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EXCLUSIVE: Spotlight On Regenerative Agriculture, Forestry – SLM Partners
Paul McMahon, a co-founder and managing partner of asset manager SLM Partners, discusses why there has been higher investor interest in regenerative agriculture and forestry recently and why it has potential to ...
How Citizenship/Residency-By Investment Programmes Evolved - And What's Next
A marker for globalisation and the degree of unfettered movement that people enjoy, the market for so-called "golden visas" - has developed rapidly since early days when dominated by a handful of jurisdictions. ...
Managing Autocracy Risk Is Big Wealth Protector
A quick perusal of news headlines underscores why the risk of holding firms exposed to dictatorships, seizure of assets, sanctions and disruptions must be closely managed, to an extent that arguably is not yet f...
IQ-EQ Says US Wealth, Family Offices Sector Holds Big Opportunities
We talk to the group about its views on the potential, and the needs, of sectors such as US family offices. The firm has been in expansion mode worldwide, including North America. ...
Singapore's Seviora Capital Intensifies Focus On Asian Food, Agriculture
Asia, which is home to 60 per cent of the world’s population, will need to produce more using fewer resources to feed its growing population. ...
Money Market Funds Get Chance To Shine
A variety of forces have encouraged large inflows into money market funds, for example in the US. We talk to Aviva Investors, which runs a series of funds in the sector, about what's driving growth and why poten...
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Affluent Asian Parents Look Abroad For Education, Flinch At Cost – HSBC
Banks such as HSBC know that affluent/HNW clients look to them for advice about the financial aspects of such international education. ...
J Stern & Co Likes Today's "Shovel Provider" Firms In Tech Play; Smiles On Industrials
This news service speaks to an investment partnership – born out of a family office – with origins in Europe, and now reaching to the US. It explains how it plays the AI story, and other trends that are turn...
BOOK REVIEW: How Nations Escape Poverty, By Rainer Zitelmann
A prolific author and commentator about attitudes on wealth, inequality, capitalism and sources of enterprise has done it again with an entertaining and instructive book that focuses on the achievements of Polan...
Compliance Corner: UAE Cracks Down On Cold Calling
The latest compliance news: regulatory developments, punishments, guidance, permissions, new product and service offerings. ...
Net Profit Rises At ABN AMRO; Enters French Life Insurance Partnership Talks
The bank reported fatter earnings, and also announced that it has agreed to enter exclusive discussions with BNP Paribas in France about life insurance. ...
Four Reasons To Buy UK Stocks – Schroders
Graham Ashby, UK all cap fund manager at investment manager Schroders, discusses why now could be a good time for investors to increase their exposure to UK shares. ...