Highlights from the UBS Greater China Conference part I: China’s technological ambitions

This year’s edition of the UBS Global Family Office Report documents the findings of a survey of 230 single-family offices around the world. Max Kunkel, CIO for global family and institutional wealth within UBS Global Wealth Management, joins the programme to explain why family offices are planning a major shift in strategic asset allocation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leslie Falconio and Tom McLoughlin from the UBS Wealth Management Chief Investment Office in the US join the programme to discuss the current crisis and consider the different pathways to resolution.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We discuss the recent longer-term investment paper from UBS Global Wealth Management’s chief investment office, which is focused on the metaverse. Our panel explains that while the full realisation of the metaverse may take as long as a decade to occur, they expect iterative improvements in related infrastructure, AI and experiences over the next few years. With insights from the report’s lead authors Kevin Dennean, Michelle Laliberte and Antoinette Zuidweg.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The second of a double bill exploring the impact economy. Prompted by a new white paper from The UBS Sustainability & Impact Institute, we discuss the most critical issues in sustainable finance today. The UBS S&I Forum was established last year to drive the discourse and today we meet one of its founding members, CEO of Conexus Financial, Fiona Reynolds. Plus: insights from UBS Global Wealth Management chief economist, Paul Donovan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The first of a double bill exploring the impact economy. Prompted by a new white paper from the UBS Sustainability and Impact Institute, we discuss the most critical issues in sustainable finance today. The UBS Sustainability and Impact Forum was established last year to drive the discourse and today we meet one of its founding members, Sir Partha Dasgupta, Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Cambridge. Much of Sir Partha’s celebrated research has covered ecological economics.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Though not wholly immune to ongoing stresses in the global banking sector, emerging markets seem to be marching to a different beat. Alejo Czerwonko, chief investment officer emerging markets Americas at UBS, explains why and tells us what this means for portfolio positioning.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Traditional equity-bond diversification failed to protect investors in 2022. Antoinette Zuidweg, alternative investment strategist at UBS Global Wealth Management, explains the role that alternatives can play in challenging times.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meet Kate Dooley, CEO of Education Partnerships and another of the inspirational thought-leaders and innovators that UBS supports and celebrates through its Global Visionaries programme. In this special episode, Kate is joined by Tom Hall, global head of Social Impact and Philanthropy at UBS, to discuss the power of collective philanthropy at Monocle’s headquarters in Zürich.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

UBS Global Wealth Management chief economist Paul Donovan joins the show to discuss the challenge of navigating between reported data and economic reality. How do statisticians make sense of this? And what can smart investors do to ensure that their portfolios are positioned correctly?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With inflection points in interest rates and economic growth ahead, staying focused on the long term, mitigating risks, managing opportunity costs and seizing attractive returns will be among the key challenges. So what should smart investors do?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.