Leverage is everything, says Paul Schulte, MD at Nomura International. He speaks to CNBC's Amanda Drury & Martin Soong about how the shifts in leverage is affecting Asia and the U.S..

India's finance minister is likely to suggest the country's budget deficit will fall. Robert Prior-Wandesforde, senior Asian economist at HSBC and S. Narayan, head of research and visiting senior research fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies discuss India's economy with CNBC's Amanda Drury and Martin Soong.

Discussing why there is so much investor interest over the Hong Kong debut of shampoo maker BaWang International, with Paul Pong, MD at Pegasus Fund Managers, speaking with CNBC's Sri Jegarajah.

Discussing the prospect of a new reserve currency, with David Kotok, chairman and chief investment officer at Cumblerland Advisors, Andrew Freris, invmt strategist, BNP Paribas Wealth Mgmt and CNBC's Martin Soong.

Andrew Freris, senior invmt strategist, BNP Paribas Wealth Mgmt says he is telling clients to stick to the short end of the yield curve and to add equities moderately. David Kotok, chairman and chief investment officer at Cumblerland Advisors also shares his strategy, with CNBC's Martin Soong.