The Bulletin with UBS

Takeaways from the 2024 edition, which took place in Key Biscayne, Florida, last week, featuring key industry figures discussing the state of the sector, the dynamics of the year so far and the direction of travel. We get a summary of the event from Brennan Hawken, who covers capital markets in the equity research department at UBS, and Erika Najarian, who heads large cap bank research.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We kick off our coverage of the UBS Global Wealth Management Chief Investment Office ‘ElectionWatch’ series. These reports take the US investment temperature in the build-up to November’s presidential election. The edition published earlier this month and authored by our guest, Tom McLoughlin, managing director and head of fixed income and municipal securities for UBS, is titled, ‘Implications of a potential rematch’.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The S&P 500 closed above 5,000 for the first time last week, having risen almost 5.5 per cent this year. This follows a more than 24 per cent rally for the benchmark US index in 2023 and means that it has doubled since the pandemic-induced low of March 2020. Kiran Ganesh of UBS explains what this means for investors and discusses the potential effect of the ongoing US general-election campaign.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

UBS Global Wealth Management chief economist Paul Donovan joins the show to discuss his blog, The Danger in Round Numbers, and explains why rounding up prices can have an effect that goes beyond people’s pocket books.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Katharine Hayhoe is chief scientist at The Nature Conservancy and a member of the UBS Sustainability and Impact Institute Forum. In this follow-up to our earlier coverage of the Institute’s white paper published at the World Economic Forum, Hayhoe discusses nature-based solutions to climate and biodiversity crises. She explains how the world must invest in and work with nature to address these challenges for the sake of current and future generations. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A special edition of the programme explores how to close the education disadvantage gap in the UK. The system fails many young people, with the gap in outcomes between richest and poorest deeply entrenched and even widening in certain regions. Joining us to explain how they’re addressing the challenge, and why collaboration is critical in driving enduring change, are five very special guests: Steve Rotheram, metro mayor of the Liverpool City Region; Sarah Payne, UK head of social impact and philanthropy at UBS; Graeme Duncan, CEO of Right to Succeed; Justine Molyneaux, CEO of Involve Northwest; and Steve Morgan, founder of housebuilder Redrow, philanthropist and chair of his eponymous foundation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We examine a white paper published by the UBS Sustainability and Impact Institute at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting at Davos. ‘Bloom or Bust: Aligning Technology and Finance to Address Biodiversity Challenges’ sets out the key problems that we face, explores the efficacy of existing solutions and considers the role that a combination of finance, government action and deep partnerships can play in aiding nature’s recovery. Featuring William Nicolle of UBS and Leland Werden of ETH Zürich.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After a strong rebound in 2023 that saw top coins increase in value by high-double to triple-digit percentages, what lies ahead for crypto assets? Michael Bolliger and Antoinette Zuidweg from the UBS Global Wealth Management Chief Investment Office tell us why the new year might bring further opportunities for trading-oriented investors who believe that they can time crypto assets – and why they remain unconvinced, for now, by disruptive real-world use-cases. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Concluding our two-part series in which we discuss 2024 and beyond, we consider the themes set to define the next decade, with insights and observations from Paul Donovan, Kiran Ganesh, Antoinette Zuidweg and Tony Petrov.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kicking off a special two-part edition in which we look ahead at 2024 before expanding our horizons and considering the themes that might define the next decade. Featuring insights and observations from Paul Donovan, Kiran Ganesh, Dominic Schnider, Antoinette Zuidweg and Tony Petrov.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.