Financial Education
The Global Innovation Index: what it is, what it is for and what uses it has
The Global Innovation Index is a ranking published annually by WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) that began in 2007 and has become one of the pillars to investigate when investing, since it has 132 economies analyzed under 81 different indicators.
Investment finance basics: assets, liquidity and volatility
There are many concepts considered basic to understand the financial market and its movements. Three of the most important refer to the volatility and liquidity of what is known as assets.
What’s blocking you from investing?
Many times we hear phrases like "I’m too young to invest" or "investing is for millionaires" but nothing is further from the reality. Investing is a smart way to build a sustainable future and the time to start is now.
Understanding the socially responsible investing
It's no secret that socially responsible investing now occupies centre stage amongst investors and asset managers. How can we implement socially responsible investing processes?
Is gold a good safe heaven?
El primer activo en el que pesamos para proteger nuestro patrimonio, cuando la economía se encuentra en recesión y los bancos centrales inundan de liquidez los mercados, suele ser el oro.
Webinar Private Equity Vision 2021
BBVA in Switzerland organized a webinar on Private Equity on February 10th. The webinar was broadcasted live through its own Youtube channel. On this occasion the experts in Third Party Products, David Requena and Maria Arroyo, analyze the situation of Private Equity in the current environment and investment strategies for this year 2021.
Weekly Key: What is happening this week? 22.02.2021
Coronavirus cases worldwide decrease significantly as vaccination campaigns progress. Markets react with slight stock market declines and yield rallies.
What are blue bonds?
Today, most of the financial world knows what green bonds are, but it is still unknown what blue bonds are. So, what are blue bonds?
How to invest in currencies
In a context of predictably very low long-term returns on the main assets (both financial and non-financial), many investors are turning their attention to currencies as an additional source of profitability or an opportunity to diversify their investments. But how is the best way to invest in currencies?
What is carry in fixed income?
When we buy a bond that receives a positive coupon regularly and hold it in the portfolio, we see how, over time and even without changes in the bond's price, the portfolio's value creases. This increase is the result of coupons that the bond pays into the account regularly. This increase is called carry from the investment.
Understanding the socially responsible investing
It's no secret that socially responsible investing now occupies centre stage amongst investors and asset managers. How can we implement socially responsible investing processes?
Professional management of your investments
What is discretional mandate? Discretional mandate is an investment service characteristic of Private Banking, by which the clients delegate all or part of their assets to a team of professionals. This team then manages their assets within a certain framework of action and with a specific of risk and investment objective.
Educational opportunities from home
In the last months, many people around the world have been forced to work from home. The "stay at home" phenomenon has given people the opportunity to organise their time between work and leisure in a way they could not do before, because of their day-to-day pace of activities. For many, this period at home has also become an opportunity for educating themselves.
