Shares of Sands China, the Macau unit of US casino-operator Las Vegas Sands, fell 10% in their trading debut in Hong Kong on Monday. Andrew Sullivan from MainFirst Securities HK told CNBC it was an unfortunate time for the debut given the Dubai debt woes.

Tokyo stocks recovered on Monday, with the Nikkei 225 Average closing 2.9% higher. There is increased talk of Japanese authorities moving to slow the yen's appreciation. The Nikkei's Asuka Kondo has the details.

Britons repaid the highest amount of unsecured credit on record in October, data showed Monday. Net consumer credit fell for the fourth straight month in October, while net mortgage lending continued to rise. Sarah Hewin from Standard Chartered Bank discusses the data.

The world is coming out of recession and a political solution will be found for the Dubai's debt delays, Didier Duret from ABN Amro Private Banking told CNBC Monday. Fan Cheuk Wan from Credit Suisse Private Banking joined the discussion.

GE is reportedly trying to buy back a stake of CNBC-parent NBC Universal from Vivendi. GE needs the stake if it is to sell NBC to Comcast. Alfonso Marone from Value Partners Group considers the potential deal.

"This is part of the unwinding of the global story and it's an episode that was bound to happen," Florence Eid from Passport Capital told CNBC when discussing the Dubai debt delays. "I don't think the size of this problem is enough to cause a round of global contagion."

"This announcement by Dubai World was a surprise to everyone, including many money market participants in Abu Dhabi," Mohsin Khan from the Peterson Institute for International Economics said Monday. "Abu Dhabi is the guarantor of Dubai debt… So the assumption was that they would come out and support Dubai."

A US senator opposed the re-election of Ben Bernanke as Federal Reserve chairman, saying he is "part of the problem." "It reflects the fact that the financial bell measures in the United States are very unpopular," Dr. Douglas Holtz-Eakin, former economic advisor to George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush, said Monday.

Investors are increasingly confident about the international property market. A survey from Barclays Wealth showed the 35% of respondents plan to increase their property portfolio over the next two years. Michael Dicks from Barclays Wealth told CNBC that "only in Spain do we actually get people wanting to reduce their portfolios."

"Russia going forward is a country on a knife-edge," Jochen Wermuth, founder of the Greater Europe Fund, told CNBC Monday. Political leaders in Russia have to decide whether to face up to corruption and lawlessness, he added.