Hobsons is announcing the expansion of its popular digital platform, Naviance, into the Australian and Asia-Pacific markets, Ben Brookes, Vice President of Capital Markets at RMS, is discussing the evolution of the ILS (Insurance-Linked Securities) market and Peter Berezin, Chief Strategist at BCA Research, spoke recently at the 69th CFA Institute Annual Conference.

DMGT

Incoming DMGT CEO Paul Zwillenberg officially started in his new position on Wednesday 1st June. Paul first started working with DMGT 20 years ago when he started dmg media's digital division. Since that time he has led a start-up and worked as a consultant rising to become the global leader of the media sector at BCG. DMGT Chairman Lord Rothermere commented: 'Paul's experience has given him a unique perspective into how our world is developing and his appointment will be a natural catalyst in the evolution of DMGT and will help secure our future as an exciting and rewarding place to work.'

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RMS

Ben Brookes, Vice President of Capital Markets at RMS, is discussing the evolution of the ILS (Insurance-Linked Securities) market in recent times, where the changing needs and demands of investors have driven risk modellers to respond. The ILS space continues to attract new and existing investors, and Brookes comments: 'I think the needs of investors are changing as the contract forms are evolving. We're seeing more and more collateralised reinsurance contracts happening, and that's obviously influencing how we then serve our clients in that marketplace as well.' It is also important as a portfolio manager, Brookes explains, to understand the value of your portfolio at a given point in time, something which RMS can help to quantify.

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DMG INFORMATION

Hobsons, the education company owned by dmgi, is announcing the expansion of its popular digital platform, Naviance, into the Australian and Asia-Pacific markets. A recent Gallup Student Poll found that student engagement in Australia declines significantly between Year 5 and Year 12, and educators are looking for new ways to help students make the connection between academics and their lifelong goals. Stephen M. Smith, president of Advising and Admissions Solutions at Hobsons, commented: 'Our expansion into the APAC market reflects our mission to ensure that all students have the support and resources they need to succeed academically and in life.'

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Following last week's licence approval in North Yorkshire fracking is set to resume in the UK. Landmark Information Group has undertaken analysis of its environmental datasets and mapping to assess the extent of energy exploration in the UK, including the areas surrounding the sites in Kirby Misperton. Calculations show an area covering an estimated 12,918 square kilometres is currently under license for energy exploration.

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EUROMONEY INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR

Almost 200 bankers were in attendance at the Euromoney Middle East Awards for Excellence Dinner at Raffles Hotel, held in Dubai on 01 June, a new record and a demonstration of how banks and capital markets in the Middle East are seizing the opportunity to build modern, sustainable and profitable businesses in a challenging global landscape. Presenting the awards, Clive Horwood commented: 'Competition for our Middle East awards this year was the strongest it has ever been, and arguably tougher than in most other global regions covered by the Euromoney Awards for Excellence.' Fundamental changes were made to the awards this year with the aim of ensuring they remain the hardest to win, and the most sought-after, in the global banking industry.

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Andy Merricks, head of investments at Skerritts, is looking at the history books to identify possible ways for investors to gain an edge over the competition during volatile markets. He notes that BCA Research has produced a 'very useful report' which tries to ascertain how investors can improve their chances of gaining an edge over 'normal' returns by reading markets for clues as to whether it is a good time or not to invest. Citing a BCA Research data table which compares investments by days of the week and months of the year in certain key years (Page 3 of the article), Merricks suggests there is 'an uncanny similarity about the better or worse times to invest which appear at first sight purely random.'

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Peter Berezin, Chief Strategist at BCA Research, spoke recently at the 69th CFA Institute Annual Conference, telling delegates of the certainty that, net of fees, the average active investor will underperform the stock market. Berezin also gave his insights on various investment topics, such as low-beta stocks, small-cap stocks, and value stocks, and discussed how equity fund managers can produce alpha. Anomalies, Berezin suggests, 'may not be as potent as they once were,' but do persist, and could be exploited by rational thinkers 'in a meaningful and profitable manner.'

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JVS AND ASSOCIATES

Ishaan Malhi, the founder and CEO of Trussle, is suggesting that his online mortgage advice platform is better than any other advisor on the market. The platform is built on a database that covers every single product on the market, tens of thousands of which are updated every day, supported by an in-house team of human advisors. Online property giant Zoopla has also seen the potential of the platform, investing in the company earlier this year.

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