Last week the Asia Pacific Summit 2011 took place in London, presented by the London Business School and sponsored by leading telecommunications company Telstra International. The Summit brought together a wide scope of experience and perspective – from the academics of the London Business School to the heads of some of the world’s leading businesses. The two day event incorporated lectures, speeches, case study presentations, panel sessions and interactive workshops all aimed at examining the many potential challenges and pitfalls of doing business in Asia Pacific, as well as key strategies to overcome them.

2. China

8. China’s Financial Challenges

17. Rapid credit and liquidity growth has boosted real investment and led concerns of a bubble. Monetary policy tightening - interest rates increased by 100 bps and reserve requirements by 450bps

18. Fear of “Panda Bears” is financial system with poor price signals and politically directed lending has misallocated credit. Opaque banking system, off balance sheet exposures – especially local authority debt

19. China – A Property Bubble?

21. India

22. Resilient to the crisis

23. Demographics promising

24. Very different growth paths. India has lower savings and investment, poor infrastructure, labour laws and restrictions on FDI. Not good for manufacturing so pursued services