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Pictet

“Since 1805 Pictet has remained single-minded in its mission to advise private clients, families and institutions in the art of managing their wealth.” More than 200 years after it was founded, Pictet ranks as one of Switzerland’s leading private banks and is among the most respected asset management specialists in Continental Europe. Even though we now have a worldwide presence and a global perspective, we retain the characteristics that have helped our clients to prosper over two centuries. Do not hesitate to contact Pictet for an investment proposal. Please contact Zurich Office, the Geneva Office or one of 26 other offices world-wide.

Videos by Pictet

Pictet – In conversation with Uli Sigg

Uli Sigg on building one of the world’s largest collections of contemporary Chinese art

Uli Sigg first encountered the Chinese art scene back in the late 1970s, when he first visited the country. Over the next few years, that initial curiosity became a genuine passion, a passion which drove Uli to start collecting contemporary Chinese art throughout the 80s and 90s, as he served as Switzerland’s ambassador to China, Mongolia and North Korea. Today, his is one of the largest and most influential collections of Chinese art in the world. In this conversation, Uli tells Victor Aerni, CEO of PWM Asia, about what he calls his “encyclopaedic” approach to collecting and shares some advice on how to begin acquiring art and building a meaningful and coherent collection.

00:20 :
A passion

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Pictet Report – The founder of Uizard on how AI is transforming software design

Early on in his career, Tony Beltramelli spotted the potential of machine learning to disrupt and revolutionise software and app design. Since 2017, he has built his Copenhagen-based start-up, Uizard, into one of the world’s leading AI-powered design tools. Here we sit down with the founder to hear what gave him the initial impetus to launch the venture and to listen as he shares his predictions for the future of the design industry.

https://www.pictet.com/ch/en/wealth-management

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Pictet – China expert Zak Dychtwald on the country’s generational divides

Zak Dychtwald is the author of Young China: How the Restless Generation Will Change Their Country and the World and is the founder of the think tank Young China Group, which uses a people-first approach to understand China’s identity and its evolving impact on the world. Here, Zak explains why many in the West continually misunderstand Gen-Zers and millennials in China. He also describes the “cultural gravity” that these young people exert on the rest of the world and outlines some of the tensions that exist between the different generations in China, and why.

0:07:
Modernisation does not mean Westernisation

1:20:
Consumer and cultural power

3:47 :
Bridging the generational gulf in China

https://www.pictet.com/ch/en/wealth-management

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Pictet Report – Kyungsun Chung on generating tangible impact with The Sylvan Group

Kyungsun Chung is one of the grandsons of Chung Ju-yung, who started out with a car-repair shop in Seoul in the 1940s and built it into the Hyundai Group, South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate behind Samsung. With that family tree beneath him, the traditional and obvious career path for Kyungsun would have been to join the family business and remain within its folds. However, instead, he has dedicated his professional life to impact investing through The Sylvan Group, the Singapore-based private-equity firm he co-founded along with Scott Jeun in 2020. Here Kyungsun explains where he thinks his preference for “stakeholder capitalism” comes from and shares some insights into why he believes family businesses are often more resilient and sustainable.

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Pictet Report – How the GoTo Impact Foundation is tackling Indonesia’s toughest challenges

Between 2015 and 2021, Monica Oudang served as the Chief HR Officer for Gojek, a ride-hailing start-up that in 2019 became Indonesia’s first “decacorn” – a private company with a valuation of over $10 billion. During that time, she saw firsthand how company culture, mindset and collaborative problem-solving can together produce transformational change. Today she is the chairperson of The GoTo Impact Foundation, an impact organisation attached to the GoTo Group (the new parent company above Gojek since its merger with Indonesian e-commerce giant Tokopedia). In this interview, Monica talks us through how the foundation operates and explains how lessons from running a rapidly growing start-up helped to establish the foundation during the early weeks of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Pictet Report – Futurist Tamira Snell on the importance of embracing uncertainty

When you spend much of your time thinking about the future, you get used to not necessarily knowing the answer. Tamira Snell is a Senior Advisor and Futurist at Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies and, for her, this is not only a comfortable but actually a healthy mindset to have – and it’s one she encounters all too rarely when speaking with entrepreneurs and executives. Here she describes how she thinks about the future and demonstrates how smart planning is really built on keeping an open mind and accepting uncertainty.

https://www.pictet.com/ch/en/wealth-management

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Paused but not halted: Kevin HASSET predicts a hard landing & ongoing inflation

Is the US on track for a soft or hard landing? A harder landing next year is the most likely outcome, says Kevin Hassett, an economist who served as the 29th Chairman of the US President’s Council of Economic Advisors.

Excess savings, built up during the pandemic, are depleting and he expects geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and Ukraine to make people more risk averse, with businesses also holding back on capital spending next year in the run-up to the presidential election.

Kevin Hasset explains the economic forces driving the prospects for growth and inflation in the US going into 2024.

https://www.pictet.com/ch/fr/wealth-management

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Pictet – In conversation with Antoine Roland-Billecart

Antoine Roland-Billecart represents the sixth generation of his family to lead Champagne Billecart-Salmon, one of the world’s most famous and storied champagne houses. In this interview, he discusses the importance of taking time and adopting a long-term view, something which being family-owned allows the business to do. He also explains how, over the past 200 years and more, he and his forebears have built a brand focused first and foremost on quality.

https://www.pictet.com/ch/en/wealth-management

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Pictet – In conversation with Alexander Stubb

Alexander Stubb is the former Prime Minister of Finland and the current director of the School of Transnational Governance at the European University Institute in Florence. Here, he explains why the world is at a critical juncture when it comes to international relations and describes how foreign policy needs to adapt to meet the new challenges. With his deep knowledge and experience of European politics, he also talks through how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has united and strengthened the EU like never before.

https://www.pictet.com/ch/en/wealth-management

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Pictet Report – In conversation with Laurent Ramsey

As a Managing Partner of the Pictet Group, who joined the bank in 1993, Laurent Ramsey has seen a number of shifts and developments when it comes to ESG. Here, he explains how we’ve moved from an “exclusion” mindset to one built primarily around engagement, and talks through how crucial it is to enter into meaningful dialogue with companies that are not yet doing enough. He also emphasises the need to tackle all three elements of ESG simultaneously, despite the climate crisis being the most pressing challenge facing humanity.

