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Ping An Voyager Fund Leads Investment in PlusDental to Enhance Modern Dentistry in Europe
HONG KONG and SHANGHAI, May 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Ping An Insurance (Group) Company ofChina, Ltd. (hereafter "Ping An" or the "Group", HKEx:2318; SSE:601318) is delighted to announce that its fintech and healthtech investment arm Ping An Global Voyager Fund has invested in digital dentistry pl...
GoBear accelerates its transformation to become Asia's leading financial services platform with US$17M fundraise
* The fresh injection of capital marks GoBear's fifth fundraise to date. * The round came from GoBear's long-term investors: Walvis Participaties, a Dutch venture capital firm and Aegon N.V., one of the world's leading providers of life insurance, pensions and asset management. * This strate...
Endofotonics Raises S$12 million in Series B Funding for the Commercialization of its AI Powered Medical Device to Support Clinicians in the Real Time Detection of Early Stomach Cancer
SINGAPORE, May 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Endofotonics
Rochester Group Gets Record 7.2 Bn EUR Traction With Its Latest Spin-Off
Rochester Group Gets Record 7.2 Bn EUR Traction in Spinning Its Banking, Insurance and International Trade Lines Into One Offering. LONDON, May 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Rochester Group™ ( www.rochestergroup.eu) announces an unprecedented success and all-time-high for the group by spinning-off...
Labuan IBFC Market Performance for 2019: 30 Years of Intermediating Asia - Embracing Business Innovation & Digitalisation
* The banking and insurance market's profitability grew by 26.9% and 43.7% * More than 55% international businesses in banking and insurance * 28 new licences approved for digital financial services business * More jobs creation; boosting industry total workforce to more than 6,000 LA...
Abridge Initiates Coverage on V1 Group with a "Buy" Rating and HK$0.29 Price Target
HONG KONG, May 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Abridge Enterprises Company Limited ("Abridge"), a professional investment advisory and asset management company has initiated coverage ofV1 Group Limited ("V1 Group" or the "Company", together with its subsidiaries, the "Group"; stock code: 00082.HK), with...
Analytic Partners Report: Cutting Ad Spend Guarantees Losses in a Recession
NEW YORK, May 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- A brand that reduces its media spend in 2020 by$50 million will, on average, stand to lose $130 million in revenue in 2020 alone, and when factoring in the long-term implications of this reduction, the number increases to well over$300 million. That's accor...
After Capturing a Record US$2.4 Billion in 2019 AI Investments, Healthcare AI Startups Set for Stardom in the Post-COVID-19 World
SINGAPORE, May 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2019, the United States led in Artificial Intelligence (AI) venture capital investment, with 220 deals and a total ofUS$16 billion. China remained a distant second with 24 deals and US$3.6 billion. Overall, global tech market advisory firm, ABI Research,...
AmCham Singapore Announces the Election of Ms. Lisa Liaw as Chair of the Board of Governors
SINGAPORE, May 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore (AmCham Singapore) is pleased to announce the election of Lisa Liaw as Chair of the Board of Governors. Ms. Liaw assumed her role onMay 11, 2020 and is the first woman chair of AmCham Singapore in more than 10 y...
Introducing Apiflex, Apigate's Partner Bundling Platform for Customer Acquisition and Retention
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, May 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Apigate, a trusted
provider to Telco Operators and Digital Merchants for reach, acquisition and
monetisation, today announced the launch of its new dynamic content bundling
platform "Apiflex".
Manulife unveils new MOVE Health Score to help customers become healthier
HONG KONG, May 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Manulife Hong Kong has enhanced the existing ManulifeMOVE (MOVE) experience by launching the 'MOVE Health Score'[1] that encourages customers to make healthy lifestyle choices. This new functionality provides customers a scientific yet simple scoring method...
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...
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