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Mobilising impact investing and strategic philanthropy
Investment capital and co-ordinated action are needed to achieve a more sustainable future and avoid the worst consequences of global warming. Even as societal and investor focus increasingly swing towards prioritising social and environmental outcomes, impact investing and strategic philanthropy remain too narrow in focus and modest in scale. The…
Managing risk
The UBS Wealth Management CIO’s Q2 Outlook details some of the ways in which investors can manage the portfolio risks emanating from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as well as from high inflation, rising interest rates and ongoing market volatility. The report’s editor in chief Kiran Ganesh and his colleague…
Energy prices
We present a special primer on energy price volatility and the implications of the recent spikes and fluctuations for economies and investors. Paul Donovan, chief economist of UBS Wealth Management, joins us to discuss how the situation is shaping the geopolitical, economic and consumer prices landscape.
Volatility
Could the conflict in Ukraine trigger a global recession? Our guest this week explains the outlook for commodities and discusses the hedging options that exist for investors in such times of turbulence.
Carbon pricing
Beyond the appalling human cost and urgent humanitarian crisis that is gripping eastern Europe, the conflict in Ukraine has also sent global equity markets tumbling. Commodity prices have increased and the price and supply of oil and gas have been dislocated. More broadly, the war has also prompted a reframing…
Women and investing
In a special programme to mark International Women’s Day on 8 March, we hear from Marianna Mamou, head of Advice Beyond Investing in the chief investment office of UBS Global Wealth Management, and Eva Lindholm, CEO of wealth management at UBS for the UK and Jersey. Mamou and Lindholm discuss…
Geopolitics and investing
With the shattering events of recent days in Ukraine dominating the global news agenda, this week our guests are exploring the intersection of geopolitics and investing. The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine means that short-term volatility is set to continue; but what does that mean, whether for markets or…
Highlights from the UBS Greater China Conference part III: Amy Webb
What is the transformational power of synthetic biology and how do we harness it for the collective good? Amy Webb is the founder of the Future Today Institute, a professor at NYU Stern School of Business and best-selling author of ‘The Big Nine’ and new book ‘The Genesis Machine’. Webb…
UBS Global Visionaries: Chris Kerr and Chad Sarno of Good Catch
Chris Kerr and Chad Sarno of Good Catch and Gathered Foods are two of the most recently appointed thought-leaders and innovators that UBS supports and celebrates through its Global Visionaries programme. Kerr and Sarno’s mission is to use their decades of experience in impact investing and culinary innovation to harness…
Picture of health: a guide for philanthropists and change-makers
This week, UBS publishes a fascinating, in-depth guide for philanthropists and change-makers concerned with improving health for all in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goal number 3. On the panel are Phyllis Kurlander Costanza, head of social impact and CEO of the Optimus Foundation at UBS, and Jenny Schecter,…
