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Forex

You want to keep track of currency movements. We have the know-how to help with your forex strategy.

In the global forex market, keeping abreast of technical changes and fundamental movements as well as anticipating potential geopolitical events can be very time-consuming. UBP has the expertise to help you develop and execute a personalised forex strategy and to make it an integral part of your broader asset allocation.

Forex Focus podcast series

Listen to our Forex Focus podcast series to learn or stay informed about the global foreign exchange market. Once a month, our expert Peter Kinsella analyses the latest forex news with influential financial experts. Plug in your headphones and listen!

Foreign exchange is sometimes an overlooked part of portfolio asset allocation, both as a stand-alone, return-focused asset class and as a risk management tool for global investors.

UBP forex specialists use a wide variety of qualitative and quantitative methodologies to analyse the markets, formulate views and come up with investment ideas on G10 currencies, emerging market currencies and precious metals.

Timely analyses and in-depth expertise

The integrated structure of UBP allows us to anticipate and to take advantage of both short-term forex market movements and long-term inflection points in key currency pairs and precious metals.

UBP’s forex specialists have an average of 15 years of experience and a depth of expertise across a range of forex capabilities, including forecasting, hedging, forex and intermediate loans, as well as longer-term trading ideas.

Our trading ideas and market analyses are designed to keep track of market opportunities, and come with a transparent risk/reward analysis, allowing you to manage your portfolio optimally.

Extensive coverage

UBP covers trade and settlement services in over 160 currency pairs in the spot and forward market. We also cover trade and settlement services for both vanilla and exotic products in both G10 and emerging market currencies.

Our forex solutions

  • Tactical and strategic trading ideas

  • Passive and active hedging strategies

  • Forex structuring service

  • Gold and precious physical metal strategies

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13.03.2025

UBP House View - March 2025

Trump’s activism on the US economy is creating fears of recession. To navigate short-term turbulence, we have tactically scaled back our exposure to macro-sensitive assets, such as US equities, including US midcaps, along with high-yield and emerging-market debt, while increasing our allocation to gold.

04.03.2025

Can US equities sustain their momentum?

US corporate earnings growth is slowing. Unless it picks up again, stocks will become overvalued.

03.03.2025

The case for office conversion

In New York as well as other major metro areas, once-bustling corporate offices are now quieter, leading companies to adjust to a new reality: remote working is no longer a temporary solution but rather a structural shift. Consequently, corporates are actively reducing their office space footprints, significantly increasing vacancies in the sector.

27.02.2025

Silver: onwards and upwards

At UBP, we think that silver is set to rise substantially over the coming weeks and months, reflecting large global inventory shifts and an increasingly compelling valuation profile.

24.02.2025

DeepSeek: Chinese challenger enters the AI race

A new player has shaken the AI industry. DeepSeek, until recently a little-known Chinese start-up has launched DeepSeek-R1, a low-cost AI model challenging OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which is a stark reminder that the US is no longer the only competitor in the global AI race.

20.02.2025

India: Will the economy get its mojo back?

The post-election fiscal tightening in 2024, coupled with persistent inflationary pressures, has cast a shadow over India’s economy.

19.02.2025

New record for gold

Gold can continue to rise above levels of USD 3,000 per oz this year, as supported by several factors.

18.02.2025

Navigating the 2025 Fixed Income Landscape

The year started with volatility in rates, as the 10-year Treasury yield oscillates amid shifting market dynamics.

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