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Option Finance (21.03.2019) - With economic growth returning to normal, the end of central-bank monetary tightening and an upturn in volatility, bond management could benefit from three main approaches: gradually taking on more credit risk, increasing duration, and seeking liquidity.

Le Temps (29.03.2019) - UBP, which acquired Coutts exactly four years ago, has doubled the amount of assets it manages in Zurich to CHF 25 billion in five years. We spoke to Adrian Künzi, who has headed UBP’s local branch for the last year.

Agefi Indices (03.2019) - There are still attractive investment opportunities in emerging bond markets.

AWP (25.03.2019) - Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) anticipated the uncertainties surrounding future relations between the United Kingdom and the European Union. By expanding in London with the acquisition of ACPI and maintaining a strong presence in Luxembourg, the Geneva bank is prepared for any outcome, as its CEO Guy de Picciotto explained to AWP.

Spotlight - Having spent the first two months of 2019 travelling to see clients across Asia, the Middle East and Europe concern among clients remains and is surprisingly consistent across regions of the world despite one of the strongest rallies in global equities to start a year in the past 30 years. We address the three most asked questions.

Agefi Indices (25.02.2019) - The large amounts of convertible bonds issued in 2018 have created new investment opportunities.

UBP announced today that its Singapore branch, Union Bancaire Privée, UBP SA Singapore Branch (UBP Singapore), has received regulatory approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) for a wholesale bank license. UBP Singapore expects to commence operations as a wholesale bank from 1 April 2019.

Oil prices are up more than 23% year to date, with WTI increasing by more than USD 11 in under two months, reaching USD 56 towards the end of February.

Thomson Reuters Zawya (21.02.2019) - UBP's emerging markets push into the Middle East and Asia has been helped by the acquisition of former Lloyds and Coutts businesses.

China’s January total new credit (aggregate financing, flow data) reached a record high of RMB4.64trn ($690bn). Our China’s Credit Impulse Indicator finally turned around for the first time in 14 months. Does this signal a return of China’s aggressive reflation policy?

Fund Selector Middle East (18.02.2019) - Dubai expansion plans as Swiss-owned family firm’s asset management arm wins mandates.

Funds Magazine (02.2019) - “Generally, European convertibles have become highly defensive. The risks in investing in this asset class are therefore limited, as economic growth is still relatively solid and the outlook is decent for companies.”

Le Temps (18.02.2019) - According to popular belief in China, the year that has just begun – the Year of the Pig – is likely to be a good one for the financial sector because the pig is a symbol of prosperity.

Spotlight - The dramatic Fed pivot from hawkish in September 2018 to now at worst ‘neutral’ signals that the Fed is reluctant to ‘take away the punchbowl’ completely from the post-2008 economic expansion.