22 September 2021

This week we celebrate the release of ‘The Monocle Book of Entrepreneurs’, a guide to starting and running your own business. Daniel Bach speaks to editors Joe Pickard and Chiara Rimella about what makes a great business…

21 September 2021

In this week’s episode of The Chiefs, Monocle's editorial director Tyler Brûlé joins Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas on leading in times of crisis and the future of Estonia and its national identity.

20 September 2021

We’re off to the fair! As Art Basel makes its much-anticipated return this week, we discuss the mood among fair-goers. Plus: we take a timely look at UBS and Art Basel’s jointly published, mid-year review, ‘Resilience in…

15 September 2021

Charlotte Vangsgaard is a partner at Red Associates, a strategic consultancy firm with offices in Copenhagen and New York, which is all about what it calls a “human-centred approach” to doing business. Across a host of…

13 September 2021

What does the evolving bilateral relationship mean for investors? The two editors in chief of a new report from the UBS global wealth management Chief Investment Office analyse the relationship and some of the key areas…

8 September 2021

Avi Brosh is the founder of Los Angeles-based hotel brand Palisociety, which is behind a growing collection of boutique, low key-count establishments across the US. The former residential developer knows a thing or two…

6 September 2021

What caused the recent rises in inflation? We consider the implications for investors and the prospect of inflation dropping as a result of potential changes in supply and demand. Plus: a view on central banks and potential…

1 September 2021

Dr Carmen Hijosa is the founder of Ananas Anam, which produces a leather alternative made from pineapple-leaf fibres called Piñatex. Hijosa is originally from Asturias in northern Spain and a career designing and manufac…

30 August 2021

Head behind the scenes of the construction of the superb UBS Arena in New York. Hailed as “a new arena for a new era” this unique and incredibly innovative facility will provide a base for the New York Islanders, the only…

27 August 2021

Rupert McKelvie is the founder of Out of the Valley, a cabin design and manufacturing company based in Devon, southwest England. The idea was born of necessity: he built his first cabin as a place to live. Today his team…

25 August 2021

Trained architect Michelle Toney and former fashion designer Stephanie Cleary are co-founders of Morrow Soft Goods, the Los Angeles-based homeware brand they launched in 2016. The aim was to move away from too-perfect home…

23 August 2021

Our panel from the UBS Global Wealth Management CIO on reasons to borrow, how debt can help investors meet their goals – and why its costs and risks should be managed rather than avoided.

20 August 2021

Cole Rosentreter is the founder and CEO of Pegasus Imagery, an Alberta-based start-up making drones to fight forest fires. With their 4-metre wingspan, these can collect data and manoeuvre more easily than helicopters.

We’ve had plenty of time to take stock of our lives recently. Maybe you’ve always longed to open a bookshop or thought that your flair for interior design could be put to wider use than your own home. But taking that first…