Emerging from the crisis, Asia's banking and financial industry is gearing up to capitalize on opportunities given the robust economic climate in the region. The post-crisis environment is seeing the emergence of new opportunities.
The financial crisis tested the sustainability of our business models and provided us with valuable insights that enabled us to make continuing improvements to our strategies, our business models and our risk management framework and capability. We emerge from the crisis more resilient than before. The strengthening of the architecture of our business models will no doubt provide us with added competitive advantage as we explore new strategic opportunities.