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As we prepare to launch into a new year characterised by political and geopolitical uncertainty and resilient but volatile economic data, high-quality hedge fund managers in most strategies will have a promising opportunity set in 2025.

After a post-pandemic slump, the software sector is rebounding, with the rise of AI agents poised to drive adoption of generative AI and accelerate revenue growth.

In this podcast, our Chief Economist Patrice Gautry talks about the UBP Global Investment Committee’s views on economic growth, inflation, and interest rates in 2025.

Emerging market (EM) corporate bonds have faced considerable challenges in recent years, with rising geopolitical tensions, defaults in China’s real estate sector, and elevated global interest rates dampening investor appetite; however, the tide may be turning. A shift in the global interest rate environment – marked by a rate cut by the US Federal Reserve and a fresh economic stimulus package in China – offers an opportunity to revisit this often-overlooked asset class.

As the year draws to a close, private markets are benefitting from growing demand from investors. However, each category has its own unique characteristics. Brice Thionnet, UBP’s Global Head of Private Markets, and Hippolyte Abriol, Senior Investment Manager – Private Equity & Mandates, spoke to Allnews.

In their latest podcast, UBP’s Co-Heads of Swiss and Global Equity, Martin Moeller and Eleanor Taylor Jolidon, provide us with their insights into the equity space, and in particular global equities, as the year draws to a close and we move into 2025.

The statements in late 2024 from China’s central bank and the country’s Politburo sparked hopes of a ‘whatever it takes’ moment, only to see these dashed, as policy actions have fallen short of expectations.

Artificial intelligence has been discussed at previous climate conferences: as early as 2021 in Glasgow, there were discussions about both the benefits of AI, and the probable need for additional resources to power it.

Trump's return to the White House marks the start of a new era that is set to boost US-based companies while the wider global investment landscape continues to contract. 

Since the beginning of the year, gold prices have risen by nearly 40%, outpacing every major developed market equity index – even the S&P 500.

In 2022, a survey by BNP Paribas AM and Coalition Greenwich showed that 88% of wholesale investors and 36% of institutional investors were keen on thematic strategies. 

With voting now completed across the continental United States, it is confirmed that Donald Trump is making a comeback to the White House.