Banking/Financial Service
Board of Governors of New Development Bank holds Special Meeting, elects Marcos Troyjo as NDB President
SHANGHAI, May 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- On May 27, 2020, the Board of Governors of the New Development Bank (NDB) unanimously elected Mr. Marcos Prado Troyjo as the President of the NDB fromJuly 7, 2020, in full accordance with the Articles of Agreement of the New Development Bank and its procedur...
Filinvest and 'Plug and Play' form alliance to accelerate digital innovations in the Philippines
BANGKOK, May 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading Philippine conglomerate Filinvest Development Corporation and Plug and Play, considered the foremost global innovation platform, join forces to fuel innovations in property and real estate technology, as well as in adjacent sectors in energy and susta...
Singapore-New Zealand Virtual Summit 27 May 2020
SINGAPORE, May 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern held a Virtual Summit via videoconference on27 May 2020 to commemorate the first anniversary of the establishment of the Singapore-New Zealand Enhanced Partnership (EP). Establishe...
WuXi Biologics Sweeps 2020 CMO Leadership Awards in All Six Categories
SHANGHAI and NEW YORK, May 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- WuXi Biologics ("WuXi Bio") (2269.HK), a global company with leading open-access biologics technology platforms, announced that it has been recognized by Life Science Leader for the third year, achieving 2020 CMO Leadership Awards in six criter...
Rogers International Commodity Index® (RICI®): Effective With the RICI® May 2020 Roll Period, the Crude Oil (CL) Contract Will Hold At October (V) and Not Roll
SINGAPORE, May 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Jim Rogers and Beeland Interests, Inc. announce that effective with the Rogers International Commodity Index® (RICI® ) May 2020 roll period, which roll period begins onMay 28, 2020, the RICI and RICI Energy sub-index will continue to hold the Crude Oil (CL) ...
CC Awards Reopens to Recognize Customer Contact Excellence
Frost & Sullivan prepares to honor companies in customer contact & customer experience industry SANTA CLARA, California, May 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Customer service practitioners and solution providers of all areas are invited to nominate their organizations and/or clients for theCC Awards (CC...
Hong Kong is number one in Asia for enterprise encryption, with customer personal information the top data protection priority, reports nCipher Security
HONG KONG, May 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- nCipher Security
BMO Financial Group Declares Dividends
TORONTO, May 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO) (NYSE:BMO) today announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $1.06 per share on paid-up common shares of Bank of Montreal for the third quarter of fiscal year 2020 ("Q3 2020 Dividend"), unchanged from the p...
BMO Financial Group Reports Second Quarter 2020 Results
Financial Results Highlights Second Quarter 2020 Compared With Second Quarter 2019: * Net income of $689 million, compared with $1,497 million; adjusted net income[1] of $715 million, compared with $1,522 million * Reported EPS[2] of $1.00, compared with $2.26; adjusted EPS[1,2] of $1.04, co...
Tencent Signs Memorandum of Understanding with China Construction Bank Corporation Labuan Branch in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, May 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Tencent, a leading provider of Internet value-added services inChina, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) withChina Construction Bank Corporation Labuan Branch (CCB Labuan)in Malaysia, boosting the digital banking...
Barry Callebaut to acquire GKC Foods in Australia
* Acquisition establishes Barry Callebaut's direct presence and manufacturing capacity inAustralia to cater for the Australian and New Zealand markets * Investment involves upgrading the factory and installing a new chocolate production line * GKC Foods is a privately-owned B2B chocolate m...
HKEX Signs Agreement with MSCI to License Indexes to Launch Asia and Emerging Markets Futures and Options Contracts
HONG KONG, May 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) is today pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited, has signed a major licensing agreement with MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI), a leading provider of mission critical dec...
Manulife Gives "Thank You Day" Off to Employees in 2020; Five Additional Personal Days in 2021
C$ unless otherwise stated TSX/NYSE/PSE: MFC SEHK: 945 TORONTO, May 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Manulife and John Hancock will be giving its more than 35,000 employees a "Thank You Day" off onFriday, June 19 this year in appreciation of all the hard work they've done serving customers and help...
Oi Wah recorded 6.5% growth of net profit in FY2020
Financial Highlights For the year ended 29 Feb HK$ 2020 2021 Change Revenue 223,959 224,763 -0.4% Net interest margin 13.1% 12.4% +0.7 p.pt. Profit before taxation 128,282 121,566 +5.5% Pro...
High-Tech Business Leader and Speech Recognition Expert Steven Chambers Joins Kasisto's Board of Directors
As Kasisto expands and extends the reach of its industry leading Conversational AI technology, Mr. Chambers will provide invaluable expertise in helping to shape the company's go to market initiatives NEW YORK, May 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Kasisto, creators of KAI, the leading digital experienc...
COVID-19 accelerating four key fundamental retail trends, finds KPMG report
HONG KONG, May 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Retail markets around the world are changing and the retail industry is evolving, while facing massive challenges as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. However, the pandemic has accelerated -- rather than stopped -- key underlying fundamental trends that were...
Anytime Fitness Asia Acquired by Inspire Brands Asia Amidst COVID-19 Crisis
SINGAPORE, May 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Anytime Fitness Asia has been purchased by Inspire Brands Asia("IBA"), a consortium of top submaster franchisees; lead investor Exacta Capital Partners; and co-investor Aura Group. It includes the Master Franchisee license inSingapore, Malaysia, Philippines...
GoalsMapper offered a month's free subscription for financial advisers
SINGAPORE, May 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Financial advisers in Singapore,
Malaysia and Thailand who were using GoalsMapper benefited from up to a month's
free subscription on the platform in April. This initiative costs the
GoalsMapper team approximatelyUSD$70,000 in revenue.
Edmodo and Coding Galaxy Chosen by MoE Thailand as K-12 Learning Solutions
HONG KONG, May 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- NetDragon Websoft Holdings Limited ("NetDragon" or "the Company", Hong Kong Stock Code: 777), a global leader in building internet communities, is pleased to announce that two of NetDragon's education products, namely Edmodo and Coding Galaxy, have been sel...
Innovent Announces First Patient Dosed in A Phase 1 Clinical Trial of Anti-TIGIT Monoclonal Antibody in China
SUZHOU, China, May 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovent Biologics, Inc. ("Innovent") (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and commercializes high quality medicines for the treatment of oncology, autoimmune, metabolic and other major diseases, today anno...
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