The Chinese government will shift its focus from being liquidity-driven to one that focuses on domestic demand, says Lan Xue, head of China research at Citi Investment Research. She shares her outlook in 2010, with Ray Ferguson, regional CEO of Standard Chartered Bank, CNBC's Martin Soong & Cheng Lei.

Smaller Hong Kong banks are not attractive and risk losing their customers to bigger ones, says Cyrus Daruwala, managing director, Asia Pacific at Financial Insights. He shares his thoughts with guest host, Ray Ferguson, regional CEO of Standard Chartered Bank and CNBC's Martin Soong.

Ray Ferguson, regional CEO of Standard Chartered Bank, says there is good progress and momentum in the wholesale & consumer business. He shares his outlook, with CNBC's Martin Soong & Sri Jegarajah.

Taiwan has set its 2010 GDP target at 4%. Michael Boyden, MD of Taiwan Asia Strategy Consulting, discusses if this growth target set by the government is achievable, with CNBC's Emily Chan.

Russia is substantially undervalued compared to global emerging market peers, says Michael Hanson-Lawson, CEO of East Capital Asia. He makes his case to CNBC's Martin Soong, Karen Tso & Sri Jegarajah.

The top headlines this hour, with CNBC's Sri Jegarajah.

Risk aversion is the trade of the week, believes John Noonan, senior FX analyst at Thomson Reuters. He explains why to guest host, Bill McQuaker of Henderson Global Investors, CNBC's Karen Tso, Martin Soong & Sri Jegarajah.

Spot gold prices hit a new record high, above $1,160 an ounce on Monday. Bill McQuaker, head of equities & director of multi-manager funds at Henderson Global Investors, offers his take on what is driving gold prices, with CNBC's Martin Soong, Karen Tso, Sri Jegarajah.

Markets still look reasonably valued, says Bill McQuaker, head of equities & director of multi-manager funds at Henderson Global Investors. He tells CNBC's Karen Tso, Martin Soong & Sri Jegarajah why he continues to favor defensive plays.

Banks are moving away from pure survival mode in the last two years, to looking more at growth and strategies to manage risks, says JY Pook, vice president and managing director of FICO Asia Pacific. He speaks to CNBC's Martin Soong, Sri Jegarajah and Karen Tso.

Protection of intellectual property rights in China has improved in the last few years, says Steve Yang, vice president and head of R&D Asia at Pfizer Global Research, but more efforts are needed still to show that China respects patents on medicine. He speaks to CNBC's Martin Soong and Karen Tso.

The top headlines this hour, with CNBC's Sri Jegarajah.