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Sergio Ermotti

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
166 total appearances

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Bloomberg Talks
UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti Talks Swiss Banking Reforms, Asian Markets

We've been expanding our capabilities and leveraging really the complementarity of Credit Suisse and UBS together where we not only have a broader footprint in terms of capabilities but also of geographic footprint.

Bloomberg Talks
UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti Talks Swiss Banking Reforms, Asian Markets

Well, look, Asia has been growing very fast in the last, probably the biggest engine of growth in nominal terms is accounting for around a quarter to 30% on average in the last five years of our profits.

Bloomberg Talks
UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti Talks Swiss Banking Reforms, Asian Markets

So as I mentioned, we manage more than a trillion of assets.

Bloomberg Talks
UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti Talks Swiss Banking Reforms, Asian Markets

Out of the seven trillion, we manage globally.

Bloomberg Talks
UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti Talks Swiss Banking Reforms, Asian Markets

So it's a growing, steady growing business, which when you look at the engine of growth, GDP growth is definitely going to help.

Bloomberg Talks
UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti Talks Swiss Banking Reforms, Asian Markets

Four and a half percent in China is quite significant.

Bloomberg Talks
UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti Talks Swiss Banking Reforms, Asian Markets

important, but it is a driver for growth in the entire region.

Bloomberg Talks
UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti Talks Swiss Banking Reforms, Asian Markets

We are selectively gaining some market shares in areas where we want to compete.

Bloomberg Talks
UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti Talks Swiss Banking Reforms, Asian Markets

And last but not least, this monetization, this IPO calendar is very important to our wealth management business because this is really helping us to drive new money and new assets into our wealth management franchise.

Bloomberg Talks
UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti Talks Swiss Banking Reforms, Asian Markets

I don't know if we are in a bubble or not, but of course, when you see this kind of multiples and performances, you have to ask yourself, is this a repeat of what we saw in maybe another time?

Bloomberg Talks
UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti Talks Swiss Banking Reforms, Asian Markets

2001?

Bloomberg Talks
UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti Talks Swiss Banking Reforms, Asian Markets

Exactly, the TMT bubble and so on and so forth.

Bloomberg Talks
UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti Talks Swiss Banking Reforms, Asian Markets

I would say that in general, first of all, our advice is very clear.

Bloomberg Talks
UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti Talks Swiss Banking Reforms, Asian Markets

Diversification, no concentration of risk around the sector.

Bloomberg Talks
UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti Talks Swiss Banking Reforms, Asian Markets

The technology is here to stay.

Bloomberg Talks
UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti Talks Swiss Banking Reforms, Asian Markets

But we should not really mix the two issues.

Bloomberg Talks
UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti Talks Swiss Banking Reforms, Asian Markets

From an investor's standpoint of view, it's very important to diversify, not to get into a trap of trying to pick up the right, the winner or the loser.

Bloomberg Talks
UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti Talks Swiss Banking Reforms, Asian Markets

But the truth of the matter is that the first wave was probably around the technology sector.

Bloomberg Talks
UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti Talks Swiss Banking Reforms, Asian Markets

Now we're going to see how embracing and implementing AI can help other parts of the economy become more vibrant and more efficient.

Bloomberg Talks
UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti Talks Swiss Banking Reforms, Asian Markets

And that's probably going to be also the next side of the story.