Beyond markets
Anything can happen. And it usually does.
If you want to stay one step ahead of world events, you must know as much as you can. Pictet has been analysing megatrends for more than 200 years, and it’s more important now than ever to have command of both the detail and the broad sweep.
Technology & Science
Technology & science · 23 Aug 2026
How AI is reshaping education
Ed shares how he built Renewed Learning from his first year at university into an international tutoring business working across the UK and Hong Kong.
Technology & science · 28 Jul 2026
What society is getting from drug innovation
For much of the past half century, the social contract underpinning pharmaceutical innovation was clear. New drugs delivered longer lives, fewer hospitalisations and, in some cases, cures. In return, societies accepted steadily rising healthcare spending. That contract held as long as innovation visibly transformed outcomes. It is now being renegotiated.
Technology & science · 08 Jul 2026
Why human judgment still matters in the age of AI
Tracing ivee’s evolution from recruitment technology to AI upskilling and advisory, Amelia Miller, CEO of ivee, explores AI adoption, prompt engineering, governance, automation, and why experience remains a critical asset.
Technology & science · 22 Apr 2026
How AI and Automation are improving NHS GP access
Pete takes us inside the reality of GP practices, from the pressure on front-desk staff to the outdated administrative systems that still shape much of the patient experience.
Technology & science · 27 Feb 2026
Artificial intelligence powering a healthcare revolution
Machine learning is leading us to new therapies, says Generate:Biomedicines' Michael Nally.
Technology & science · 01 Jul 2025
Chips with everything
The world depends on semiconductors. In this interview, Professor Chris Miller highlights the industry's latest innovations and their implications for our future in a Q&A format with Anjali Bastianpillai, Senior Client Portfolio Manager.
Technology & science · 19 May 2025
Private equity comes to grips with AI
Pictet surveys the private equity industry about what AI means for business.
Environment
Environment · 12 May 2025
Climate anxiety - Hannah Ritchie
Oxford’s Hannah Ritchie explains why optimism is sustainable.
Environment · 05 May 2025
The state of climate capital
New research by Pictet with the Institute of International Finance highlights the stark gap between actual investment and what’s needed to reach net zero.
Environment · 04 Mar 2025
Tracking the energy transition
Renewable energy presents investors with opportunity and complexity.
Environment · 24 Feb 2025
Iberdrola’s path to sustainable energy
César Pérez Ruiz, Head of Investments & CIO at Pictet Wealth Management, sits down with Iberdrola’s Ignacio Sánchez Galán to discuss how a utility giant is navigating the energy transition.
Environment · 06 Feb 2025
Solving climate change demands more than moonshots
Improvements to existing technologies are just as important in the fight against climate change.
Environment · 21 Oct 2024
Resilience and regeneration
Planetary resilience via the regeneration of our ecosystem services – from the climate to biodiversity – will be key to our continued ability to thrive over the long term. In this Q&A, we discuss what this means and the investment implications.
Environment · 13 Jun 2024
Curbing the tide of coral degradation
After witnessing the obliteration of a coral reef, due to rising sea temperatures, marine biologist Vriko Yu founded Archireef, a startup dedicated to the restoration of degraded marine environments using 3D printing technology
Family business
Family business
Reviving an iconic family whisky business
Whisky takes time to mature, and so do family businesses. Leonard Russell of Ian Macleod Distillers in Broxburn, Scotland, explains how long-term thinking shapes everything from distillery revivals to succession planning.
Family business
Reshaping a family business while honouring its elders
Tong Heng has been a mainstay of Singapore’s traditional Chinese pastry scene for 90 years. But when Ana Fong joined the family business, run by her elders, the third generation, she saw it needed to be made relevant for a new generation. Her task was more complicated than she had imagined.
Family business
Harnessing tradition to safeguard for the future
Ken Koh joined his family’s business at a challenging time. His vision of how to leverage the company’s traditional methods to create a niche as a premium player proved to be a pathway to success, and now he is diversifying into other sectors while nurturing the next generation.
Family business
The art of wealth management: a hybrid strategy for family assets
For families managing significant wealth, the focus has broadened from protecting capital to shaping its long-term role across generations. Global mobility, expanding fortunes and longer intergenerational overlap have made wealth management a more intricate exercise. Families are turning to hybrid solutions that combine the alignment of a family office with the scale and expertise of professional wealth managers, allowing them to balance control, flexibility and continuity.
Family business
Boodles: sixth generation of a historic British family jewellery
With a new London flagship opening and a new generation in charge, UK society jeweller Boodles is entering its most ambitious chapter yet. Joint Managing Directors James Amos and Jody Wainwright are steering the family jeweller through expansion and succession, while including a female family member as an executive for the first time in the company’s history.
Family business
How families are rewriting the rules of generational wealth
Longer lives, shifting values and global family ties are reshaping the ways in which wealth gets passed down – and altering what legacy truly means.
Family business
How to run a family company for 25 generations
The Mazzei family of Fonterutoli, outside Florence, has run its vineyard estates since the time of the Medicis. But much has changed over the past three decades, as they prepare to hand over to the next generation.
