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Green bonds
This week we look at the sustainable-investment landscape and put green bonds in the spotlight. We reflect on the move by UBS to join the Climate Bonds Programme; consider the ways in which some new and innovative instruments in this space work; and ask our panel: what do recent developments…
Lessons from the Development Impact Bond
Two years since the inception of the world’s first Development Impact Bond, our panellists discuss the robust results delivered by this unique and innovative product, which is on track to meet, or even exceed, its ambitious three-year targets. We will hear from the investor, the UBS Optimus Foundation; from the…
Chinese real estate
Armed with the findings of new research from UBS, we take the temperature of this fascinating market and gauge whether unprecedented prices and activity are poised to slow, and ask the authors of the report to give us their base case. Plus: what does it mean for investors – should…
Nobel perspectives: Professor Oliver Hart
To help address the big questions that shape our world, UBS has sought out a number of Nobel Laureates in the economic sciences to ask them to share insights, discuss their research and open their inquiring minds. This week we’re hearing from Oliver Hart, the Andrew E Furer Professor of…
Spotlight on trade
After another turbulent week of Brexit developments, we ask our panel whether the emergence of new trade alliances offers real progress beyond the white noise of politics. Wel track some recent deals – such as the EU’s recently inked agreement with Japan – to see whether they provide a template…
Nico Rosberg and Donald Sadoway
What happens when a scintillating Formula 1 world champion and a brilliant MIT professor sit down to discuss the future of mobility and sustainable energy? Join them to find out in a special edition of the programme, as Nico Rosberg takes over the microphone to interview UBS global visionary Donald…
Pride and prejudice
The economics of LGBT equality is the economics of prejudice. This week the panel explains how the need for flexible labour shapes an economic argument to counter prejudice, alongside the compelling moral case for inclusivity. Our guests share not only their professional expertise but also their personal insights and experiences,…
UBS Global Visionaries: Neema Kaseje from Surgical Systems Research Group
This week we are joined by another of the inspirational thought leaders and innovators that UBS supports and celebrates through its Global Visionaries programme. We hear from Neema Kaseje, founder of Surgical Systems Research Group, who is leading the charge to address the lack of access to quality surgical care…
Ed Ruscha VERY: Works from the UBS Art Collection
This week, in a special edition of the programme, we celebrate an exhibition of more than 50 works by the legendary Ed Ruscha from UBS’s collection at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark. We hear from the man himself, and from the head of the collection.
UBS Global Visionaries: Peek Vision’s Andrew Bastawrous
In this special edition we sit down with one of the thought leaders at the forefront of innovation that UBS supports and celebrates through its Global Visionaries programme. Today we meet Andrew Bastawrous, a man for whom the term visionary could scarcely be more apt. He’s the co-founder and CEO…
