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Latest Episodes
Central questions
This week we’re reviewing the interest-rate decision by the US Federal Reserve. We’ll discuss everything from the background to the potential impact on US fixed income and mull the possibility of cuts later in the year. We’ll take the temperature, too, of the global central-bank scene and consider the possibility…
Art Basel: Federico Herrero
UBS marks its 26th year as global lead partner of Art Basel by presenting a collaboration with artist Federico Herrero in the UBS Lounge. Mary Rozell, head of the bank’s collection, explains why the Costa Rican was a natural choice to create a site-specific wall painting for the occasion; and…
Nobel perspectives: can economics help the fight against climate change?
A new documentary from ‘The Bulletin with UBS’ gathers perspectives from some of the brilliant Nobel Laureates in economic sciences with whom UBS works. Michael Spence, Eric Maskin, Bengt Holmstrom and Richard Thaler train a spotlight on climate change and discuss how economics can help the fight.
Longer Term Investments: water scarcity
Water is essential to life and represents a key driver of economic growth. Unfortunately, fresh water is distributed unequally. Many countries confront the increasing challenge of scarcity while some face overabundance. Limited access to safe drinking water and adequate wastewater management is a widespread problem, and water scarcity makes it…
Sustainable and impact investing
UBS has raised more than $93m (€82m) for the Sustainable Solutions Fund from Generation Investment Management, which aims to generate returns by investing in high-growth, sustainable companies that make a positive net contribution to society. Our panel will reflect on claims from the likes of Generation’s chairman and co-founder, Al…
Trade tensions
With the global news agenda dominated by headlines about the ongoing US-China trade war, our expert panel puts the current conflict into context.
Investor sentiment
Our quarterly appointment with UBS Global Wealth Management’s survey of investors and entrepreneurs around the world. Our panel of experts explain the findings and tell us what they mean for high-net-worth individuals and business owners around the globe. In the frame will be an assessment of investors’ bullishness on stocks,…
Nobel Perspectives: future and technology
A brand new documentary from ‘The Bulletin with UBS’ gathers Nobel Perspectives from some of the brilliant laureates in economic sciences with whom UBS works. Robert Solow, Christopher Sims, Michael Spence and Christopher Pissarides train their spotlight on the future to discuss how it (and our collective prospective economic growth)…
UBS and Bottletop launch Togetherband
This week UBS and Bottletop launched Togetherband in support of the UN’s sustainable development goals. The project aims to engage people across the world in partnership with the UN Foundation, World Wildlife Fund, Project Everyone, Eco Age and Global Citizen. Launched on World Earth Day, Togetherband’s mission is to raise…
The future of Europe: the Eurozone and the next recession
This week we dive into this new UBS Global Wealth Management Chief Investment Office report with its editor in chief, Ricardo Garcia, and contributor Themis Themistocleous. They explain some of the key drivers behind the research, put the findings in context and detail three potential stress-test scenarios dealing with different…
