Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak speaks to CNBC's Adam Bakhtiar about the country's latest reforms and whether the economic stimulus packages have been effective.

The Japanese economy is still bleak based on the latest tankan survey, believes Graham Davis, MD, Japan at Economist Group. He shares his outlook with CNBC's Chloe Cho & Rebecca Meehan.

Discussing consumer confidence in Asia, Yuwa Hedrick-Wong, economic advisor at MasterCard Worldwide says domestic demand in China and India will be the leading locomotive to pull the rest of Asia along. He speaks to CNBC's Martin Soong.

Christoffer Moltke-Leth, head of sales trading for Asia Pacific at Saxo Capital Markets prefers to invest in quality companies with low leverage and solid balance sheet, given the subdued outlook. He believes this can be found in defensive sectors.

Jeremy Cook, wholesale trading manager from Bell Direct tells CNBC why he has a buy on Bluescope Steel.