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VisiterGlobal Head of Advisory & Asset Allocation
Genève, Suisse
Anglais, Français
Nicolas Laroche, qui a plus de 18 ans d’expérience dans la gestion de fortune et la finance, a intégré l’UBP en juin 2016 en qualité de Global Head of Advisory Services, en charge d’une équipe de spécialistes de l’investissement en obligations et actions. En mai 2023, il s’est vu confier des fonctions complémentaires en tant que Global Head of Asset Allocation, rejoignant ainsi le ‘Comité d’investissement global’ de l’UBP.
Avant d’intégrer la Banque, Nicolas Laroche a passé 10 ans chez Crédit Agricole Indosuez WM comme conseiller en investissement, gérant un portefeuille de mandats pour la clientèle Ultra High Net Worth (UHNW). Il a démarré sa carrière dans l’équipe Advisory de la division private banking de BNP Paribas à Paris, où il a pu développer ses compétences et sa passion pour les marchés actions globaux, la recherche thématique et la sélection de titres.
Nicolas Laroche est titulaire d’un master en Finance de la Skema Business School (France).
23.02.2026
Last Friday, the US Supreme Court ruled that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act did not give the President the authority to impose tariffs, providing a lift to global equities. However, President Trump swiftly responded by announcing his intention to apply a 15% global tariff, sending the dollar lower and gold higher as markets moved to price in renewed trade uncertainty.
16.02.2026
Global markets remained broadly stable despite ongoing sector rotation and mixed macroeconomic signals.
09.02.2026
Global equities navigated a volatile week with limited damage. Although investors appear to be recalibrating risk exposures, the earnings season continues to underscore that EPS growth remains firmly driven by the technology sector.
02.02.2026
The nomination of Kevin Warsh to serve as the next Chair of the Federal Reserve from May pushed the US dollar slightly higher, while gold and silver fell sharply in a deleveraging move that began in Asia.
02.02.2026
As we head into 2026, emerging market (EM) bonds offer a solid opportunity, backed by improved fundamentals, positive technicals, and attractive all-in yields thanks to high baseline Treasury levels.
30.01.2026
The mining rally in 2025 was led by precious and base metals, with gold miners up roughly 150% year-to-date, and prices for gold, silver, and copper all at record highs.
26.01.2026
Equity markets have seesawed in response to renewed geopolitical threats of a transatlantic trade war. A Greenland-related U-turn at the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos offered momentary relief.
19.01.2026
Geopolitical tensions have intensified since the start of the year, spanning Venezuela, Greenland and Iran. At the same time, resource nationalism is on the rise, with major powers increasingly competing for control of strategically critical commodities. While this backdrop underpins gold, equity markets remained largely unscathed last week: small caps outperformed as earnings momentum broadens beyond the technology sector. This week, the Davos summit will shine more light on geopolitics, as concerns about Greenland are rising.
