Wednesday, October 31, 2018

​NEURALSTEM ANNOUNCES $2.1 MILLION REGISTERED DIRECT OFFERING



GERMANTOWN, Md., Oct 29 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Neuralstem, Inc. (Nasdaq:CUR), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel treatments for nervous system diseases, today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements with institutional investors for the purchase of 3,000,000 shares of its common stock, at a purchase price per share of $0.70, in a registered direct offering. Additionally, Neuralstem has also agreed to issue to the investors unregistered warrants to purchase up to 3,000,000 shares of its common stock. The closing of the offering is expected to take place on or about October 29, 2018, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

H.C. Wainwright & Co. is acting as the exclusive placement agent for the offering.

The warrants have an exercise price of $0.75 per share of common stock, will be exercisable commencing six months following the issuance date and will expire five and one-half years from the issuance date.

The gross proceeds to Neuralstem, before deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses, are expected to be $2.1 million. Neuralstem intends to use the net proceeds from this offering to further its clinical and preclinical programs, and for general working capital.

The shares of common stock (but not the warrants or the shares of common stock underlying the warrants) are being offered by Neuralstem pursuant to a “shelf” registration statement on Form S-3 that was filed and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on June 23, 2017 and the base prospectus contained therein (File No. 333-218608). The offering of the shares of common stock will be made only by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus that form a part of the registration statement.

A final prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus relating to the shares of common stock being offered will be filed with the SEC.  Copies of the final prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus may be obtained, when available, on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov or by contacting H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC at 430 Park Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, New York 10022, by phone at 646-975-6996 or e-mail at placements@hcwco.com.

The warrants described above were offered in a private placement under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and Regulation D promulgated thereunder and, along with the shares of common stock underlying the warrants, have not been registered under the Act, or applicable state securities laws. Accordingly, the warrants and underlying shares of common stock may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Act and such applicable state securities laws.

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

TIDEiSun Group integrates XPA Assets to new financial services

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 30 (Bernama) -- The TIDEiSun Group – a media, technology and investment group – announced the integration of XPA Assets to several new financial services, including a stable token-based debit card.

With TIDEiSun’s other services, such as the TideWallet, TidePay and TideBit Exchange, XPA Assets forms a holistic asset ecosystem with multiple capabilities.

According to a statement, XPA Assets are a series of stable tokens pegged to different nations’ fiat currencies, with USX pegged to USD, JPX pegged to JPY and more.

They are fixed to their respective nations’ fiat currencies generated using real assets as collateral with smart contracts, giving them the stability needed for day-to-day use.

The wide range of currencies available also gives XPA Assets an advantage in an increasingly globalized cryptocurrency market.

“We need stable tokens more than ever in today’s uncertain and volatile cryptocurrency market. Users need a way to secure their investments to avoid volatility and market crashes,” said TIDEiSun chief executive officer, Robin Xie.

“XPA Assets will build a bridge between the fiat and cryptocurrency worlds, and our range of different services will allow users to move their assets freely for their own vision of investment,” she added.

XPA provides the expectation for growth typical of other current cryptocurrencies and XPA Assets provide a currency stable enough for long-term investment, token-to-token trades, and easy conversion to the fiat.

By combining trustworthiness with stable value, the XPA Assets series are poised to become a cryptocurrency for daily use, suitable for everything from buying coffee in the morning to large corporate transactions.

TIDEiSun – with offices in Hong Kong, Taipei, Tokyo, Kuala Lumpur and New York – has also developed mobile payment apps, a cryptocurrency ATM and debit card integration for this vision of the future. More details at https://xpacoin.com/

-- BERNAMA

Monday, October 29, 2018

EMQ honored with prestigious Red Herring Top 100 Global Award

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 29 (Bernama) -- EMQ -- a leading financial settlement network across Asia -- has been honored as a winner of the prestigious 2018 Red Herring Top 100 Global award.

The award recognizes the innovations and technologies of the leading startups from North America, Europe and Asia. The Red Herring Top 100 is currently in its 22nd year. It is one of the most revered accolades in the industry, a statement said.

“We are honored to be recognized by Red Herring, which is a testament to the entire EMQ team for our commitment to customer service excellence and technological innovation in redefining the payments ecosystem,” said Co-founder and CEO of EMQ, Max Liu.

“After rigorous contemplation and discussion, we narrowed our list down from hundreds of candidates from across the globe to the Top 100 Winners. We believe EMQ embodies the vision, drive and innovation that define a successful entrepreneurial venture,” said publisher and CEO of Red Herring, Alex Vieux.

Red Herring’s Top 100 Global list has become a mark of distinction for identifying promising companies and entrepreneurs. Its editors were among the first to recognize companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo, Skype,YouTube and others.

Winners were chosen by an independent expert panel of Judges and the Red Herring editorial team based on quantitative and qualitative criteria such as financial performance, technology innovation, management quality, strategy and market penetration.

EMQ provides secure and affordable money transfer options for businesses and individuals. More details on www.emq.com.

--BERNAMA

BEST'S SPECIAL REPORT: IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT AND REGULATORY SUPPORT FOR LOCAL REINSURERS VARIES IN ASIA'S MARKETS

SINGAPORE, Oct 26 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Government intervention and regulatory support can influence the development of insurance and reinsurance markets, but the actual impact varies across markets in Asia.

The Best’s Special Report, titled, “Impact of Government and Regulatory Support for Local Reinsurers Varies in Asian Markets,” states that the desire to support social stability with a greater level of fiscal certainty is one key motivation for using (re)insurance as a policy tool. However, the impact of government initiatives can vary significantly by country and over time.
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INVESTING IN THE FUTURE CONFERENCE (IIFMENA) LAUNCHES 'SHARJAH DECLARATION FOR YOUTH EMPOWERMENT'

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, Oct 26 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- In response to the challenges facing Youth in the MENA region, Sharjah, the third largest emirate in the United Arab Emirates, has called on MENA member states and international community to collectively adopt and implement the ‘Sharjah Declaration for Youth Empowerment’, a nine-point action agenda to empower youth, and save their futures from the dangers of extremism.
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Peter Marks joins LeddarTech Board of Directors

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 29 (Bernama) – LeddarTech Inc, a developer of high-performance, cost-efficient solid-state LiDAR development platform for automotive industry, has appointed Peter Marks to its Board of Directors.

