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Monthly House View | October 2023

Pictet Wealth Management’s latest positioning across asset classes and investment themes. Macroeconomy The latest data releases suggest that global manufacturing activity might stabilise, although activity remains stronger in emerging economies than in developed ones. Likewise, while international trade has continued to plunge, there are signs…
LFI
13 October 2023
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Trillion dollar questions

César Pérez Ruiz, Chief Investment Officer Pictet Wealth Management. A far stronger-than-expected US employment report for September pushed bond yields to new 16-year highs last week and raised the possibility of a November interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve. Non-farm payrolls increased by 336,000…
LFI
11 October 2023
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Rates restored

This month’s Editorial by Olivier de Berranger, Deputy Chief Executive Officer and CIO, and Alexis Bienvenu, Fund Manager, La Financière de l’Echiquier (LFDE). A new era of abundance is upon us. Not, alas, in political, social, environmental or even economic terms. Rather, it is for…
LFI
11 October 2023
Investing

Israel-Hamas: Implications for Global Markets

Commentary from Norman Villamin, Group Chief Strategist at Union Bancaire Privée (UBP). The Hamas invasion of southern Israel over the weekend, while an eruption of an on-going regional conflict and humanitarian crisis has the potential to expand to a prolonged conflict that historically has been…
LFI
11 October 2023
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A new dawn for Indian stocks

Corporate India's promising fundamentals mean the country's equity market is poised to outpace that of its emerging market peers Prashant Kothari, Senior Investment Manager Pictet Asset Management. India is making history. Late last year it overtook the UK to become the world’s fifth largest economy.…
LFI
09 October 2023
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Investment implications of AI

How generative AI has re-ignited investor enthusiasm for tech stock John Gladwyn, Senior Investment Manager Pictet Asset Management. While the ideas behind AI have been around longer than most investors have been alive, an area which had previously been regarded as the preserve of computer…
LFI
09 October 2023
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ESG ratings under the microscope

Caroline Reyl, Senior Investment Manager, Stephen Freedman, Head of research and sustainability - Thematic Equities and Faisel Syed ESG Specialist Pictet Asset Management. ESG corporate ratings are redrawing the financial landscape, yet investors often struggle to interpret them. Britain’s system of imperial measurements has long…
LFI
06 October 2023
Investing

SynPet appoints new Chief Operating Officer

SynPet Technologies (“the Company”), the Brussels-based Turkish chemicals recycling company that provides a unique solution to waste management recycling, has appointed Mr. Furkan Ahmet Callialp as Chief Operating Officer. He will become operational in the company with immediate effect. Furkan Ahmet Callialp has obtained a…
EFI
04 October 2023