Author: Marie Jones

Recently, promotion policies of prefabricated buildings were rolled out in succession, contributing to an on-going increase in scale of industrial chain and positive industry sentiment. In particular, Broad Homes (02163.HK), one of the industry leaders, which has exploited the construction industrialization field for over two decades, is committed to consolidating its competitive edges and has delivered remarkable performance with CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of revenue reaching 32.36% for the last three years (2017-2019), market share (of PC unit manufacturing business) amounting 13.5% and research and development (R&D) expenses as a percentage of revenue accounting for 8.82%, both topping the…

Read More

Partnership with Keihan Bus and Kansai Electric Power will build Japan’s first pure electric bus loop line On February 24, BYD Japan Co., Ltd. (BYD), Keihan Bus Co., Ltd. (Keihan Bus) and The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (Kansai Electric Power) announced a tripartite deal in Kyoto, Japan, which will see the three parties work together to help the city achieve Japan’s 2050 carbon neutrality target and build a carbon-free society. Beginning in 2021, Keihan Bus and Kansai Electric Power will launch the first batch of 4 BYD J6 buses on Kyoto’s famous sightseeing bus line (Kyoto Station – Shichijo…

Read More

Today, staking of Centrality’s native token, CENNZ, is officially available on Moonstake’s Web Wallet. CENNZ is the native token of Centrality, our strategic partner. Moonstake became the first staking provider in the world to launch staking services for CENNZ. Now Moonstake’s wallet users can hold, send and receive CENNZ and are able to stake through the Moonstake wallet and receive CPAY as staking rewards with one simple click with the best user experience. After Cosmos, IRISnet, Ontology, Harmony, Tezos, Cardano, Qtum, Polkadot, Quras and Centrality became the 10th available staking coin on Moonstake Wallet. Moonstake wallet provides 3 CENNZ staking…

Read More

Alchemie Technology (Alchemie), a global disruptor of textile dyeing and finishing technology, is pleased to announce an investment from At One Ventures and H&M CO:LAB, H&M Group’s investment arm. The investment will support Alchemie’s commercial roll-out, aiming to accelerate the transformation of the sustainability profile of textile manufacturing worldwide. Textile dyeing is the second largest cause of water pollution globally and is the largest single contributor to carbon dioxide emissions from the textile industry. Today, it is responsible for over 3% of global CO2 emissions and forecast to increase to 10% by 2050. Alchemie is therefore addressing one of the…

Read More

Blockpass is proud to reveal another new partnership this week which will see the integration of Blockpass’ KYC solution into a brand new platform. This new expansion of KYC coverage comes to the UREEQA platform, which protects, manages and monetizes creative work. Both companies will work together to ensure that creators of unique works can identify themselves and claim ownership of their compositions, opening up greater opportunities for people to conduct business and pursue their goals. On UREEQA, users can pay a small fee to stake claim to their creative works, such as music, videos, eBooks, source code, art etc.…

Read More

Ozan Electronic Money Turkey, which offers financial services to individual users and SMEs, has entered into a strategic cooperation with one of Turkey’s most well-known banks, Albaraka Turk. Thanks to this collaboration, Ozan SuperApp users will be able to access various financial services ranging from fractional shares to foreign exchange services, to bill payment, virtual IBAN and more. Insha Ventures, a subsidiary of Albaraka Turk, is by many considered Turkey’s first fintech venture builder. Now it is joining forces with Ozan Electronic Money Turkey, which offers next generation financial services to individuals and businesses. The strategic open banking cooperation integrates…

Read More

Achieved Revenue at RM111.1 million & Net Property Income of RM53.0 million Positive Anchor Commitment at Subang Parade and Mahkota Parade Stable Portfolio occupancy at 88.4% 3-star ESG rating by FTSE Russell Hektar Asset Management Sdn. Bhd., the Manager for Hektar Real Estate Investment Trust (Hektar REIT), today announced Hektar REIT’s annual results for Financial Year ended 31 December 2020 (FY20) with revenue at RM111.1 million, down 18.9% compared to the same period in the preceding year. Property Operating Expenses reduced by RM3.5 million or savings of 5.7% compared to the previous year. Net Property Income (NPI) was reported…

Read More

On February 21, 2021, China issued 2021 No. 1 Central Document titled “Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Comprehensively Promoting Rural Revitalization and Accelerating Agricultural and Rural Modernization”. It requested the strengthening of rural public infrastructure construction while placing the focus of public infrastructure construction on villages, extending to coverage of villages and households. It also stressed “the promotion of gas to villages and support for the construction of safe and reliable village gas tank stations and microgrid gas supply system”. The gas tank stations and microgrid gas supply system…

Read More

Awards Bring New Thoughts Despite Pandemic Gaining Support from Business Community and Media The Award Ceremony of Quamnet Outstanding Enterprise Awards 2020 was successfully held on 3 and 4 February 2021 at Regal Kowloon Hotel. 12 awarded companies’ representatives and honourable guests attended and witnessed the 12th Anniversary of the Awards. Despite pandemic, the Awards was able to gain wide support from the business community and media from both Hong Kong and overseas, celebrating remarkable achievements of these awarded companies. Celebrating 12th Anniversary: Sagacity Built to Business Perfection Being a leading financial website in Hong Kong, Quamnet not only focuses…

Read More

Pacific Green Technologies, Inc. (OTCQB:PGTK) announces the appointment of Jose Lobo as Vice President of Business Development, Latin America, effective February 1st, 2021. Over the last 20 years, Jose Lobo has been developing green energy projects throughout Latin America with a specific focus on wind turbines, concentrated solar power (CSP), hydro and photovoltaic (PV) power generation facilities. As the founder and Managing Director of Tambo3 Consultants, Jose was previously the Vice President of Development, Latin America for SolarReserve, Jose has been responsible for the development of over one gigawatt of CSP projects in the region, for both public and private…

