The Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) ETF industry has surpassed US$123 billion and experienced record net inflows of US$11 billion in the first half of 2016 Growing use of smart beta and fixed income ETFs HONG KONG, CHINA, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – BMO Global Asset Management (BMO GAM) has released its semi-annual ETF Outlook Report, which highlights [...]
DENVER, Aug. 01 (Korea Bizwire) – Sundance Energy Australia Limited (ASX:SEA) (“Sundance” or the “Company”), a U.S. onshore oil and gas exploration and production company focused in the Eagle Ford and Greater Anadarko Basin, is pleased to announce that the Company has closed the previously announced acquisition of additional assets in McMullen County, Texas. The [...]
HONG KONG, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The 27th Hong Kong Book Fair ended today, after drawing record attendance of close to 1.02 million visitors. The week-long literary and cultural extravaganza, organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) and held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, featured an extensive selection of [...]
NEW YORK, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – With no shortage of technological breakthroughs affecting businesses today and many more on the horizon, how can C-suites develop effective emerging technology strategies? For its new report, Tech breakthroughs megatrend, PwC evaluated more than 150 technologies globally and developed a methodology for identifying those which are most pertinent [...]
The Partnership Aims to Help Provide Socially Conscious Services That Give Back to Emerging Markets SANTA MONICA, CA, Jul. 20 (Korea Bizwire) - Meed, the Santa Monica-based company committed to bringing socially-conscious innovation to the financial sector, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Cambridge Global Payments of Toronto, Canada. Meed and its [...]
NEW YORK and TOKYO, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Japan Exchange Group (JPX) and Nasdaq have officially announced that JPX has gone live with their new next-generation derivatives trading system for the JPX subsidiary, Osaka Exchange. This is a milestone in the relationship between Nasdaq and JPX, who have been working together since 2011. “We [...]
LOS ANGELES, CA, Jun. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Undercover footage released exclusively today by nonprofit Last Chance For Animals (LCA) exposes the horrific abuse and torture endured by dogs inside slaughterhouses at China’s Yulin Dog Meat Festival. LCA is the first organization to document the unsanitary conditions and inhumane treatment of dogs inside Yulin’s slaughterhouses. [...]
SINGAPORE, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) - Every day, we are exposed to millions of harmful bacteria that can cause infectious diseases, such as the E. coli bacteria. Now, researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) of A*STAR have developed a new material that can kill the E. coli bacteria within 30 seconds. This finding has been [...]
SINGAPORE, Jun.4 (Korea Bizwire) - Twitter and KKBOX, Asia’s leading music streaming brand, are working to expand the appreciation of Chinese pop music, or Cpop (#Cpop), to a global audience. KKBOX is creating Cpop content on their official Twitter account (@KKBOX), including weekly live Twitter Q&A interviews with Cpop artists, autographed video clips from Cpop musicians and producers [...]
SUZHOU, China, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Suzhou Industrial Park played host to world-leading pharmaceutical companies and venture capitalists at the ChinaBio Partnering Forum 2016 on May 18, helping to optimize the innovation and capital chains of the life-sciences ecosystem in the region. It is the fourth time the forum – which is the biggest [...]