Alastair Bishop, portfolio manager of BlackRock's natural resources team, singles out companies such as Schneider Electric and Johnson Controls, specialists in building automation systems that monitor and control the heating, ventilation, air conditioning and lighting in an office block.
The company, owned by Wang Jianlin, one of China's richest people, has added the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon series to its leisure and lifestyle portfolio by acquiring Competitor Group Inc.
The company's portfolio of cheap, low-tech devices had led many to mark the group down as just another "me-too" Chinese white-label manufacturer.
"It's probably the only hole in their portfolio.
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"As domestic companies mature, they are turning their efforts to employee retention and building a strong portfolio of business leaders.
"They are filing, filing, filing to build up a big patent portfolio that they can use as a bargaining chip when negotiating with other companies.
Chinese vendors' success was attributed to a variety of factors including aggressive portfolio strategies and substantial marketing spends, as well as better access to components that were in limited supply, the report said.
Cops said they wanted to build a modelling portfolio.
Nokia said: "Since agreeing a license covering some patents from the Nokia Technologies portfolio in 2011, Apple has declined subsequent offers made by Nokia to license other of its patented inventions which are used by many of Apple's products.
Jon Coleman, Ford's sustainability manager for fleet sales, said it was using after-market suppliers to install CNG equipment and offering the "broadest portfolio of vehicles" it could.
Corporates "took advantage of low rates," said Monica Erickson, portfolio manager with DoubleLine Capital.
If you buy 100 shares of each Picasso painting, that will be a portfolio for Picasso.
That rather delicious irony emerged this week, as Apple filed a private antitrust suit against two companies that have acted as enforcers of Nokia's patent portfolio.
According to its statement on Wednesday, Apple agreed to license some patents from Nokia's portfolio in 2011.
Bulgaria - A deposit of around €500,000 in a Bulgarian government bond portfolio for five years is enough to qualify for Bulgaria's residency programme.
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is at the office by 6 am • Schultz starts his day with a workout, which is usually a bike ride with his wife, but still gets to the office by 6 am, according to Portfolio.
Winnie King, a spokeswoman for Google, confirmed that Snapchat is one of Google Capital's portfolio companies, but declined to comment beyond that.
Standard Chartered's role in the new joint venture will be to asset manage the portfolio of planes leased to Chinese airlines, rather than providing finance, the person said.
