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Corporate 24.05.2018

Community engagement: UBP teams up with Alaya

UBP is pleased to announce that it is teaming up with Alaya, with the aim of promoting greater staff community engagement. To learn more about this initiative, watch the interview with the co-founders of Alaya.

Insight 09.05.2018

Green shoots of change seen in Japan

Understanding Japan’s dynamics sometimes seems like a mathematical problem. Is getting you head around this market just like solving a differential equation? It’s not that simple. Just as for many fields of mathematics, the time you spend on it is important.
Insight 09.05.2018

Navigating the coming ‘mini-cycle’ in the US Economy

Spotlight - Recession concerns appear overblown, though we do expect a ‘mini-cycle’ in the US economy in the months ahead.

Insight 02.05.2018

How emerging markets are dealing with higher US Treasury yields

The recent rise, through 3%, and to the highest level since 2013, has triggered a bit of a sell-off in emerging market assets. We’re thinking that US Treasury yields from here stabilise or they rise only gradually, and this’ll allow emerging market asset prices to go up again.

UBP in the press 01.05.2018

Meritocracy and European regulation

Le Temps (30.04.2018) - Is the Swiss tradition of meritocracy being challenged by European regulation?

Insight 27.04.2018

Is global growth peaking?

Confidence has returned to the markets and the beginning of the earnings season looks great, with several positive surprises. The IMF has presented its outlooks for 2018 and 2019 and they seem very upbeat: world growth is expected to come in at 3.9%.

UBP in the press 26.04.2018

Emerging markets: watch out for the best practices

Bilan (March 2018) - Is it so unrealistic to want to include emerging market corporate issuers when considering sustainable and responsible investment strategies?

Insight 25.04.2018

Spotlight - Energy sector: outperformance lies ahead

Having ended 2017 as one of the worst performing global sectors, sustained outperformance lies ahead for energy stocks in 2018. The underlying crude oil market is now undersupplied while inventory levels have fallen sharply. These supply-demand and inventory dynamics have historically translated into improving corporate profitability over the coming 12-24 months.

UBP in the press 17.04.2018

Surge in Earnings in 2017

Le Temps (16.04.2018) - Why did Geneva’s private banks see such a large increase in earnings and assets under management last year? We spoke to UBP boss Guy de Picciotto about the trends that shaped 2017 and that will influence the future.

Insight 17.04.2018

Value creation through responsible investment

UBP continues on its way to enhanced ESG investment standards
UBP in the press 16.04.2018

Asset TV Masterclass: Alternative Investments

With the correlation benefits of equities and bonds waning, investors are increasingly on the hunt for assets that act as true diversifiers. Olivier Marion, Head of Business Development & Senior Investment Specialist Alternative Investments at UBP, recently participated in an Asset TV Masterclass making the case for alternative investments.

Insight 16.04.2018

Sustainable EM corporate debt

A new asset class for responsible investors
UBP in the press 12.04.2018

Consolidation spells opportunity for UBP

The Business Times (02.04.2018) - The Swiss family-owned private bank is always on the lookout for opportunities to grow, and believes its investments in Asia have paid off.

Insight 11.04.2018

Investing late in the economic cycle

A market context favourable to convertible bonds

UBP in the press 09.04.2018

Data confidentiality: an increasingly valuable asset

Le Temps (09.04.2018) - Just another crisis or one scandal too many for Facebook? Having already been accused of spreading fake news, the world’s biggest social network will struggle to escape from the media storm that has been battering it since mid-March without making any concessions.

UBP in the press 04.04.2018

UBP plans new Asia hires as profits rise

Citywire (29.03.2018) - After recording an increase in assets and revenue in the last couple of years, UBP is now looking to further expand its team in Asia with more hires planned for 2018.