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Le Temps - (27.03.2023) - As we seem to stumble from one crisis to another, observers could be forgiven for wondering how stabilising wealth management actually is, including sustainable wealth management. And besides, one might ask, is the time frame set for transitioning to sustainable investment realistic given all the current upheaval?

Bilan (22.02.2023) - After 2022 brought an 18% fall in the MSCI AC World index, global markets began 2023 with a rally spanning various asset classes.

Bilan - Pierre Novello (27.02.2023) - In 2022, after a lost decade, hedge funds once again saw the turbulent conditions that suit them so well.

Asian Private Banker (17.02.2023) - Decades ago, private bankers could survive with a limited investment skill set and a good network, but today they have to master several layers of expertise on top of relationship management skills, Guy de Picciotto has observed.

Le Temps (30.01.2023) - Current market conditions are ones that typically favour hedge funds. It now makes a lot of sense for portfolios to have exposure to a diversified basket of hedge funds.

Le Temps (16.01.2023) - In a world of heightened uncertainty, more and more private bank clients are considering setting up residence outside their native countries, and recent geopolitical tensions have sped up this trend.

Asian Private Banker (12.2022) - UBP Asia CEO looks back at 2022 and forward at 2023

L'Agefi (16.12.2022) - Having played a supporting role while rates were low, alternative investments came back into the limelight when markets struggled in 2022. UBP’s Kier Boley went into it for us.

Delano (12.2022) - For Patrice Gautry, Chief Economist at Union Bancaire Privée (UBP), 2023 should mark the beginning of a new cycle that he hopes will be based on healthier foundations than the current one. This will take a few more months. In the meantime, he believes that bonds are regaining real interest.

Le Temps (12.2022) - According to Union Bancaire Privée’s CIO Wealth Management, Norman Villamin, 2023 is set to be less tough than this year for investors. Although caution will be warranted as risks are on the rise.

Finanz und Wirtschaft (11.2022) - In recent weeks, prices for most of the main precious metals have risen: gold has gone from just above USD 1,600 to over USD 1,700 per oz, silver from lows of USD 18.50 to around USD 21.30, and platinum from USD 850 to around USD 1,000.

Asian Private Banker (08.11.2022) - AUM of more than US$10 billion means the Middle East is now a core part of the UBP group, according to Mohamed Abdellatif, who oversees its business there.

South China Morning Post (09.2022) - The recent decision by China to suspend cooperation with the US on climate change comes at a very inopportune moment, given the increased realisation of the critical importance of Asia in the fight against climate change. If many commentators used to wonder if the region was a laggard in that area, the debate has now firmly moved on beyond that question.

Le Temps (10.2022) - Almost eight months after war broke out in Ukraine, the Swiss finance industry has sufficient perspective to draw initial lessons from the application of sanctions against Russia and Belarus.

Delano (27.09) - Following the acquisitions of the teams and books of Banque Carnegie Luxembourg and Danske Bank International, UBP has strengthened its position in Luxembourg for cross-border clients. Patrick Casters, CEO of UBP (Europe) SA and Johnny Bisgaard, deputy CEO, talk about the bank’s “European hub”.

Hong Kong Economic Journal (09.2022) - The global economy is now increasingly dominated by fiscal policy, creating a hugely different investment landscape.