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HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 13 October 2021 – Kroll, the world’s premier provider of services and digital products related to valuation, governance, risk and transparency, today announced it is expanding its cyber risk services in Asia Pacific with several recent strategic new hires to bolster its existing world-class capability.   The firm’s experience handling over 3,000 incidents globally in the past year has enabled Kroll to identify […]

BEIJING, MAINLAND CHINA – Media OutReach – 11 October 2021 – Demand for environment, social and governance (ESG) talent in Mainland China will boom in the next five years, according to a survey by one of the world’s largest professional accounting bodies, CPA Australia. This finding comes as CPA Australia as joins 12 global accounting bodies in committing to net zero greenhouse gas emissions. CPA Australia surveyed over 400 […]

VinUniversity officially launches the VinUniversity Global Case Competition (VGCC) for undergraduate and graduate students across the globe. For its inaugural year, the theme revolves around VinFast’s expansion into the US electric vehicle market. The winning team will be awarded a prize worth up to 200 million VND. HANOI, VIETNAM – Media OutReach – 9 October 2021 – VinUniversity Global Case Competition (VGCC) is an annual competition organized […]

By James M. Dorsey Two separate developments involving improved relations between Sunni and Shiite Muslims and women’s sporting rights demonstrate major shifts in how rivalry for leadership of the Muslim world and competition to define Islam in the 21st century is playing out in a world in which Middle Eastern states can no longer depend on the United States coming to their defence. The developments fit into […]

Traditional restaurants adopting the brands can see their delivery revenues grow 2-4x SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 6 October 2021 – According to Momentum Asia[1], Singapore’s food delivery market has charted US$2.4 billion in gross merchandise value in 2020 and the global cloud kitchen industry is expected to reach USD 1 Trn by 2030. According to Euromonitor, the exponential growth was accelerated by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

#AcceleratetheChange HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 5 October 2021 – After its debut and huge success in 2020, ReThink HK returns to the city to help businesses accelerate changes towards a more sustainable future. A two-day conference and expo showcase, the event is held in Hall 3 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from 5 to 6 October 2021. It aims to unite business leaders, sustainability […]

James M Dorsey A year of diplomatic relations between the United Arab Emirates and Israel has proven to be mutually beneficial. The question is whether the assumptions underlying the UAE’s initiative that led three other Arab countries to also formalise their relations with the Jewish state will prove to be correct in the medium and long term. UAE Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed laid out the strategic […]

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CMA represents the first HNW broker to offer a unique value proposition in Europe Marco Liardo announced as Managing Director of Switzerland Luca Bertacchi announced as Managing Director Continental Europe and to lead the newly created private placement life insurance (PPLI) practice group ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Media OutReach – 21 September 2021 – Charles Monat Associates (CMA) is expanding its operations in Switzerland. In addition to the recent appointment of […]

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 20 September 2021 – VP Bank has today announced the appointments of Alexander Tsikouras as Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer Asia and Will Wang as Head of Client Solutions & Strategic Partnerships Asia in two newly-created roles which form part of the Asia Management Committee (Asia Manco) as of 24 September 2021. Aligning with VP Bank’s growth strategy in Asia, these appointments follow the recent […]

NGO Enterprise Asia picks Prince Group in Cambodia for Social Empowerment award; Organizer receives more than 500 entries PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA – Media OutReach – 17 September 2021 – Prince Holding Group (“Prince Group”), one of Cambodia’s largest and fastest growing conglomerates, has been recognized for responsible entrepreneurship at the 2021 Asia Responsible Enterprise Awards (AREA). Prince Group was commended for its high-impact work during the COVID-19 epidemic in Cambodia. […]

Valued at US$1.1 billion, the regional leader of classifieds will continue to cement its frontrunner position across Goods, Autos and Property verticals, and accelerate its transactional push into recommerce SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 16 September 2021 – Carousell Group, the leading classifieds group in Greater Southeast Asia, today announced that it has secured an investment of US$100 million to accelerate its leadership in the region, and to reimagine […]

Highest scores possible in fourteen out of eighteen criteria include product vision, innovation roadmap, and user experience and navigation SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 15 September 2021 – Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ:OKTA), the leading independent provider of identity, announced that the company has been named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Identity-As-A-Service (IDaaS) for Enterprise, Q3 2021, a report published by Forrester Research, Inc. The report evaluates eleven Identity-As-A-Service (IDaaS) for […]