He is bringing world-wide experience from the automotive technology and manufacturing industry and this is in line with LeddarTech’s international growth.

According to LeddarTech in a statement, he had decades of automotive industry experience, most notably in his past position as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Robert Bosch LLC, where his responsibilities included the Americas and global coordination of manufacturing.

Chairman of the Board at LeddarTech, Michel Brûlé said: “This worldwide attention has attracted some of the best automotive professionals to join as employees, as well as board members.

“Marks’ expertise and experience are highly valued by the Board, specifically his deep understanding of the automotive market and his success as a supplier to this industry,” added Brûlé.

“LeddarTech is moving rapidly towards tremendous international growth, and I truly appreciate this opportunity to contribute to the success of this cutting-edge company in the capacity of a board member,” Marks said.

The newly-appointed Marks holds a master’s degree in engineering from the Fachhochschule Konstanz of Applied Sciences, Germany. More details at  www.LeddarTech.com

-- BERNAMA

JUMIO AND ENGAGE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS JOIN FORCES TO AUTOMATE RIGHT TO WORK VERIFICATION

LONDON, Oct 25 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Jumio, the creator of Netverify® Trusted Identity as a Service (TIaaS), today announced a partnership with Engage Technology Partners Ltd., to integrate Jumio’s online identity verification technologies into Engage’s cloud-based recruitment solutions, designed to help end-hirers, agencies, payrolls and workers navigate and simplify the recruitment process.

Right to work checks are a compulsory step in the UK recruitment process. Employers are required to see the applicant’s original identity documents, check that the documents are valid with the applicant present, make and retain copies of the documents and record the date the check was made. This manual process can be time-consuming for hiring companies and exposes them to potential data breaches and GDPR scrutiny.
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Friday, October 26, 2018

KYRIBA NAMED TO THE 2018 CB INSIGHTS FINTECH 250 LIST OF FASTEST-GROWING FINTECH STARTUPS

NEW YORK, Oct 24 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- CB Insights today named Kyriba, the #1 provider of cloud treasury and financial management solutions, to the second annual Fintech 250 list, a prestigious group of emerging, private companies working on groundbreaking financial technology.

“After we named the inaugural Fintech 250 in 2017, those companies went on to raise $23B, including 30 rounds of funding that were over $100 million. Twenty-two of the Fintech 250 have already exited with half via IPO. This year, we've added 113 new companies to the Fintech 250 using the CB Insights Mosaic algorithm, and the group is broad, covering everything from insurance tech to consumer banking to capital markets tech. We look forward to the success of this year's group,” said CB Insights CEO Anand Sanwal.
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Thursday, October 25, 2018

GameXCoin to eliminate transaction intermediaries in trading digital goods

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 25 (Bernama) – By combining game and blockchain, GameXCoin (GXC) is trying to deliver the benefits to gamers and developers by eliminating intermediaries when transaction of trading digital goods takes place.

According to a statement, securing massive global audiences is critical for the gaming blockchain. GameXCoin said it will expand its sales activities toward many countries including Japan, Taiwan and Europe within a month.

Partnership with over 10 different game companies also draw the attention to GXC; namely Neowiz Bless Studio and XLGames.

The statement also said that after the first presale finished within one hour in Korea, GXC is starting its first ICO global sales in Singapore on Oct 25.

The Singapore crypto exchange is called Kryptono. It is ranked around top 50 in the world and strong in Asia with more than half of its members are located in Indonesia, Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries.

The GXC team is strong with 20 years of development background of its chief executive officer, developers being members of Decipher (Blockchain Research Group at Seoul National University) and also talented employees with unique experiences.

-- BERNAMA

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

PMI search for new President and Chief Executive Officer

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 (Bernama) -- Project Management Institute (PMI) -- the world’s leading professional membership organization for project managers -- has retained Heidrick & Struggles to help find its next President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

The appointed candidate will oversee the implementation of a new strategic plan and guide the organization toward a future designed to help thousands of project professionals around the world accelerate their careers and make ideas a reality, a statement said.

PMI will conduct a comprehensive global review of both internal and external candidates for the position. The selected candidate will embody PMI’s core values and possess the skillsets necessary to advance the organization’s key goals.

The next President and CEO will help to execute a bold new multi-year initiative designed to sharpen its strategic direction, enhance its technological capabilities to embrace shifting workplace trends and streamline its daily operational activities.

The search process is intended to ensure a smooth transition to the next President and CEO and continue the Institute’s mission of advocacy for the profession, its members and certification holders. PMI’s Board of Directors will select the final candidate.

Interested parties should email resume suggestions and questions to PMI-CEO@Heidrick.com. Heidrick & Struggles is a premier provider of executive search, leadership assessment and development, organization and team effectiveness and culture shaping services globally.

PMI is the largest professional membership association in the world, serving more than three million stakeholders through its professional certifications along with 300+ chapters in nearly every country in the world. More details on www.PMI.org.


-- BERNAMA

Seamless money transfer for Singapore´s Chinese


KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24 (Bernama) -- EMQ and FOMO Pay has partnered to enable the Chinese communities in Singapore to seamlessly transfer money in real-time and directly send money back home to their families in China.
The partnership is supporting the growing demand for real-time international settlements from Singapore to China, with the ability to expand across other countries in Asia.
According to EMQ in a statement, the partnership will also facilitate and support the government’s 2020 Smart Nation Initiative to accelerate Singapore’s shift to a digital economy. It will also create more inclusive economy with greater access to digital financial services.
EMQ is a leading financial settlement network in Asia. FOMO Pay is the award winning QR code payment solution provider in Singapore and has been playing an active role in making Singapore a cashless society.
“Singapore is an extremely important market in our global growth strategy and we are excited to support the government’s ambition to transform Singapore into a Smart Nation by creating new opportunities in a digital age,” said co-founder and chief executive officer of EMQ, Max Liu.
Co-founder and COO of FOMO Pay, Zack Yang said: “We look forward to deepening our partnership with EMQ to drive digital payments across the ‘One Belt One Road’ economic corridors.”
EMQ currently has a footprint in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, India, Indonesia, Japan, Vietnam, Cambodia and the Philippines. The company continues to expand across key business markets worldwide spanning Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North America. More details at www.emq.com
-- BERNAMA

GUOTAI JUNAN RECEIVES THE "2018 EXCEPTIONAL CONTRIBUTION TO POVERTY RELIEF AWARD OF THE CHINESE SECURITIES AND FUTURES INDUSTRY"

BEIJING, Oct. 23, 2018 /Xinhua Finance Agency-AsiaNet/--

Guotai Junan was rewarded the "Exceptional Contribution to Poverty Relief Award" in the 2018 Poverty Relief Conference of the Chinese Securities and Futures Industry. The Guotai Junan "Build his and her future" project and Guotai Junan futures "Insurance + Futures" rubber project received "the Best Poverty Relief Project in Education Award" and "the Most Innovative Financial Product for Poverty Relief" respectively.

