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Analisi 04.12.2023

UBP London’s ambitious Nature Calls conference draws a crowd

We recently held our first biodiversity conference in London, titled ‘Nature Calls!’ featuring a varied batch of panellists who led inspiring keynote speeches and discussions.

UBP in the press 01.12.2023

UBP’s Michael Blake on his supercharged strategy

Citywire Asia (27.11.2023) - In a momentous year marked by a mega-merger, ongoing market turmoil and geopolitical uncertainties, Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) has done anything but slow down.

Analisi 29.11.2023

Fixed income 2024: investment grade offers attractive risk-return

Yields on investment-grade bonds are at levels not seen since the GFC, propelled by an inflation wave that caught central banks off guard, forcing them to make the fastest set of rate-hikes since the 1980s.

Analisi 28.11.2023

Bell’s small & mid-cap portfolio – a bellwether

Today, global SMID caps might represent one of the last areas within equities where the balance between fundamentals and valuations has been largely preserved.

Analisi 23.11.2023

UBP Impact Team’s COP28 Wish List

In what has become an annual tradition, UBP’s Impact team has written a list of the outcomes they would like to see from the COP 28 climate summit due to take place at the end of November in Dubai.

Analisi 23.11.2023

Prospettive d’investimento per il 2024

Gli esperti di UBP presentano le loro convinzioni sugli investimenti per l’anno prossimo nel roadshow «Ritorno al futuro».

Analisi 22.11.2023

Looking Beyond China

As UBP launches into Investment Outlook 2024, this year titled Back to the Future, our Co-CEO Asset Management & Head of Investment Management Michaël Lok, Group Chief Strategist Norman Villamin, and Chief Economist Patrice Gautry shine a spotlight on one of its key themes: looking back at events that have led China into a post-bubble restructuring process. Our expert recommends that during this phase China-focused investors look beyond the world’s second-largest economy at other dynamic markets, such as India.

Analisi 21.11.2023

European real estate: capitalising on market dislocations

The real estate market has had its share of upheavals and is in flux as Europe’s economies battle with the consequences of rising inflation and interest rates, weakening demand, and contracting exports, not to mention the unrest in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Meanwhile real estate has its place as a value creator in investors’ portfolios.


UBP in the press 15.11.2023

UBP plans Hong Kong, Greater Bay Area expansion to satisfy growing wealth-management demand

South China Morning Post, Enoch Yiu (15.11.2023) - Over the past five years, Greater China accounts for 75 per cent of UBP’s Asia growth, says Guy de Picciotto.

UBP in the press 14.11.2023

The era of relentless Swiss franc appreciation is coming to an end

Financial Times (27.10.2023) - If the risk of wider regional conflict over Gaza recedes, the currency’s high valuation is unlikely to be sustained

Analisi 09.11.2023

UBP House View - November 2023

Back to normal

UBP in the press 08.11.2023

Global equities: time in the market rather than timing the market

Ticino Management (11.2023) - With a rebound in EPS growth expected for 2024, though with disparities between market segments, and with interest rates and inflation still at elevated levels, active management is key.

UBP in the press 08.11.2023

UBP doubles down on RMs to capture Southeast Asia wealth boom

Asian Private Banker, Audrey Raj (02.11.2023) - Since Eric Morin took over as head of Southeast Asia, UBP has significantly expanded its team of relationship managers, rapidly increasing its headcount for Southeast Asia as part of its ambitious strategy to capitalise on wealth opportunities in key markets like Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.

UBP in the press 07.11.2023

Impact investing: managing short-term expectations

Le Temps (06.11.2023) - In the last two years, returns from impact strategies have been fairly disappointing, particularly compared with investments focusing on major tech stocks.

Corporate 03.11.2023

Third UBP Next Gen Academy a success

The UBP Next Generation Academy – which recently took place again, four years after the previous edition, partly in Paris and partly in Geneva – brought together an eclectic and multicultural group of young people with a lot to share and a keen interest in learning from the course and from each other.

Analisi 30.10.2023

Building an efficient equity portfolio of global leaders today

Research has shown that 30 stocks is enough for a portfolio to efficiently diversify risks – and this without even taking into account the added benefits of active stock selection.