KKR Closes First Asia Real Estate Fund at US$1.7 billion
HONG KONG – Global investment firm KKR announced the final close of KKR Asia Real Estate Partners (AREP), a US$1.7 billion fund focused on opportunistic real estate investments in Asia…
Rimba Raya’s Sustainable Peatland Farmer Field School
In November 2020, Rimba Raya Biodiversity Reserve conducted training sessions aimed at strengthening the capacity of Farmer Groups (KT). The goal of these sessions was to help farmers improve their…
Micropillar compression for finding heat-tolerant alloys
Metals containing niobium silicide are promising materials that can withstand high temperatures and improve efficiency of gas turbines in power plants and aircraft. But it has been difficult to accurately…
WARC Effectiveness Awards 2021, in association with LIONS, are launched
– A new global marketing effectiveness benchmark like no other – The awards will be judged using the WARC/LIONS Creative Effectiveness Ladder providing a universal standard – Feedback given to…
PlanetSpark Innovation Centre, First Hardware-targeted Accelerator for AIoT Innovations Led by Singapore Company, is Launched to Enable Tech Startups Achieve Market Deployment
PlanetSpark Pte. Ltd., the entrepreneurial and strategic investment arm of SGX mainboard-listed Excelpoint Technology Ltd(1) (“Excelpoint”), today announced the launch of PlanetSpark Innovation Centre, the first hardware-targeted accelerator for Artificial…
Uzpromstroybank launches JCB merchant acquiring operations across the Republic of Uzbekistan
TOKYO & TASHKENT, Jan 12, 2021 – JCB International Co., Ltd., the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., Japan’s only international payment brand, and JSCB “Uzbek Industrial and Construction…
BYD Wins the Largest Pure-Electric Bus Order outside of China
BYD is proud to announce that it has exclusively won cumulative orders to supply 1,002-unit pure-electric buses to the capital of Colombia, Bogota. This tender was open to all bus…
CITIC Telecom CPC Expands ASEAN Points of Presence to support Regional Proliferation of Innovative Technology Businesses and Smart Cities
Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta Latest Gateways in Ongoing Regional Rollout to Meet Growing Demand for TrueCONNECT(TM) Hybrid (SD-WAN) Solution and other Managed Enterprise Cloud Solutions CITIC Telecom International CPC Limited…
Digital Assets Exchange Zipmex Raises $6m in Funding
Zipmex, the fully licensed global digital assets exchange, announced today the closing of its latest funding round. The round is headlined by Jump Capital, a US venture capitalist firm specialising…
ACI Worldwide and JCB Boosts Merchant Acquiring Capabilities with Successful Global Rollout of Web API Payment Solution
JCB expands payments acceptance for acquirers, merchants and payment service providers with ACI Secure eCommerce SINGAPORE & TOKYO, Jan 12, 2021 – ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider…
CapitaLand’s Ascott Adds Over 14,200 Units Globally in 2020
CapitaLand’s wholly-owned lodging business unit, The Ascott Limited (Ascott) has added a record of over 14,200 units across 71 properties globally for 2020. Despite COVID-19, this exceeds the number of…
Blockpass Provides KYC Services for Blitz Network
Blockpass is proud to reveal another new partnership, this time with Blitz Network – a union of miners, cross border traders and early cryptocurrency investors. As part of the financial…
Rhotex Inc Launches Environmentally-Sound Options to Crypto Mining
Rhotex ( www.rhotex.com ) has officially launched 3 miner cases configured with an in-built factory cooling system to ensure 100% efficiency as the chips generate heat. From Rhotex, this first…
HKIRA’s first virtual IR Annual Symposium concludes with positive response
Celebrates 1,000th member joining taskforce to uphold best IR practices Hong Kong Investor Relations Association (“HKIRA”) announces that its first virtual IR Annual Symposium (the “Symposium”) was successfully held last…
Kansai Halifax Holdings Releases Report on Tencent Increasing Stake in Commodity Start-up Xingsheng Youxuan
Kansai Halifax Holdings have today released a research report on Tencent Holdings Ltd increasing its stake in Xingsheng Youxuan. The global technology conglomerate is investing $100 million in the Chinese…
Japan Datacenters: Market Insights 2021
Want to learn how Japanese datacenters are reshaping the country’s economy? W.Media is hosting a webinar on Wednesday, 20th January, 10:30-12PM (GMT+9) dedicated to this explosive industry, with top-level speakers…
KKR Hits Final Close of Asia Infrastructure Fund at $3.9bn
Global private equity giant KKR announced the final close of KKR Asia Pacific Infrastructure Investors SCSp, a US$3.9 billion fund focused on infrastructure-related investments across Asia Pacific. “We are thrilled…
Edvantage Group (0382.HK) announced successful college conversion, Renamed as Guangzhou Huashang College
“Huashang” brand deepened, Enrolment scale expanded, Cost structure optimised Edvantage Group Holdings Limited (“Edvantage Group” or the “Group”, stock code: 0382.HK), the largest private higher education group in the Guangdong-Hong…
Norwegian Block Exchange (NBX) Raises Capital for Growth
Just before New Year, the Norwegian Block Exchange (NBX) completed a NOK 60 million (EUR 5.84 million) private equity placement with Pareto Securities, a leading investment bank in the Nordics,…
Singapore: Helen Wong To Succeed Samuel Tsien as OCBC Group CEO
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited (OCBC Bank) announced the appointment of Helen Wong as Group Chief Executive Officer on 15 April 2021. She succeeds Samuel Tsien, who is retiring on 14…