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The Bulletin with UBS

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The Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report 2025: 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. 

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54914 Apr 2025
27 min

The Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report 2025 

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. 

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5487 Apr 2025
21 min

Trump’s trade war 

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 and markets, and ponder – as ever – what smart investors should do.

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54731 Mar 2025
21 min

Gender-lens investment special 

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 Management CIO join to discuss.

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54624 Mar 2025
10 min

Can gold shine brighter still? 

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.

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54517 Mar 2025
26 min

‘Global Investment Returns Yearbook 2025’ 

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.

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54410 Mar 2025
16 min

What’s next for Germany? 

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.

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5433 Mar 2025
26 min

International Women’s Day edition 

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 Wealth.

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54224 Feb 2025
18 min

 Longer-term investments: security and safety 

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.

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54117 Feb 2025
17 min

Tariffs, trade and China’s ‘disappearing’ exports 

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.

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54010 Feb 2025
15 min

The UBS ‘Global Entrepreneur Report’ 

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.

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5393 Feb 2025
16 min

The future of women’s wealth 

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.

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53827 Jan 2025
14 min

The threat of ‘scapegoat economics’ 

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”. 

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53720 Jan 2025
16 min

The UBS Billionaire Ambitions Report 

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 Global Wealth Management.  

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53613 Jan 2025
16 min

Mark Haefele on ‘The New Rules of Investing’ 

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.  

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5356 Jan 2025
24 min

Highlights from the UBS Australasia Conference 2024 

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 at Google; Lachlan Shaw, co-head of UBS mining research; and UBS analyst Richard Schellbach.

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