Day: September 17, 2021

MACAU, Sept. 17, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Melco Resorts & Entertainment has been honored by Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Gold Awards 2021 as winner of the ‘Climate Change Initiative’ category and named ‘Sustainable Resort of the Year’ by International Gaming Awards (IGA) 2021. The ‘Above and Beyond’ sustainability strategy ensures that Melco achieves carbon neutrality and zero waste across all its global resorts by 2030. The influence of these goals extends far beyond the boundaries of Melco’s business, inspiring guests to rally around a better, more sustainable future for all. The strategy contributes towards Melco’s sustainability focus areas including:Zeroing in on food waste. By raising awareness amongst colleagues, the amount of food being discarded has been significantly reduced. Post pandemic, the initiative...

SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 17, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Aurora Mobile Limited (NASDAQ: JG) (“Aurora Mobile” or the “Company”), a leading mobile developer service provider in China, today announced that it has successfully applied its push notification service JPush into a self-developed demo game on the popular Roblox video game platform. This marks a significant progress on innovative virtual technology shaping its expansion into the virtual realm for JPush Services. With this breakthrough capability and new development for the “metaverse concept”, players in a game can send virtual messages to one another’s mobile phones in the real world, thus breaking the dimensional barrier and enabling conversations to happen in real time. The Tech-industry Battle for the Metaverse UniverseThese days, the “metaverse universe” has become the new...

Debt Office proposes largely unchanged guidelines for debt management The Swedish National Debt Office proposes no significant revisions to the guidelines for managing the central government debt. The proposed guidelines for 2022 are being submitted to the Ministry of Finance today. The Debt Office does not see a need for any major changes to the guidelines since the revisions made in recent years have led to a more comprehensive steering of the debt management. This means that the Debt Office has the flexibility to manage large variations in the borrowing requirement within the parameters of the guidelines. The Government adopts new guidelines each year no later than 15 November. This decision is taken after the Debt Office has submitted proposed guidelines on which the Riksbank has been given the opportunity to deliver an opinion. The...

Information about IHS Holding LimitedIn the context of a potential initial public offering, IHS Holding Limited publicly filed a registration statement on Form F-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The registration statement in question has been filed with the SEC but has not yet become effective. The securities in question may not be sold, nor may offers to buy be accepted, prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. Any offers, solicitations or offers to...

Bank Norwegian ASA has on 16 September 2021 received a notice from the Norwegian FSA announcing that the updated MREL requirement to be received in 2021 will include a cap with respect to the subordination requirement calculated in accordance with BRRD2, equalling the sum of Pillar 1 x 2 + Pillar 2 x 2 + Combined Buffer requirements x 1. The linear subordination phase-in requirement will be continued. However, the starting point of the linear phase-in will be set at a minimum subordination requirement of 13.5% (on top of the minimum Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 requirements) as of 1 January 2022, which is in in accordance with BRRD article 45c (5). CET1 capital used to cover the Combined Buffer requirements is explicitly expressed to be eligible to cover the subordination requirement. Bank Norwegian ASA is expected by the Norwegian FSA to update...

HBC is delighted to announce the hiring of Dr Tanja Schaffer as Executive Vice President for HBC’s Global Ingredients division and as CEO of HBC’s new Swiss subsidiary HBC Switzerland GmbH. The setup in Switzerland is in line with HBC’s international strategy, with Switzerland being widely recognized as a major biotech and life science hub. A presence in Switzerland will benefit HBC’s partnerships with leading global players based in the country as well as enable HBC to offer talents and experienced professionals’ opportunities to engage with HBC outside of Norway. The operations of HBC Switzerland GmbH will initially deliver services to HBC related to marketing, sales and organization development, and HBC is delighted that Dr. Schaffer will assume the position of CEO and lead the build-up of the operations in HBC Switzerland...

Draper Esprit VCT plc LEI: 2138003I9Q1QPDSQ9Z97 Portfolio Update 17 September 2021   Draper Esprit VCT plc (“DE VCT”) is pleased to announce that portfolio company, Back Office Technology Ltd trading as Form3 (“Form3”), has completed a $160m Series C funding, with Draper Esprit plc, Goldman Sachs, Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide Building Society, Barclays, Mastercard and 83North all participating in the round. Form3 is a leading platform payment technology provider.   The funding round values DE VCT’s existing shareholding in Form3 at £8.0 million, an uplift of £5.6 million compared to the previous carrying value. This particular uplift equates to an increase in DE VCT’s Net Asset Value per share (“NAV”) of 3.8p per share. The valuation of all unquoted investments in the portfolio will be reviewed for the Half Yearly Report for the six...

 –      Progression-free survival (PFS) of derazantinib monotherapy increased to eight months Basel, Switzerland, September 17, 2021 Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd. (SIX: BSLN) announced today the reporting of the updated efficacy and safety results from cohort 1 of the phase 2 study FIDES-01, which evaluated its fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) inhibitor, derazantinib, in patients with FGFR2 fusion-positive advanced or metastatic intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA), a type of bile duct cancer, at the Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), taking place as a virtual meeting from 16 to 21 September 2021. Patients with advanced iCCA have a poor prognosis. With the current chemotherapy standard-of-care, the median overall survival is less than one year.1 Cohort 1 of FIDES-01 enrolled 103 iCCA patients with confirmed...

Ceridian partners with PwC in Mauritius to drive Enterprise-Wide Human Capital Management TransformationCeridian and PwC Mauritius announced a partnership where PwC Mauritius will provide consultation and implementation services to organisations seeking to optimise their operations through Ceridian’s award-winning HCM platform, Dayforce. [From Left to Right: Jean-Pierre Young – PwC Mauritius Advisory Leader Mauritius and Vidia Mooneegan – Managing Director of Ceridian Mauritius]Ceridian partners with PwC in Mauritius to drive Enterprise-Wide Human Capital Management TransformationA ceremony was held at the PwC Experience Centre in Moka to announce a partnership between Ceridian and PwC Mauritius. [From left to right: Devesh Bundhoo, Director Customer Support, Ceridian Mauritius; Awad Kaidoo, Head...