Necessary reading for those interested in the trends shaping wealth, the report covers 56 markets and more than 92 per cent of global wealth. Featuring insights from UBS economists Paul Donovan and James Mazeau. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Generative artificial intelligence is a technology with potentially transformative power in any number of industries. How can smart entrepreneurs ensure that they keep pace with the transition? Achille Monnet of UBS Wealth Management explains. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Maciej Skoczek, senior real estate economist in the UBS GWM CIO and the author of the 2025 report, discusses the outlook for the sector and reveals the location that tops this year’s rankings. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
With the UN Ocean Conference underway in Nice, we present the first of a two-part exploration of the blue economy, featuring key contributors to a new UBS white paper. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week in New York, UBS and Dior present House of Craft , an exclusive exhibition curated by Carine Roitfeld and dedicated to the craft of couture. With photographer Brigitte Niedermair and UBS’s John McDonald. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The sixth edition reflects the views of more than 300 family offices managing an average of $1.1bn. Maximilian Kunkel, CIO for global family and institutional wealth at UBS Global Wealth Management, reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Many women who’ve experienced a wealth-transfer event faced serious challenges, and most who expect to inherit from their parents feel unprepared. Carey Shuffman discusses the findings of the latest UBS ‘Own Your Worth’ report. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
With continuing uncertainty and volatility prompted by Trump, trade, tariffs and more, Paul Donovan of UBS tracks the latest economic and geopolitical developments in order to help investors stay focused. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
US presidents are always in a hurry to advance their agenda but Trump’s actions so far suggest an even greater sense of urgency. UBS’s Kurt Reiman discusses the president’s first 100 days in office. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Are artificial intelligence-industry fundamentals more resilient than recent market volatility might suggest? Sundeep Gantori, UBS CIO equity strategist, joins us from Singapore to discuss the opportunity. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
While the US dollar has been the dominant – but not the only – reserve currency since 1947, its role has been eroded as other currencies have gained market share. UBS’s Paul Donovan explains what might happen next. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The ninth annual Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report, compiled by Dr Clare McAndrew of Arts Economics, provides a comprehensive, macroeconomic analysis of the state of the global art market in the past year. It examines the industry’s various segments, including galleries, dealers, auction houses and art fairs, and assesses their performance against the backdrop of changes in global economics and wealth. We hear from McAndrew, Art Basel CEO, Noah Horowitz, and Paul Donovan of UBS. See omn...
Donald Trump’s tariffs amount to a generational shift in US economic policy, with the measures bringing the effective tariff rate on imports into the US to its highest level in at least 100 years. Markets have since been digesting the fallout, with equities dropping sharply, bonds and gold rallying, and the US dollar depreciating against most major currencies. We’re joined by Kurt Reiman, head of fixed income at UBS in New York, to consider the outlook from here, discuss the effects on economies...
We are joined by the authors of a new UBS report that takes a detailed look at the state of women in the world, gauging gender-equality progress thus far and seeking to understand the remaining barriers. “Gender-Lens Investment: The State of Women in 2025” explores how investors can continue to intentionally align their capital in ways that dislodge the barriers that women face and promote the realisation of their full potential. Amantia Muhedini and Antonia Sariyska of the UBS Global Wealth Man...
Gold prices soared to another all-time high this week, breaking through the $3,000 per ounce barrier. With the price having reached UBS Global Wealth Management CIO’s long-held target, can it continue to rally? Wayne Gordon, managing director in the UBS CIO in Singapore, joins us to discuss what’s next. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This annual guide to historical long-run returns is put together by UBS Investment Bank and UBS Global Wealth Management’s Chief Investment Office, in partnership with Professor Paul Marsh and Dr Mike Staunton of the London Business School and Professor Elroy Dimson of the University of Cambridge. The latest edition explores how 125 years of historical data can provide crucial insights for the future. Featuring Marsh, Kiran Ganesh and Tim Ramskill. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa...
With the post-election direction of political travel more clear, and with chancellor-elect Friedrich Merz having already outlined plans for a major boost in defence and infrastructure spending, what will this mean for investor confidence? Featuring Maximilian Kunkel, strategist at UBS Switzerland; and Sam Adams, economist for UBS in London. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
To mark International Women’s Day, we hear from four inspirational female leaders in finance. They discuss gender-lens investing, the rise of female-controlled wealth and its effects on broader economics, and the challenges facing female founders seeking to raise capital. Featuring (above left to right) Anouk Hilti-Zingg of Assarée; Julia Rees Toader of independent portfolio advisory firm Princes Capital; Lu Zhang, founder and managing partner of Fusion Fund; and Ana Mahony, CEO of Addition Weal...
