Author: Marie Jones

EXX Africa publishes a special report on Angola shadow state executives who imperil the country’s privatisation process. Using a high-profile anti-corruption campaign as a distraction, the Angolan political and business elite is once again deeply entrenched in embezzling funds from Sonangol contracted services. Ongoing trials and investigations in Angola display a lack of judicial due process and government bias in politically motivated targeted prosecutions, as well as public tarnishing of senior judges and prosecutors. This pattern bodes ominously for the IMF-backed privatisation agenda in which the ruling elite will seek lucrative stakes in state assets through opaque financing structures. The…

Hong Kong based digital identity verification solution Blockpass has been featured in “New Tech: Decentralized Digital Identity (DDID)”, the latest research report released by Forrester. First established in 2017, Blockpass has emerged as a leading provider of decentralized digital identity verification solutions, offering KYC-as-a-Service to a global market. Its flagship KYC Connect product offers a comprehensive digital identity verification solution for any industry, including gaming, fintech, financial services, crypto wallets and exchanges, and blockchain Dapps. In September 2018 Blockpass launched the Blockpass Identity Lab (BIL) in partnership with Edinburgh Napier University with a focus on developing a true solution to…

Tonghai Financial is pleased to announce that China Tonghai Capital was presented with the Best Privatization at the The Asset Triple A Country Awards 2019 Dinner in recognition of its extraordinary achievements in financial services. China Tonghai Capital was identified for the honor in a rigorous and extensive benchmarking process, it shows the Company is well appreciated by the industry and the capital market. Benny Chung, Chief Executive Officer of corporate finance was invited to receive the honour at the award ceremony, says “The awards honour Tonghai with significant recognition and encouragement. In pursuit of continuous excellence, China Tonghai Capital…

Tonghai Financial is pleased to announce that China Tonghai Capital was presented with the Best Privatization at the The Asset Triple A Country Awards 2019 Dinner in recognition of its extraordinary achievements in financial services. China Tonghai Capital was identified for the honor in a rigorous and extensive benchmarking process, it shows the Company is well appreciated by the industry and the capital market. Benny Chung, Chief Executive Officer of corporate finance was invited to receive the honour at the award ceremony, says “The awards honour Tonghai with significant recognition and encouragement. In pursuit of continuous excellence, China Tonghai Capital…

Asia’s first fully compliant crypto hedge fund, Circle Fund, is poised to capitalize on renewed strength in the global cryptocurrency markets. Circle employs a unique hybrid approach, day-trading the public crypto markets based on a multi-factor strategy and investing into earlier-stage projects based on a venture strategy. With an international team of experienced industry professionals, the firm provides investors a one-stop shop for exposure to the entire market class. 2020 is only a few weeks old, yet the clear change in market sentiment manifests as similar to the first quarter of 2017. During that time, many crypto funds took advantage…

BitDeer.com, the world’s leading computing power sharing platform, is launching its annual Lunar Giveaway Event. From Jan 17, 12:00 – Feb 1, 00:00 (UTC+8), $10 Million Red Envelopes and Free Computing Power Plans become available for BitDeer’s loyal user-base just before the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations. During the Christmas holidays, BitDeer.com introduced a plethora of mining plans, including 180-day, 270-day, and 360-day durations of BitDeer’s S17 Pro, S17, T17, and T15. The cost-effective plans for the 360-day cycles for T17, S17, and S17 Pro had equivalent computing power prices of 67.62%, 74.99%, and 66.48% of the price of mining…

18 Awarded Companies with Great Support from Business Community and Media The Award Ceremony of Quamnet Outstanding Enterprise Awards 2019 was successfully held on 14 January 2020 at Rosewood Hong Kong. 18 awarded companies’ representatives and honourable guests attended and witnessed the 11th Anniversary of the Awards. With celebration of the remarkable achievement, the Awards gained wide support from the business community and media from both Hong Kong and overseas. Celebrating 11th Anniversary: Beyond Reputation and Innovation Being a leading financial website in Hong Kong, Quamnet not only focuses on the financial…

Shares of Huijing Holdings Company Limited (“Huijing Holdings” or the “Group”), an established integrated residential and commercial property developer in the PRC, with a foothold in Dongguan and a focus on Guangdong and Hunan provinces, commenced trading on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (“HKEX”) today, under the stock code 9968. Honorary advisor of Huijing Holdings, Mr. Jim Rogers, also dubbed “The King of Commodity”, said: “I’m extremely pleased to be here today to attend the listing ceremony of Huijing Holdings. Chairman Lun is a visionary leader and an industry pioneer. Together with the Group’s…

Edvantage Group Holdings Limited (“Edvantage Group” or the “Group”, stock code: 0382.HK) announces an update on certain latest unaudited financial and operational information, and business development of the Group for the three months ended 30 November 2019 (the “Period under Review”). Business Update Highlights (for the three months ended 30 November 2019) – The revenue of the Group amounted to approximately RMB210.9 million, representing a YOY increase of approximately 19.4%; The gross profit of the Group amounted to approximately RMB104.3 million, representing a YOY increase of approximately 21.3%; The gross profit margin increased by 0.8 percentage point to 49.5% as…

On January 14 th 2020, China Agri-Industries Holdings Ltd. (“China Agri”) released the estimated annual results for 2019, expecting the profit attributable to owners of the company to range from HK$1,200 million to HK$1,240 million, which represents a 8% to 11% decline compared to the HK$1,346 million for the year ended 31 December 2018. Regarding the reasons behind, China Agri mentions that “In 2019, changes in trade policies of certain major global economies made it more challenging for the Group to make business decisions. The breeding industry witnessed falling hog stocks mainly due to the impact of African swine fever,…