Since 2016, Guotai Junan has been helping out Ji'an County, Jiangxi; Qianshan, Anhui; Puge County, Sichuan with multifaceted assistance work including industry assistance, education assistance and human recourses assistance. By the end of 2017, Guotai Junan Poverty Relief Project has contributed 31 million yuan to that cause altogether.

During the course of striking down poverty, Guotai Junan has been taking advantage of its professional understanding of the capital market to help to lift regional industries out of poverty. By the end of 2017, Guotai Junan has completed its service in 12 poor counties in total, with six in process, collecting funds as much as 10,682 million yuan for local enterprises.

The 2018 Poverty Relief Conference of the Chinese Securities and Futures Industry is instructed by the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development of China, hosted by the Securities Association of China and China Futures Association, organized by "Brokerage China, Securities Times".

Source: Guotai Junan Securities

--BERNAMA

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

​SOLARWINDS ANNOUNCES PRICING OF INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct 19 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SolarWinds, a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software, today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 25,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $15.00 per share. The shares are expected to begin trading on October 19, 2018 on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol “SWI,” and the offering is expected to close on October 23, 2018, subject to customary closing conditions. In addition, SolarWinds has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 3,750,000 shares.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC are acting as joint lead book-running managers for the offering. BofA Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Evercore Group L.L.C., Jefferies LLC, Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., Nomura Securities International, Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC are acting as joint book-running managers. JMP Securities LLC, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Mischler Financial Group, Inc., Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated, Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc. and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. are acting as co-managers.

The shares are being sold pursuant to a registration statement declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 18, 2018. Copies of the registration statement can be accessed through the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. The offering of these securities will only be made by means of a written prospectus forming a part of the effective registration statement. A copy of the prospectus related to the offering may be obtained, when available, from: Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Attn: Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282, telephone: 866-471-2526, facsimile: 212-902-9316, e-mail: prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717, telephone: 866-803-9204; Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, New York 10014; or Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, One Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10010, telephone: 800-221-1037 or by email at newyork.prospectus@credit-suisse.com.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or solicitation of any offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of, these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sales would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About SolarWinds
SolarWinds is a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT infrastructure management software. Our products give organizations worldwide, regardless of type, size or IT infrastructure complexity, the power to monitor and manage the performance of their IT environments, whether on-premise, in the cloud, or in hybrid models. We continuously engage with all types of technology professionals—IT operations professionals, DevOps professionals, and managed service providers (MSPs)—to understand the challenges they face maintaining high-performing and highly available IT infrastructures. The insights we gain from engaging with them, in places like our THWACK online community, allow us to build products that solve well-understood IT management challenges in ways that technology professionals want them solved. This focus on the user and commitment to excellence in end-to-end hybrid IT performance management has established SolarWinds as a worldwide leader in network management software and MSP solutions.

Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding SolarWinds’ current expectations. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, references to SolarWinds’ expectations regarding the commencement of trading on the New York Stock Exchange and the completion of the public offering. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Factors that could cause actual results to differ include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties related to completion of the public offering and the satisfaction of customary closing conditions related to the public offering. These and other risks and uncertainties are described more fully in the section captioned “Risk Factors” in the final prospectus related to the public offering to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements contained in this announcement are made as of this date, and SolarWinds undertakes no duty to update such information except as required under applicable law.

© 2018 SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. All rights reserved.
 
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Source : SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC.

--BERNAMA

Monday, October 22, 2018

AXA IS PROUD TO PROTECT OVER 13,000 MIGRANTS IN MALAYSIA WITH MERCHANTRADE INSURE

• AXA Affin General Insurance Berhad (AXA) and Merchantrade Asia Sdn Bhd (Merchantrade) celebrate the milestone of protecting more than 13,000 migrant workers within 5 months from the launch of Merchantrade Insure.   
 
• Merchantrade Insure was launched in May 2018 to address the underserved segment, the migrant workers.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 (Bernama) -- Protection for migrants in Malaysia is currently at a nascent stage of development. Despite representing 15% of the country’s workforce and being an important contributor to the economy, many migrant workers in Malaysia are unprotected due to the lack of awareness and accessibility to affordable insurance solutions.

To address this growing concern, AXA in partnership with Merchantrade, Malaysia’s largest money services provider, have successfully insured more than 13,000 migrant workers with Merchantrade Insure, a simple and affordable protection plan for migrant workers. Within 5 months from its launch, the corresponding total sum insured has already exceeded RM 100 million.

Merchantrade Insure is the country’s first insurance protection that remits claims payout directly to the beneficiaries through Merchantrade. For only RM 5 per month, this plan is specially designed to provide affordable protection solution to migrant workers and their family in the event of accidental death, temporary disablement or permanent disablement.

Emmanuel Nivet, CEO of AXA commented, “This milestone speaks volume about our purpose to empower people to live a better life via financial inclusion, but more importantly, it exemplifies our ongoing commitment in bridging the protection gap among the underserved. We at AXA hope to do our part by raising awareness on the importance of protection, and ensuring adequate protection is provided to the migrants and their loved ones. Together with our strong partner Merchantrade, we will remain committed to extend protection to this segment.”


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Caption : AXA Affin General Insurance Berhad and Merchantrade Asia Sdn Bhd celebrate the milestone of protecting more than 13,000 migrant workers within 5 months from the launch of Merchantrade Insure. Launched in May 2018, Merchantrade Insure aims to bridge the protection gap among the underserved and ensure adequate protection is provided to the migrants and their loved ones.


