Author: Marie Jones

On Wednesday, December 1, Artentik, the digital marketplace for SCML, is dropping the world’s first religious relics in the form of Non-Fungible-Tokens (NFTs) for the 500-year-old social enterprise organisation and keeper of the Museum and Church of Sao Roque in Lisbon, and houses one of the most important religious collections in Catholic Europe. Artentik is SCML’s curated platform to share digital twins of its treasures and encourage living artists to also sell their works as NFTs. This will enable SCML to monetize and promote its unique cultural heritage to the world while continuing its extensive 500-year support to social causes.…

NextPlay Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXTP), a digital business ecosystem for digital advertisers, consumers, video gamers and travelers, announced that its NextFin Division has received conditional approval of its general insurance and re-insurance license application from the Labuan Financial Services Authority (Labuan FSA), a growing jurisdiction of choice by insurers and insurance intermediaries around the world. The licensing enables NextPlay’s fintech division to establish primary insurance operations, NextShield LTD, that looks to initially offer products in the form of block-chained parametric comprehensive travel insurance and bank deposit insurance. These products can be offered directly to businesses globally, as well as further…

Tiger Brokers (Singapore) (“Tiger Brokers”) today announced its partnership with Phillip Capital Management (PCM), as a new Distribution Partner for Phillip L&I Products. The trading of units on Phillip L&I Products will commence on Tiger Brokers’ trading platform on 1st December 2021. Xiaomi-backed online brokerage Tiger Brokers (Singapore) (Tiger Brokers) today announced its partnership with Phillip Capital Management (PCM), the award-winning Asian fund management company. Tiger Brokers has joined PCM as a new Distribution Partner and a Participating Dealer for PCM’s two newly launched exchange-traded products, namely Phillip MSCI Singapore Daily Leveraged & Inverse Products (collectively “Phillip L&I Products”). With…

SPC, an Asia Capital Strategy (ACS) initiative, is a management protocol and cross-chain asset aggregation and revenue platform for creating stable, sustainable returns for users of the Metaverse ecosystem. SPC will evolve into a cross-chain asset aggregation and revenue marketplace, focused on developing innovative asset pools to create premiere offline metaverse eco-industrial parks, centered in Southeast Asia. Maximizing returns while ensuring that LP capital is as safe as possible, SPC creates a robust passive income platform to meet the needs of the Metaverse industry, further creating stable income-bearing derivatives products, such as risk-optimal return indices, as well as other derivative…

Stephen Crystal, SCCG Founder and CEO, announced today that the company, in a joint venture with Nevatronix, will be unveiling a new sports betting terminal at the SBC Summit – North America. The event, at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in New Jersey, will be held December 1-2 at the exhibit hall, booth #113. The new hardware product, SBTVerse, was developed by Nevatronix, a 25-year gaming product and turn-key electronics solutions provider, as part of their commitment to providing transformational and cutting edge sports betting devices to the gaming industry. Said Crystal, “We see this technology as a game-changing sports betting…

HONG KONG, Dec 1, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – CENTRAL CHINA MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED (“CCMGT” or the “Company”, stock code: 9982.HK), a leading property project management company in China, announces that the company recently won the “New Listed Enterprises 2021” award at the 6th “Listed Enterprises of the Year 2021” campaign held by Bloomberg Businessweek/Chinese Edition to commend the company’s business strength, corporate development strategy, sustainable development and corporate social responsibility have been recognized by the industry. The “Listed Enterprises of the Year 2021” award is organized by the internationally renowned business media “Bloomberg Business Weekly/Chinese Edition”, aiming to commend listed companies with outstanding…

Riding On Favourable Policies while Creating Strong Synergies in Principal Businesses Successfully Turnaround to a Profit IBO Technology Company Limited (IBO Technology, or the Company, together with its subsidiaries, the Group; HKG: 2708) is pleased to announce its unaudited interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2021 (the Period). During the Period, the Group achieved a successful turnaround and recorded a profit attributable to owners of the Company of approximately RMB4.37 million (six months ended 30 September 2020: loss attributable to owners of the Company of approximately RMB15.45 million). Revenue significantly increased from approximately RMB190.67 million of the…

SinoMab BioScience Limited (SinoMab, or the Company, HKG: 3681), a Hong Kong-based biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the research, development, manufacturing and commercialization of therapeutics for the treatment of immunological diseases, is pleased to announce that, on 30 November 2021, SM03 (Suciraslimab) Phase III clinical trial for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has completed its targeted enrollment of 510 patients. The patients currently in screening will be randomized by end of December 2021, given eligibility criteria are met. SM03 (Suciraslimab), a potential global first-in-target anti-CD22 monoclonal antibody for the treatment of RA and potentially for the treatment of other immunological diseases, is currently…

Single-largest personal donation ever received by Wuhan University Second alma mater donation by the Foundation this year, totaling US$110 million in grants to promote advanced education, health research, and growth-driven innovation Charles Huang, PhD, through his philanthropic foundation—Charles Huang Foundation (CHF)—made a donation of US$40 million to Wuhan University of China at the celebration ceremony of the university’s 128th anniversary, to express his appreciation to his alma mater and to promote the development of advanced education, health research and growth-driven innovation. This philanthropic gift is the single-largest personal donation ever received by Wuhan University. Together with the US$70 million landmark…

