NEW YORK, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — ALM, a leader in specialized industry news and information, has announced a deal to acquire China Law & Practice from the Legal Media Group of Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC (“Euromoney”). The deal, which comes on the heels of ALM’s acquisition of Kennedy Consulting Research & Advisory and Summit [...]
HONG KONG, CHINA and SINGAPORE, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – BMO Financial Group today announced the appointment of Monique Chan as CEO, BMO Private Bank Asia. In this role, Ms. Chan will be responsible for growing BMO’s private banking business in Asia and building strong collaborative partnerships within BMO across the private banking, Capital Markets [...]
MIAMI, Jul. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Having recently received regulatory approval from the Labuan Financial Services Authority, PA Group’s expansion in Asia has also seen the appointment of new business development head Edward Pantani to market its Premier Trust investment solutions in the region. “We began operating in Asia two years ago and have witnessed [...]
TIANJIN, China, Jul. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Entrepreneurship is the focus at the Binhai CBD with a couple of exciting new additions launching this summer. Startups will find a home in a new business incubator, called ‘BeginingSpace’, developed in collaboration with Tianjin New Cultural and Financial Technology Development Co., Ltd., that will formally launch in [...]
SHINAGAWA, Tokyo, May 19, 2015 (Korea Bizwire) — OFF Line Co., Ltd. (Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan; President and CEO Koichi Ishizuka) — which operates Photozou, the biggest social networking photo site in Japan (7 million registered users, 3.3 million monthly active PC users, 2.3 million monthly active smart phone users) — has developed an English version [...]
HONG KONG, CHINA and SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE, Apr. 14 (Korea Bizwire) - Global Banking and Finance Review has announced that BMO Private Bank has won awards for Best Private Bank for Discretionary & Advisory Services in Hong Kong and Best Private Bank for Discretionary & Advisory Services in Singapore for 2015. The Global Banking and Finance [...]
Doha, Qatar, Apr 10, 2015 (Korea Bizwire) –HRH Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol of Thailand, underscored the importance of education in fighting crime in the recent Doha Youth Forum on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. “The best tool to combat crime is education,” said Princess Bajrakitiyabha. “It is also the best means to unlock the human [...]
ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Apr. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Johnny Rockets recently signed the largest development deal in the brand’s history with a plan to open 100 restaurants in China, with the first scheduled to open in 2016. Johnny Rockets has entered into partnership with a joint venture between AUM Hospitality and Parkson Retail Group Ltd. [...]
TOKYO, Apr 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Lexus has shown that it has once again redefined the luxury-sport-utility segment with the unveiling of the totally redesigned “RX” at the 2015 New York Auto Show today. As the best-selling model in the brand’s 26-year history-with sales of more than 2.1 million units-the RX represents three out of ten [...]
SINGAPORE, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A major study that examined 1,000 companies across 10 Asia Pacific economies has, for the first time, associated better firm performance with companies that have at least 10 per cent of their board seats held by women. According to new findings published in the report, Diversity Matters: Adding Colour [...]