Buy the Book Here - Kindle - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Asias-Stock-Markets-Ground-Up-ebook/dp/B09J4WBYHL/Hardcover - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Asias-Stock-Markets-Ground-Up/dp/9814974625/On this weeks episode I hosted Herald van der Linde, Chief Asia Equity Strategist at HSBC and author of the recently released book "Asia’s Stock Markets from the Ground Up".On this podcast we talked about how retail investors can invest in Asia, misconceptions about the Asian Markets, most underrated Asian market and . I hope you enjoy!0:22 - Influence for writing the book?2:50 - Many Asian ETFs just focus on China4:05 - Under analysed companies throughout Asia 5:10 - High retail trader presence in Asia6:00 - How did you end up in Asia?9:00 - What are the misconceptions of Asian markets?11:15 - India and Indonesia independent from China sphere of influence13:00 - Countries benefiting from US-China trade war?13:50 - Opportunities in Bangladesh?15:50 - Increase in domestic consumption17:05 - Changing demographics 20:10 - Trends to be watching in the region?22:05 - Which Asian market do you think are underrated?23:20 - What is your investment strategy?25:45 - High exposure to commodities and US Dollar price27:10 - How will US interest rate increase impact investing in Asia?28:24 - Do you see any similarities between now and the Asian Financial Crisis in the late 1990’s?31:20 - Cultural intricacies between Asian countries32:30 - Advice for people pursuing a career investing in Asia?34:20 - One message to take away from the book?Herald van der Linde is HSBC’s Head of Equity Strategy, Asia Pacific. He joined the bank in 2005 and came to HSBC with 20 years of experience in various roles, including stock analyst, equity strategist and country head of research in Indonesia, South Africa and Taiwan. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), speaks seven languages and has an MSc in Economics, for which he wrote a thesis on Indonesia’s central bank in Jakarta in 1993.Herald is also an Associate of the Institute of Wine and Spirits and is a certified lecturer for the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET). He sits on the advisory committee for the China Studies programme at Hong Kong’s Baptist University, the author of Jakarta: History of a Misunderstood City, published in 2020 and Asia’s Stock Markets from the Ground Up in October, 2021. Herald van der Linde -Twitter - https://twitter.com/HeraldLindeLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/herald-van-der-linde-a1699512/WTFinance Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfnTikTok - https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeUjj9xV/iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-fatseas-761066103/Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas