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Pictet Alternative Advisors (PAA) verstärkt sein Team für direkte Private-Equity-Anlagen mit der Einstellung von fünf erfahrenen Investmentspezialisten. Geleitet wird das Team von Edmund Buckley, Global Co-Head of Private Equity und Head of Direct Private Equity, von London aus.

Credit Suisse, Pictet und Vontobel haben eine Machbarkeitsstudie (proof of concept) durchgeführt, bei der tokenisierte Anlageprodukte emittiert wurden, die auf einer öffentlichen Blockchain aufgeführt und an der BX Swiss gehandelt werden. Was in einem traditionellen Finanzumfeld Tage dauert, ging innerhalb von Stunden über die Bühne.

Rémy Best hat beschlossen, sich nach 25 Jahren bei Pictet aus dem Teilhabergremium zurückzuziehen, und wird als nicht geschäftsführendes Mitglied in zwei übergeordnete Gremien der Gruppe wechseln. Sven Holstenson wird das 46. Mitglied des Teilhaberkollegiums in der 217-jährigen Geschichte der Bank sein.

. US prices continue to rise, with the US consumer price index (CPI) for October coming in at its highest in three decades. President Biden made a boldly worded response as inflation becomes a growing focus among politicians with their eyes fixed on next year’s midterm elections. Oil prices fell on investors’ expectations that the US could free up strategic reserves to combat energy inflation. At the same time, bond yields rose on the back of the CPI release, but the...

Welche Anlagen werden im neuen Jahr glänzen, wo gibt es nach dem per saldo hervorragenden Börsenjahr 2021 noch Renditeperlen? Das fragte "Finanz und Wirtschaft" fünf Anlagestrateginnen und -strategen. Am Investmentseminar "Opportunities 2022" des FuW-Forums haben sie ihre Empfehlungen vorgestellt.

Last week, the US GDP growth figure for Q3 came in lower than expected, while prices moved higher than anticipated and the US Employment Cost Index update rose at its fastest pace in 31 years. The headline increase was driven by the biggest surge in wages since 1982, up 1.5% in the third quarter. Substantial productivity gains would be required now to offset this rise in wages. Without gains in productivity and/or a fall in labour costs, there could be a risk to...

After September’s negative performance, last week proved one of the strongest in a while for equity markets. This rebound followed news that the Biden administration will start to tackle the supply-chain and logistics issues that have been preventing deliveries. The ports of Los Angeles, the busiest in the US, will begin operating around the clock seven days per week to ease cargo bottlenecks that have led to shortages and higher costs for consumers. Showing some...

China’s high-yield bond crisis continued last week, with yields on the ICE BofA index of Chinese high-yield US dollar bonds moving above 18% at one stage last week, the highest level in a decade. Further nervousness was caused by one real-estate issuer’s decision not to reimburse USD200 mn of offshore bonds–despite having USD4 bn in cash on its balance sheet. This suggests the company in question favours domestic investors and its own cash needs over its offshore...

ASSET ALLOCATION We maintain our tactically neutral position on equities, with the notable exception of Japan, where we see scope for a re-start to Abenomics and for Japanese stocks to continue to close their performance gap with their peers in other developed markets. Though recourse to options trades, we are prepared for an increase in volatility as markets adjust to slowing growth momentum. While they may consolidate in the short term, we remain broadly optimistic...

As expected, last week the European Central Bank hinted at a “moderate” reduction of the bond buying it undertakes as part of its Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP). But ECB president Christine Lagarde refrained from providing a precise timeline and she was adamant that a reduction in PEPP purchases did not mean the ECB would tighten financing conditions. Indeed, the ECB could well compensate smaller PEPP purchases by beefing up its regular asset...