The journey to enhance the protection continues with an additional benefit being added to the existing product recently. Migrant workers are able to claim for RM 100 temporary disablement allowance for every 5 days of medical leave.

“The distribution of Merchantrade Insure is about offering protection to migrant workers at an affordable price. We are committed to provide a seamless customer journey that promises a complete peace of mind, going beyond just their remittance needs. With AXA’s strong reputation in terms of product and service innovation, I am sure we can continue to expect more impressive results,” said Ramasamy K. Veeran, Founder & Managing Director of Merchantrade.

Merchantrade Insure is underwritten by AXA and distributed exclusively by Merchantrade with benefits including:

- Payout of RM 9,000 for accidental death or total permanent disability
- RM 50 per day up to RM 1,000 for hospitalisation due to an accident
- RM 100 temporary disablement allowance for every 5 days of medical leave
- Added benefits (funeral allowance, ambulance fees & reimbursement for wheelchair or prosthetics) for extended plans
- Available in 4 coverage options – 1,3,6 and 12 months

Merchantrade Insure is now available at 83 Merchantrade branches nationwide. For product enquiries, kindly refer to Merchantrade branch listing on www.mtradeasia.com or contact your nearby branches.

Source : AXA Affin General Insurance Berhad

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Name : Sheena Ho
(Brand, Communications & CR) 

Tel : +603 2170 8548
Email : sheena.ho@axa.com.my

--BERNAMA

CLOUDFLARE OPENS FIRST OFFICE IN GERMANY AMID SIGNIFICANT DACH REGION GROWTH

MUNICH, Oct 19 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Cloudflare, the leading Internet performance and security company, today announced the opening of an office in Munich, Germany, its first office in the DACH region (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland). This office opening marks Cloudflare’s second office in Europe, following the company’s European headquarters in London, and will help the company grow brand awareness, acquire customers, and recruit new talent.

Cloudflare’s network is already spread across the DACH region, with seven points of presence in Frankfurt, Berlin, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Munich, Zurich, and Vienna. Cloudflare is planning further expansion in the region as it continues to grow its network beyond 150 data centers globally.
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Sunday, October 21, 2018

LAND BANK OF TAIWAN'S SINGAPORE BRANCH SELECTS WOLTERS KLUWER'S ONESUMX FOR REGULATORY REPORTING




SINGAPORE, Oct 18 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Land Bank of Taiwan’s Singapore Branch has chosen Wolters Kluwer’s OneSumX for Regulatory Reporting to provide its regulatory reporting software, allowing the bank to comply with the upcoming Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Notice 610 requirements.

OneSumX Regulatory Reporting uses a single source of data to ensure consistency, reconciliation and accuracy and includes the firm’s Regulatory Update Service. This unique service is maintained by Wolters Kluwer experts who actively monitor regulation in approximately 30 countries.

The scope of new proposals in the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s overhaul of the MAS 610 reporting regime for banks has been far reaching with banks now preparing to meet the new obligations. The core set of returns that banks file to the Monetary Authority of Singapore are being revised to require information at a far more granular level beginning next year. In fact, the number of data elements that firms have to report will rise from about 4,000 to approximately 300,000. Consequently, banks active in the country are updating their infrastructure to comply with the regulatory developments.

“As banks address the ever increasing complexity and granularity of MAS reporting requirements, regulatory compliance management is now top of mind,” commented Rainer Fuchsluger, Managing Director for Wolters Kluwer’s Finance, Risk & Reporting business in the Asia Pacific region. “Wolters Kluwer’s OneSumX for Regulatory Reporting helps banks automate MAS reporting in a manner which not only meets external compliance, but also generates greater transparency internally, allowing for reduction of regulatory risk as well as enhanced management information. We look forward to working with Land Bank of Taiwan on the implementation.”

Wolters Kluwer’s Finance, Risk & Reporting business is a global market leader in the provision of integrated regulatory compliance and reporting solutions, supporting regulated financial institutions in meeting their obligations to external regulators and their own boards of directors. It receives frequent independent recognition of its excellence and innovation. Notably, in July 2018, Risk magazine awarded Wolters Kluwer its coveted Regulatory Reporting System of The Year Awardand Central Banking magazine recently named OneSumX for Regulatory Reporting its Best Technology Solution For Regulatory Compliance. Both awards celebrate success in the field globally.

Leading financial services firms from across the world have implemented the company’s award winning OneSumX solution for integrated Regulatory Reporting, Risk and Finance. Major financial services providers that have recently announced their use of Wolters Kluwer solutions include ABN AMRO, SME Development Bank Malaysia Berhad, Bahrain Middle East Bank, Bank of Beirut, China Merchants Bank, China Everbright Bank, LGT and Nordea.

About Wolters Kluwer Governance, Risk & Compliance
Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) is a division of Wolters Kluwer, which provides legal and banking professionals with solutions to ensure compliance with ever-changing regulatory and legal obligations, manage risk, increase efficiency, stay competitive and produce better business outcomes. GRC offers a portfolio of technology-enabled expert services and solutions focused on legal entity compliance, legal operations management, banking product compliance, and banking regulatory compliance.

Wolters Kluwer N.V. (AEX:WKL) is a global leader in information services and solutions for professionals in the health, tax and accounting, risk and compliance, finance and legal sectors. Wolters Kluwer reported 2017 annual revenues of €4.4 billion. The company, headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands, serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries and employs 19,000 people worldwide.


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paul.lyon@wolterskluwer.com
Twitter: @PaulJLyon

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--BERNAMA

MEIZU OFFICIALLY LAUNCHES ITS OVERSEAS SMARTPHONE

JAKARTA, Indonesia, Oct 18 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meizu officially launches its Overseas smartphone, produced in and to be sold in the Indonesian market, the C9, as well as 4 other fantastic products, including the Flagship Meizu 16th, the upgraded M6T, POP true wireless earphones and EP52 Lite.
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Saturday, October 20, 2018

A.M. BEST DOWNGRADES CREDIT RATINGS OF UNITED INDIA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED

SINGAPORE, Oct 19 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- A.M. Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) to B (Fair) from B++ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) to “bb+” from “bbb” of United India Insurance Company Limited (United) (India). The outlook of the FSR has been revised to stable from negative, while the outlook of the Long-Term ICR remains negative.

