The Hang Seng Index could rise to 23,000 points by the end of the year, predicts Steve Tse, research manager at BEA Union Investment Management. He previews the day's trading action, with CNBC's Emily Chan.

Justin O'Brien, senior advisor at Citi, discusses the implications of Sinosteel's hostile takeover offer for Midwest, with CNBC's Oriel Morrison.

CNBC's Steve Sedgwick spoke to Professor Andrzej Slawinski from the Polish Central Bank about the economic outlook for the country.

The global financial crisis did not present that many acquisition opportunities for YTL, says its managing director, Francis Yeoh. He tells CNBC's Managing Asia why.

Dante Peters from Magus Financial Management and Jason Witcombe from Evolve Financial Planning joined CNBC to give their advice to investors.

Residential housing like Brickworks is a stock pick for Ben Clark, private client adviser from TMS Capital, speaking to Simon Guzowski, portfolio manager at Beresfords and CNBC's Karen Tso.

Group of 20 financial leaders head to Scotland to firm up a plan to rebalance the world economy. Bonuses may be a topic on their agenda. "The much more important thing is that we get the world economic upswing on more sustainable footing," Holger Schmieding from BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research said Friday.

US stocks rallied on Thursday because they were oversold in the last week of October, Jud Pyle from PEAK6 Investments told CNBC Friday. Pyle considers the outlook for US stocks ahead of the open.