December 2024

Private equity was born in the United States 60 years ago. While the French are gradually discovering this asset class, the Americans have been familiar with it for decades, devoting on average 20% of their investments to this sector," says Frédéric Stolar, co-founder and managing…

Barnier on the brink César Pérez Ruiz, Chief Investment Officer, Pictet Wealth Management. The S&P 500 managed to shake off a threat by president-elect Donald Trump to impose imports on a select number of countries on his first day of office to rise 1.1% (in USD)…

China's incipient recovery, primed by rounds of stimulus, is adding to emerging markets' positive momentum, compounding the effects of falling global interest rates and trade normalisation. Patrick Zweifel, Chief Economist Pictet Asset Management. In late September, China's economy had deteriorated sufficiently – consumption and investment…

Agricultural commodities are mainly used as food for human consumption or as raw materials for many everyday products. Many of these products are traded on commodity exchanges and play a crucial role in global trade and the economy. There is historically little correlation with traditional…