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Funds Society (28.01.2021) - An improvement in corporate governance, a stable government and a leading edge in digitalisation and robotics are making the Japanese small-cap segment a rich source of attractive opportunities for selective investors, says UBP Senior Analyst Cédric Le Berre.

Institutional Money (27.01.2021) - Despite an accelerating Covid-19 spread into year-end, risk markets concluded 2020 on a strong note as investors took confidence from the commencement of the vaccine rollout in the US and UK. 

Finanz und Wirtschaft (19.01.2021) - Norman Villamin, Chief Investment Officer Wealth Management of Union Bancaire Privée, considers fears of significantly higher interest rates to be premature. He prefers mining to banking stocks.

Funds Society (14.12.2020) - The first strategy in UBP's impact investing platform, Positive Impact Equity, has been going from strength to strength since its inception. Impact investing specialist Yvan Delaplace details the strategy’s investment process and broader sustainability trends in the sector.

Rankia Pro (12.2020) - Interview with Didier Chan-Voc-Chun, UBP’s Head of Multi-Management & Fund Research

Institutional Money (11.12.2020) - In this article, we break down the three key reasons we are favouring AT1s over the coming months.

L'Agefi (04.12.2020) - Les sociétés de petite et moyenne capitalisation (‘SMID Caps’) se distinguent traditionnellement par des taux de croissance et des rendements supérieurs sur le long terme en comparaison des grandes capitalisations. Elles permettent par ailleurs à l’investisseur de s’exposer aux principales tendances séculaires. La détection des sociétés les plus prometteuses nécessite cependant une discipline de sélection rigoureuse afin de dénicher celles affichant une croissance de qualité.

Sphere (07.12.2020) - Rarement, depuis l’avènement de la finance globalisée, les marchés d’actions n’avaient été confrontés à un tel manque de visibilité. La menace sanitaire, omniprésente, et la profusion de situations d’instabilité géopolitique ont rendu très aléatoire l’exercice de la prévision économique et financière à court ou moyen terme. 

Financial Investigator (20.11.2020) - Frontier debt has grown significantly over the past decade and now warrants serious consideration as a dedicated allocation in investors’ portfolios.

Good With Money (20.11.2020) – Victoria Leggett, Head of Impact Investing at UBP, and Eli Koen, Fund Manager, recently took part in a Good With Money podcast, a series in which experts discuss current ethical investment trends.

Institutional Money (10.11.2020) - Traditional financial theory posits that investors in balanced portfolios, typically weighted 60/40 in favour of equities, would expect to realise capital gains and growth from their equity allocation, whereas their fixed income allocation would offer income and protection. 

Monaco For Finance (28.10.2020) - Interview avec Sérène El Masri, CEO UBP Monaco.

Le Temps (12.10.2020) - Rares sont les professions à avoir dû se renouveler aussi profondément que celle de banquier privé sous l’effet de l’environnement extérieur. Certes, le conseil et la confiance sont, et resteront, la quintessence du métier, mais le relationship manager (RM) d’aujourd’hui n’a plus grand-chose à voir avec celui d’avant la crise de 2008.

Institutional Money (08.09.2020) - FRNs offer an attractive risk/reward profile at the effective lower bound

Finews (28.09.2020) - Adrian Kuenzi has taken his next career step at Union Bancaire Privée, he told finews.com in an interview. The bank will keep investing, because the best of cost-cutting program won't help it win new clients.

Hong Kong Economic Times (23.09.2020) - Importance of Risk Management Amidst Volatility.