Amy Cho, Asia-Pacific business development head at Pictet Asset Management, discusses how interest in local- and hard-currency EM debt is gaining critical mass.
Claude Haberer, Asia wealth management head, sees Pictet's new HKMA banking licence as a key step towards regional expansion and talks about his hiring, distribution and ...
Asia-Pacific chief Claude Haberer discusses the Swiss private bank's new HKMA branch application and hiring intentions as the firm finally gets serious about regional growth.
Pictet’s chief strategist Christophe Donay says politicians are boxing themselves into a corner to keep the eurozone intact. They have only one option, however unpalatable.
Union Bancaire Privée, Lombard Odier, and Pictet hire new Asia heads as the competition for both talent and clients in the industry continues to intensify.
Having registered eight more funds to offer to retail customers, the Swiss asset manager is in talks to get on the shelves of more foreign and local banks in the city.
And even European high-yield credit is looking appealing at today's prices, argues senior product manager Alexandre Ris.
Strategic Insight research shows that Asian net flows to mutual funds over the past five years have been nearly as big as in the US, and more stable than in Europe.
The sector will be among the first to benefit from a normalising credit environment, says Philippe de Weck of Swiss firm Pictet.
The venerable Swiss firm thinks investors should be worrying less about counterparty issues and re-focusing on high performance.
Laurent Ramsey, Geneva-based chief executive of Pictet Funds, outlines his approach for developing new markets and gives his views on active versus passive asset management.
The firm is better known in Asia as a traditional fund house but is targeting institutional investors and private banks with a platform for hedge funds.
Investment Outlook Series: Nidhi Mahurkar, a global emerging markets equities team co-head at Pictet Asset Management, says the rise in domestic consumption is a key trend in Asia.
Gavin Sharpe is charged with expanding the business beyond the success of its famous utilities fund.
Pictet Asset Management chief strategist John-Paul Smith says investors will be hesitant to return to markets until the US housing sector shows signs of recovery.
Equity markets are cheap but are unlikely to rally significantly until corporate credit yields begin to move down, says chief strategist John-Paul Smith.
Pictet's latest specialist global theme fund, the Pictet Timber Fund, is currently on offer worldwide.
Investment Outlook Series: Nidhi Mahurkar, a portfolio manager at Pictet Asset Management, says the fund house is underweight on economically cyclical sectors.
By launching theme-focused portfolios, the firm hopes to capture a niche in Hong Kong’s crowded market of retail players. Among the firm’s next retail targets are China and ...
The firm will offer theme funds to Hong Kong’s mass affluent investors for the first time.