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China’s Generation Z
UBS China 360 engaged young consumers, leading experts, consumer surveys, app monitors and brand trackers to decode China’s Generation Z.
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Net zero: breaking down the bill
What investment is needed to switch to clean fuels, and how will capital expenditure be allocated across the energy supply chain?
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To what kind of world will we recover?
Delve into seven world-shaping megatrends, analyse the data that defines them, and plot their potential impact on individual industries.
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How the pandemic has fuelled money laundering
Over the past 12 months Covid-19 has curtailed countless business activities, but not money laundering. The UN estimates some $1.6tn is laundered every year, and authorities say lockdown measures have presented criminals with even greater opportunities...
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Covid-19: widening the gap between rich and poor
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, in 2020, the world’s five wealthiest individuals saw their collective worth increase by more than $250bn.
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Spacs: the blank-cheque blitz of 2020
Special purpose acquisition companies, or Spacs, have taken Wall Street by storm this year. Spacs are shell companies that raise money by listing on the stock exchange.
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Asia’s innovation boom: where it’s happening and why it matters
Asia's R&D spend is on track to exceed Europe and the US combined by 2020. But which countries are innovating, what are the implications and are investors pricing in the potential?
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The Death of Cash: an ancient technology on the way out?
A number of governments, central banks and even some economists now advocate a switch to all-digital currencies. With the rapid rise of mobile payments, the long-term survival of cash seems precarious.
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Debt vs. Equity: the shifting moods of finance
Nearly a decade of low interest rates coupled with tax advantages have encouraged many companies to opt for debt to underpin their growth. But could this era be coming to an end?
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Protectionism in Practice: examining the economic impact of tariffs
If the US put tariffs on Chinese goods, the impact would be felt way beyond the borders of both countries. China is the world’s biggest exporter, but it’s also the second biggest importer, with many of those imports coming from other Asian countries.
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China’s corporate debt addiction: bond defaults spell trouble
Unprecedented bond defaults have economists worried about the levels of Chinese debt.
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Knowledge is the New Capital: why companies keep making one simple and costly mistake
What if the traditional approach of treating labour as a cost, rather than an asset, was turned on its head?
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Financial centres after Brexit: a bonanza for Europe?
As the process of Brexit continues, the UK’s neighbours are eyeing up the business they can take from London, and the City’s banking sector is the real prize.
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Bitcoin’s Existential Crisis: making a decision with billions at stake
The cryptocurrency that was invented to disrupt traditional banking through its decentralised model is under increasing strain as it grows in popularity.
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Electric Vehicles: Who wins under the hood?
Electric Vehicles are going mainstream, but when will they become profitable for manufacturers, and which sectors and firms are set to benefit the most?
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Where Does Cash Matter Most? Demonetisation shakes the sub-continent
More and more governments are aiming to phase out cash, ostensibly to curb tax avoidance and criminal activity, while some countries are making leaps and bounds towards a cashless future without a backwards glance.
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Banking’s fintech fears
22 fintech companies around the world are now worth more than $1bn and bankers are becoming worried about these upstarts, especially since new legislation in Europe may force them to share precious customer data with their fintech rivals.
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