Friends Provident International (“FPI”), part of the Aviva group, announces today the appointment of Andrew Waddell as Managing Director for Singapore with immediate effect (subject to local regulatory approval). Andrew…
HONG KONG – Cloud Expo Europe/Asia and Data Centre World, the world’s leading industry technology event, opened its doors for the very first time in Hong Kong Wednesday at AsiaWorld-Expo…
PHILIPPINES – At least 14 people, mostly children, have died due to diarrhea in Zamboanga City, southern Philippines, and the number of casualties continue to rise, according to the Zamboanga…
Publicly traded property and casualty insurer Chubb has named Tai-Kuan Ly as its new president director in Indonesia. Ly will head Chubb’s general insurance operation in the country, taking over…
Russia’s Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation and National Council for Sustainable Development of the Kingdom of Cambodia signed two documents – Memorandum on Nuclear Energy Information Center in Cambodia and…
Megaworld, the largest developer of integrated urban townships in the Philippines, is developing its 21 st township in a 140-hectare property in General Trias, Cavite. To be called Maple Grove,…
Philippine Business Bank (PSE: PBB) reported an increase of 15.0 percent to its net income of ₱162.0 million through the end of the first quarter of 2016 from ₱140.9 million…
PNB Savings Bank (PNBSB), the consumer arm of Philippine National Bank (PNB), posted higher earnings in the first quarter of 2016. Ranked no. 3 in the thrift bank industry, the…
The State Information Center, an official think-tank affiliated with the National Development and Reform Commission, has predicted China’s economy to grow 6.7 percent in Q2 of this year. The center…
Emperador Inc., the world’s largest brandy company and the Philippines’ largest liquor conglomerate, recorded nearly P9 billion in consolidated revenues in the first quarter of 2016, with net income amounting…
CloserStill Media has officially announced the second installment of its Global Women in Tech Initiative at Cloud Expo Asia, which will be held in Hong Kong on May 18 and…
Canadian national telecommunications firm Telus Corporation is selling a 35% stake of its international call center and outsourcing subsidiary to Baring Private Equity Asia for about USD600 million. Telus has…
The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) said it will close more than 2,000 private asset management firms in the country as part of China’s efforts to tighten supervision of the…
#BAR2015 COMPLETE LIST OF PASSERS: 1. ABAD, Leslie Glenne C 2. ABAD, Rachel Ann Katrina P 3. ABEL, Jhoanna Marie M 4. ABELARDO, Mark Joseph B 5. ABELLA, Sonny Xavier…
Westpac Banking Corporation (ASX:WBC)’s stock declined 3.543 percent in today’s trading at the Australian Stock Exchange even as the bank has reported sound H1 result before the market opened. Westpac…
South Korea’s manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) posted at the crucial 50.0 no-change mark in April, up from 49.5 in March, a sign that the country’s manufacturing conditions have stabilised…