Strengthen the Group’s Medical Services Layout Further Consolidate its Leadership in Discretionary Medical Market EC Healthcare (the Company, which together with its subsidiaries is referred to as the Group, HKG: 2138), the largest non-hospital medical group in Hong Kong*, is pleased to announce that the Group enters into an agreement to acquire 55% of the issued share capital of Bayley & Jackson Dental Surgeons Limited (the Target Company), for a total consideration of approximately HK$129 million, which shall be satisfied as to approximately HK$ 119 million in cash and as to approximately HK$10 million by the allotment and issue of…

Total Revenue Surged 81.1% Profit After Tax Surged 267.8% Further Consolidates the Healthcare Market EC Healthcare (the Company, which together with its subsidiaries is referred to as the Group, HKG: 2138), the largest non-hospital medical group in Hong Kong, announces today its unaudited interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2021 (the Period). Business Highlight — Total revenue jumped 81.1% to HK$ 1.44 billion — Achieved a record-high sales volume of HK$1.53 billion, up 61.8% — Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) significantly increased by 181.3% to HK$323 million — Profit after tax surged 267.8% to…

Curtailed Power Costs Renewable Asset Owners up to 30% of their Generating Potential Soluna Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: SLNH) (formerly Mechanical Technology), a developer of green data centers for cryptocurrency mining and other intensive computing, announced today that it is now offering a custom estimating service for clean energy power plant owners and developers looking to reduce costly curtailment problems. The custom Curtailment Assessment is an NDA-protected review of proprietary, project-level data to estimate both lost and recoverable revenue with the addition of flexible offtake of curtailed power by Soluna’s modular data centers (MDC). “We started as a wind developer, so…

ATech is well-positioned for sustainable, accelerated growth as demand for IoT terminal connections is expected to hit 23.7 billion by 2026. Aurelius Technologies Berhad (ATech), a provider of electronics manufacturing services (EMS) for industrial electronic products enroute to a listing on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (Bursa Securities; Stock Code: 5902), is pleased to announce the launch of the Company’s prospectus for the initial public offering (IPO) today. ATech offers a comprehensive range of EMS to multinational corporations across 11 countries covering Asia Pacific, Americas and Europe. These services include engineering support services, prototyping, board assembly, mechanical…

Higher revenue from trading and processing together with higher gross profit margin support financial performance Leon Fuat Berhad (Leon Fuat), a manufacturer and trader of steel products, specialising in rolled long and flat products, is pleased to announce today that the Group recorded a 470.4% gain in profit after tax (PAT) to RM38.66 million for the third quarter ended 30 September 2021 (Q3FY2021) compared with RM6.78 million in the corresponding quarter of the preceding year (Q3FY2020). For the quarter under review, the Company registered a 44.1% increase in revenue to RM236.11 million compared with RM163.82 million in Q3FY2020 while profit…

Data Sports Group (DSG), a Berlin-based leading international provider of sports data and content solutions, today announced its entry into the US Sports Betting market and appointed SCCG as its exclusive marketing partner with its roll-out at SBC America Sports Betting Summit on December 1 at the Meadowlands Expo Center in Secaucus, New Jersey. Powering international sports betting sites like Dafabet, team sites in Bundesliga2 and sports media companies such as ESPN, DSG is poised to launch its industry leading B2B analytics and data platform into the US Market. “We are thrilled to join forces with Stephen and SCCG management…

DefiHorse proudly announces the partnership with Exnetwork Capital as the strong backer and investor. This is the significant partnership that makes the project even more remarkable with the vision to make a revolution with a new concept Tap-To-Earn (T2E). With the rapid expansion of the decentralized finance (DeFi) industry has begun a new era of integrating nonfungible tokens (NFT), gaming, and farming principles in the form of play-to-earn (P2E) games. P2E games only began to develop actively this year, but there are already numerous alternatives for gameplay and storyline in P2E games. DefiHorse believe that our partnership with Exnetwork Capital,…

The inaugural edition of the World FinTech Summit aims to gather, discover and explore the in-trend discussions that will drive Saudi’s FinTech initiatives in ways unparalleled to others across the world. Taking place on 6 December 2021, the summit will gather elite FinTech leaders, solution providers, FinTech experts and investors from across the world to share their innovative, cutting edge solutions and services with a wide range of participants from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Why the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia? Technological advancements, improvements in financial products, competition in financial services, and regulatory backing are all fueling a new wave…

Strong interconnectivity between regions boosts trade and investment Close to 60 per cent of companies in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) are considering further expansion into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries in the next three years, a research report by UOB Hong Kong Branch and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) indicates. The Trade and Investment between GBA and ASEAN and the Roles of Hong Kong report also found GBA companies highly value Hong Kong’s services[1] and expect the city’s role as a business hub facilitating trade and investment between the two regions to…

The board of directors of Hypebeast Limited (HKG: 150) has announced the Group’s unaudited interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2021 (1H2022). The Group has proven to overcome and emerge stronger from last year, indicated by the all-time high interim performance recorded in 1H2022. Revenue experienced an overall strong double-digit percentage growth, with an increase of 54.4% as compared to 1H2021, with the Media segment excelling with an 89.4% increase in revenue, reaching HK$326.9 million. Gross and net profits also saw exceptional growth, with an increase of 102% and 201.5%, amounting to HK$258.4 million and HK$63.0 million…

One of the largest blockchain casinos, True Flip, announced a twist in its development strategy and is turning the native TFL token into a separate project. From now on the team will focus on creating its own metaverse and Play-to-Earn games that will allow players to earn cryptocurrency for completing tasks. “The True Group management has decided to change the project development strategy and work on the token as a separate project. The updated website will also feature a new tokenomics model. Today TFL is of very big importance for us. We can say that we were preparing for this restart and formed a…