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institutional-money.com - Bond yields in developed countries are still under serious downward pressure, and so emerging debt is once again an attractive diversification option.

After several years of outflows, EM funds have recently witnessed some significant inflows.

Börsen-Zeitung - “Never think that lack of variability is stability. Don't confuse lack of volatility with stability, ever.” This quote from Nassim Taleb, author of the best-selling book the Black Swan, seems a perfect fit for today's financial environment.

L'AGEFI - China’s consumption story is expanding quickly and this is where to find many of the most appealing investment cases. Urbanisation is one of the key words in this process. It seems that the market has not yet fully priced in this trend simply because the pace of it comes from the largest urban population in World’s History.

Le Temps - Recent half-year results announcements by Swiss private banks have shown a number of similarities: cash-related business has grown significantly, transaction and fee income is under pressure, and net new money (NNM) is seeing fairly weak growth. This is a clear reflection of the fundamental trends in our industry.

It is very difficult to say with any certainty what collateral damage Brexit will cause. The result of the 23 June referendum not only marks the start of a new kind of political crisis, but more importantly represents an epoch-making change and the start of a new phase of European history.

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Mediocre performances, high fees, a lack of transparency: hedge funds are regularly maligned and simplistically cast in a grim light by their detractors. However, this view is a complete contradiction of the growing upswing in interest that has been seen by observers not only in the United States, where it has remained relatively high in recent years, but also, more recently, in Europe and in Asia, where only Japan is still the exception.

Global markets tumbled early this week amid uncertainty related to Britain’s EU referendum scheduled for June 23^rd.

The Head of Union Bancaire Privée tells us what kind of relationship managers he is looking for in Asia, why he is opening new subsidiaries in Europe, and why Latin American clients are pulling money out of Switzerland. Handelszeitung

NZZ.ch / Nicolas Faller, Co-CEO for Asset Management at UBP private bank, explains why the best investment funds tend to attract all new capital and why the trend towards lower fees remains unchanged.

Euro aggregate markets are running out of steam. The balance of risk and reward has shifted to the downside as euro yields have been plummeting for both EUR sovereign debt and EUR investment grade credit on the back of the ECB policy actions.

The business models for private banking in Europe and Asia have historically been regarded as very different. That is no longer the case today.

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