10.06.2025
UBP House View - June 2025
As we enter the second half of the year, the fading trade war rhetoric is paving the way for a renewed focus on diversified asset allocations.
Michaël Lok
Group CIO and Co-CEO Asset Management
Geneva, Svizzera
English, French
Michaël Lok is Group CIO and Co-CEO Asset Management at UBP. He has over 25 years of experience in wealth and asset management.
Before joining UBP in 2015, he was Global Head of Asset Management with Indosuez Wealth Management (Crédit Agricole Group), where he developed a range of UCITS funds for Private Banking and a set of UHNWI mandates and dedicated investment solutions with a focus on Asia and Latin America. This followed his roles as Head of Investment and Head of Risk and Quantitative Portfolio Management. Before that, he was Portfolio Manager at Banque Martin Maurel and HSBC France (ex-CCF).
Michaël Lok holds two Master’s degrees, one in Finance (DESS) and one in Banking and Finance (DEA), from the University of Aix-en-Provence (France).
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