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As we prepare to launch into a new year characterised by political and geopolitical uncertainty and resilient but volatile economic data, high-quality hedge fund managers in most strategies will have a promising opportunity set in 2025.

In this podcast, our Chief Economist Patrice Gautry talks about the UBP Global Investment Committee’s views on economic growth, inflation, and interest rates in 2025.

Emerging market (EM) corporate bonds have faced considerable challenges in recent years, with rising geopolitical tensions, defaults in China’s real estate sector, and elevated global interest rates dampening investor appetite; however, the tide may be turning. A shift in the global interest rate environment – marked by a rate cut by the US Federal Reserve and a fresh economic stimulus package in China – offers an opportunity to revisit this often-overlooked asset class.

As the year draws to a close, private markets are benefitting from growing demand from investors. However, each category has its own unique characteristics. Brice Thionnet, UBP’s Global Head of Private Markets, and Hippolyte Abriol, Senior Investment Manager – Private Equity & Mandates, spoke to Allnews.

In their latest podcast, UBP’s Co-Heads of Swiss and Global Equity, Martin Moeller and Eleanor Taylor Jolidon, provide us with their insights into the equity space, and in particular global equities, as the year draws to a close and we move into 2025.

The statements in late 2024 from China’s central bank and the country’s Politburo sparked hopes of a ‘whatever it takes’ moment, only to see these dashed, as policy actions have fallen short of expectations.