Julius baer
17 May 2012
Credit Suisse, Julius Baer, and the Royal Bank of Canada are believed to be among bidders for the wealth management arm of the Bank of America, which could fetch $2bn.
26 September 2011
Manager Sun says high-end retailers will continue to outstrip counterparts despite strong run.
09 May 2011
Julius Baer’s Andy Kastner is rotating his absolute return portfolio into defensive sectors including utilities and pharmaceuticals amid ongoing turmoil in European stock markets.
22 November 2010
Joanna Faith discovers how Swiss & Global Asset Management is carving a place for itself by offering specialist investment funds
06 August 2010
According to George Soros, often money is made by betting on the unexpected, as shifts in markets can occur suddenly.
27 May 2010
Standard Life's Global Absolute Return Strategy was the top selling European total return vehicle in Q1 as the sector saw record sales in Europe, according to Lipper.
24 May 2010
The wealthy are back in the mood for spending and luxury sales are improving quarter by quarter.
19 April 2010
In early 2009 we went from a situation where deterioration was simply slowing, to early signs of positive surprises, and then a clear improvement in sentiment and data.
05 March 2010
Julius Baer's Nathalie Flury on prospects for the life-science and biotechnology sectors in 2010
01 March 2010
Concerns about a sovereign credit crisis in peripheral Europe drove equity markets significantly lower in the past few weeks, although corporate earnings results overall showed a solid improvement.
01 March 2010
Optimism is returning to global economy say managers
15 February 2010
Emerging markets represent 30% of global GDP, yet only 14.3% of the MSCI [World] index.
01 February 2010
The absolute return sector has proved popular with investors yet confusion remains over the scope, target returns and investment time horizon of absolute return strategies
23 November 2009
Interesting investment opportunities exist across the three main natural resources areas: energy, metals and agriculture. In recent months the energy, metals and mining sectors have been particularly strong performers, with companies such as South African miner Gold Fields and Vale, a Brazilian diversified mining company, delivering attractive returns.
23 October 2009
Global market gains over the last two months are bordering on the euphoric, says Julius Baer’s Matthias Ramser, who is maintaining a neutral weighting to equities and commodities across the firm’s portfolios.
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