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AmInvest: Conventional and Shariah-Compliant Funds Guided by Deep Expertise
Malaysian fund-management firm AmInvest has four decades of experience in the sector. AmInvest is the funds management arm of AmFunds Management Berhad and AmIslamic Funds Management. Based in Malaysia, AmInvest has 40 years of experience managing unit trust funds, wholesale
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Mutual Benefits: Scottish Friendly Puts Its Money Where Its Heart Is
Looking after members, not shareholders, makes for a healthy workplace. Scottish Friendly is one of the UK’s largest mutual life offices, with a history reaching back 160 years — and it has never been driven by the needs of shareholders.
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How Bernard Arnault Turned One Franc Into a Dynasty
French billionaire Bernard Arnault’s off-beat approach to business would be hard to replicate By KITTY WENHAM It started with one franc, one small acquisition. In 1984, Bernard Arnault purchased an almost-bankrupt textile company by the name of Boussac for one
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Michael Saylor: How to Make Money with Bitcoin
Michael Saylor: Bitcoin is the family farm. Don’t panic! BY TONY LENNOX Michael Saylor describes his journey to bitcoin legend status as an accident. “I kind of fell off the turnip truck and hit my head on a pot of
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Jensen Huang: Is the Matrix already here?
Nvidia CEO and founder Jensen Huang sees the world differently — and believes we soon will, too. Report by TONY LENNOX. Fortune-tellers are old hat. If you want to know about the future, listen to Jensen Huang, the flamboyant chief executive
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Grit, Loyalty and Optimism are the Baron’s True North
David Thomson, quite possibly the richest man in Canada, finds value in art — and ice hockey By TONY LENNOX When the fans of the Winnipeg Jets ice hockey team sing the O Canada anthem before a game, the line
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Dawn of a New Age in Data Control: Oasis Gives Power to the People
By HEATHER LEAH SMITH Dawn Song and the Oasis team are striving to bring about a better internet by giving users control over their own data. Users sign away the rights to their data without ever reading the fine print.
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ARCA Fondi SGR: Another Year, Another Profit Record
ARCA Fondi SGR has won recognition — and financial rewards — with go-ahead strategies, transparency, and a focus on client needs. Italian asset management specialist ARCA Fondi SGR has become a leading light in the sector thanks to collaborative innovation,
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Nicole Hu: Tackling Disaster with Data — and First-hand Experience
California-based One Concern lets tech do the thinking and take the fear out of preparation for disasters and extreme weather events By HEATHER LEAH SMITH Extreme weather events are wreaking global havoc. The US suffered nine billion-dollar weather and climate
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Modest, Frugal, Retiring, and Famous for Being Anonymous: the Founder of Zara, Amancio Ortega
By TONY LENNOX When the famously private Spanish entrepreneur Amancio Ortega finally gave his consent to a biography, he had one simple request: “Don’t just put in the good parts.” Ortega, the 86-year-old founder of the Zara fashion brand and
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