Article by Beat Wittmann, Chief Investment Strategist at Key Family Partners SA Geopolitics - The West Prevails Russia’s unlawful and unacceptable overthrow of Europe’s post WW ll security order and the strategic confrontation between China and the US are permanently changing the geopolitical landscape and the economic...
Read MoreArticle by Beat Wittmann, Chief Investment Strategist at Key Family Partners SAPreserve and Perform - Active Management is King Great prosperity and fortunes can be created (and lost) - just remember the transformative 1930s, 1970s and 1990s! Geopolitics - Politics Trump Economics and BusinessEver since Russia’s unlawful...
Read MoreArticle by Beat Wittmann, Chief Investment Strategist at Key Family Partners SA Geopolitics - The Dawn of a new EraEver since Russia’s unlawful and unprovoked military invasion of sovereign and independent Ukraine in early 2022, the economic globalization as we knew it, and peace dividend since...
Read MoreThe Demise of Credit Suisse - No Relevant Player has Apologized nor Resigned The reputation of Switzerland as a financial center and even as a country is at stake. In the aftermath of the UBS-Credit Suisse shotgun marriage cum bailout the blame game is steadily escalating....
Read MoreGeopolitics - Bipolarity Defining Our Age The defining geopolitical confrontation of our age is the strategic rivalry between the US and China. Geopolitics remain complex, ambiguous and to varying degrees confrontational, in a world characterized by the growing bipolarity between the global West led by the...
Read MoreThe collapse of a major US bank doesn’t come as a surprise given the current macroeconomic backdrop with the recent strong and fast rise in interest rates. In this context, the failure and closure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) will not be the last significant bank,...
Read MoreTransition to a New World Order 2023 has started with the US continuing leading a united Global West, China re-opening and focusing on economic growth, Russia digging in on its illegal military attack on Ukraine and Iran’s regime doubling down on domestic repression. Stay prepared for more...
Read MoreGeneva, 10 January 2023 – Key Family Partners, the Multi-Family Office based in Geneva, has appointed Eric Sarasin and Fabian Godbersen as external members of its Alternative Investment Committee. The strengthening of the Committee comes at a time when niche real estate strategies appear particularly...
Read More2022 was a year of extraordinary surprises for politicians, businesses and investors resulting in a ground-breaking divide, with winners such as Joe Biden, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ursula von der Leyen, Jens Stoltenberg, Luis Inácio Lula da Silva and Mohammed bin Salman and on the losing side...
Read MoreFinancial markets look ahead and discount future developments. Thus, equity markets reflect fears and worries well ahead of actual economic pains, recessionary troughs or corporate distress and defaults. Managing the Fear & Greed Cycle As we know, risk assets move in fear & greed cycles from fear,...
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