The Credit Rating (rating) downgrades reflect United’s diminished risk-adjusted capitalization and its marginal enterprise risk management (ERM). The negative Long-Term ICR outlook reflects the downside risks to United’s risk-adjusted capitalization and operating performance.

The ratings reflect United’s balance sheet strength, which A.M. Best categorizes as strong, as well as its adequate operating performance, neutral business profile and marginal ERM.

United’s capital position has decreased to a lower-than-expected level of INR 90 billion (USD 1.4 billion) as of March 2018 (compared with INR 95 billion in the prior year). Subordinated debt of INR 9 billion helps to maintain United’s risk-adjusted capitalization at a strong level. However, the non-renewal of quota-share reinsurance for health and motor third-party business, as well as continued underwriting losses are expected to further reduce United’s capital position and risk-adjusted capitalization. Lastly, rising equity investment leverage is leaving the company’s risk-adjusted capitalization more vulnerable to equity market fluctuations.

The marginal ERM assessment reflects United’s inadequate capability to manage its reserves, as continued adverse developments have contributed to United’s capital erosion. Frequent changes in senior leadership raises the execution risk the company faces in implementing its turnaround strategy. It also raises concerns about the company’s ability to respond to challenges in India’s fast-growing non-life market in a timely and effective manner. Lastly, A.M. Best is concerned about United’s ability to provide timely and accurate information.

Further negative rating actions could occur if the company fails to maintain its risk-adjusted capitalization at a strong level due to adverse equity market movement or unfavorable reserve developments. Negative rating actions also could occur as a result of weakening operating performance.

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Friday, October 19, 2018

€1.6BN INVESTMENT PROJECT KICKSTARTS LITHIUM WERKS' BATTERY GIGAFACTORIES VISION

THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Oct 17 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dutch energy storage and battery company Lithium Werks B.V. (www.lithiumwerks.com) and Chinese Zhejiang Jiashan Economic and Technological Development Zone Industry Corporation have signed a framework agreement with the intention to construct a 60 hectares battery gigafactory in the Yangtze river Delta. Total investments required are estimated at €1.6 billion.

The Lithium Werks factory and related facilities will produce battery cells for lithium-ion batteries, enabling the energy transition from fossil fuels to clean energy in order to reduce CO2 emissions.
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Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Unisys overall leader in Managed Security Services for 2nd year

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17 (Bernama) – Unisys Corporation – an information technology company – has been named an overall market segment leader in managed security services for the second consecutive year by NelsonHall  – a global analyst firm in IT and business services.

This was stated in the recent NelsonHall Evaluation & Assessment Tool (NEAT) Vendor Evaluation for Managed Security Services report.

According to a statement, the 2018 report measured the performance of nine major service providers, focused on the ability to deliver immediate benefit to clients. The assessment is also partly based on feedback from the service providers' clients themselves.

Based on the report, NelsonHall analysts said the strength of Unisys' suite of managed security services for operationalising security helped clients to get the maximum value from technology investments.

Unisys has also developed services and technologies to more readily relate cybersecurity to the C-level in a clear and comprehensive way through the use of TrustCheck(TM), a subscription-based service.

Vice president of Unisys Security Solutions, Jonathan Goldberger said: "We are proud that this assessment by NelsonHall, based partly on input from our clients, affirms the success of our approach to operationalise security through managed security services.

Senior IT Services research analyst with NelsonHall, Mike Smart said Unisys was positioned as a leader in NelsonHall's Managed Security Services NEAT evaluation due to its investment in security services.

More details on www.unisys.com

-- BERNAMA

LEDDARTECH EXPANDS ITS ENGINEERING EXPERTISE AND ACCELERATES ITS DESIGN ROADMAP TO MEET MARKET DEMAND

QUEBEC CITY, Oct 16 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LeddarTech, which develops a high-performance, cost-efficient solid-state LiDAR development platform for the automotive industry, is pleased to announce that it has greatly increased its automotive and semiconductor expertise through the hiring of two groups of world-class engineers to complement the existing engineering division. The company has recently expanded its operations to accommodate this growth in its new research and development office in Linz, Austria, as well as in its new Automotive Center of Excellence in Toronto, Canada.

This key expansion brings to the Linz research and development office highly specialized engineering resources focused in microelectronic activities in support of the company’s LeddarCore systems-on-chip (SoC) integration programs.
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Monday, October 15, 2018

NGINX ANNOUNCES NEW NGINX PARTNER NETWORK



NGINX unveils a new global partner program that responds to evolving partner business models with an ecosystem approach

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 11 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- NGINX, Inc., the company based on the popular open source project and offering a suite of technologies designed to develop and deliver modern applications, announced today a new partner program that expands NGINX’s well-established ecosystem of technology partners and influencers. Inspired by the company’s open source roots and commitment to community, the NGINX Partner Network is an open and flexible framework that embraces the full breadth of NGINX partners.

“We understand and have a deep appreciation for the power of community in all its forms, including our ecosystem of partners and influencers,” said MJ Shutte, VP Sales, NGINX. “Our new NGINX Partner Network offers membership to anyone who wants to be part of the ecosystem, whether or not their business involves selling NGINX technologies. It offers members the ability to engage how they need to, when they need to, and doesn’t limit them by tiers and categories.”

Industry trends like public cloud and SaaS adoption have fundamentally changed the way that solution providers engage with customers, creating space for new types of businesses and go-to-market strategies in the partner landscape. Partners are responding with updated and diversified business models, including shifting business investments toward professional and managed services, developing their own custom systems or IP, and targeting new buyers outside of the IT organization.

Where traditionally vendors have offered siloed programs to partners based on industry category or business model, the NGINX program identifies key ways partners look to engage with the company, and then allows members to mix and match as best suits their business. In this way, the program is able to accommodate partners interested in any combination of:

Creating integrations and certifying interoperability with their own platforms
Developing modules that extend NGINX products with advanced capabilities
Offering NGINX products as part of a portfolio of technology solutions and services
Building custom solutions with NGINX products embedded
Growing a technology consulting practice as a recognized NGINX associate


Since its founding, NGINX has cultivated a rich ecosystem of technology partners due to its extensive open source following and popular technology partner and certified modules specialty programs. The NGINX Partner Network framework encapsulates these existing programs, bringing them additional resources and affirming NGINX’s commitment to their ongoing development and support. The new program also makes room for resellers, solution providers, MSPs, consultants, and others who want to market and sell NGINX technologies.

