Sala de redação

English
Français
Deutsch
Italiano

Since its incorporation in 1967, the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) has implemented a mandate that not only aims to accelerate economic and social progress alongside member countries, but simultaneously promote peace and security. Coupled with a similar population size and tenet that overlaps the European Union (EU), ASEAN was naturally subjected to comparisons with its western counterpart.

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.

Don't miss any of the Group's latest press articles

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.

The Brexit decision came as a surprise as the sterling appreciated and European equities rose prior to the referendum, leading to a precipitous selloff following the ‘out’ vote. Near term uncertainty, particularly the legality for the United Kingdom to formally depart from the European Union and any subsequent countries that could also vote for its own referendum, leads to market anxiety.

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.

Mixed cocktails are seasonally appropriate for the summer months, however mixed signals in equity markets are less welcomed.

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.