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L’Union Bancaire Privée, UBP SA (UBP) annonce avoir étoffé son offre en obligations des marchés émergents avec une nouvelle stratégie ESG centrée sur la dette souveraine en devises locales.

BlueEarth’s Climate Growth Strategy aims to support growth companies which address global environmental challenges in areas such as energy transition, electrification, industrial process optimisation and the circular economy.

Union Bancaire Privée, UBP SA (“UBP”, or “the Bank”) and leading London-based boutique investment manager CRUX Asset Management (“CRUX”) today announce their strategic partnership to strengthen the Bank’s Asia equity investment offering.

Norman Villamin, Chief Investment Officer (CIO) Wealth Management, and Patrice Gautry, UBP Chief Economist, hosted a special webinar to discuss the investment implications of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

In the wake of rising geopolitical tensions surrounding the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, UBP’s Senior Economist Asia, Carlos Casanova, shares his thoughts about the impact on Asian and global financial markets.

For much of the past decade, Asia technology investors were enthralled with China’s consumer-facing tech companies due to their strong and visible growth.

The macroeconomic backdrop will remain challenging in Q1-22. However, we will likely see an inflexion point following the much-anticipated policy pivot. GDP growth to accelerate from 3.0% y/y in Q1-22 to 5.0% on average in 2022.

The energy transition will require major investment and concerted political will to deliver on net-zero targets.

In this interview Mohammed Kazmi sets out to Bernard McGrath his case for investing in floating-rate notes as a way to reduce portfolio exposure to interest rates and gain from widely expected Fed rate hikes in the months ahead.

L’Union Bancaire Privée, UBP SA (UBP) renforce son pôle immobilier au sein de son département consacré aux activités sur les marchés privés, Private Markets Group (PMG), avec le recrutement d’une équipe spécialisée dans l’immobilier gouvernemental, et le lancement d’une première stratégie centrée sur l’immobilier gouvernemental.

The Fed has clearly signalled that the next rate hike cycle is ahead, and bank stocks have started strong in 2022 supported by US 10-year rates, which are up by more than 20bps to 1.74%. 

In an effort to drive greater transparency on environmental risks and opportunities, UBP recently became a signatory to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) – a global non-profit that runs the world’s leading environmental disclosure platform.