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September saw WTI oil prices drop 4% during the first week of the month before rallying almost 12% to reach USD 75 per barrel at the beginning of October. The rally came as investors have been gauging OPEC’s ability to replace falling Iranian exports and declining Venezuelan production.

US historian Joan Wallach Scott, Professor Emerita at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and specialised in gender issues, is the first woman to receive the Edgar de Picciotto International Prize.

What does the end of quantitative easing mean for bond investors? What should be the right exposure to emerging bond markets and why are active managers better equipped than passive ones to handle the return of volatility? Mohammed Kazmi, Portfolio Manager & Macro-Strategist Global and Absolute Return Fixed Income at UBP, recently participated in an Asset TV broadcast outlining the risk and reward trade-offs in fixed-income markets over the next six to twelve months.

Spotlight - From Checkers To Chess

Considering the rising-rate environment we find ourselves in, what sort of role does fixed income play in a portfolio, and what can be done to protect investors from declining liquidity? Mohammed Kazmi, Portfolio Manager & Macro-Strategist Global and Absolute Return Fixed Income at UBP, recently participated in an Asset TV Masterclass, a broadcast outlining the current challenges and opportunities in the biggest asset classes.

Spotlight - Sino-US trade tensions continue to dominate the focus of global markets with few signs of resolution in the near term.

Le Temps - The fashion industry has a disturbingly large ecological footprint.

Investment Europe - Plenty has been written about quantitative tightening and its effect on duration and yield curves. Less has been said about what a more hawkish monetary policy will mean for credit market liquidity, a dynamic which could have profound effects.

Le Temps (20.08.2018) - This autumn will mark the tenth anniversary of the most spectacular bankruptcy of all times.

WTI oil prices are down almost 10% since the beginning of July. At the beginning of August, oil prices started their longest weekly losing streak in three years. The US/China trade tensions fuelled concerns that global economic growth could slow, weakening worldwide energy demand.

Spotlight - An evolution in return drivers for global technology.

Investors entered 2018 optimistic following the stellar returns across most asset classes in 2017.

Finanz und Wirtschaft (18.07.2018) - With the entry into an advanced phase of the economic cycle, companies have been looking at convertible bonds with fresh eyes as a valid alternative to traditional debt instruments to finance their growth.

Net profit at the end of June 2018 rose to CHF 115.3 million, up 5.3% from CHF 109.5 million from the same period in 2017. The operating result of CHF 147.4 million, compared with CHF 133.9 million a year earlier, represents an increase of 10.1% (+ CHF 13.5 million). Assets under management reached CHF 128.4 billion thanks to net inflows of CHF 2.7 billion.

Union Bancaire Privée, UBP SA (UBP) has announced that it has agreed to acquire ACPI Investments Limited (ACPI), an independent London-based investment management company, and the activities of ACPI IM Limited in Jersey. The transaction is subject to the approval of the relevant regulatory bodies, and is expected to complete during the fourth quarter of 2018.