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Deutsche Oppenheim Family Office AG: Diversification During Financial Crisis Showing Dividends for Family Office
No investor could have foreseen the Covid-19 pandemic. Natural disasters are unpredictable events, and uncertainty is one reason for the premium involved in taking risk. Deutsche Oppenheim Family Office AG, one of the leading multi-family offices in the German market,
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Bank One: Supporting Mauritius’ Efforts to Emerge as a Private Wealth Hub for Africa
The last few years have been characterised by a number of initiatives to identify new areas of activity to allow Mauritius’ financial services sector to move up the value chain and increase its contribution from 12 to 15% of the
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Vector Group’s Solid History and Sound Strategies Stand It in Good Stead Across Decades and Sectors
Vector Group is a holding company whose strategy for the past 30 years has been to maximise stockholder value by increasing the profitability of its subsidiaries. The group’s total shareholder return over the past 25 years, including reinvested dividends, is
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In Conversation with Vector Group’s Bryant Kirkland: Still Crazy (About Work) After All These Years — Fun Factor Is Running Strong for Kirkland
Bryant Kirkland is senior vice-president, chief financial officer and treasurer of Vector Group. He held the same roles at New Valley Corporation prior to its merger with Vector Group in December 2005. He was made Vector Group’s CFO in 2006,
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In Conversation with Eduard van Gelderen, CIO at PSP Investments: Connecting to What Matters
Eduard van Gelderen, PSP’s CIO since 2018, leads the organisation’s Total Fund Strategy Group — overseeing multi-asset class investment strategies, total fund allocations, and exposures in terms of asset classes, geographies and sectors. He is also in charge of responsible
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PSP Places Responsible Investment at the Core of Its Investment Strategy
When the pandemic hit, the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) was one of the first employers in Montreal to send its entire employee base to work from home. It did so overnight — and with the full support
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OctaFX Launching in Europe: A Global Forex Broker that Means What it Says and Sticks to its Word
OctaFX brand has been established in 2011, provides a state-of-the-art online trading experience to seven million accounts. The company is well-known for its competitive spreads and transparent approach. Even non-clients are familiar with the brand thanks to its community and
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Platinum Groupe Shows its Mettle by Growing In-line with its Clients
Zimbabwean investment banking firm Platinum Groupe specialises in creating relevant solutions that meet the needs of institutional, corporate and individual clients. The group operates through its licensed business units: Platinum Investment Managers, Platinum Securities, Platinum Financial Solutions and Platinum Microfinance.
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YOA Insurance Brokers: Changing the Insurance Narrative — and Upscaling Professionalism
YOA Insurance brokers started out over 20 years ago with the mission to provide risk management services in Nigeria’s oil, gas, and energy sectors. The company has expanded its expertise to cover other sectors of the economy, including manufacturing, engineering,
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KPMG: Local Governments Becoming More Digitally Enabled, Data-Driven and Community-Focused
Local government organizations are becoming more digitally enabled, data-driven, agile, and customer-centric, concludes a new and wide-ranging publication of KPMG. Based on research on eight major global economies including Saudi Arabia, “Future of local government – Embracing connectivity and customer
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