A focus on long-term structural developments influenced by technological advancement, resource scarcity and societal changes. We discuss the topics of security and safety with UBS Global Wealth Management equity analyst Achille Monnet, and head of longer-term investment themes, Alexander Stiehler. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
When looking at trade between two countries, the value of exports should be lower than the value of imports. In recent years the value of China’s exports to the US has exceeded the value of US imports from China. Why is this happening? As UBS Global Wealth Management chief economist Paul Donovan explains, this doesn’t necessarily mean that there’s a ‘Bermuda Triangle’ affecting US-bound Chinese cargo vessels. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Exploring the findings of the new ‘Global Entrepreneur Report’ with Kiran Ganesh, head of investment communications in UBS Global Wealth Management. This is the first UBS report which has actively surveyed the opinions of entrepreneurs in the bank’s client base and its Industry Leader Network. The solicited views cover a wide range of key developments that might shape the growth of both industries and personal wealth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Insights on the future of women’s wealth from the Equality Lounge at The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos. Emma Wheeler, head of the Women’s Wealth programme at UBS Global Wealth Management, joins the show to discuss how to better unlock investment potential for female founders and to consider the role of women within the unprecedented transfer of wealth currently happening across genders and generations. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
The theme of The World Economic Forum annual meeting this year was “Collaboration for the Intelligent Age”. UBS Global Wealth Management chief economist Paul Donovan joins us to look back on the week and to discuss the threat posed by “scapegoat economics”. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We explore the latest edition of the longest-running and most comprehensive study of billionaire wealth. The 10th iteration tracks the wealth of more than 2,500 billionaires across the Americas, EMEA and APAC. As part of its research, UBS also conducted an online survey of the views of a sample of billionaire clients across the world. So what are some of the key discoveries? We discuss the report with Maximilian Kunkel, chief investment officer for global family and institutional wealth at UBS G...
In this special edition, UBS global wealth management chief investment officer Mark Haefele discusses his new book, ‘The New Rules of Investing: Essential Wealth Strategies for Turbulent Times’. Co-written with Richard C Morais, the volume outlines Haefele’s view that new developments in everything from global affairs to demographics and technology mean that we need to change the way we think about investing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
In the first programme of the new year we present a selection of interviews that the Monocle team conducted this past November on the margins of the UBS Australasia Conference in Sydney. UBS gathered industry leaders, policymakers and innovators at the event to explore how topics such as productivity, healthcare and technology affect the economy and investment landscape. Our show features Paul Donovan, chief economist in UBS Global Wealth Management; Renee Lo, Singapore-based regional director a...
We explore the most recent edition of UBS Asset Management’s flagship thought-leadership paper, ‘The Red Thread’, which is focused on diversification. Long a central tenet of investment theory, many assumptions about the strategy have been tested of late due to the dominance of the so-called “Magnificent Seven” tech companies. Our panel is Barry Gill, UBS Asset Management’s head of investments, Michele Gambera, head of strategic asset allocation, and Lucy Thomas, head of sustainable investing an...
Raphael Güller is the co-founder and chief product officer of Sweep, and one of the inspirational leaders who UBS supports and celebrates through its Global Visionaries programme. Raphael is joined at Monocle’s HQ in Zürich by Tom Hall, global head of social impact at UBS, to discuss Sweep’s origin story, its involvement in this year’s UBS Pitch for Purpose event, and why it is important for UBS to champion organisations such as Sweep, which are driving solutions to the great challenges of the d...
We mark the occasion by hearing from Tom Hall, UBS global head of social impact and CEO of the UBS Optimus Foundation Network, and from one of its partners who has already been driving change: Fabio Segura, co-CEO of the Jacobs Foundation. They discuss the importance of collaboration in delivering effective philanthropy, with a particular focus on how education can drive social equality and enduring transformational change. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Dr Daniela Marino is the CEO and co-founder of skin-graft innovators Cutiss and one of the inspirational leaders that UBS supports and celebrates through its Global Visionaries programme. Marino is joined at Monocle’s HQ in Zürich by Tom Hall, global head of social impact at UBS, to discuss Cutiss’s success in this year’s UBS Pitch for Purpose event and why it’s important for UBS to champion individuals who are driving solutions to the great challenges of the day. See omnystudio.com/listener for...