Responsible future & Philanthropy
Responsible future · 25 Aug 2026
Power shift: investing in the electrification megatrend
A global shift toward electrification is gaining momentum. This megatrend is driven by a mix of industrial demand, technological advances and geopolitical risk. In this Q&A, PWM energy equity analyst Malik Zetchi shares his perspectives on where investors can find value in the electrification revolution.
Philanthropy
How women are transforming philanthropy
Empowered by their growing share of global wealth, women are shaking up the world of philanthropy.
Responsible future · 30 Apr 2026
Group Sustainability Report
The Pictet Group’s third Sustainability Report covers the 2025 calendar year and outlines the progress we made against our sustainability strategy.
Philanthropy
How to manage philanthropy and impact in the family office
Whether you are an entrepreneur building first-generation wealth or part of a family stewarding a multigenerational legacy, family offices are now at the centre of how families pursue their philanthropic and impact ambitions. As the Great Wealth Transfer accelerates, both new and established families are moving their giving and impact work into the family office—seeking greater coordination, alignment, and professionalism.
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship
From founder to investor: navigating the shift
Making the mental leap from building a business to managing a portfolio may not be easy. Here’s how to embrace the investor mindset after a successful exit.
Entrepreneurship
An entrepreneur on a continual path of career changes
François-Laurent Renet is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist. The Swiss-based former French special forces soldier explains why, for him, there has never been a more exciting time.
Entrepreneurship
Understanding the ripple effect of entrepreneurship
After selling her AI-driven recruitment platform Golden Bees in 2023, Fariha Shah refocused her time to support, mentor and invest in a new generation of innovators. For her, entrepreneurship is about building systems, creating impact and opening doors for those who haven’t had a head start.
Entrepreneurship
Supporting the next generation through investment and philanthropy
Entrepreneur Martin Port says he just can’t stop working, despite two successful multimillion-euro exits. Not interested in the trappings of wealth, British-born Port now focuses on investment, building his latest start-up, supporting the next generation and charity work – with the help of his wife.
Entrepreneurship
A retirement plan with a difference
Since selling his jewellery business, Italian luxury veteran Andrea Morante has blended entrepreneurship and his passions.
Entrepreneurship · 17 Jul 2025
Navigating a business sale
Making a success of a business sale demands careful consideration, strategic planning, and a willingness to embrace change. Managed well, it can be the opportunity of a lifetime.
Entrepreneurship · 08 Jul 2025
Louis Debouzy — Building a community for entrepreneurs post-exit
When Louis Debouzy sold his first business, he felt empty and directionless. So the French entrepreneur set up a club for people in a similar position – and has now launched a new investment club.
Society
Society · 11 Sep 2026
From sunseekers to skill seekers: How countries are competing for global talent
Successful global mobility today demands a clear commitment to contributing to the local economy. That is because many countries are moving away from broad-based incentives, instead focusing on attracting skilled professionals and innovators. As a result, thorough due diligence and genuine integration into local communities have become more important than ever.
Society · 11 Sep 2026
It’s always sunny in Portugal!
An AI entrepreneur chose to relocate to Lisbon for its climate, tech scene, and favourable tax regime. With expert guidance, Pictet helped the client align his business ambitions and lifestyle goals. His move exemplifies how individuals can appeal to countries that want skilled, economically active individuals, not just passive investors, to drive growth.
Society
How women are changing wealth management
As wealth held by women grows, distinct investment priorities and financial strategies are reshaping an industry long tailored to men.
Society
Women in wealth
Dina Di Angelo, Team Leader – Private Banking at Pictet Wealth Management shares her view on the evolving approach of women investors in wealth management.
Megatrends
Technology & science · 01 Oct 2025
We, Robot
In popular imagination, robots have near-unlimited powers: superhuman strength, agility and intelligence. The reality has been much more prosaic, argues Daegal Tsang.
Technology & science · 01 Jul 2025
Chips with everything
The world depends on semiconductors. In this interview, Professor Chris Miller highlights the industry's latest innovations and their implications for our future in a Q&A format with Anjali Bastianpillai, Senior Client Portfolio Manager.
Technology & science · 19 May 2025
Private equity comes to grips with AI
Pictet surveys the private equity industry about what AI means for business.
Environment · 12 May 2025
Climate anxiety - Hannah Ritchie
Oxford’s Hannah Ritchie explains why optimism is sustainable.
Environment · 05 May 2025
The state of climate capital
New research by Pictet with the Institute of International Finance highlights the stark gap between actual investment and what’s needed to reach net zero.
Responsible future · 28 Apr 2025
Vaclav Smil — Innovation with grains of salt
Professor Vaclav Smil cautions about the hyperbolic claims being made for new headline-grabbing technologies.
Technology & science · 15 Apr 2025
Surveying forecasts of AI’s economic effects
How big will generative AI’s economic footprint be?
Technology & science · 07 Mar 2025
Measuring the impact of anti-obesity drugs
The next wave of GLP-1 treatments will do more than just shrink waistlines.
