Manu Bhaskaran
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- Milken Institute50 min
Asia Under New Management: Gambling on Regime Change
Haslinda Amin, Manu Bhaskaran, Curtis Chin, Charon Wardini bin Mokhzani, Atsi Sheth
A panel of experts analyzed the critical interplay between leadership quality, geopolitical assertiveness, and economic heterogeneity shaping investment prospects across Asia. They highlighted specific challenges for leaders like Indonesia's Joko Widodo and India's Narendra Modi while warning that regional instability driven by sectarianism and inequality poses significant risks to long-term growth. Despite these hurdles, the discussion identified Southeast Asia's high capital returns and a strategic pivot toward domestic infrastructure financing as key opportunities for investors adopting a long-term, localized approach.
- Milken Institute51 min
Asia Summit 2014 - Prosperity and Risk in the Asia Pacific
Wayne, Tommy Koh, Victor Chu, Takeshi Niiname, Arfin Serega, S.S. Teo, Manu Bhaskaran, Sui Ling Chia, Peter Wayman
Chaired by Ambassador Tommy Koh, a panel of prominent Asian business leaders and economists assessed the region's economic trajectory, forecasting a stabilization of growth rates while identifying geopolitical instability and internal structural reforms as primary risks. The discussion detailed specific national outlooks, highlighting China's transition to domestic consumption, Japan's exit from deflation under Abenomics, and Indonesia's infrastructure-driven potential, alongside a strong commitment to realizing the ASEAN Economic Community by 2015. Despite the consensus that economic interdependence fosters prosperity, the panelists concluded that robust leadership and legal mechanisms remain essential to manage territorial disputes and ensure long-term regional stability.