Author: Marie Jones

Crestron, a global leader in workplace technology that creates automation solutions to improve efficiency and productivity, strengthens its position in the Asian markets through recent strategic customer wins. One of the top 3 local banks in Singapore has recently selected Crestron solutions for their training and development centre. Also, recent wins in some of the top Singapore Universities and Government institutions have proven that the strategy to add new vertical markets is successful. Crestron is strengthening its go-to-market approach in Asia with a focus on direct engagement with its end users, in support of their key partners. Crestron’s plan to…

 Overwhelming response indicates positive sentiment for economic recovery in 2022 One-Stop Solution Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) Provider slated to list on the Main Market of Bursa Securities by 16 December The shares of Aurelius Technologies Berhad (ATech or the Group) has been oversubscribed by 20.27 times ahead of the Group’s listing on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (Bursa Securities). “We are extremely thankful for the trust that investors have in ATech, our business prospects and future plans. Our journey to be a one-stop solution for Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider has come a long way and has…

Opening up business opportunities; 26,000 participants recorded The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) organised three expos and a forum through online streaming platforms last week. The three events, namely HKTDC Entrepreneur Day (E-day), the Business of IP Asia Forum (BIP Asia Forum) and the HKTDC SmartBiz Expo, covered topics ranging from driving innovation through intellectual property and sustainable development to entrepreneurship and business know-how, offering both theoretical and practical insights to help businesses address challenges worldwide. Under the theme “New Normal New Future”, HKTDC Entrepreneur Day and the HKTDC SmartBiz Expo presented 25 seminar sessions in total and welcomed…

 Infocus International Group, a global business intelligence provider of strategic information and professional services, has launched the Project Finance & Project Financial Modelling online masterclass and it will be commencing live on 7 February 2022. Today’s project finance (PF) transactions require a higher level of expertise not only in programming more sophisticated and flexible financial models, but also in incorporating the latest risk mitigation and credit enhancement instruments. While higher standards of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) impact management are being demanded of all major capital projects worldwide, more options and models for ESG mitigation, insurance, guarantee products, and financing…

The Myanmar Government said today that it has largely restored national stability after recent civil unrest and is now focused on increasing vaccination rates to reduce COVID-19 infections and attracting local and foreign investments to jump-start economic growth and job creation. The Ministry of Information (MOI) and Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations (MIFER) said in a joint statement that with the restoration of stability, economic recovery was now a top priority as the Government prepares for multi-party elections to be held by August 2023. The Union Election Commission has reviewed weaknesses, fraud and malpractices in the 8 November…

Yuexiu Real Estate Investment Trust (HKG: 405) announced that the proposal to acquire Yuexiu Financial Tower from Yuexiu Property Company Limited (HKG: 123) was approved by unitholders at the extraordinary general meeting held today, with a majority vote of 96.24%. Yuexiu Financial Tower, the acquisition of which was approved by unitholders at the extraordinary general meeting, is a scarce top-tier international Grade A office building in the core district of Guangzhou Zhu Jiang New Town CBD. The 309-metre tall building is among the 10 tallest skyscrapers in Guangzhou. It has a total gross floor area of 210,282.94 square metres, a…

TG DAO 3.0 Launchpad, which is a combination of an IDO launchpad and a startup incubator, has announced that it will now be accepting applications from projects. Early-stage startups can now undergo incubation or acceleration at TG DAO 3.0 and receive investment from a community of crypto investors that consists of over 25,000 members. “Our launchpad is dedicated to the launch and ongoing support of both blockchain and non-blockchain startups. Any entrepreneur can benefit from participating in our incubation program, and raise funding for the development of their project. We are not limited to any particular industry and are ready…

Eutaria, an off-chain play-to-earn crypto company, has announced the introduction of a passive income source for all token holders. Currently exploring various aspects of the crypto market, this company requires gamers to hold some of its native tokens to unlock unique play-to-earn features. Aimed at providing sustainable rewards for gamers without gas fees, Eutaria will offer players the rare opportunity of earning an in-game currency equivalent to the US dollar. Built on Binance Smart Chain [BSC], these earnings can easily be converted to the Binance native token, BNB. Eutaria will introduce a Eutaria Token [EUT] and an in-game currency, Pleasure…

LaunchVerse is a novel product that taps into the need for a premium crowdfunding platform that provides benefits for new projects and the communities built around them. RADA, the DAO-based AngelList for Blockchain, officially launched its newest product, LaunchVerse, a DAO-based launchpad for Gamefi and MetaVerse blockchain projects. Having Trung Nguyen, Axie Infinity co-founder, as one of its advisors, RADA’s vision with LaunchVerse is to simplify and popularize crowdfunding in blockchain, and at the same time make initial Token sales equally accessible for the masses. A Launchpad for Everyone LaunchVerse works for the mass market. It requires little-to-no technical knowledge supporting both Desktop…

Shimao Services Holdings Limited (Shimao Services or the Company; HKG Code: 873) has recently completed two acquisitions. On December 3, it reached an equity partnership agreement with Suzhou Tianxiang Property Management Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Suzhou Tianxiang Property Management) and the latter has subsequently transferred 70% of its shares, representing 246 million yuan, to jointly develop the Suzhou market. On December 6, Shimao Services reached an equity partnership agreement with Hunan Jili Property Management Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Hunan Jili Property), in which Hunan Jili Property’s 70% equity will be transferred for 99.64 million yuan, enabling…