“As NGINX continues its global expansion, we are opening up new routes to market and relying increasingly on our partner community to help us provide a world-class experience to our customers in key markets,” said Shutte. “Partners that sell and recommend NGINX technologies are going to be an important component of our go-to-market strategy moving forward, and we’re looking to aggressively grow the size of that partner community in 2019.”

Introducing New Partner Innovations in the NGINX Ecosystem

NGINX has a long a history of collaborating with leading technology vendors to extend, enhance, and ensure interoperability with the NGINX Application Platform. By incorporating technology and certified module partners into the broader ecosystem program, NGINX accelerates the development of new, joint innovations to a wider set of partners than previously reached.

Some of the new ecosystem innovators joining the NGINX Technology and Certified Module program in conjunction with the release of the new Partner Network program include:

Diamanti certifies and enables NGINX Plus as an Ingress controller for its bare-metal Kubernetes platform for running containerized applications in production.
Okta collaborates to develop integration with its cloud-based identity and access management solution for NGINX Plus applications and APIs.
Signal Sciences provides an advanced next-gen WAF module for NGINX Plus for securing modern and distributed microservices based architectures.
Stealth Security embeds NGINX Plus within its application security solution to help effectively mitigate bot attacks.
Sysdig extends NGINX Controller with container security and performance monitoring for Kubernetes and cloud-native environments.


For more information about the NGINX Partner Network, visit www.nginx.com/partners.

About NGINX, Inc.

NGINX, Inc. is the company behind the popular open source project trusted by more than 400 million sites. We offer a suite of technologies for developing and delivering modern applications. The NGINX Application Platform enables enterprises undergoing digital transformation to modernize legacy, monolithic applications as well as deliver new, microservices-based applications. Companies like Netflix, Starbucks, and McDonalds rely on NGINX to reduce costs, improve resiliency, and speed innovation. NGINX investors include Blue Cloud Ventures, e.ventures, Goldman Sachs, Index Ventures, MSD Capital, NEA, Runa Capital, and Telstra Ventures.

We are headquartered in San Francisco, CA, with our EMEA head office in Cork, Ireland and APAC head office in Singapore.

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--BERNAMA 

WEX PARTNERS WITH PAYMENT LOGIC FOR ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION OF CAR REGISTRATION PAYMENTS FOR FLEETS

MELBOURNE, Australia, Oct 10 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- WEX Inc. (NYSE: WEX), a leading provider of corporate payment solutions, today announced a partnership with Melbourne-based FinTech Payment Logic, which will see both companies collaborating to automate the car registration renewal process for businesses in Australia.

Payment Logic has developed a Robotic Process Automation (RPA) solution that, when coupled with WEX virtual payments, enables the automation and payment of the car registration renewal process for fleets of vehicles. This solution takes a file of car registrations and, in an automated fashion, inserts a virtual card payment and enters the registration renewal without any manual input by the fleet owner, manager or administrator.

The 2018 ACA Research Corporate Fleet Insights Report estimates that, in Australia, there are 19,000 businesses operating fleets with 20 or more vehicles, with a total of 2,162,000 vehicles. WEX Management estimates that within a Fleet Leasing Company, the end-to-end car registration renewal process can take up to 12 minutes each time, or more than 430,000 hours per year across the fleet segment noted.

Justin Cross, Director, Market Development APAC Corporate Payments for WEX said, “The Accounts Payable (AP) process is usually managed manually, an approach that is not only tedious but also prone to human error. Our partnership with Payment Logic is an important step towards AP automation, allowing Fleet Leasing Companies and AP departments to reduce the cost of manual processing of car registration payments.”

Payment Logic CEO Sam Plowman said, “We are delighted to build this solution with WEX for the Fleet Management market. The RPA will enable Fleet Management Organisations to automate payments to their respective State or Territory vehicle registration authorities, and will significantly improve their car registration renewal process.”

Sunday, October 14, 2018

Record 800 participants from 20 countries in Hong Kong Optical Fair


KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 (Bernama) -- A record number of 800 exhibitors from more than 20 countries and regions including new exhibitor from Argentina will participate in Asia’s premier Hong Kong Optical Fair from Nov 7 to 9 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), the 26th edition of the fair will also launch “IT Solutions & Shop Fittings” zone to showcase latest technologies and products.
The fair will include group pavilions representing France, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Visionaries of Style from Italy and the Hong Kong Optical Manufacturers Association (HKOMA) all offering boundless business opportunities, a statement said.
More than 220 well-known global brands worldwide will be gathered during the fair including new exhibiting brands such as CHARMANT, Daniel Klein, GEORGESBAND, Oscar Eide, WILLIAM MORRIS and others.
A Hong Kong exhibitor, 3DNA Eyewear will launch its unique retail-tech and customised eyewear platform, turning buying eyewear into an interactive experience as optical retailers are able to operate face scan and select precise eyewear for customers.
The 16th Hong Kong Optometric Conference will also be staged during the fair. It will brings overseas experts to discuss the topic of The Contemporary Role of Optometrists in Primary Care.
More details about the optical fair on www.hktdc.com/hkopticalfair.
-- BERNAMA

Digital Wallet to revolutionise payment systems to be launched soon


KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 (Bernama) -- Digital Wallet -- a payment device enabling peer-to-peer payments that works without Internet will be launched soon.
It will also eliminate or minimise the needs of worldwide printing of currency notes, minting of coins, ATMs and Internet based phone payment options, according to Future Age Solutions (FAS).
“The worldwide counterfeit currency business will also come to an end,” said Vice-President of FAS, Vinod Khillan.
FAS, a Singapore-based disruptive products innovation startup is set to launch the Digital Wallet in stages worldwide starting 2019 which will be reached even to the remotest areas of the world, a statement said.
The idea of this invention is to replace the physical wallets by Digital Wallet -- a handheld slim and tiny biometric device -- that works on fingerprint authentication, makes payments or transactions highly safe and secure in encrypted mode.
The total isolated private network, encrypted inter-communication and total isolation from Internet connectivity makes the Digital Wallet extremely safe, secure and immune to hacking and data theft.
It functions on proprietary systems like processor, operating system, Unique Embedded Text Script and payment processing software application inventions by an Indian origin inventor and founder of FAS, Raj Tore.
The Digital Wallet will cover all 180 legal tender currencies of the world within the geographic territories of the currencies with FAS’s US subsidiary corporation -- Digital Cash Inc -- which will setup worldwide currency specific subsidiaries to enable the transactions.
-- BERNAMA

