ONE should still be cautious about the prospects for the Asian markets this year as there are so many political and economic flash points, with many of them threatening to reach danger points spontaneously, said Manu Bhaskaran, partner and head of economic research at Centennial Group, at a roundtable organised by CFA Singapore last week.
LOOKING back, 2011 was very unpredictable. While we were aware of a number of concerns, political upheavals and natural disasters raised the level of uncertainty.