Partnerize, the leading provider of partner automation solutions for global brands, today announced that Allstay Company Limited, the leading Korean travel metasearch company, has selected the Partnerize platform to manage all of its revenue-generating partnerships. Partnerize’s award-winning Partner Automation Platform is an end-to-end, SaaS solution for forming, managing, analyzing and predicting the results of partner marketing programs using artificial intelligence (AI). Allstay’s first-to-market iOS and Android app bring powerful accommodation metasearch capabilities to the highly connected mobile-first Korean consumer. The Allstay app compares over two million inventories from carefully curated booking sites to provide users with the lowest price and…

THAILAND, Jan 16, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – With just four weeks away from The Roads & Traffic Expo Thailand 2020, which will be held on 12-13 February 2020 at BITEC, Bangkok, the keynote speakers are now announced. Keynote speakers from the Ministry of Transport, Department of Highways, Digital Economy Promotion Agency (DEPA), Department of Rural Roads, Royal Thai Police, Thailand Board of Investment and ITS Finland will be presenting on Thailand’s latest road transportation and infrastructure developments. View full list of speakers: https://bit.ly/2u0WrCe Get your free pass now: https://bit.ly/2NuJGXM

The Qinhuai Lantern Festival, known for its folksy, colorful lanterns, comes alive in a lighting ceremony at the Confucius Temple in Nanjing, Eastern China on January 17. The official lighting ceremony, for locals and visitors lucky enough to participate, will launch an online ‘lighting assistant’ for netizens to join the activities in Nanjing. Nine Exhibition Areas reveal the Histories of Qinhuai and Nanjing As the largest lantern festival in China, the Qinhuai Lantern Festival runs from January 17 to February 11 on the banks of the Qinhuai River in Nanjing, featuring nine exhibition areas with histories of Qinhuai and Nanjing,…

Rapid innovation, lightning-fast deployments and infinite scale solidifies Genesys Cloud as the world’s leading public cloud contact center platform Genesys(R), the global leader in omnichannel customer experience and contact center solutions, announces it is changing the name of its flagship software as a service (SaaS) offering, PureCloud(R), to Genesys Cloud(TM). This shift reflects the evolution of the company and marks the launch of Experience as a Service(SM) powered by Genesys Cloud, which enables organizations to achieve true personalization at scale. Genesys Cloud, an all-in-one solution and the world’s leading public cloud contact center platform, helps organizations provide better experiences to…

Survey shows over half of respondents gloomy on global economy More than 3,500 distinguished speakers and influential global financial experts, policymakers, business leaders, economists and investors attended the 13th Asian Financial Forum (AFF), a two-day event that concluded yesterday. Under the theme “Redefining Growth: Innovation, Breakthrough, Inclusiveness”, the forum enabled participants to examine the current global economic landscape, gauging their views through on-site real-time polling on issues ranging from prospects for the global economy and sustainability challenges to investment opportunities and the risks brought by technology and innovation. Close to 700 one-on-one matchmaking meetings were arranged during the AFF Deal…

The results of this year’s $100,000 USD* prize for the world’s greatest video World’s Greatest Videos™ (WGV™) is pleased to announce the winner of the highly anticipated 2019 $100,000 USD* Grand Prize. The first global, cash-awarded, continually running short video competition, World’s Greatest Videos hosts Regional Weekly Contests and Global Challenge Contests. The first-place winners from each of these contests go on to compete in the Grand Prize Contest held every December. This year’s final five competitors were from countries across the world including the US, UK, Brazil, and Mexico. The videos encompassed a variety of categories: Music, Comedy, Feel…

NetDragon Websoft Holdings Limited (“NetDragon” or “the Company”, Hong Kong Stock Code: 777), a global leader in building internet communities, is pleased to announce that the Company wins “The Best Value Education Stock” award at Golden Hong Kong Stocks Awards 2019. The Fourth Golden Hong Kong Stocks Awards was co-hosted by China-based leading Hong Kong and US stock information platforms Zhitongcaijing and Royalflush Finance. This award represents the capital market’s recognition and support on NetDragon’s achievements in education business. “Golden Hong Kong Stocks Awards Ceremony” is one of the global leading professional assessors of Hong Kong and US-listed companies, which…

Novotech, the largest biotech CRO in Asia Pacific, says the region has had a record year by number of studies, experienced world-class sites and investigators, and patient enrollment. Novotech released its ‘Asia-Pacific Industry Highlights 2019-2020’ during the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco as part of its Biotech Industry Briefing session on the benefits of conducting research in Asia-Pacific. The Biotech Industry Briefing covered: – Asia’s vast patient pools, – High-quality infrastructure, – Lower trial concentration, – Comparable quality and lower costs, – Key destination for biotech companies for later phase trials. Novotech also spoke about the benefits of…

The Director-General of Investment Promotion of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Mr Stephen Phillips, today (January 13) started his duty visit to Surabaya and Jakarta in Indonesia as part of the latest efforts of Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) to promote Hong Kong’s business attractions. During the visit, Mr Phillips will meet with business leaders from various sectors including legal services, consumer products, financial services, food and beverage, information and communications technology, and transport and industrial. He will also speak at three roundtable events, each co-organised by the East Java Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Indonesia Fintech Association and…

Policymakers, business leaders & economists assess global outlook The 13th Asian Financial Forum (AFF) opened this morning and runs for two days at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). Under the theme “Redefining Growth: Innovation, Breakthrough, Inclusiveness”, the event brings together more than 100 influential global financial experts, policymakers, business leaders, economists and investors to examine the current global economic landscape and share insights on the environment businesses will face in the coming year. This year’s AFF will feature discussions on a wide range of issues including the new global economy, fintech, sustainable and inclusive development and green…