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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has helped facilitate the city state’s rise to become a true international financial centre with strong monetary fundamentals. MAS chief executive Ravi Menon tells Asiamoney what he is most proud of during his tenure, and which of his peers have most impressed.

The Bank of Thailand is attempting to maintain responsible monetary management of an economy struggling with ongoing political tensions. Central bank governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul tells Asiamoney about the importance of independence. Eric Ellis reports.

Governor Amando Tetangco of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) tells Asiamoney how the central bank has sought to maintain the country’s positive economic trajectory amid global readjustments to economic growth and capital.

Newly appointed governor Agus Martowardojo received several surprises upon arriving in 2013, not least discovering the US was tapering quantitative easing and Indonesia's foreign exchange market was extremely shallow. He tells Asiamoney how he's gone about solving these issues. Richard Morrow reports.

The ADB will today sign a co-financing agreement with the Kazakh government that will strong focus on SMEs and private sector development, Emerging Markets can reveal

Asian policymakers want better communication from the Fed as a rise in US rates will put countries with high debt levels at risk

Asia's must develop its capital markets' infrastructure to take full advantage of the region's expansion in wealth

Indonesia’s finance minister tells Emerging Markets why he is more worried about the impact of a slowdown in Chinese growth than tapering of US monetary policy on his economy

Ministers from the Asean+3 groups are worried that some countries will be vulnerable to a tightening of US monetary policy because of their high levels of public and private debt

The governor of the Bank of Japan has brushed aside growing fears in financial markets that the so-called third arrow of the government’s growth strategy has got lost in flight

Interest is growing among countries in a proposed China-led infrastructure investment bank but its gain could be the ADB’s loss

The repricing of risk in China’s financial sector as the state steps back and allows default is one of the biggest dangers in the Asian region, senior analysts told Emerging Markets