Pictet Alternative Advisors (PAA), the Pictet Group’s wholly owned alternative investment business, has announced the final close of its second flagship real estate co-investment fund at USD 362m, exceeding its target size of USD 300m. The...

By Peter Garnry, Head of Equity Strategy at Saxo Chinese equities have underperformed equity markets such as Mexico, South Korea, India, Malaysia, Japan, Indonesia, and Vietnam by 12% this year as global investors are increasingly getting ...

César Pérez Ruiz, Chief Investment Officer Pictet Wealth Management. A big central banking week looms with meetings at the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank (ECB), and their respective policy decisions on Wednesday and Thur...

Frederik Ducrozet, Head of Macroeconomic Research, chez Pictet Wealth Management. After raising rates by 500bps at each of the past ten FOMC meetings, we expect the Fed to “skip” and keep rates unchanged this week, while retaining a hawkish bia...

By François Rimeu, Senior Strategist, La Française AM We anticipate that the European Central Bank (ECB) will increase the deposit rate by 25 basis points (bps) and officially announce the forecasted end in July of Asset Purchase Programme (A...

Skyscrapers made of wood? That now looks a realistic possibility across the world’s cities. An increasing number of urban planners are swapping steel and concrete for timber as a more sustainable, durable and cost-effective building mater...