Read More

– Assets to be Acquired for $12,500,000 – Major Financing Announcement Forthcoming from NSI NaturalShrimp, Inc. (OTCQB: SHMP), an aquaculture Company, which has developed and patented the first commercially operational Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS) for shrimp, announced today that it has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to acquire the aquaculture assets of Hydrenesis Aquaculture, LLC for $12,500,000, consisting of $5,500,000 in cash and the balance due in NSI common stock. The acquisition is expected to be accretive to earnings in fiscal year 2021. Gerald Easterling, CEO of NaturalShrimp added, “NaturalShrimp has been working with Hydrenesis since 2018 on several…

Read More

Parkson Retail Group Limited (HKG:3368), the leading nationwide lifestyle concept retailer in China, today announces the Group’s annual results for the year ended 31 December 2020 (Year under Review). 2020 had been full of challenges and uncertainties for the global market. The global outbreak of COVID-19 at the start of the year had caused significant reduction and suspension of social and economic activities which inevitably caused the global economy to face downward pressure. In addition to this, the continuous tension of Sino-US trade relations brought many uncertainties to the global economic and political environment. Hence, the overall performance of the Group…

Read More

Analogue Holdings Limited (stock code:1977) together with its subsidiaries , a leading electrical and mechanical (E&M) engineering service provider headquartered in Hong Kong with operations in Macau, mainland China and the United States, has established its first company – Anlev (UK) Ltd in London, United Kingdom, marking its first foothold in Europe. Through its award-winning lifts and escalators brand, Anlev Elevator Group (Anlev), the expansion will enable the Group to provide one-stop services from design, manufacturing to installation and maintenance of lifts and escalators for customers in the UK and capture opportunities of the European market. Dr. Otto Poon Lok-to,…

Read More

State Power Investment Corporation Limited (SPIC), one of the biggest renewable energy companies in China, has well fulfilled its social responsibility as an enterprise and given a big leg up to poverty alleviation efforts in Yanchuan county, Yan’an, northwest China’s Shaanxi province. Since 2013, the SPIC and the county government have built four modern agriculture demonstration parks and helped establish 974 greenhouses equipped with solar panels. The company increased income for more than 500 householders, as each of the greenhouses brings in an average annual income of 40,000 yuan ($6,165). New functions were added to the greenhouses last year…

Read More

Taoping Inc. (NASDAQ:TAOP), a provider of internet-based smart display screens, and a new-media ecosystem that enables targeted advertising and online retail, today announced that six powerful strategic investment institutions and independent investors, including Great Bay Capital Investment Limited, have took a stake in the Company, which will help the Company to realize its strategic transformation through developing its blockchain business and related financing projects, and to bring more development opportunities for the Company. TAOP aims to raise approximately $7.75 million through the issuance of 1,900,000 ordinary shares at a purchase price of $4.08 (average closing price for the 20-trading days…

Read More

2020 proved to be a great year for Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs). The market saw more high-profile investors joining the party while a record number of companies went public through this unique structure. With a whopping US$80 billion raised by over 230 blank-cheque companies, SPAC IPOs not only represented approximately 50% of total IPO issuance in the US in 2020, the massive amount raised by SPACs even eclipsed traditional IPOs last year. SPAC Trend Continues To Heat Up While SPACs continue to be favoured by institutional and private investors alike in the US, they are also gaining momentum in…

Read More

Intertrust Group estimates cost to global private capital funds industry to meet investor demands is US$5.5bn over the next five years Private capital funds in China face growing demands for transparency as mainstream investors increasingly turn to the sector to chase the higher returns it offers, new research* from Intertrust N.V. (“Intertrust Group” or “Company”) [Euronext: INTER] reveals. Intertrust Group, a world leader in providing specialised administration services to clients in over 30 jurisdictions, estimates that around US$5.5 billion will need to be spent by the world’s private capital funds industry to meet these increasing demands over the next five…

Read More

Blockpass is excited to announce Vortex DeFi, the one-stop simplified DeFi Asset management web-based application, as its latest partner. This new strategic partnership will see Blockpass’ unique KYC solution used to secure Vortexdefi’s platform and upcoming Initial Dex Offering. The two companies will work together to ensure that regulations are adhered to in the strongest possible manner to secure the space as they grow and expand. Vortex DeFi is a web-based platform that works to realise any and all DeFi-related opportunities in one place. It is a one-stop gateway to manage your investments for protocols on Ethereum and Polka networks.…

Read More

BitFuFu, the world’s first crypto mining standardization platform, has been selected by crypto mining giant Bitmain to standardize the industry. The partnership is expected to collaborate to foster innovation in crypto mining. Bitmain will be supporting the BitFuFu platform with its mining resources, including machines, pools, and farms. BitFuFu, the first crypto mining standardization platform, officially announces a strategic partnership with Bitmain, the largest crypto mining company. Bitmain and BitFuFu will pool their resources to offer their worldwide clients standardized crypto mining services. These services will be backed by industry-leading networks and resources, including mining machines, pools, and farms. Bitmain…

Read More

– February 19 debut on Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Rojukiss International PCL (SET: KISS), an innovator in health and beauty and creator of brands ‘Rojukiss’, ‘PhDerma’, ‘Best Korea’, ‘Wonder Herb’ and ‘Sis2Sis’, will move forward with its expansion plans following today’s listing on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET). The Company is underlining its potential in the health and beauty industry, having invested in the creation of distinctive and innovative brands with wide-ranging consumer appeal as well as technology such as Mobile Skin Analysis, with both domestic and international sales channels, while setting goals for growth with a 3…

Read More