Annual results 2020

Lucro líquido da Union Bancaire Privée aumenta 24,6%, para 138,1 milhões de francos suíços

The CEO of wealth management bank Union Bancaire Privée is focused on growth through acquisitions.

The importance of performance, the difficulty in putting forward green investments, who will lead UBP tomorrow: these are some of the many topics covered here by the Geneva bank’s CEO, Guy de Picciotto.

The Swiss private bank is looking to expand its Middle East business by targeting new markets in the region.

The importance of a financial centre or bank cannot be assessed based on assets under management alone. First and foremost, what makes Switzerland the world leader in cross-border private banking is the excellent service and management know-how it offers, rather than the volume of assets it manages.

A Union Bancaire Privée regista um lucro líquido de 223,8 milhões de francos suíços, um aumento de 6,4 %.

The UBP Next Generation Academy – which recently took place again, four years after the previous edition, partly in Paris and partly in Geneva – brought together an eclectic and multicultural group of young people with a lot to share and a keen interest in learning from the course and from each other.

In October, the Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership (CISL) published a landmark report, “Let’s Discuss Nature with Climate: Engagement Guide”, which gives detailed guidance to banks and investment managers about how to bring nature into their engagement with clients and investee companies.