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The UK Stewardship Code 2020 sets high stewardship standards for those investing on behalf of UK savers and pensioners.

China’s deployment of a growing range of tools across its policy arsenal highlights the sharp pivot that has taken place from the ‘To get rich is glorious’ era of Deng Xiaoping to the ‘Common Prosperity’ epoch being pursued in earnest by its current leader, Xi Jinping.

Asian markets are being slow to emerge from lockdown, despite the rest of the world gradually opening up its economies again. The reasons for this have much to do with low vaccination rates, but also with governance. A growth gap between developed and emerging markets is beginning to appear.

Allnews (07.09.2021) - Cette année, nous avons conservé – et continuons de conserver – une vue positive sur les marchés du crédit. Cela a été motivé par notre scénario macroéconomique d’une reprise robuste et soutenue de la croissance mondiale alors que les économies se normalisent après le déploiement des vaccins.

Le changement climatique est aujourd’hui une réalité qui rend nécessaire la mise en œuvre d’un processus historique de transformation en vue d’une utilisation beaucoup plus parcimonieuse des ressources de notre planète.

What influence do we as individual consumers have on how sustainable the global textile industry is? Quite a bit, as it turns out. What clothes we buy and how often we do so determines how sustainably one of the world’s largest industries is going to evolve.

Article l’Agefi (27.08.2021) - Le contexte macro et son influence sur les banques centrales restent au cœur de l’attention des investisseurs institutionnels. Décryptage avec Philippe Gräub, responsable de la gestion obligataire globale à l’UBP.

The fashion industry is attracting more and more attention for its environmental and social footprint. While it has a long way to go before becoming truly sustainable, a host of promising initiatives points towards a greener future ahead.

Environmental Finance (12.08.2021) - The latest IPCC report should shock the world into climate action – and for investors that means prioritising positive impact, writes Rupert Welchman.

The issuance of green, social and sustainability bonds by emerging and frontier countries is gaining traction. UBP expects further expansion of the market.

The creditworthiness of an emerging market country is often thought to be determined simply by its ability to service and repay debt.

Bilan (26.07.2021) - S’il existe traditionnellement une forte divergence entre nos modes de vie et nos approches d’investissement, la situation a récemment évolué. Un nombre croissant d’entreprises cotées s’attachent ainsi désormais à comprendre leur place dans le monde en dépassant le simple cadre des profits financiers.