Financial Services
Doo Holding Group Partners with Trading Central and Strategic Alpha
HONG KONG, March 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Doo Holding, an international leader in forex, CFDs and financial investment software and services, announced significant upgrades to its product offerings through its partnerships with Trading Central and Strategic Alpha, both industry-trusted research a...
AIA Reports Financial Results For 2019
HONG KONG, March 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- AIA Group Limited (the "Company"; stock code: 1299) today announces financial results for the year ended31 December 2019. Growth rates are shown on a constant exchange rate basis below: Robust growth in value of new business * 6 per cent growth in va...
Crisis of Confidence in Business Leaders to Manage Disruption, Like Coronavirus
Only 15% of executives believe their companies' top leadership will succeed SINGAPORE, March 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Only 15% of business executives worldwide have confidence in their company's own top leadership to successfully manage disruption – including unexpected events like pandemic...
Global Cord Blood Corporation Reports Financial Results for the Third Quarter and First Nine Months of Fiscal 2020
3Q20 Added 23,387 New Subscribers Revenues Up 31.7% YoY to RMB334.7 Million ($48.1 Million) Operating Income Up 65.1% YoY to RMB152.9 Million ($22.0 Million) Non-GAAP Operating Income Up 56.7% YoY to RMB165.0 Million ($23.7 Million) Conference Call to be Held on March 12, 2020, at 8:00 a.m. ET ...
Les Amis in Singapore is the Winner of the Gin Mare Art of Hospitality Award at Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2020
SINGAPORE, March 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Les Amis in Singapore is the 2020 winner of theGin Mare Art of Hospitality Award. Determined by Asia's 50 Best Restaurants voting Academy, theGin Mare Art of Hospitality Award recognises a restaurant that demonstrates outstanding service and exceptional h...
China's total pensions assets grew by 19 percent to RMB 15 trillion in 2019, forecasts KPMG
HONG KONG, March 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- China's three-pillar pension sector sees healthy growth prospects, improving investment returns and growing participation following regulatory changes.China's total pension assets are expected to have grown by 19 percent in 2019 to more thanRMB 15 trillio...
Wirecard and Southeast Asia Super App Grab Announce Payments Partnership to Drive Cashless Economy for MSMEs Across the Region
* Grab offers a variety of services to consumers in Southeast Asia ranging from ride-hailing and food delivery to digital financial products across payments, lending and insurance * Wirecard to process card transactions made via the GrabPay e-wallet and integrate it as a payment method for it...
TMRW's unique engagement-focused business model sets the standard for digital banks around the world
SINGAPORE, March 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- TMRW by UOB, the first mobile-only bank for ASEAN's digital generation, has seen customer engagement, its key measure of success, quadruple since its launch one year ago. Engagement has also been a very powerful driver in extending TMRW's customer base, w...
Steel futures gain traction as Argus-linked LME steel contract marks birthday
SINGAPORE, March 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The London Metal Exchange (LME)
launched its fobChina hot-rolled coil (HRC) contract a year ago. The contract
traded 67,109 lots in its first year — the majority of this since November —
with record open interest reported at the end of February.
OPIM launches Global Macro Fund named Waterflow Fund SPC
HONG KONG, March 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- OP Investment Management Limited ("OPIM"),Asia's leading hedge fund platform, is partnering with Waterflow Capital to launch Waterflow Fund SPC (the "Fund"), which is Cayman-domiciled and for professional investors only. Managed by Mr. Shui JIANG and Mr....
Cathay Financial Holdings Joins Plug and Play Singapore's Insurtech Program
SINGAPORE, March 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Plug and Play, the global innovation platform, and Cathay Financial Holdings have announced today that they will be expanding their partnership to work closer with innovative startups through Plug and Play's Singapore Insurtech program, and would like to ...
WuXi Biologics Completes Weather-Tight Seal of its Biologics Manufacturing Facility in Ireland
DUNDALK, Ireland, March 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- WuXi Biologics ("WuXi Bio") (2269.HK), a leading global open-access biologics technology platform company offering end-to-end solutions for biologics discovery, development and manufacturing, announced that it has completed the weather-tight seal o...
U.S. Immigration Fund Announces I-829 Approval for its West 57th Project in Manhattan
JUPITER, Florida, March 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Immigration Fund (USIF) is pleased to announce that United States Citizenship Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued an I-829 approval for its EB-5 project,West 57th. Form I-829 is the permanent Green Card application, and once approved, co...
Trip.com Group joins Standard Chartered, PCCW and HKT to announce new virtual banking service
HONG KONG, March 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Trip.com Group has partnered with Standard Chartered, PCCW and HKT to launch a new virtual banking service and Asia's first all-in-one numberless bank card, Mox. Drawing on the combined expertise and resources of some of the region's most prominent i...
Kasisto Named as a Top 10 Most Innovative Artificial Intelligence Company by Fast Company
NEW YORK, March 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Kasisto, creators of KAI - the financial services industry's leading digital experience platform has been named as one of Fast Company Most Innovative Companies (MIC) in the Artificial Intelligence Category. Fast Company, an award-winning magazine with ove...
R.J. O'Brien Selects Eventus Systems for Global Market Surveillance, Real-Time Risk Monitoring Solution
Cloud Deployment of Validus Platform to Begin April 1 CHICAGO and AUSTIN, Texas, March 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Chicago-based R.J. O'Brien & Associates (RJO), the oldest and largest independent futures brokerage and clearing firm inthe United States, and Austin-based Eventus Systems, Inc., a mul...
Airwallex and Xero Partner to Help SMBs Save Time and Money
MELBOURNE, March 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Global fintech leader Airwallex
Less than half of Asia's rich have succession plans even as awareness of the need reaches all-time high
* Butterfield Trust white paper found just 40% of Asia's HNWIs are actively planning succession * However, relationship managers report all-time high for succession planning requests; cite geopolitical and regulatory risks as being biggest challenges facing HNWIs now * Trusts ranked as top ...
HSBC Life Makes Further Donation to Support the Combat against COVID-19 Outbreak
SHANGHAI, March 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- HSBC Life Insurance Company Limited ("HSBC Life") has launched an online campaign on WeChat to maximize support for the frontline medical personnel. People can visit HSBC Life official WeChat account and fill the "love bottles". For every received bottle, ...
Ticket2U Invites Investors to be Part of its Expansion Plans
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, March 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Ticket2U, Malaysia's leading online ticketing platform, is opening its gates for the first time to investors to be part of its business expansion plans to other countries in Southeast Asia. The founder of Ticket2U, YC Chia, says that the compa...
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