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UBS Currently Sees Little Hope for Credit Suisse

April 22, 2022

UBS banking analyst Daniele Brupbacher was a little less harsh on his employers' rival, giving Credit Suisse shares a twelve-month price target of 7.40 francs and rating the stock as «neutral» earlier this week.

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The real cost of funding

April 21, 2022

In the latest instalment of Simply Put, we explore the difference between macro and market real rates, and consider why market real rates are more influential for equities during periods of high inflation.

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Wealth Management Divisions To Big Banks: ‘You’re Welcome’

April 21, 2022

The Federal Reserve has plans to raise interest rates and to quit buying mortgage-backed and Treasury bonds, and that could spell the end of what analyst Dick Bove calls “nirvana” for the units.

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How lifestyle management can help CEOs live bigger and better

April 21, 2022

Find out how Quintessentially, the world’s leading luxury concierge service, pioneered the concept of lifestyle management.

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Schroders Greencoat comments on the UK's Energy Security Strategy

April 21, 2022

Most gas in the UK is used for space heating or industrial processes, with relatively little used for making electricity.

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VP Bank Asia CEO: «Enter Conversations That Never Included Bankers Before»

April 21, 2022

The biggest risk for private banks in all of this is to be left behind and maybe even fade away into obscurity.

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Headwinds for China, but also policy support

April 20, 2022

The Chief Investment Office (CIO) believes that mobility curbs, transportation bottlenecks, and a continuation of current strict COVID-19 policy pose near-term risks to growth, and have downgraded the 2022 GDP growth forecasts for China as a result. Howev

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Global Banks Sound the Alarm on China Growth Worries

April 20, 2022

UBS downgraded its GDP forecast for China from 5 percent to 4.2 percent, according to a note by the investment banking research unit.

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How the war in Ukraine is reverberating in Asia

April 20, 2022

As with the rest of the world, the current war will have an impact on Asia’s economy.

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Russia’s war on Ukraine is shifting the investment landscape

April 20, 2022

Philip Saunders, Co-Head of Multi-Asset Growth discusses the dramatic policy shift towards defence and energy spending in Europe, and explains why the conflict may mark a turning point in the world’s reliance on the US currency.

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