Friday, October 12, 2018

​CARRIER WINS ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATION AWARD FOR ITS AQUAEDGE® 19DV CENTRIFUGAL CHILLER

SINGAPORE, Oct 11 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Carrier Singapore (PTE) Limited has won the 2018 SEC-Senoko Green Innovation Award from the Singapore Environment Council (SEC) at the Singapore Environmental Achievement Awards (SEAA). The award recognizes Carrier’s commitment to innovation and environmental stewardship with breakthrough products such as the AquaEdge® 19DV centrifugal chiller. Carrier, a world leader in high-technology heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration solutions, is a part of UTC Climate, Controls & Security, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX).

This award focuses on innovative developments and design of both existing and newly introduced technologies, which honors companies that reduce the environmental impact of products, improve resource efficiency and/ or promote the use of alternate technologies and processes.
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Thursday, October 11, 2018

LEDDARTECH APPOINTS NEW VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS

QUEBEC CITY, Oct 10 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LeddarTech, a Quebec City-based technology company that develops and commercializes high-performance, low-cost solid-state LiDAR sensor development platforms for the automotive industry, is pleased to announce that Daniel Aitken joined its team as Vice-President of Corporate Marketing and Communications. With more than 20 years’ technology-industry experience, including strategic business development and marketing, Mr. Aitken brings to LeddarTech extensive international marketing experience in the electronics, automotive and component-distribution industry. Mr. Aitken has spent most of his career working in multinational corporations in Canada, Europe and the United States.

“We are delighted to welcome Mr. Aitken to LeddarTech’s leadership team,” said Frantz Saintellemy, President and COO. “His experience and success in the development of sound and innovative marketing, branding and communications strategies, as well as his leadership abilities, will have a great impact on positioning our automotive LiDAR development platform and its value proposition to the industry,” stated Mr. Saintellemy.
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​SEABORN'S SEABRAS-1 CELEBRATES FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF RFS

BOSTON, Oct 10 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Seaborn Networks (“Seaborn”), a leading developer-owner-operator of submarine fiber optic cable systems, is pleased to celebrate the first year anniversary of its US-Brazil Seabras-1 ready-for-service date. Since September 2017, the company has successfully redefined the definition of Quality of Service in the global communications industry.

With its dedicated Engineering and Operations teams driving a focus around subsea cable service and delivery never before seen in the region, Seaborn’s precedent-setting approach to customer service has come across in a number of ways, including:
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Wednesday, October 10, 2018

TURBINEAERO, INC. ANNOUNCES NEW BUILDING IN THAILAND; NEW CEO ROBERT WILSON

CHANDLER, Ariz. & CHONBURI, Thailand, Oct 10 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- TurbineAero announced today the groundbreaking ceremony for a new building in the Free Zone of the AMATA CITY Industrial Estate, Chonburi, Thailand, outside of Bangkok; and a new executive, Robert Wilson, joins TurbineAero as the new Chief Executive Officer.

Headquartered in Chandler, Arizona, USA, TurbineAero is one of the world’s leading independent aerospace component maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) service providers focused on auxiliary power units (APUs) and related products. The 80,000-square-foot new facility will house up to 250 employees and will handle high technological testing, maintenance, repair and overhaul activities for aircraft components and systems for our worldwide customers, including APU MRO, LRUs and APU part repair.
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FIORANO SOFTWARE PARTNERS WITH TRANSNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS LANKA (PVT.) LTD.

SINGAPORE, Oct 9 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Fiorano Software, a leading provider of enterprise integration middleware, announced today that it has partnered with Transnational Technology Solutions Lanka (Pvt.) Ltd., a leading Sri Lankan IT company, to deliver business productivity solutions for the enterprise segment.

"As a progressive Sri Lankan IT company offering cutting-edge software applications and SI solutions to the Financial Services Industry, we value the partnership with Fiorano as strategic and timely to support our current initiatives of helping banks achieve Digital Transformation in Sri Lanka. This strategic partnership will surely provide our customers an advantage in terms of speed and reliability," said Sunimal Weerasooriya, Sr. Vice President – Technology, Productivity & Innovation of Transnational Company, Singapore and Executive Director of Transnational Technology Solutions Lanka.
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Monday, October 8, 2018

AETHON DEBUTS THE T4 AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOT AT MOTEK 2018

PITTSBURGH, Oct 4 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Aethon is expanding its line of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and will unveil the newest TUG robot, the T4, at MOTEK 2018 in Stuttgart, Germany. Aethon can be found in Hall 7 at booth 7420.

The T4 is the answer for industrial, manufacturing and logistics customers who need a smaller, faster and integration-ready mobile robot. System integrators and distributors will value the T4 as an improved mobility platform due to its ease of deployment, cost-effectiveness and open connectivity options.
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Thursday, October 4, 2018

HEALINT APPOINTS PHARMA INDUSTRY VETERAN MARYLINE MARQUET AS CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER

SINGAPORE, Oct 4 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Healint, the developer of the world’s largest digital patient hub with 1,3 million users and 300 million tracked health events,has made a series of senior appointments to meet the strongly growing demand for its healthcare predictive analytics.

Maryline Marquet joins Healint’s leadership team as Chief Commercial Officer overseeing the company’s sales, marketing and business development. Mrs. Marquet’s extensive experience comprises senior positions at Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Becton Dickinson and International SOS in Europe and Singapore.
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Wednesday, October 3, 2018

AVIATION WEEK EXPANDS COMMERCIAL AVIATION SERVICES ASIA-PACIFIC EVENT, NOVEMBER 6-8 IN SINGAPORE

NEW YORK, Oct 3 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aviation Week Network is bringing the commercial aviation industry together for one exciting all-encompassing event, the Commercial Aviation Services Asia-Pacific, happening at the Singapore Convention and Expo Centre in Singapore, November 6-8.