Avantor, Inc. a leading global provider of mission-critical products and services to customers in the life sciences, advanced technologies, and applied materials industries, today announced a donation of 1.25 million non-surgical masks and 19,000 hand sanitizers to help protect our community from illness. This initiative, in collaboration with local charitable organizations, SATA CommHealth, HealthServe and Singapore Heart Foundation (SHF), supports Avantor’s community engagement work to improve global access to healthcare as part of its Science for Goodness sustainability commitment. Ms. Sook Yee Loh, General Manager – South East Asia & Taiwan (SEAT) at Avantor said, “With new COVID variants emerging around the world, we…

At a time when India is generating colossal volumes of data with its 600 million plus active internet users, Tradepass hosted the country’s first mega scale datacentre & cloud conference, i.e., Datacentre and Cloud Infrastructure Summit (DCCI) 2021: India, virtually on 23 – 24 November. The conference was one of a kind for the country, as it hosted 700+ datacentre & cloud professionals on a single virtual platform including the C-suite executives from the leading organizations across India and the top officials from Government of Telangana, Ministry of External Affairs, National Payments Corporation of India, Ministry of Electronics and Information…

This year, the non-fungible token (NFT) hype centered around the Metaverse has swept the globe and has become the focus of the digital art, financial and technological industries. With an aim to promote arts and culture, the sustainable development of art industry, and the inclusive development of the digital art, the financial and the technological industries, the metaverse infrastructure development company Element.Black (ELT) and SHOUT Art Hub (SHOUT) & Gallery held the ELT NFT art exhibition and launched the blockchain game Pixel Infinity on Saturday 4 December 2021 at Hysan Place in Causeway Bay. NFT is a virtual asset which…

Offer Price between HK$11.20 and HK$14.00 per Share To Raise Gross Proceeds betweent HK$952 Million to HK$1,190 Million Integrated research and operation model creates popular games Gains support from industry-leading strategic investors An established mobile game developer and publisher in China, Qingci Games Inc., today announced the proposed listing of its Shares on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. Summary — As an established mobile game developer and publisher in China, Qingci Games ranked third and second among all mobile game companies in China in 2020 in terms of gross billings from casual games and…

A decentralized, blockchain solution for the legal confirmation of events: now available at Google Play and Apple App Stores UBIX.Network, an open ecosystem, has updated its decentralized multi-platform SilentNotary (Token: UBSN) with a state-of-the-art blockchain mobile blockchain application that enables users to keep records of events and entities for legal confirmation. Event here refers to an image, a document, a video file, an email, and/or instant messaging communications. The mobile app is now available for download at Google Play Store and Apple App Store. SilentNotary ensures that users can confirm ‘events’ took place, and thus, are authentic. With SilentNotary, this…

– New Most Sustainable Companies / Organizations category recognizes the best all-round performances – Obtaining independent assurance can help build trust and confidence in ESG reporting To become more sustainable and resilient in the long term, Hong Kong listed companies and public sector organizations will need to further integrate their corporate governance (CG) and ESG (environmental, social and governance) policies and practices into their strategy and operations, according to the judges of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA) flagship Best Corporate Governance & ESG Awards (Awards). Most Sustainable Companies / Organizations Awards “We were pleased to see…

Hans Energy Company Limited (Hans Energy or the Company) and its subsidiaries (the Group) (HKG: 554), a leading operator in the energy industry, announced today that the Group will increase its shareholding in Bravo Transport Holdings Limited (BTHL), which wholly owns Citybus and NWFB, at a total consideration of HK$350 million. This represents 7% of the entire issued share capital of BTHL. Upon completion of the acquisition, the Group will own approximately 15.56% of equity interest in BTHL. Pursuant to the sale and purchase agreement, Glorify Group Limited (Glorify), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Group, has conditionally agreed to acquire…

Innovative bridge protocol will allow retail clients to reap the rewards of the lucrative Decentralized Finance ecosystem Paycer, a Hamburg-based financial services firm specialized in cryptocurrencies and Decentralized Finance (DeFi), is currently developing a bridge protocol that will aggregate DeFi and cross-chain crypto services and combine them with traditional banking services. Expected to come online in early 2022, the protocol will feature a range of novel financial products designed to help retail clients reap the rewards of the DeFi market. “Using DeFi can be pretty difficult, even for those in the IT industry. Our mission is to bring high DeFi…

Bitcoin Latinum (LTNM), the next generation, insured, asset-backed cryptocurrency, hosted GENESIS, a massive sold-out party on Wednesday, December 1st at Mr. Jones in Miami during Art Basel, in partnership with TapStats Inc. A-list rap superstar Quavo of Migos performed, along with Grammy-nominated rapper Tory Lanez. The exclusive, celebrity packed Bitcoin Latinum event was hosted by founders Dr. Don Basile (Bitcoin Latinum) and Sensei Paul Misir (TapStats), and joined by MMA superstar Jorge Masvidal, Paige VanZant, Anthony Pettis, 16 time World Series of Poker champion Phil Hellmuth, wall street leaders, crypto whales, several founders of the top cryptocurrencies, and over 40…

One month after it was released and managed to record the fastest presale transaction on the PinkSale platform, the Indonesian blockchain network crypto asset Tokenoid ($NOID) is undergoing the Certik Audit process. This audit process becomes very important to ensuring that every $NOID transaction is secure or 100 percent safe. “This is an important phase on the $NOID roadmap. CertiK has the ability to audit smart contracts in every protocol and major programming language on a blockchain network. CertiK’s audit of $NOID will ensure the security and proper implementation of the blockchain nodes configuration, as well as evaluating smart contracts…