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…

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…

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…

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…

Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) is now offering a second, long-standing successful strategy from Voya Investment Management (Voya IM), the Allianz US Large Cap Value fund. The Fund will be in a UCITS wrapper and available for clients in Europe and Asia. Based on Voya IM’s…

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…

César Pérez Ruiz, Chief Investment Officer Pictet Wealth Management. Congress’s vote on Sunday to avoid a US government shutdown averted an immediate crisis but not economic and financial uncertainty. Heightening concerns for markets, the Speaker of the House of Representatives faces a possible vote on…