Financial Services

Ontario Teachers' net assets at $207.4 billion at year-end 2019

Record investment income of $20.2 billion during the year TORONTO, April 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board (Ontario Teachers') today announced a total-fund net return of 10.4% for the year. Net assets reached$207.4 billion as of December 31, 2019, a $16.3 billion inc...

2020-04-01 06:41 3140

Asia Pacific Travel Retail Association: 'Over 320,000 Jobs in Asia Pacific at Risk in US$36bn Duty Free & Travel Retail Industry'

SINGAPORE, April 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Over 320,000 local jobs across the Asia Pacific region and a$36bn industry are at risk of being overlooked by politicians as they devise financial rescue measures to cope with the COVID-19 crisis.  The Asia Pacific Travel Retail Association (APTRA) is cal...

2020-04-01 06:00 2527

21st Century Education Announces 2019 Annual Results

Results Highlights: * The Group achieved a strong performance in 2019, with revenue increasing by 16.0% over the same period of 2018 toRMB234.2, profit increasing by 19.2% over the same period of 2018 toRMB82.8, and the number of students increasing by 5.4% over the same period of 2018 to 32,2...

2020-04-01 01:56 4276

Renrui Human Resources Technology Holdings Limited (6919.HK) Announces 2019 Annual Results

HONG KONG, April 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Renrui Human Resources Technology Holdings Limited ("Renrui" or "the Company" and its subsidiaries (collectively, the"Group"), stock code: 6919.HK), the largest flexible staffing services provider inChina, today announced its annual results for the year en...

2020-04-01 00:20 3960

Itiviti Partners With ECS Fin to Add SWIFT Messaging to NYFIX Matching

NEW YORK, March 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Itiviti, a leading technology and service provider to financial institutions worldwide, today announced a partnership with ECS Fin, provider of financial messaging services and transaction processing solutions, adding trade settlement to NYFIX Matching. ...

2020-03-31 20:25 1198

Newborn Town Inc. (9911.HK) revenue grew by 40.8% YoY to RMB 389.7 million and gross margin reached 67.1% in FY2019.

HONG KONG, March 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Newborn Town Inc. (HKG: 9911), a fast-growing mobile applications developer and mobile advertising platform services provider in China, is pleased to announce the audited consolidated results of the Company and its subsidiaries (collectively the ''Group''...

2020-03-31 19:42 11067

PrivyID Offers Free Digital Signature Service Amid COVID-19 Outbreak in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indoensia, March 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Based on data from the World Health Organization (WHO) onMarch 29 2020, the spread of COVID-19 caused by the COVID-2019 virus has infected over 600,000 people and claimed more than 30,000 lives worldwide. The pandemic has prompted WHO and governm...

2020-03-31 19:04 3125

SMIC Reports 2019 Annual Results

SHANGHAI, March 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SEHK: 981; OTCQX: SMICY) ("SMIC", the "Company" or "our"), one of the leading semiconductor foundries in the world announced its consolidated results of operations for the year endedDecember 31, 2019. ...

2020-03-31 18:43 5326

Fosun International Announces 2019 Annual Results

HONG KONG, March 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Fosun International Limited (HKEX stock code: 00656, together with its subsidiaries "Fosun" or the "Group") today announced its financial results for the year ended31 December 2019 (the "Reporting Period"). FINANCIAL SUMMARY: * Total revenue increase...

2020-03-31 18:14 19586

NetDragon Announces Fiscal Year 2019 Financial Results, Record High Revenue and Profit

HONG KONG, March 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- NetDragon Websoft Holdings Limited ('NetDragon' or the 'Company'; Hong Kong Stock Code: 777), a global leader in building internet communities, today announced its financial results for fiscal year 2019. NetDragon's management team will hold a conference ...

2020-03-31 18:11 3899

CICC Announces 2019 Annual Results

BEIJING, March 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- China International Capital Corporation Limited ("CICC" or "the Company", Stock code: 3908.HK) announced its annual results for the twelve months endedDecember 31, 2019. As at the end of 2019, the total assets of the Group amounted toRMB344.97 billion, repr...

2020-03-31 17:50 3417

Nearly 55 billion yuan investment attracted, Zhongshan speeds up resumption of work and production

ZHONGSHAN, China, March 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Holding conferences and signing contracts via video conferences are the new measures adapted by Chinese cities, like Zhongshan, to tackle with the impact of COVID-19 epidemic. With the help of big data, cloud platform and other new technologies, Zh...

2020-03-31 17:37 1017

OneConnect's Gamma Lab wins FinTech Team of the Year award at The Asset for two consecutive years

SHENZHEN, China, March 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- OneConnect, a leading technology-as-a-service platform serving financial institutions inChina, is pleased to announce that its artificial intelligence research institute, Gamma Lab, won the FinTech Team of the Year award for its strong technical pro...

2020-03-31 15:56 1894

Sinic Holdings Announces 2019 Annual Results

Annual Results Recorded New Highs with Steady Development Laying a Solid Foothold in Jiangxi for Nationwide Development ANNUAL RESULTS HIGHLIGHTS * Total contracted sales and attributable contracted sales in 2019 reached a record high ofRMB91,422.7 million and RMB45,109.1 million respectively,...

2020-03-31 14:05 4578

Vymo Launches 'Work From Home' Solution to Ensure Business Continuity for Leading Banks and Insurers

SINGAPORE and BANGALORE, India, March 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Vymo, the world's leading provider of solutions for on-the-go sales teams announced aWork From Home version of its Personal Sales Assistant product for Agents, Relationship Managers and other frontline personnel. It is designed...

2020-03-31 13:24 2298

Viva Biotech Announced 2019 Annual Results

Financial Highlights For the year ended December 31, 2019 * Revenue amounted to approximately RMB323.1 million, representing a significant YOY increase of 53.9% from approximatelyRMB210.0 million in the same period last year. * Gross profit amounted to approximately RMB155.9 million, represe...

2020-03-31 11:45 3947

Blue Planet realises its end to end vision with Zigma, India's largest landfill mining company

SINGAPORE, March 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Planet Environmental Solutions Pte Ltd (Blue Planet),Asia's leading sustainable waste management company, today announced a significant investment in Zigma Global Environ Solutions Pvt Ltd (Zigma),India's largest landfill mining company.

2020-03-31 11:00 4850

Southeast Asia logistics startup Inteluck secures US$5M+ from MindWorks and Lalamove

SINGAPORE, March 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Inteluck, a Southeast Asia-based data-driven third-party logistics platform, announced that it has raised US$5M+ in Series Pre-B funding round led by MindWorks Capital with participation from Infinity Venture Partners and leading on-demand logistics techn...

2020-03-31 11:00 4966

Global IPO momentum disrupted amid pandemic; number of 1Q IPOs and funds raised in Hong Kong and mainland China remain steady

HONG KONG, March 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- While global IPO momentum has been disrupted due to the ongoing pandemic, fundamentals inHong Kong and mainland China IPO markets remain steady overall. The number of IPOs inHong Kong in the first quarter increased compared with the same period last year,...

2020-03-31 10:29 2236

Singapore-headquartered Telehealth Start-up Doctor Anywhere Closes US$27 Million Series B Financing Led by Square Peg, EDBI and IHH Healthcare

SINGAPORE, March 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Doctor Anywhere , a regional tech-led healthcare company headquartered inSingapore, announced today that it has secured a US$27 million Series B financing round led by Square Peg -- the largest venture capital fund inAustrali...

2020-03-31 10:00 3942