11 March 2018
Episode 179
15 minutes
With many people around the world talking up the prospects of a trade war given recent moves by the president of the US, we ask our panel why free trade is good for the economy. We focus on the US, of course, but also take the global temperature and compare protectionist policies around the world.
11 March 2018
Share episode
DownloadWant more radio episodes like these in your inbox?
Sign up to Monocle’s email newsletters to stay on top of news and opinion, plus the latest from the magazine, radio, film and shop.
The Bulletin with UBS - latest episodes
The Year Ahead 2021
The latest annual investment research report from the CIO of UBS Wealth Management is subtitled (perhaps inevitably given the last nine months) ‘A Year of Renewal’. Our panellists explore how best to navigate the next 12…
Electric vehicles: the road to cost parity
UBS Q-Series research, powered by the UBS Evidence Lab, connects the dots across asset classes, geographies and sectors. Today we explore a new Q-Series report entitled: ‘Tearing down the heart of an electric car: cost…
The US presidential election
As the dust settles on an extraordinary race for the White House, a panel of our regular contributors share insights into the seismic political, economic and market vibrations caused by an unprecedented election day and its…
Convertible arbitrage
Thanks to the insights of Karim Cherif and Georg Weidlich from the UBS Global Wealth Management CIO, we present the next installment in a special season of features exploring hedge funds. In part two, Georg Weidlich heads…
Election Watch
As the final week of campaigning for the US presidential election begins, we peruse the latest Election Watch piece from the CIO in UBS Global Wealth Management. Our global panel of experts from UBS assesses the fierce…
An introduction to hedge funds
A special edition based on a report from Karim Cherif and Georg Weidlich in the UBS Global Wealth Management CIO. Learn how hedge funds help to reduce risk and add diversification in multi-asset portfolios, and understand…
Riding the storm: Billionaires’ Insights 2020
The 2020 edition of the annual report from UBS and PwC explores how the fortunes of billionaires are continuing to polarise after a year of dramatic upheaval. Our panel explains how a cohort of billionaire innovators and…
The UBS Global Real Estate Bubble Index 2020
Price bubbles refer to substantial, sustained mispricing of a particular asset, the existence of which cannot be proved – unless or until the bubble bursts. The annual UBS Index gauges the risk of such a bubble in housing…
UBS Global Visionaries: Dr Daniel Cordaro of The Contentment Foundation
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 Daniel Cordaro of The Contentment…
‘Future of Humans’
A fascinating new report from UBS takes a deep dive into the changing lifestyles and rising opportunities humanity is facing in light of demographic trends and structural shifts – and considers how these forces are enabled…
A global first for sustainable investing
This week, UBS made sustainable investments (SI) the preferred recommendation for clients of its $2.6trn global wealth-management business. UBS is the first major financial institution to recommend SI over traditional…
Social enterprise after coronavirus
Several of the inspirational thought leaders and innovators who UBS supports through its Global Visionaries programme discuss how social entrepreneurs are responding to coronavirus and what they think their enterprises…
UBS Global Visionaries: Matteo Berlucchi of Your.MD
This week we are joined by another inspirational thought leader and innovator who UBS supports and celebrates through its Global Visionaries programme. This time it’s the turn of Matteo Berlucchi, CEO and co-founder of Your…
Art special: artist representation
The fourth and final in a season of special programs exploring the art world looks at questions related to artist representation. Our panel, which includes collectors Agnes Gund and Komal Shah, provides an overview on bias…
The US presidential election: the global picture
UBS Global Wealth Management’s recent ElectionBrief report gauges the likely global impact of November’s US presidential election. Today’s panel – all of whom contributed to the report – considers the impact of the election…