The Commercial Aviation Services Asia-Pacific event will comprehensively cover all aspects of the commercial aircraft - from nose to tail - at one time, in three days with one major exhibition hall.
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Tuesday, October 2, 2018

​FREE GLOBAL E-LEARNING ACADEMY LAUNCHED TO SUPPORT WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT

NEW YORK, Oct 1 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Badiri E-Academy, a free, global, multilingual online academy was launched by the Sharjah-based NAMA Women Advancement Establishment on the sidelines of the 73rd United Nations General Assembly session in New York, offering educational resources and professional courses that can be accessed online by anyone around the world.

The move reinforces the United Arab Emirates’ dedication to supporting women and developing practical solutions to overcome the obstacles that hinder their access to knowledge and quality learning.
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Secure domains with trusted Cloudflare Registrar


KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 28 (Bernama) --  Cloudflare Inc, the leading Internet performance and security company, has announced early access of Cloudflare Registrar, the first registrar built around trust, security, and fair wholesale pricing.
Cloudflare said in a statement the Registrar is a gift to the Internet. Registrars protect domains from being compromised and their owners from the resulting consequences.
A compromised domain means completely losing security functionality, control over website content and the potential of redirecting web traffic to another IP address, ultimately damaging a brand’s reputation.
The Cloudflare Registrar has built-in two-factor authentication, automatic domain lock, WHOIS privacy protection and security best-practices like automatic DNSSEC -- all at no extra cost.
The marketplace for domain registration has been stagnant and manipulative. Registrars lure customers in with low registration fees and end up charging them extremely high renewal fees.
They also trick users into purchasing services they do not need or charge fees for critical services that are otherwise offered for free, like SSL.
Cloudflare’s Registrar is offering a fairly-priced solution with no markup from wholesale pricing, initially and at every renewal to all of Cloudflare’s customers.
“When we looked at the marketplace for domain registration, we were shocked at the deceitful pricing around a service that is really just a commodity,” said co-founder and chief executive officer of Cloudflare, Matthew Prince.
Prince said: “We realized that the one thing every Cloudflare customer needs is a domain, so they needed a registrar they could trust. With Cloudflare Registrar, we’re promising to offer our customers the best security practices at the best possible price. Our goal is simply to create the first domain registrar you can love.
Today, the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers more than 10 trillion requests per month, which is nearly 10 per cent of all Internet requests. More details on www.cloudflare.com

-- BERNAMA

NEW ERA FOR GRAND SEIKO OPENS WITH ESTABLISHMENT OF GRAND SEIKO CORPORATION OF AMERICA

NEW ERA FOR GRAND SEIKO OPENS WITH ESTABLISHMENT OF GRAND SEIKO CORPORATION OF AMERICA

Monday, October 1, 2018

NAMED TOP 20 FEMALE ENTREPRENEUR BY CIO, DANIELLE SABRINA FOUNDER OF PUBLIC RELATIONS FIRM TRIBE BUILDER MEDIA

New York, NY, Sept 28 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The publication, founded in 1987 and geared toward tech executives, featured Sabrina amongst a variety of noted founders like Julia Taylor Cheek of medical testing company EverlyWell, Amanda Signorelli of events company Techweek, and Lisa Wang of SheWorx, a platform that provides support systems for female leaders. Though these three made it to the top of CIO’s 2017 top female entrepreneur list, Sabrina beat them out this year at #13.

"I'm beyond honored to receive this recognition. Entrepreneurship has always been a way of life for me, I contribute a lot of my success to the many mentors I've been fortunate enough to have in my life. A passion of mine has always been helping other businesses grow and succeed so opening my media and public relation agency gave me the ability to do that. If I could give any advice to emerging entrepreneurs it would be to learn sales, learn how to generate revenue and not get caught up in the details and the rest will fall into place," says Sabrina.
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AKSELOS: INNOGY VENTURES AND SHELL VENTURES BACK PREDICTIVE DIGITAL TWIN PIONEER WITH $10 MILLION INVESTMENT

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Sept 28 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Predictive digital twin pioneer, Akselos, today announces the completion of a $10 million financing round led by innogy Ventures, with Shell Ventures as Co-Investor.

The new round of financing will be used to help increase the sustainability of critical assets in the energy sector, by empowering predictive maintenance with structural analysis software, big data analytics and machine learning.
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A.M. BEST REVISES OUTLOOKS TO NEGATIVE FOR PT ASURANSI TUGU PRATAMA INDONESIA, TBK

SINGAPORE, Oct 1 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- A.M. Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” of PT Asuransi Tugu Pratama Indonesia, Tbk (TPI) (Indonesia).
 
The negative outlooks reflect rising concern over the effectiveness of TPI’s enterprise risk management framework (ERM) following the consolidation of its reinsurance business. The Credit Rating (rating) affirmations reflect TPI’s balance sheet strength, which A.M. Best categorizes as very strong, as well as its strong operating performance, neutral business profile and appropriate ERM.
 
TPI’s risk-adjusted capitalization remains solid, supported by relatively low gross and net underwriting leverage, and conservative investment asset allocations, as well as the quality and diversity of its reinsurance panel. Its capital position is among the largest in Indonesia’s non-life market. TPI has a track record of strong operating performance supported by underwriting and investment results. Its combined and operating ratios averaged 79% and 60%, respectively, in the five years to December 2017. Its return on equity averaged 11% over the same period, despite the fact that its capital position more than doubled over the period.
 
Offsetting rating factors include rising concern about TPI’s ERM. With the recent consolidation of PT Tugu Reasuransi Indonesia, reinsurance business represents a significant portion of overall premiums written. However, an effective consolidated ERM framework that also includes the reinsurance business is only at an early stage, raising the risk of unexpected volatility. Although overall underwriting margins remained good in the first half of 2018, these were reduced by unfavorable results from the reinsurance business. In addition, overall results have been affected by investment and currency volatility.
 
Negative rating action could result from a significant deterioration in operating performance or unexpected volatility due to gaps in ERM.
 
Ratings are communicated to rated entities prior to publication. Unless stated otherwise, the ratings were not amended subsequent to that communication.
 
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