Unlike some investment banks that were quick to revise down their forecast for crude oil benchmarks next year, Swiss UBS is rather bullish: its head of asset allocation for APAC, Adrian Zuercher, says Brent crude could rebound to US$70 and even US$80 a barrel over the next 12 months. Speaking to CNBC , Zuercher noted that while supply of crude oil was still abundant, this could soon change as the OPEC+ production cuts enter into effect. While the recent oil price drop suggests many don’t believe these cuts will be as effective as the first ones in 2017, Zuercher noted a report by the Wall Street Journal that Saudi Arabia plans to cut more than initially expected, and the fact that Venezuela’s production would likely continue downwards as would Iran’s under the weight of U.S. sanctions. The current slump in oil prices, the UBS analyst says, was a result […]