Carlos Casanova, Senior Asia Economist at UBP tells Steven Filby the PBOC’s decision to start conducting temporary bond repurchase agreements or reverse repos aims to improve linkages between interest rates as well as steepening the yield curve. Looking ahead to China’s third plenum, Frank Benzimra, Head of Asia Equity Strategy at Societe Generale, says he’s not expecting anything significant, but we could see some changes to wording over support for the property market.

Chloe Feng speaks to Simon Webster, Global CEO of Vistra in the first of a two-part interview about the cross-border business landscape in Asia.

Mel Siew, Portfolio Manager at Muzinich and Co, says the long term story in India is strong, explaining how a large working age population makes India attractive as a manufacturing base, as well as meaning the country has strong consumer potential.