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L'AGEFI - China’s consumption story is expanding quickly and this is where to find many of the most appealing investment cases. Urbanisation is one of the key words in this process. It seems that the market has not yet fully priced in this trend simply because the pace of it comes from the largest urban population in World’s History.

Le Temps - Recent half-year results announcements by Swiss private banks have shown a number of similarities: cash-related business has grown significantly, transaction and fee income is under pressure, and net new money (NNM) is seeing fairly weak growth. This is a clear reflection of the fundamental trends in our industry.

In less than a week, China’s renminbi (RMB) went from being criticised during a US presidential debate to a new member of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) special drawing right (SDR).

Yields are currently negative not only on Swiss government bonds, but also on Swiss-franc investment-grade credit. However, negative yields do not have to be a disaster for Swiss-franc investors.

This year, the Edgar de Picciotto International Prize has been awarded to Paul Krugman, Distinguished Professor of Economics at City University of New York and winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics.

Emerging Asian markets closed August higher as central bank diktat drove sentiment. Markets rallied early in the month after the Bank of England cut interest rates during its first meeting following the Brexit vote.

Geneva film-maker Eileen Hofer’s movie Horizontes about ballet in Havana must be one of the most poetic documentaries ever made. Through bewitching images, it follows the lives of three ballerinas at different stages of their careers, telling their story in moving detail. One of those dancers is Alicia Alonso, the now 95 year-old who defied her advancing blindness to become one of the greatest ballerinas in the world. Horizontes could not have been completed without the support of Union Bancaire Privée (UBP).

"Indianesia" (India & Indonesia) tax reforms underline emerging Asian markets beyond yield investments.

The approval of the Shenzhen–Hong Kong (SZ-HK) Connect by China’s State Council came with little fanfare. A muted market response normally underpins a listless, typically minimal impact event.

Popularity is generally difficult to predict, let alone understand. In 2015, no one would have foreseen how popular chasing the pocket monsters of Pokemon across major cities would become.

Experts from Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) – chief economist Patrice Gautry, co-heads of European equities Rob Jones and Scott Meech, and head of fixed income Christel Rendu de Lint – set out their views on the economic environment, equity markets and bond markets after the Brexit vote in the UK.