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1 month ago | pwmnet.com | Yuri Bender |Nigel Green |Ali Al-Enazi |Beat Wittmann

Family offices have not been slow to invest in Ukraine, and returns should only accelerate should an acceptable peace deal be secured. At the same time as Volodymyr Zelenskyy was being publicly berated at the White House by Donald Trump and JD Vance for refusing to concede territory on terms dictated by Russia’s Vladimir Putin, the Ukrainian president’s foreign investment envoy was busy meeting key political and financial players in London.

1 month ago | pwmnet.com | Nigel Green |Ali Al-Enazi |Beat Wittmann |Yuri Bender

Looking beyond traditional wealth creation hubs such as London and New York is vital for investors seeking to benefit from strategic decoupling between the West and China. The world is no longer centred around a single superpower, and Washington knows it. US secretary of state Marco Rubio’s recent declaration that the world is now multipolar — or inevitably heading in that direction — isn’t just a diplomatic statement.

1 month ago | pwmnet.com | Ali Al-Enazi |Beat Wittmann |Yuri Bender |Xiadong Bao

Friedrich Merz’s election victory signals a shift in Germany’s political landscape, but there is much work to be done in reshaping the economy and improving trade relations with the US. Wealth and asset managers are warning of uncertainty in Germany, following the election victory of Friedrich Merz and his establishment of a centre-right coalition.

1 month ago | pwmnet.com | Beat Wittmann |Ali Al-Enazi |Yuri Bender |Elliot Smither

As Europe is confronted with the hostile stances of presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, it may be time to re-address portfolio allocation biases. US president Donald Trump has abandoned not only multilateralism but the Western alliance, its principles and values. This should not come as a surprise. He has always been clear about his one and only focus — US power, deals and money. The same goes for Russian leader Vladimir Putin, who is not seeking peace.

Nov 28, 2024 | pwmnet.com | Yuri Bender |Beat Wittmann |Ali Al-Enazi |Nigel Green

As a war between authoritarianism and democracy continues in Ukraine, investors are beginning to redefine their attitudes to political systems following the US election. A late night, autumnal panel discussion on competition between autocracy and liberal democracy — held in the reinforced basement of a Kyiv hotel — was briefly interrupted by the distinctive wailing of air-raid sirens. Most locals carried on their business regardless.