“5 minutes with CIO Gérard Piasko”

Did you know that interest rates at the long end of the yield curve are normally significantly higher than those at the short end? This isn’t the case at present, meaning the market is talking about an inverted yield curve. A historical rarity! What factors influence interest rates at the long end?

In mid-September 2022, our Chief Investment Officer, Gérard Piasko, and Marc Jäggi, Head Moderation at Radio 1, shed light on the impact of central bank activities on the current interest rate situation. (only available in German)

Quantitative easing by the central banks via bond purchases has caused yields on longer-dated bonds to be too low.

Gérard Piasko, Chief Investment Officer

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