Financial Services
Marlin Equity Partners Announces Strategic Minority Investment by Blackstone
LOS ANGELES and LONDON, May 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Marlin Equity Partners, a global investment firm, today announced that Blackstone's (NYSE: BX) Strategic Capital Group has made a passive, minority investment in the firm. Blackstone's Strategic Capital Group is part of Blackstone Alternative ...
inCruises International Expands its Global Footprint by Partnering with Trust My Travel
Partnering with Trust My Travel is a natural progression of the company's strategy to align with key strategic players around the globe SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, May 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- inCruises International, the world's largest cruise membership club, announced a strategic relationship with...
ThomasLloyd Launches First Open-ended Public Infrastructure Fund and Signs Global Fund Distribution Agreement With Allfunds
LONDON and ZURICH, May 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The global investment and advisory firm ThomasLloyd announced that it is cooperating with Allfunds, one of the world's leading distributors of investment funds. Following the signing of a global framework agreement relating to ThomasLloyd´s fund sui...
At the Astana Economic Forum-2019 Forecasts Are Voiced Regarding the Future of Mankind
NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan, May 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, on May 16th, the XII Astana Economic Forum (AEF) under the theme "Inspiring growth: people, cities, economies" has begun. At the plenary meeting of the AEF-2019, the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Elbasy Nursultan N...
OpenFin Raises $17 Million Series C from Wells Fargo and Barclays
NEW YORK and LONDON, May 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- OpenFin, the operating system (OS) of finance, has raised$17 million in Series C funding from major banks and leading FinTech investors. The funding round was led by Wells Fargo with participation from Barclays and existing investors including Bai...
11th HKTDC Entrepreneur Day opens today
HONG KONG, May 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The 11th HKTDC Entrepreneur Day (E-Day), organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), opened today at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). The opening ceremony for the two-day event was officiated byJason Chiu, Vice-chair...
KPS Capital Partners To Acquire Howden From Colfax Corporation
NEW YORK, May 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- KPS Capital Partners ("KPS") announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Howden, (the "Company") from Colfax Corporation (NYSE: CFX) for an enterprise value of$1.80 billion, including $1.66 billion in cash consideration and $0.14 bil...
Wanda Department Store Officially Renamed Suning.com Plaza
NANJING, China, May 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- On May 5, Suning.com, the
subsidiary of Suning Holdings Group ("Suning"), announced the 37 Wanda
Department Stores it acquired last February officially renamed into Suning.com
Plaza. The first reformed store will open by the end of May.
Asia Clean Capital Cooperates with Husqvarna Group on Solar PV Project
BEIJING, May 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Asia Clean Capital ("ACC") today
announced that is has begun commercial operations of a 1.4 megawatt rooftop
solar project with Husqvarna Zenoah Changzhou Machinery Co., LTD ("Husqvarna")
inJiangsu Province.
American, Chinese Execs and Scholars Discuss Digital Innovation at CEIBS US Forum
BOSTON, May 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- About 80 high-level Chinese business executives and entrepreneurs joined scholars from the US andChina in Boston on May 15 for a discussion on how both sides can work together to break new ground in today's digital economy. They gathered for a half-day event c...
Latham & Watkins Adds Three Prominent Corporate Partners In Tokyo
TOKYO, May 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Ivan Smallwood, Noah Carr, and Stuart Beraha have joined the Tokyo office as partners in the Corporate Department. With the addition of this formidable team, Latham stands poised to capitalize on the strong and growin...
Guizhou spearheads mobile payment in west China
GUIYANG, China, May 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- As of December 2018, 13 highway toll stations ofGuizhou had adopted WeChat payment and about 2,000 of 3,738 highway lanes inGuizhou had installed QR code scanning equipment. "It saves me a lot of time to pay via WeChat without bothering to ask forchang...
Innovent Will Provide Key Results Update of Several Clinical Studies at 2019 ASCO Annual Meeting
SUZHOU, China, May 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovent Biologics, Inc. (Innovent) (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops and commercializes high quality medicines, today announced that the research data on the treatment of relapsed or refractory extranodal NK/T cell ly...
Shiji Group And FreedomPay Announce Key Partnership To Support Global Expansion Plans
PHILADELPHIA, May 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Payment innovator, FreedomPay, a leading global consumer centric commerce payments platform, today announces a strategic partnership with the Shiji Group (Shiji) to help drive significant global expansion acrossAsia, Europe and the Americas. Shiji, the ...
8i Enterprises Acquisition Corp. Announces that Ordinary Shares, Warrants and Rights to Commence Separate Trading on or about May 16, 2019
NEW YORK, May 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- 8i Enterprises Acquisition Corp. ("the Company" or "8i") (NASDAQ: JFKKU), a blank check company formed for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or mo...
Cotecna Acquires Neotron, a Leading Provider of Analytical Solutions to the Food Sector
GENEVA, May 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Cotecna announces it has completed the acquisition of Neotron, a global provider of testing services for food products, supplements, cosmetics and pharmaceutical products, based inItaly. Founded in 1975 by Gian Carlo Gatti, Neotron is one of the largest analyt...
What is your Marketing ROI: Understanding Real Impact to Grow Revenue
Advanced customer lifecycle management platform, CleverTap launches a powerful reporting dashboard to bring longer term measurability to marketing initiatives SAN FRANCISCO, May 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CleverTap, the advanced customer engagement platform, today released a measurement dashboard, ...
Ping An completes multi-center clinical trials for world's first intelligent OCT retinal disease screening system
SHANGHAI and HONG KONG, May 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. ("China Ping An", "Ping An", the "Group" or the "Company"; stock codes: HKEX 2318 and SSE 601318) is pleased to announce that its technology arm, Ping An Technology, has completed a prospective ...
SingPost & Synagie partner to provide on-demand warehousing and logistics solutions for SMEs in Singapore and Southeast Asia
* Synagie to collaborate with Singapore Post to provide cloud-based warehousing and fulfilment solutions. * Collaboration will enable small and medium-sized enterprises to utilise state-of-the art warehousing services inSingapore and Southeast Asia. SINGAPORE, May 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Sing...
Tutuka Launches Its First Program in Hong Kong with Octopus
HONG KONG, May 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- In March 2019, Global payments enabler, Tutuka, announced their first venture intoHong Kong in conjunction with Octopus Cards Limited (OCL) and launched a virtual prepaid card, O! ePay Mastercard, allowing users to shop globally online at any merchants that...
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