OREANDA-NEWS. January 16, 2013. The Bank of East Asia (“BEA”) held a business seminar entitled “Economic and Market Outlook 2013”. The event brought together experts from the academic, financial, investment, and banking fields to share their views with over 650 corporate and personal customers of the Bank on the outlook for 2013, reported the press-centre of BEA.

In his opening address at the seminar, Mr. Adrian M.K. Li, Deputy Chief Executive of BEA, provided attendees with a summary of the state of the current global economy, which is still mired in uncertainty. Against this backdrop, BEA has invited four guest speakers to share their knowledge and views on the economic outlook in 2013 and investment opportunities that lie ahead.

The speakers were:

Mr. Shek Kang-chuen, Associate Publisher and Head of Research Department, Hong Kong Economic Times, who shared his views on the general global economic outlook in 2013;

Mr. Shih Wing-ching, Founder of Centaline Group, who shared his views on the general outlook for the property market in Hong Kong in 2013;

Mr. Kingston Lin, Director, Research Department, Fulbright Securities Ltd., who gave a presentation on the equity market and investment opportunities in 2013; and

Ms. Kenix Lai, Senior Market Analyst, Currencies & Interest Rates Trading Department of BEA, who spoke on foreign exchange trends in 2013.

Following their presentations, the speakers fielded questions from the seminar attendees in a question and answer session moderated by Mr. T.C. Chan, Senior Advisor to BEA, and Mr. Samson Li, BEA’s Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Investment Officer.

BEA holds events each year to keep corporate and personal customers abreast of the latest market developments. The “Economic and Market Outlook 2013” Seminar was designed to provide customers with the market intelligence they require to refine their business and investment strategies for 2013.