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Finanz und Wirtschaft (20.03.2021) - Der Goldpreis fiel in den jüngsten Wochen auf etwa 1680 US-Dollar pro Unze. Ausgelöst hatte den Einbruch die konstante Versteilerung der amerikanischen Zinskurve.

A new partnership between UBP and amLeague, a specialised index provider, allows investors to combine the advantages of active investment management with those of passive index tracking. 

Institutional Money (04.03.2021) - Der weltweite High Yield-Markt zeigte sich von der weltweit grassierenden Pandemie, steigenden Ausfallquoten und der ausgeprägten Volatilität an den Investmentmärkten weitgehend unbeeindruckt und bescherte den Anlegern 2020 eine positive Wertentwicklung.

All too often, economic progress and conservation of nature are seen as mutually exclusive. Indeed, biodiversity loss is considered to be the price to pay for development. In a new report, the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), in cooperation with UBP, shows how the opposite is true by guiding financial institutions to measure their nature-related financial risks.

At UBP, thematic investing means devising investment strategies that benefit from megatrends, such as the disruptive forces that are reshaping our economy and our society.

US 10-year Treasury yields have risen 110 bps from their July, 2020 lows and 60 bps alone in 2021. Using previous bond market ‘tantrums’ going back to 2008 as a reference, a rise to as much as 1.7-2.5% may still lie ahead should the turmoil resume.

Le Temps (01.03.2021) - Die letzten 20 Jahre waren eine echte Belastungsprobe für die Schweizer Privatbanken: Sie mussten sich an stets neue regulatorische Bestimmungen, immer striktere Steuervorschriften und die zunehmend globale Kundschaft anpassen. 

Hubbis (18.02.2021) - Hubbis caught up with Ranjit Khanna, UBP’s Head of South Asia and Singapore Branch Chief Executive Wealth Management, recently to hear how well UBP in South Asia has weathered the storms of 2020, and how the bank continues to expand its discretionary, advisory and IAM/ family office propositions.

SMID-cap equities are poised to mean revert and outperform over the next three to five years. The best time to allocate to SMID caps is when earnings are “depressed”, i.e. now.

The pandemic has not only caused economic chaos around the world, but it has also had a deep impact on people’s lifestyles.

A clear light at the end of the coronavirus tunnel is now visible with the start of vaccination campaigns.

Environmental Finance (05.02.2021) - What changed to make renewable energy such an investment success story in 2020, UBP’s Mathieu Negre asks