6 December 2021

In 2021 the prices of goods and services rose more than they did in any year since 2008, leading to wide-ranging concerns about the potential effects on consumer spending, interest rates and corporate margins. The UBS…

3 December 2021

Slush is billed as the world’s leading startup event and is well attended by investors, founders and C-suite executives from a long list of top companies. While the focus is largely on the world of technology, much of the…

1 December 2021

String Furniture was founded in 1949, following a contest by Swedish publisher Bonnier to find the best bookshelf. After being popular across Europe for decades, the company behind the modular shelving system was on the…

29 November 2021

What are the pivotal issues shaping the investment landscape? Find out in the latest special edition featuring highlights from the 2021 UBS European Conference and insights from leading political, economic and monetary…

26 November 2021

David Rogier is the CEO and founder of Masterclass, the online learning platform on which a host of global leaders and celebrities teach their craft. From Martin Scorsese offering tips on film-making to Malala Yousafzai…

24 November 2021

Freitag was launched in Zürich in 1993 by brothers Daniel and Markus Freitag and is known around the world for the messenger bags, backpacks and accessories that they make mostly from recycled truck tarps. The company has…

22 November 2021

What are the pivotal issues shaping the investment landscape? Find out in the first of two special editions featuring highlights from the 2021 UBS European Conference, the annual forum that brings together the leading…

19 November 2021

Estonian entrepreneur Hannes Unt co-founded audio-eyewear brand Aether in 2019 to develop glasses and sunglasses that would allow wearers to take calls and listen to music via frame-integrated speakers. The goal of Hannes…

17 November 2021

David Segal co-founded Davidstea in 2008, helping to grow it into a retail giant. After leaving the Montreal-based company in 2016, he started gourmet fast-food brand Mad Radish. Now he is launching Firebelly Tea, focusing…

15 November 2021

As Cop26 concludes in Glasgow, we take the temperature of global greentech investment opportunities, thanks to a new report from the UBS Global Wealth Management CIO. Some of the report’s co-authors describe the shift in…

12 November 2021

Alex Doman and Denetrias Charlemagne are the co-founders of Avec, a New York-based premium mixer brand. Avec’s line of drinks are made with natural botanicals and real fruit, which are low on sugar and calories. The pair…

10 November 2021

Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, hopes that Glasgow will go down in history as the place where world leaders finally committed to a sustainable future. We look at two businesses that were spotlighted at Cop26 for…

8 November 2021

This week we are joined by another of the inspirational thought leaders and innovators that UBS supports and celebrates through its Global Visionaries programme. This time it’s the turn of Ginger Krieg Dosier of Biomason…

5 November 2021

Paul Schaffer is the managing director of Plum Play, a leading UK brand in the active-play category that makes outside toys for children. The company was founded by Schaffer’s parents more than 30 years ago and exports to…

3 November 2021

Randy Goldberg is the co-founder and chief brand officer of Bombas, the New York-based sock-maker founded in 2013. Using its one-for-one model, Bombas has to date donated more than 50 million garments to homeless shelters…