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瑞銀表示,財富管理公司和投資銀行第一季業務活動參差不齊。

-- 瑞銀證券週三在發給客戶的報告中指出,受地緣政治不確定性影響,財富經紀商和投資銀行在第一季的市場活動表現不均衡。 瑞銀預計,第一季財富經紀商的每股收益將季減7%,年增22%。對於投資銀行,瑞銀預計其每股盈餘將季減29%,年增11%。 瑞銀分析師邁克爾·布朗(Michael Brown)等人寫道:“儘管零售交易在市場波動中有所回升,但財富經紀商的增長仍受到3月份市場低迷的抑制。有機增長穩健,超出預期,且到2026年,市場格局將有所改善。” 同時,由於年底以來待完成專案減少,投資銀行在本季的成長動能減弱。 「一些交易可能因宏觀經濟情勢不明朗而暫停,造成市場活動停滯,」布朗表示。 週二晚些時候,美國和伊朗同意停火兩週。這場始於二月底的戰爭蔓延至整個中東地區,並切斷了至關重要的霍爾木茲海峽的運輸。 瑞銀集團將嘉信理財(Charles Schwab,股票代號:SCHW)和史提費爾金融(Stifel Financial,股票代號:SF)列為第一季財報季的首選股,並表示Evercore(股票代號:EVR)「處於有利地位」。該券商預計,Moelis(股票代號:MC)、拉扎德(Lazard,股票代號:LAZ)和Raymond James Financial(股票代號:RJF)「相對錶現將落後」。 瑞銀集團將LPL Financial(股票代號:LPLA)的評等上調至“買進”,理由是其估值頗具吸引力。 瑞銀集團分別將財富管理經紀公司和投資銀行的目標股價平均調降了8%和2%。 該券商預計,人工智慧將成為即將到來的財富管理經紀公司財報季的關鍵議題。 「在財富管理領域,我們預計人工智慧將提高顧問的工作效率,但也存在衝擊現金經濟和影響顧問資產市場份額的風險,」布朗表示。 “最終,我們認為這些威脅的進展速度比空頭們想像的要慢,而且我們認為具有前瞻性的公司能夠更好地適應並蓬勃發展。”

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