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L’Union Bancaire Privée étoffe son offre en petites et moyennes capitalisations avec le lancement d’une stratégie en actions ‘SMID caps’ globales

Asia Macro - On a GDP-weighted basis, Asia is expected to expand by 6.6% in 2021, up from a -1.0% contraction in 2020.

All too often, economic progress and conservation of nature are seen as mutually exclusive. Indeed, biodiversity loss is considered to be the price to pay for development. In a new report, the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), in cooperation with UBP, shows how the opposite is true by guiding financial institutions to measure their nature-related financial risks.

At UBP, thematic investing means devising investment strategies that benefit from megatrends, such as the disruptive forces that are reshaping our economy and our society.

US 10-year Treasury yields have risen 110 bps from their July, 2020 lows and 60 bps alone in 2021. Using previous bond market ‘tantrums’ going back to 2008 as a reference, a rise to as much as 1.7-2.5% may still lie ahead should the turmoil resume.

Le Temps (01.03.2021) - Depuis deux décennies, l’adaptation des banques privées suisses à la prolifération de nouvelles réglementations, au renforcement des exigences de conformité fiscale, et à la globalisation de la clientèle s’apparente véritablement à une épreuve d’endurance. 

Hubbis (18.02.2021) - Hubbis caught up with Ranjit Khanna, UBP’s Head of South Asia and Singapore Branch Chief Executive Wealth Management, recently to hear how well UBP in South Asia has weathered the storms of 2020, and how the bank continues to expand its discretionary, advisory and IAM/ family office propositions.

SMID-cap equities are poised to mean revert and outperform over the next three to five years. The best time to allocate to SMID caps is when earnings are “depressed”, i.e. now.

The pandemic has not only caused economic chaos around the world, but it has also had a deep impact on people’s lifestyles.

After the success of its first art exhibition in collaboration with art agent MTArt, UBP Monaco has made a new selection of works by another set of talents supported by the agency for its second exhibition themed ‘A Brave New World’. 

A clear light at the end of the coronavirus tunnel is now visible with the start of vaccination campaigns.

L’Union Bancaire Privée étoffe son offre en obligations convertibles avec deux nouvelles solutions thématiques innovantes