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Download issue:English /Français /Deutsch /Español /ItalianoThe early weeks of 2018 were full of twists for financial markets, with a rapid rise in bond yields leading to a short, sharp sell-off in equities. And while volatility subsequently fell back, it has still not returned to the low levels of 2017.What is going on? According to Christophe Donay, Head of Asset Allocation & Macro Research at Pictet Wealth Management (PWM), the correction we saw in early February was “the most visible...

Download issue:English /Français /Deutsch /Español /Italiano2017 was an exceptional vintage for risk assets that will be hard to repeat this year. But the environment could become increasingly favourable for active management as challenges rise and volatility increases. This is one of the main messages from Pictet Wealth Management (PWM) analysts and strategists featured in the 2018 special edition of Perspectives.What might some of those challenges be? Global strategist Alexandre Tavazzi...

Published: 24th November 2017Download issue:English /Français /Deutsch /Español /ItalianoThe upturn in economic growth, benign central banks and improving corporate fundamentals have all ensured that most asset classes are set to finish 2017 in positive territory. But will the good times last?In the view of Pictet Wealth Management’s (PWM) chief investment manager, Cesar Perez Ruiz, next year “currently looks set to be a case of more of the same, at least in the first half”. After nine...

Published: 4th October 2017Download issue:English /Français /Deutsch /Español /ItalianoThe strong equity gains of early 2017 petered out over the summer, in spite of buoyant earnings, reflecting the market’s belief that remaining upside in equites remains limited, especially in the absence of meaningful tax stimulus in the US. Reflecting relatively modest prospects, Pictet Wealth Management (PWM) recently moved from a positive to a neutral position on a number of sectors in both the US and...

Published: 29th August 2017Download issue:EnglishAt Pictet, Sustainability and Responsibility have always been integral to the philosophy that is engrained across all our activities, helping us to confront the challenges posed by powerful disruptive forces currently reshaping the global economy, which investors cannot afford to ignore. Many companies describe themselves as responsible corporate citizens. No doubt many are. But at Pictet, we believe that a sense of responsibility – towards...

Published: 12th July 2017Download issue:English /Français /Deutsch /Español /ItalianoRisk assets showed a considerable loss of momentum in the second quarter. Annualised rises of over 50% on the S&P500 for much of the first quarter declined to 5% in the second. The reason was the fading of any belief in the reflation trade that the election of Donald Trump was meant to foster via tax cuts and infrastructure spending. There has also been a palpable loss of momentum in European markets as...

Published: 21st June 2017Download issue:English /FrançaisWe live in a digital world where security threats are proliferating and becoming more sophisticated. The Summer 2017 issue of Pictet Report, examines the nature of these threats and various aspects of online security.On a personal level, people find hackers trying to access their personal information online for criminal purposes. Commercial organisations and public bodies face similar attacks, while terrorists and hostile governments...

Published: 24th May 2017Download issue:English /Français /Deutsch /Español /ItalianoWith the election of Emmanuel Macron as French president, the tide of populism may have been stemmed for the moment in western Europe. Has Europe’s political class found the formula for dealing with the phenomenon? “I wouldn’t bet my investment career on it,” answers Pictet Wealth Management’s (PWM) chief investment manager, Cesar Perez Ruiz, in the June-July issue of ‘Perspectives’. Signs of ‘peak populism’...

Published: 28th March 2017Download issue:With President Trump’s plans to ‘reform and repeal’ Obamacare suffering a serious setback in Congress in March, attention is once again turning to the new administration’s plans for tax cuts and fiscal reform. The so-called ‘reflationary trade’, while in large part based on improving economic dynamics, also owes something to expectations that the new US administration will push through with other parts of its economic agenda. This means, writes Pictet...

Published: 10th March 2017Download issue:The latest edition of Horizon is out, containing Pictet Wealth Management’s updated secular outlook and expected returns for the main asset classes over the next 10 years.Some of the highlights are as follows: Expected ReturnsEquities: below long-term average but still attractive. Our models suggest that global equities can be expected to post a 6% return in US dollars annually for the next 10 years. Such returns look attractive relative to long-term...