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Voilàp Acquires 80% of Mecal

31st March 2020
The Voilàp Group has announced that it has finalised an agreement to purchase 80% of the share capital of Mecal, an Italian company specialised in the manufacture of machinery and systems for processing aluminium and light alloys. Full implementation of this operation is planned during the first quarter of 2020.
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SCHEMA Group's Acquisition of Docware

31st March 2020
SCHEMA Group, a developer of software solutions for content lifecycle management (Component Content Management System SCHEMA ST4 and Content Delivery Solution SCHEMA CDS) has acquired Docware GmbH.
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Ethical Insurance is Not a Myth

31st March 2020
At Finance Monthly, we naturally speak with a lot of people who work within the financial services sector. Very few of those people, however, mention words such as ‘ethics’, ‘honesty’ and ‘integrity’. This month, we had the pleasure to connect with commercial lines power broker, Jason Fairbanks, the President and CEO of Fairbanks Insurance Brokers - a California-based brokerage which specialises in insurance coverage for builders and tradesmen working within the construction industry. Jason Fairbanks has devoted his career to ‘doing the right thing’ and proving to other insurers that you can be ethical to your clients and still have a profitable business. Below he tells us more about it.
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The End of March Sees Mixed Stock Market Reactions

31st March 2020
Some Asian and European markets have strengthened following China's apparent economic bounce, but not enough to save a dismal quarter brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19: How Can Investors Mitigate Risk?

31st March 2020
Society today is experiencing a time like no other.
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Is the US Commercial Real Estate Market About to Collapse Again?

31st March 2020
On 25th March, the Vanguard US real estate index fund $VNQ hit $60. The last time it was at this level was in September 2008, right at the beginning of the Great Recession.
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COVID-19 Crisis: The Importance of Technology in the Finance Sector

31st March 2020
The current COVID-19 crisis has created an unprecedented change in how we think about and approach work, leisure, and life in general. It’s reassuring to see that the large majority of companies in the UK have put the physical well-being of their people first and made the necessary moves to get them to stay home wherever possible. And despite the reduction in business travel and practical elimination of face-to-face meetings in financial services, and without any other option, business continues to get done.
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Don’t Sell Your Investments Instinctively

31st March 2020
Jonathan Raymond, Investment Director at Quilter Cheviot, explains why now’s not the time to instinctively sell your investments.
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Now is the Time to Invest in Healthtech

31st March 2020
The beginning of any new year marks an opportune time to reevaluate your finances and investment strategy. 2020 marks the start of a new decade and provides even greater incentive for a fresh approach to investment opportunities. As this year commences with unprecedented uncertainty there is reason to consider only the most promising investment trends, says Rupert Spiegelberg, CEO of DoctorLink.
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An Introduction to Ethical Mutual Funds

31st March 2020
We speak with Arianna Magni, Head of the Institutional and International Business Development Department at Etica Sgr - the only Italian asset management company that, since its launch in 2000, exclusively offers sustainable and responsible mutual funds to private and institutional investors, with the aim of representing the values of ethical finance in financial markets.
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The Benefits of Wrap Platforms

31st March 2020
Many industry commentators regard Hubwise as a ‘FinTech’ business, but the company is a little bit more than just that – it’s also fully regulated in the UK to hold and control client money, which makes the term ‘RegFinTech’ more applicable to Hubwise’s operations. We caught up with the company’s Founder and CEO, Angus Macdonald, to learn about the benefits of investment platforms and the things that make wrap platforms appealing.
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Customers Love Disruptors: How Have They Shaken the Banking World?

31st March 2020
In today’s era of technological disruption, the speed and transparency of change for the customer is becoming ever-more apparent. Yet, technological disruption in banking is not something unique to the 21st century. In 1950, money was transformed from a physical entity into an idea when The Diners’ Club Inc. introduced the first universal credit card. Further technological disruption followed in 1967 when Barclays introduced the first ATM. Since then we have experienced electronic stock trading with the introduction of the NASDAQ (1971) and e-commerce business models drove the burgeoning internet in the 1990s.
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