London, UK and Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — OPES, the first digital-only insurer in Vietnam, has teamed up with IMS, the global connected insurance solutions business, to supply smartphone app-based telematics insurance to car drivers in Vietnam. The new product, “O∙Car”, using the IMS One App SDK to deliver its core capabilities, launched [...]
KIGALI, Rwanda, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — From 6 – 18 November 2022, heads of states, high level government representatives and business leaders will gather at the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27), in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt for the latest round of international climate talks. During the conference, a high-profile [...]
HAMILTON, Bermuda, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Today, financial regulatory intelligence and advisory startup firm Regxelerator is launching its new digital assets regulation navigator. The free interactive intelligence platform provides a comprehensive and structured fact base of the state of play of digital asset regulation on a global scale and comes complete with several key [...]
Paris, France, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) - Jeito Capital (“Jeito”), a leading independent international private equity firm dedicated to biopharma, announced today that it has participated in the $120 million financing of Human Immunology Biosciences (HI-Bio™), a clinical-stage biotech company developing targeted therapies for patients suffering from severe immune-mediated diseases (IMD). Jeito Capital joins a syndicate of world class [...]
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Lockton, the world’s largest privately held brokerage firm providing insurance, risk management, people solutions and retirement consulting services, has announced the appointment of Ben Son as Chief Executive Officer of Lockton Companies (Korea) Inc. Ben Son will be succeeding current CEO Juyeol Lee as the company’s new Chief [...]
LONDON, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Emerging Markets Global Advisory LLP (EMGA) for the second time working with Banco Improsa, secures this US$20M facility from the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) – AECID (advised by COFIDES). Commenting on the transaction, Felix Alpizar, General Manager of BANCO IMPROSA, said: “Banco Improsa is very honored to be recognized [...]
JERSEY CITY, N.J., Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Verisk (Nasdaq: VRSK), a leading global data analytics provider, and Veritas Capital (“Veritas”), a leading investor at the intersection of technology and government, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which an affiliate of Veritas has agreed to acquire Verisk’s Energy business, Wood Mackenzie, for [...]
JERSEY CITY, N.J., Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Verisk (Nasdaq: VRSK), a leading global data analytics provider, has been ranked 3 out of 100 Best ESG Companies in 2022 by Investor’s Business Daily. The fourth annual list recognizes companies with superior environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings, in addition to fundamental and technical stock performance. “Our ranking on the [...]
SANTIAGO, Chile, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The 6th International InvestChile Forum is set to take place in Santiago on Dec. 5-7. This event – the most important of its kind in Chile – will be held in-person for the first time since 2019 and is expected to attract over a hundred multinational companies. The forum will [...]
NEW YORK, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Madison Realty Capital, a vertically integrated real estate private equity firm focused on debt and equity investment strategies, today announced that it has provided a $32 million loan to Vibrant Cities for a recently completed, eight-story mixed-use residential and retail property located in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of [...]