Financial Services

Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business and UN Women Successfully Cohosted the 2019 Women in Leadership Forum on Gender Equality

BEIJING, Nov. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- In China, women are underrepresented in the boardroom with only 9.4% of women sitting on boards of publicly traded companies. However, research from McKinsey Global Institute states that if there was no gender pay gap, as much as$28 trillion, or 26 percent, ...

2019-11-21 09:02 1993

Tapad and Lifesight Sign Partnership To Power Cross Device Capabilities Within Lifesight's Real World Intelligence Platform

Tapad's technology now powers Lifesight's real world intelligence platform with cross-device and reach expansion in the Asia Pacific Region.   SINGAPORE, Nov. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Tapad, a global leader in digital identity resolution, today announced a new partnership with Lifesight, a leadi...

2019-11-21 09:00 2478

Alan Kirshner To Retire As Executive Chairman Of Markel Corporation; Steven Markel To Become Chairman Of The Board At 2020 Annual Meeting

RICHMOND, Virginia, Nov. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Markel Corporation (NYSE: MKL) announced today thatAlan I. Kirshner, the company's Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board, informed the company that he will not stand for re-election at the company's 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders sched...

2019-11-21 05:35 4649

Harold L. Morrison, Jr. to Join Markel's Board of Directors

RICHMOND, Virginia, Nov. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Markel Corporation (NYSE: MKL) announced today the appointment ofHarold L. Morrison, Jr. to its Board of Directors, effectiveJanuary 1, 2020. Morrison retired from Chubb Insurance Company inDecember 2017 after a 33-year career in the insurance i...

2019-11-21 05:30 4821

Global "Knowledge-as-a-Service" platform Lynk announces successful funding round

NEW YORK and HONG KONG, Nov. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Lynk, a global leader that spearheaded the "Knowledge-as-a-Service" (KaaS) sector, announced the close of a funding round led bySingapore-based MassMutual Ventures Southeast Asia (MMV SEA). Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund and Wavemaker Partners, wh...

2019-11-21 00:54 3824

EPFR: Global ETF Assets Surpass $6 Trillion

EPFR's industry leading research highlights important inflection point as ETFs reach landmark milestone a decade after Global Financial Crisis BOSTON, Nov. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- EPFR, a subsidiary of Informa plc (LSE: INF) and a worldwide industry leader in providing fund flows and allocation ...

2019-11-20 21:08 4816

Kasisto Democratizes Financial Services Industry's Leading Conversational AI Technology with Latest Release of KAI, its Open and Extensible Digital Experience Platform

With KAI, anyone from business analysts to engineers can now build engaging and intelligent virtual assistants with easy-to-use self-service tools, open and robust APIs, patented security features, industry-leading natural language processing and learnings from vast amounts of industry data NEW ...

2019-11-20 21:00 1210

PwC, Rabobank and Temasek launch The Asia Food Challenge Report, highlighting $800 billion investment opportunity in Asia's Agri-Food sector over the next decade

SINGAPORE, Nov. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- PwC, Rabobank and Temasek today released The Asia Food Challenge Report: Harvesting the Future, which delves intoAsia's food and agricultural landscape. The report was launched in conjunction with this year's Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Week inSingap...

2019-11-20 20:32 4612

Global Cord Blood Corp Comments on New Regulation

HONG KONG, Nov. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Cord Blood Corporation (NYSE: CO) (the "Company"),China's leading provider of cord blood collection, laboratory testing, hematopoietic stem cell processing and stem cell storage services, today commented on a new regulation related to companies in ...

2019-11-20 20:00 5562

H.E. Mothanna Gharaibeh Inaugurates BIGO Technology's Amman Office, Opening Doors to AI and More Employment Opportunities

AMMAN, Jordan, Nov. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- BIGO Technology (BIGO), a Singapore -based Internet technology company powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), has opened a new office inAmman, Jordan. The office was inaugurated by His Excellency Mothanna Gharaibeh,Jordan's Minister for Digital Econom...

2019-11-20 19:34 1928

Hong Kong ahead of Asian peers on LIBOR transition readiness, according to KPMG report

HONG KONG, Nov. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Hong Kong banks are in more advanced stages of transitioning away from the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR) benchmark interest rate than their Asian counterparts, according to a KPMG survey of more than 20 large banks operating inHong Kong, Indonesia...

2019-11-20 17:58 2695

GTG APToken formally makes its debut

TAIPEI, Nov. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- "Join hands across the world" - The press conference announcing the GTG APToken, launched by GTG Ventures, was held in Le Meridien Taipei onNovember 16, with more than 150 guests attending the ceremony, including top executives from investment and media organ...

2019-11-20 17:06 3474

Wirecard and Bank Mandiri, one of Indonesia's largest banks, cooperate on digital financial solutions for corporate customers

-Mandiri Cash Management services, powered by Wirecard technology, support over 27,000 active corporate customers -Thanks to Wirecard, Bank Mandiri has launched a new Customs Management service, a payment integration with the Indonesian Directorate General for Customs and Excise (DJBC), helping ...

2019-11-20 17:02 3913

RISE embarks on a new journey in Singapore with a mission to drive 1% GDP growth in South East Asia

BANGKOK, Nov. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- RISE, a leading Corporate Innovation Powerhouse based out ofSoutheast Asia, celebrates its official launch in Singapore by hosting the RISE Corporate Innovation Day in Singapore. As it embarks on a new journey in The Lion City, RISE will work with its partne...

2019-11-20 16:08 2243

TradingView Joins the Fintech District in Italy

MILAN, Nov. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- TradingView, one of the biggest financial platforms for traders and investors, is joining the Fintech District inMilan, Italy to increase its relevance and explore the regional fintech ecosystem, in order to connect more easily with business partners in its mi...

2019-11-20 16:00 792

East Kalimantan's industrial zones to be Indonesia's next big thing

SAMARINDA, Indonesia, Nov. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Island of Kalimantan has officially been set as one of six economic powerhouses inIndonesia by the government of Republic ofIndonesia. East Kalimantan province, more precisely, is becomingIndonesia's next big thing, not only in terms that it has...

2019-11-20 15:29 2159

McKay Brothers Adds Shanghai and Hong Kong to Asia Services

TOKYO and GENEVA, Nov. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- McKay Brothers International (MBI) is now offering connectivity at the lowest known commercial latency between theTokyo-CC2 data center and trading centers in Shanghai and Hong Kong. The procured hybrid microwave/fiber service between the Shanghai F...

2019-11-20 14:00 2788

Cognizant Named an AI Consultancy Leader in Asia Pacific by Independent Research Firm

SINGAPORE, Nov. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is recognized as an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Consultancies leader in theAsia Pacific (AP) region by Forrester Research, a leading global research and advisory firm. The Forrester Wave™: AI Consultancies In Asia Pacific, Q3 2019...

2019-11-20 13:01 4502

Pareto offers an investment option to hedge against a potential economic crisis

SINGAPORE, Nov. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Pareto International, a Singapore -based wealth building platform that mainly focuses on foreign exchange (Forex) trading is offering a service to investors to safeguard their investments against any potential financial crisis. Based on its experience, Par...

2019-11-20 10:10 5093

Nationwide Delivers Exceptional Protection for Members with H2O.ai

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning with H2O.ai Speeds Model Development and Saves Nationwide Millions of Dollars Annually MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, Nov. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- H2O.ai, the open source leader in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), today announced t...

2019-11-20 08:45 2907
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