNBC that they are seeing very strong flows into equities which have continued into the first quarter of this year.

Valentin Marinov, head of European G10 at Citi, tells CNBC they are seeing a pull back from investors selling the Yen ahead of the Bank of Japan meeting on January 21st.

Grainne Gilmore, head of UK residential research at Knight Frank, attributes the five percent rise in London house prices in 2012 to overseas Asian buyers.

Christof Ruhl, chief economist at BP, forecast strong growth in alternative energy sources like oil sands and bio fuel.

Tony Roy, president of Career Builder EMEA, tells CNBC that Indian employers will lead hiring in 2013, while software sector operators are most in demand.

Pip McCrostie, global chair of E&Y, talks about their survey on companies monetizing non-core assets as a short term tool to make cash.

Stuart Kirk, editor of the FT's Lex column, expects banks with more exposure to investment banking will do a lot better in 2013 than retail banks.

A helicopter has crashed into a crane in London, not far from the site of the new US embassy. CNBC's Tom Mackenzie reports live from the scene. (1:50)