Skills mismatch continues to be the most prevalent form of mismatches (63%) according to business leaders Workers with skills gaps are not the top priority for training (15%), as compared to workers with high potential (45%) SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 10 September 2021 –  As companies and workers transition into an endemic world, upskilling remains a key driver to build new capabilities and soar forward. According to business […]

ClayOPS, Velocity Business Solutions and Riley will join NCS NEXT to strengthen data analytics and cloud capabilities SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 9 September 2021 – NCS has reached agreements to acquire three companies – ClayOPS, Velocity Business Solutions, and Riley – with capabilities in data analytics and cloud that will support NCS’ regional expansion strategy in Asia Pacific. The move is in line with Singtel’s strategic reset announced in […]

By Manish Rai  The Taliban has announced a new interim government of their so-called “Islamic Emirate” in Afghanistan, more than three weeks after taking control of the capital Kabul. This delay in government formation didn’t happen because the Taliban was holding talks with other ethnic groups for their inclusion in the government. Indeed main reason for this delay was that different factions in the Taliban are fighting […]

Full tuition fees and stipends for 400 university students to advance sustainable development, financial inclusion and world-class hospitality; Awardees to get internship and employment opportunities at Prince Group PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA – Media OutReach – 8 September 2021 – Prince Holding Group (“Prince Group”), one of the largest conglomerates in Cambodia, has finalized a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Education Youth and Sport (MoEYS) to launch a […]

James M Dorsey The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan perpetuates a paradigm of failed governance in the Muslim world based on a centuries-old alliance between Islamic scholars and the state that, according to scholar Ahmet T Kuru, explains underdevelopment in many Muslim-majority states and authoritarianism in most. The takeover also highlights that, in a twist of irony,  a majority of competitors for Muslim religious soft power, leadership of […]

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 3 September 2021 – SpeakIn, Asia’s largest tech-enabled professional learning platform, today announced their official partnership with local recruitment firm, Exponent Global Consulting to further expand its presence in the region. This collaboration hopes to grant both SpeakIn and Exponent Global Consulting the ability to revolutionize the corporate learning landscape in the region through purpose-led upskilling, thereby also impacting talent development and acquisition across sectors.   […]

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 2 September 2021 – Sixty-one per cent of surveyed accounting and finance professionals predict the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) will become a world-leading technology hub within five years, according to one of the world’s largest professional accounting bodies, CPA Australia. With CPA Australia’s GBA Business Technology Report 2021 finding that 90 per cent of GBA businesses had undertaken at least one technology-related project in […]

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 1 September 2021 – The Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) appoints Carol Kheng, ChFC, Secretary of its 2022 Executive Committee. The first Singaporean member of the global leadership team, Kheng will take office Sept. 1, 2021, joining four other financial services leaders in supporting financial professionals as they reach new levels of success at each stage of their career. Carol Kheng, ChFC, is the […]

By: Mohammad Javad Mousavizadeh While the Taliban swept all of Afghanistan, analysts have little clue of Iranian officials’ concern about the collapse of Iran’s next door.    As an extremist group, the Taliban has never been a danger for Iran in recent years, and the Islamic Republic’s view of the Taliban has changed from a threat to an opportunity with a common aim, withdrawal of United States […]

Matein Khalid Imran Khan described the fall of Kabul as liberation, I wonder if he has seen the images of desperate Afghans trying to flee their “liberation” by the odious Taliban – mothers handing over babies over the razor wire, the country’s best and brightest coming back to the airport after the savage suicide bomb attack, which was the Taliban’s modus operandi to slaughter the citizens of […]

Invest for growth to achieve long-term growth ambitions HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 25 August 2021 – Razer™ (“Razer” or the “Company”, together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”, Hong Kong Stock Code: 1337), the leading global lifestyle brand for gamers, announces unaudited financial results for the six months ended 30 June 2021 (“1H 2021”). “Razer had a phenomenal first half of the year. In addition […]

2021 IBA received more than 3,800 entries from organizations in 63 nations as leaders of conglomerates tasked with need to tackle diverse social problems PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA – Media OutReach – 20 August 2021 – Prince Holding Group (“Prince Group”), one of Cambodia’s largest and fastest growing conglomerates, is proud to announce that Neak Oknha Chen Zhi (“陈志公爵”), Chairman of Prince Group, has been recognized as Entrepreneur of the Year – […]

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