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Who will win the race to autonomous cars?
This week we’re setting our sights on advances in vehicular autonomy and digesting the findings of a recent UBS Evidence Lab Q Series report. The report’s lead author joins us to discuss who is likely to win in a world of autonomous vehicles, explain how the bank conducted its research…
Prices and earnings
The freshly published 17th edition of the UBS report that first appeared back in 1971 reveals how 77 international cities fare against each other in terms of purchasing power. For individuals or investors trying to understand long-term shifts in economic power or simply planning their next vacation, this study provides…
Sustainability solutions
We discuss the first wholly sustainable-investing, cross-asset strategic allocation from UBS. The bank joined other financial firms and multilateral development banks to find sustainability solutions and launch this trailblazing allocation, filled exclusively with SI instruments, earlier this year. We hear how the bank’s thinking is informed by the urgent challenge…
Investing and football: the World Cup in Russia
The World Cup kicks off in Moscow on 14 June. Our experts preview the event with the help of a new UBS report exploring the intersection of good investment practice and the beautiful game.
Volatility is back
This week we’re asking our panel what the return of volatility, following an abnormally calm 2017, means for investors. We’ll discuss some specific markets, in particular those across Asia, as we assess the macroeconomic and geopolitical factors that are shaping the space. The panel will consider how investors should best…
Korea opportunity
Our panel looks back on a historic day on the Korean peninsula and asks whether the meeting between the respective presidents of the North and South might finally signal a shift towards ending the 70-year conflict between the nations. How much we should read into the covenants undertaken by the…
The century club
We ruminate on the rising likelihood of 100-year lifespans. Once confined to science fiction, this idea is now a minimum requirement for many of the world’s most wealthy. This is one of the findings of a new global UBS Investor Watch, the largest survey of wealthy investors in the world.…
Private capital and a sustainable world
This week: the fruits of a remarkable partnership between institutional investors, development banks and wealth managers in pursuit of sustainable and inclusive growth. We focus on the creation of new indices that aim to create reliable benchmarks that can measure the creation of long-term value. Our panel will remind us…
Sustainability and fossil fuels
Are sustainability and fossil fuels mutually exclusive? Our panellists share insights into how they see supply-and-demand patterns evolving and consider the implications for investors.
Challenges for the tech sector
The tech sector has appeared embattled in recent weeks, enduring a blizzard of negative headlines regarding privacy, safety and data protection, and also in some other cases more rigorous scrutiny of the underlying technology. As a result, the sector has started to underperform the broader index. We’ll be asking: can…
