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...

By François Rimeu, Senior Strategist, La Française AM We expect that the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will leave the federal funds target rate unchanged for the first time since early 2022. However, we anticipate that the new median d...

BlackRock has launched the fundraise for Global Renewable Power Fund IV (GRP IV), the fourth vintage of its Climate Infrastructure franchise. The fund will build on the prior vintages’ success by capturing the evolution of the transition from ...