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Since 2003, we've been advising our clients about different methods for positioning and profiling. The methods we prefer are Public Relations, Corporate Design and publications such as annual reports...
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Cantilis conceives, writes and designs all sorts of corporate publications, in print and online. This involves annual reports, sustainability reports, corporate brochures, web sites and all other means of contributing to a company's image.
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Cantilis helps build and maintain relationships between organisations and their stakeholders. We often do this by involving the press, approaching journalists with relevant information...
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Pierre Lagrange’s secret to success
How does Pierre Lagrange (founder of fund manager GLG, now part of Man Group) explain his fund’s success? “We give our employees freedom and responsibility.” He refers to FC Barcelona, where he attends a training every once in a while, and modestly calls himself “nothing but the coach of a team with amazing players”. Lagrange made these statements along with a number of other interesting quotes in an interview with de Standaard, arranged by Cantilis. The end result was an intriguing article… (De Standaard, 03/09/2011).
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Art is big business again
“Art is big business again” is the title of the interview with Christine Mostert, which was published in De Morgen on the 30th of April 2011. After having worked at Christie’s Belgium for 18 years, the art historian was employed by Puilaetco to assist clients who wish to invest in art. As a result, Puilaetco will be the first Belgian private bank that adds art as a fully fledged branch to its services. News papers De Tijd and L’Echo also incorporated an item concerning this new service at Puilaetco Dewaay.
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Metagenics: dietary supplements in all of Europe
Since Paul Coussement was appointed head of Metagenics Europe, the company has grown into the national number four of dietary supplements. Both turnover and staff expanded enormously in the last couple of years. And there are no signs that this trend will be receding in the future: doctors are becoming more receptive to dietary supplements and the aging population could be a potential target group. The company, established in Ostend, has become the linchpin for European expansion in, amongst others, the Netherlands, France and Italy. More than enough material for a positive story in Trends, is what we thought.
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Durabrik responds to the growing renovation market and founds new company ‘Victor’
By founding sister company Victor, Durabrik adds building and renovation services, adapted to the individual choices of its clients, to its offer of newly built houses and apartments. Cantilis advised Durabrik in terms of the new entity’s positioning regarding the parent company’s established values, and set up an interview in Trends with Kristof Maenhout, director of Victor.
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"Belgium’s economic situation needs to be fixed", says Pierre Lagrange (Man Group) in De Tijd
Cantilis mobilised business newspaper De Tijd for an interview with the experienced fund manager Pierre Lagrange. He is one of the founders of GLG, a hedge fund that was acquired in 2010 by competitor Man Group. The interview was also published in several other newspapers, namely La Libre Belgique, L’Echo and Le Soir.
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Standing still in order to move forward
15-11-2010 // As a result of the panel discussion concerning Mindfulness on the shop floor, HR Magazine had a talk with author Björn Prins and the CEO of Durabrik, Joost Callens.
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Genzyme: a rare corporate culture
Hilde Stoop, Managing Director for Genzyme Belgium, agreed to an interview with Interconnect, Imec’s magazine for the Flemish and Dutch corporate world.
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Amundi and First Eagle explain impressive performance Amundi International sicav
09-11-2010 // Eric Van Eyken (Amundi) and Robert Hackney (First Eagle) together in finance magazine Moneytalk
Amundi's International sicav has an impressive track record - 11,1% annual growth since its creation in 1996. That is why the fund is sometimes compared to that other outperformer, Carmignac Investissements. In an interview in finance magazine Moneytalk, Robert Hackney, First Eagle's senior managing director and Eric Van Eyken, Benelux director of Amundi, explain together how a very defensive strategy can sum up such amazing returns.
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Sidharth Mahapatra of Amundi on the Bombay stock market: interview in L’Echo
At the beginning of this month an interview with Sidharth Mahaptra, director investments India at asset management specialist Amundi, appeared in French business newspaper L’Echo.
In this exclusive interview, Sir Mahapatra put forth his analysis of recent evolutions on the Bombay stock market.
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Debate mindfulness at work - Durabrik
13-10-2010 Durabrik (Drongen, Belgium) is hosting a panel discussion about the advantages of mindfulness in a professional environment. The topic : mindfulness in a professional environment, wishful thinking or competitive edge? Both author Björn Prins (ITAM) and host Joost Callens (Durabrik) will be interviewed several times.
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Interactive pdf
More and more companies decide to publish their reports online only. Cantilis has developped a new solution : interactive pdfs.
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Durabrik helps Cunina build
Assisted by construction company Durabrik, 36 aids-orphans found a new home in Eshowe (South-Afrika) .