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March 2020 was difficult time for many investors, as COVID-19 spread across Europe and the US, leading to sharp sell-offs in fixed-income credit markets. While such market turbulence is not to be welcomed, its occurrence can create opportunities.

The idea of a state-run digital currency (or e-RMB) has been brewing in China since 2014, with a pilot programme starting in recent months. It is a digital yuan – backed by the government.

How can secular trends help investors navigate the post-pandemic world?

Our Global Head of Forex Strategy, Peter Kinsella, discusses our updated outlook on sterling

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index (HSI) underperformed and bucked the global risk-on trend spurred by expectation of economies re-opening.

UBP’s expert Mathieu Nègre explains why impact investing in listed emerging equities is a significant investing opportunity for at least two reasons.

Spotlight - We see three key risks on the horizon: secondary outbreaks in the US, rising US-China geopolitical tension and political fragmentation in the Euro area

China remains ahead on the virus containment and production normalisation curve.

Our Global Head of Forex Strategy, Peter Kinsella, discusses how Italian bond yield increases are going to affect the euro.

UBP is proud to release the second edition of its Impact Report.

Spotlight - The US Federal Reserve has committed to a ‘whatever it takes’ approach to offset the impact of the Coronavirus on the US and global economy. The key beneficiary of this commitment will be gold.

Fixed-income frontier markets have seen significant growth in both importance and liquidity over the past decade. While still mainly thought of as part of global EM investments, frontier markets have “grown up” and deserve to be considered separately.

Spotlight - With the COVID-19 virus having run unimpeded through Europe and the United States in recent weeks, looking ahead, the impact of the virus will now face not only more aggressive containment efforts but also growing measures to offset its effect on the broader economy.

India’s total infected cases (979) and fatality rate (25) remain low but it has been escalating. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), this can become overwhelming, if uncontrolled.