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Finews (09.03.2022) - UBP’s Asia business saw equally strong contributions from Hong Kong and Singapore during the pandemic, the bank’s regional chief executive Michael Blake told finews.asia, underlining that success from the dual hubs need not come at the expense of one another.

Historically low interest rates and high stock market valuations have triggered unprecedented investment flows into private markets.

Le Temps (07.03.2022) - Jedes Jahr verliert der Finanzplatz Schweiz einige Privatbanken und durch die im Jahr 2021 verzeichnete Welle von Fusionen und Akquisitionen ist ihre Zahl unter die symbolische Marke der 100 gesunken.

Nearly 50 years ago, a long simmering conflict reignited with the Fourth Arab-Israeli War culminating in a global energy shock and kicking off the 1970s stagflationary era.

BlueEarth’s Climate Growth Strategy aims to support growth companies which address global environmental challenges in areas such as energy transition, electrification, industrial process optimisation and the circular economy.

Norman Villamin, Chief Investment Officer (CIO) Wealth Management, and Patrice Gautry, UBP Chief Economist, hosted a special webinar to discuss the investment implications of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

In the wake of rising geopolitical tensions surrounding the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, UBP’s Senior Economist Asia, Carlos Casanova, shares his thoughts about the impact on Asian and global financial markets.

For much of the past decade, Asia technology investors were enthralled with China’s consumer-facing tech companies due to their strong and visible growth.

The macroeconomic backdrop will remain challenging in Q1-22. However, we will likely see an inflexion point following the much-anticipated policy pivot. GDP growth to accelerate from 3.0% y/y in Q1-22 to 5.0% on average in 2022.

The energy transition will require major investment and concerted political will to deliver on net-zero targets.

In this interview Mohammed Kazmi sets out to Bernard McGrath his case for investing in floating-rate notes as a way to reduce portfolio exposure to interest rates and gain from widely expected Fed rate hikes in the months ahead.

The Fed has clearly signalled that the next rate hike cycle is ahead, and bank stocks have started strong in 2022 supported by US 10-year rates, which are up by more than 20bps to 1.74%.