New oil discoveries have recently been made in both Colombia and Argentina, while Venezuela looks unlikely to diversify away from petroleum.
The report was welcomed by ACE's chief executive, Darren Henley, who said it recognised "the progress we are making in shifting investment outside London, on diversifying income streams, and ensuring more people benefit from our investment".
In the case of Delphi, Hilgert is optimistic about the company because it is making progress in diversifying away from General Motors, its former parent.
In 1961, however, a policy decision was made to diversify, and in the succeeding decades the company became a conglomerate, expanding into several new products and services, such as toiletries and household-products manufacturing, catering, airport terminal services, and financial services; from 1970 to 1983 it also owned the meatpacking Armour & Company.
Neuroscience has a flexibility in that it can be combined with a multitude of disciplines (Table 1), so an effort should be made to diversify skills while keeping in mind one's career interests.
It's no secret that Hollywood has been making efforts to diversify their representation of women.
Nonetheless, colleges and universities are making real progress in diversifying their curriculums.
On top of that, OTPP — which in December 2012 recorded $129.5 billion in assets under management — has been making a stronger effort to diversify its investments into new markets.
In the 1950's and 1960's the company diversified and opened factories in Wisconsin and New Jersey where bowling balls were made, he said.