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Pictet Report – In Conversation with Nicolas Rochat

Nicolas Rochat, the CEO and owner of the Swiss plastic-free sports brand Mover, describes what motivated him to transform the skiwear label into a pioneer in sustainability. Pointing to the widespread prevalence of greenwashing, he also explains how he would like to see Mover become a catalyst for change across the wider fashion and textiles industry.

https://www.pictet.com/ch/en/wealth-management

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Pictet Report – In Conversation with Mauricio Graber

Over 1 billion consumers around the world use Chr. Hansen products every single day. Here, Mauricio Graber, the Danish bioscience company’s CEO, talks us through how the business has integrated sustainability into its processes and strategies. He also explains how the company’s microbial and fermentation technology platforms are helping to create a more sustainable food system, whilst drawing fewer natural resources from the planet.

00:15 : Chr. Hansen
00:57 : Sustainability at the centre
02:00 : A lasting legacy

https://www.pictet.com/ch/en/wealth-management

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Pictet Report – In Conversation with Mayssa Al Midani

Mayssa Al Midani, a Lead Investment Manager at Pictet Asset Management, explains why our global food system is today at such a pivotal juncture. She also highlights some of the most exciting innovations currently being developed, from farm to fork, which have the potential to help us tackle our two objectives of feeding a growing population and preserving our planet.

00:12 : Food systems transition at an inflection point
01:33 : Solutions in innovation
02:40 : Optimising human & planetary health

https://www.pictet.com/ch/en/wealth-management

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Pictet – In Conversation with Dan Dreyfus

During Pictet’s Family Forum in Nassau, we sat down with Dan Dreyfus, founder of Bornite Capital, to discuss the sheer scale of the world’s decarbonisation challenge and his predictions for the future of investing in this area.

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Pictet – Market Outlook 2023

PWM’s chief investment officer César Pérez Ruiz on fixed income’s comeback, the convergence of equity risk premia between the US and the rest of the world, and the way ahead for 60/40 portfolios.

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Pictet — Multi Generational Wealth, Nassau (Abridged version)

Pictet’s first ever Family Forum took place at the Rosewood Hotel in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, from the 14th to the 16th November 2022. The event saw wealthy families and business owners from across Latin America and beyond gather in the luxurious retreat for three days of networking, discussion and debate. Under the overarching theme of “Building Bridges in a Fragmented World”, Pictet organised a range of different sessions led by experts from the bank and a line-up of exceptional panellists. Among the speakers were former Governor of Florida, Jeb Bush; former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi; investor, entrepreneur and philanthropist, Carmen Busquets; and Dan Dreyfus, the founder of Bornite Capital.

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Pictet – Multi Generational Wealth, Nassau

Pictet’s first ever Family Forum took place at the Rosewood Hotel in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, from the 14th to the 16th November 2022. The event saw wealthy families and business owners from across Latin America and beyond gather in the luxurious retreat for three days of networking, discussion and debate. Under the overarching theme of “Building Bridges in a Fragmented World”, Pictet organised a range of different sessions led by experts from the bank and a line-up of exceptional panellists. Among the speakers were former Governor of Florida, Jeb Bush; former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi; investor, entrepreneur and philanthropist, Carmen Busquets; and Dan Dreyfus, the founder of Bornite Capital.

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Pictet – In Conversation With César Pérez Ruiz

During Pictet’s Family Forum in the Bahamas, we sat down with César Pérez Ruiz, Pictet Wealth Management’s Head of Investments & CIO, to discuss the geopolitical landscape, from the conflict in Ukraine to US-China relations, and to unpack the implications for investment decisions.

00:07 : Divided geopolitical landscape
00:59 : China less integrated in the global economy
01:44 : Voters tired of populists

https://www.pictet.com/ch/en/wealth-management

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Pictet Report – In Conversation with Anders Byriel

Founded in 1968 by Poul Byriel and Erling Rasmussen, Kvadrat initially built its reputation by working with some of Scandinavia’s leading designers and artists. Today the Danish company, still based in the port town of Ebeltoft, is a world leader in textiles and textile-related products. Here we sit down with Anders Byriel, son of Poul and now Kvadrat’s CEO, to hear how he runs the company along with Rasmussen’s daughter, Mette Bendix, and about how the pair have delivered rapid growth while remaining true to their core values.

At 0:45 – Running the company today
At 1:15 – Commitment to the environment
At 1:55 – Collaborations with leading artists
At 2:38 – Looking to the future

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Pictet – Multi-Generational Wealth, MVC Group (Full Version)

Giordano Cremonese joined his parents’ garment business back in 1972 and in the subsequent years led the company to soaring new heights. Headquartered in the Dolomites, in northern Italy, MVC Group is today one of Italy’s, if not the world’s, most historic sportswear companies, with its three brands focused on the great outdoors: Sportful, Karpos, and the jewel in the MVC crown, the storied Italian cycling brand Castelli.

To further boost growth and international expansion, the group recently opened a new chapter, when Equinox Investments, a local private equity firm, came onboard as a strategic partner. Yet despite this recent shift in operations, and the business’s steady ascension, family values still lie at the heart of MVC Group, thanks to the determination and entrepreneurial

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