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Rothschild & Co's Global Advisory business is proud to have signed the Ukraine Business Compact, a statement of international business support for Ukraine’s recovery.

What does the job profile of a private banker look like and what are the challenges when it comes to preserving wealth? Laura Künlen and Giovanna Lagutaine, Market Head Switzerland, discuss these questions and more as well as explore the Rothschild & Co Art Collection.

Markets have quickly regained some poise, but it is still too soon to conclude that we are out of the banking and economic woods. In this edition of Market Perspective, we review cyclical risk and update our inflation monitor, before evaluating economic performance of different countries.

Durante el mes de abril, reinó la tranquilidad en los mercados de capital: los títulos de renta variable mundiales subieron un 1,4%, mientras que la deuda pública internacional subió un 0,1% (USD, sin cobertura).

Senior appointment reinforces the global capability of the Consumer and Retail franchise of its Global Advisory business.

The global economy started the year on a firmer note than feared. Yet, core inflation is still stubbornly high while banking sector woes make it clear that the most aggressive tightening cycle in decades is taking its toll. Correspondingly, central banks will have to balance the risks between price and financial stability.

Rothschild & Co is pleased to announce the completion of the sale of its North American Asset Management units to Wintrust Financial Corporation.

This International Women's Day we open the door to the Rothschild Archive. In the latest episode Wealth Management Switzerland's Perspectives podcast, Laura Künlen and Melanie Aspey, Director of the Rothschild Archive, shed light on how the women of the Rothschild family shaped the early days of the business and how their legacy translates till today.

Febrero resultó ser un mes difícil para los mercados de capitales, ya que el nuevo riesgo de tipos de interés derivado de un mayor endurecimiento de la política monetaria ocupó un lugar central. Tanto la renta variable mundial como la deuda pública cayeron el mes pasado.

Rothschild & Co has been named Bank for Governments of the Year by IFR. This is the second consecutive year we have won this award.

Investors strongly believe that central banks are almost finished with their tightening campaign amid a fall in global inflation, and that policy rates will be lowered as soon as the second half of 2023. Still, uncertainty around this Goldilocks scenario remains elevated.

Rothschild & Co will enter into a strategic partnership with pension consulting firm, PensExpert AG. Dr Thomas Bamert will join Rothschild & Co in Zurich as Head of Wealth and Pension Planning, Switzerland.

After recent record low interest rates, variable and fixed mortgage rates are surging to levels not seen since the Global Financial Crisis. In this Strategy Blog, we consider whether fixed or variable is the better option in the ever-evolving economic environment.

Rothschild & Co has appointed Richard Brass, formerly of Berenberg, to Rothschild & Co’s UK Wealth Management business as a Managing Director. Richard will lead a new Client Adviser team and is joined by former colleague Becky Orme as an Assistant Director.

2022 was a tumultuous year: war, an energy crisis, and rising interest rates to name just a few main factors leading to a gloomy market sentiment. As a new year begins, Victor Balfour reflects back on the mood of 2022.

With geopolitical risk still present and impossible for markets to ignore (though tensions may not necessarily increase further), we are left facing the cyclical question of whether inflation can subside without an economic slump.

This year, industrial action has been on the rise as demands for higher pay to compensate for real wage growth and inflation levels reaching multi-decade highs, causing some to create parallels to the 1970s. In this Strategy Blog, we discuss why we think these parallels are exaggerated.