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UBP in the press 14.12.2020

The case for Swiss and European SMIDs

L'Agefi (04.12.2020) - Small- and mid-cap companies (SMID caps) have traditionally delivered superior long-term growth and returns than large caps. They also allow investors to gain exposure to key secular trends. However, finding the most promising companies requires a highly disciplined selection process.

UBP in the press 10.12.2020

Value creation: the main attraction for Swiss equities

Sphere (07.12.2020) - Rarely in the history of the globalised finance industry have equity markets been so unpredictable. The omnipresent threat of Covid-19 and increasing geopolitical instability have turned short- and medium-term economic and financial forecasting into mere guesswork.

UBP in the press 23.11.2020

Frontier debt comes of age

Financial Investigator (20.11.2020) - Frontier debt has grown significantly over the past decade and now warrants serious consideration as a dedicated allocation in investors’ portfolios.

UBP in the press 20.11.2020

What will it take for responsible investing to change the world?

Good With Money (20.11.2020) – Victoria Leggett, Head of Impact Investing at UBP, and Eli Koen, Fund Manager, recently took part in a Good With Money podcast, a series in which experts discuss current ethical investment trends.

UBP in the press 11.11.2020

Absolute return: Aim for high Sharpe ratios

Institutional Money (10.11.2020) - Traditional financial theory posits that investors in balanced portfolios, typically weighted 60/40 in favour of equities, would expect to realise capital gains and growth from their equity allocation, whereas their fixed income allocation would offer income and protection.

UBP in the press 30.10.2020

UBP’s roadmap to sustainability

Monaco For Finance (28.10.2020) - Interview with Sérène El Masri, CEO UBP Monaco.

UBP in the press 12.10.2020

The private banker’s metamorphosis

Le Temps (12.10.2020) - Few have been forced by their environment to go through such a deep professional change as private bankers. While relationship-building and advising remains their core role, their job today does not have much in common with what it was before the 2008 slump.

UBP in the press 09.10.2020

FRNs: an attractive medium-term opportunity

Institutional Money (08.09.2020) - FRNs offer an attractive risk/reward profile at the effective lower bound


UBP in the press 29.09.2020

Adrian Kuenzi: «I Wanted This Rupture»

Finews (28.09.2020) - Adrian Kuenzi has taken his next career step at Union Bancaire Privée, he told finews.com in an interview. The bank will keep investing, because the best of cost-cutting program won't help it win new clients.

UBP in the press 28.09.2020

Impact of the Pandemic on the Global Economy

Hong Kong Economic Times (23.09.2020) - Importance of Risk Management Amidst Volatility.

UBP in the press 24.09.2020

Positive event risks for gold

Finanz und Wirtschaft (19.09.2020) - Since early August, gold prices have traded in a tight range, between 1900 and 2000 per ounce.

UBP in the press 15.09.2020

Private Debt – the Last Refuge for Yield

Agefi Indices (11.09.2020) - The Covid-19 pandemic has led to an economic downturn worse than the global financial crisis. The response from governments and central banks has been dramatic in both fiscal and monetary terms.

UBP in the press 07.09.2020

AT1s look attractive for investors today

Institutional Money (04.09.2020) - AT1s having benefited from the last decade’s banking reforms, the potential for attractive returns in this asset class could grow considerably in a stabilisation scenario.

UBP in the press 01.09.2020

Post COVID-19: Investing in an uncertain world

Forbes Monaco (31.08.2020) - With the current respite in markets, investors need to re-anchor their portfolios within the rapidly shifting investment landscape.

UBP in the press 21.08.2020

Does private education generate positive impact?

Environmental Finance (14.08) - There is a strong argument for saying that private education has no place in impact investing because education is a basic public good that should be freely accessible to all. 

UBP in the press 21.08.2020

Family office wealth more spread between Asia’s two hubs than before

Asia Private Banker (17.08) - There have been concerns about a possible exodus of wealth from Hong Kong following the enactment of the National Security Law.