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UBS Group AG

UBS Group AG: A leading multinational investment bank and financial services firm, headquartered in Zurich and Basel, Switzerland. It specialises in global wealth management, personal and corporate banking, asset management, and investment banking. UBS primarily serves ultra-high net worth and high net worth individuals, institutional investors, and corporate clients worldwide, alongside retail clients in Switzerland. Recognised as the world’s largest private bank, it significantly expanded its market position by acquiring Credit Suisse in 2023. UBS also maintains notable sponsorship deals, including with Roger Federer. Its overall business focus is on client-centric solutions, innovation, and sustainable finance.

An employee conducts maintenance in a server room of the China Mobile Hohhot Data Centre in Hohhot in Inner Mongolia. Photo: Xinhua

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BYD EVs proceed through assembly at a plant in Zhengzhou, in central China’s Henan Province, on November 14, 2025. Photo: Xinhua

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People look at an electronic board displaying stock prices at the Indonesia Stock Exchange in Jakarta on Thursday. Photo: AFP

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The first batch of Nvidia chip shipments is expected to go to China’s Big Tech companies. Photo: Shutterstock

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Hong Kong’s rail giant has sold its first-ever Australian dollar-denominated green bonds for a record A$2 billion. Photo: Edmond So

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Cars unloaded from the ship BYD Changzhou await further movement at a port in Argentina on January 19, 2026. Photo: AFP

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View of Villa Rosa in Tai Tam. Photo: May Tse

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Wang Ning says Pop Mart will grow alongside generation after generation of consumers. Photo: Handout

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Innovative drugs are expected to outpace other segments with an annualised growth of 20 per cent between 2026 and 2030, according to UBS. Photo: Shutterstock

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A worker is seen on the construction site of a State Grid substation in Xingtai, Hebei province, on October 14, 2025. Photo: Xinhua

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