Michaël Lok

Group CIO and Co-CEO Asset Management

Geneva, Schweiz

English, French

Michaël Lok ist Group CIO und Co-CEO Asset Management der UBP. Er bringt über 25 Jahre Erfahrung im Wealth und Asset Management mit.

Bevor er im Jahr 2015 zur UBP wechselte, war er Head of Investment und Head of Risk und Quantitative Portfolio-Management bei Indosuez Wealth Management (Crédit Agricole Gruppe) und anschliessend als Global Head of Asset Management tätig. In dieser Funktion entwickelte er UCITS-Fonds für das Private Banking sowie Anlagelösungen und Mandate für Ultra-High-Net-Worth-Kunden sowie für Kunden in Asien und Lateinamerika. Zuvor war er Portfoliomanager bei Banque Martin Maurel und HSBC France (vormals CFF).

Michaël Lok absolvierte zwei Master – ein DESS in Banking and Finance sowie ein DEA im Finanzwesen der Universität Aix-en-Provence (Frankreich).

Mehr Artikel von Michaël

18.08.2025

UBP Weekly View - US equities scale new peaks

The latest US inflation data confirm that price pressures are set to trend higher in the coming months. Nevertheless, rate cuts remain on the table given the slowdown in the labour market. As earnings season winds down after a solid set of results, market attention will shift to GDP developments and leading indicators, as well as to the Fed’s annual Jackson Hole meeting on Friday.

13.08.2025

Staying invested remains a strategic lever

Overly defensive positioning has failed to benefit from fluctuations stemming from tariff tensions.

11.08.2025

UBP Weekly View - Rate-cut on the horizon

Relief from US tariffs has fuelled renewed optimism, though commercial frictions remain, notably with India and Switzerland. Hope of a Russia–Ukraine ceasefire and rising expectations of a Federal Reserve rate cut have further buoyed equities. However, with equity valuations increasingly stretched, markets may face bouts of short-term volatility.

08.08.2025

UBP House View - August 2025

While the US earnings season has underpinned the equity rally, emerging risks – such as tariffs slowing the economy and fuelling price pressures – warrant investors’ attention. However, these risks remain insufficient to prompt a shift in our portfolio positioning, and we continue to maintain a broad diversification across asset classes.

04.08.2025

UBP Weekly View - Tech still leading the charge

The United Kingdom, Europe, South Korea, and potentially China in the near future: the list of US-negotiated trade deals continues to grow, yet uncertainty persists with several key partners. At the same time, investor focus is shifting back to economic fundamentals, with softer-than-expected US employment data released on Friday triggering a sell-off. Nonetheless, recent tech earnings results reaffirmed the sector’s enduring dominance.

28.07.2025

UBP Weekly View - Markets climb on trade deals

Commercial agreements are fuelling market optimism, reinforcing confidence in a clear path for corporate earnings growth. As the earnings season progresses, 34% of S&P 500 constituents have published their results, with 80% surpassing analysts’ estimates. This week, attention will be focussed on key economic data and potential new trade agreements as the 1 August tariff truce deadline approaches.

21.07.2025

UBP Weekly View - Banks convey an optimistic tone

US banking giants led the start of the earnings season, with their management expressing confidence about consumer resilience despite economic uncertainty and price pressures, with the latter being confirmed by more solid June US headline inflation data which came in at 2.6% year-on-year. This figure also supported further consolidation of the US dollar, although we expect this to be short-lived. More corporate results are due this week and are likely to play a key role in steering market sentiment.

14.07.2025

UBP Weekly View - Equities steady ahead of earnings season

The fresh salvo of tariffs paused the rally on global equity markets, leaving them broadly stable. Renewed tariff threats are reigniting concerns about global industrial supply chains, generating doubts about whether or not these pressures will erode corporate margins. The upcoming earnings season, which kicks off this week, may offer some hints of an answer.

07.07.2025

UBP Weekly View - Brighter earnings outlook for US equities

Investor sentiment in equities was buoyed last week by the passage of the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’, signs of US economic resilience, and hopes of easing trade tensions.

US equities remain our preferred sector for the second half of the year, underpinned by stronger earnings growth expectations, a persistently weaker dollar, and significant exposure to the technology sector.