SINGAPORE: Singapore Exchange (SGX) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with GF Securities Corporation, one of the leading securities brokerage houses in China, to promote greater connectivity between Singapore and China’s capital markets. The MOU was announced at the…
CAIRO: EFG Hermes, the leading financial services corporation in frontier emerging markets (FEM), announced today that its Research Division has been recognized as the top frontier research house and the second-best research division overall in MENA for the third year…
LONDON: Next 15 Communications Group plc has announced it has acquired Mach49, the Silicon Valley-based growth incubator for global businesses. Signaling an important strategic move for Next 15, Mach49 will become the cornerstone of its previously announced plans to create…
SYDNEY: National Australia Bank (NAB) has today entered into a Sale and Purchase Agreement to sell 100% of MLC Wealth (MLC) to IOOF Holdings Ltd. for a purchase price of $1.44 billion. The agreement follows the strategic decision announced by…
LONDON: OMV Petrom, the largest energy company in Southeastern Europe, completed the transaction for the acquisition of 100% of the shares in OMV Offshore Bulgaria GmbH from OMV Exploration & Production GmbH and enters the Han-Asparuh exploration block in Bulgaria….
LONDON: SigmaRoc plc, the buy-and-build construction materials group, announced it will acquire the remaining 60 percent equity interest in GDH, a significant quarrying group located in South Wales, following the exercise of its exclusive option. Completion is anticipated on or…
OXFORD: Oxford Biomedica plc, a leading gene and cell therapy group, has signed an 18 month supply agreement under a three year Master Supply and Development Agreement with AstraZeneca UK Ltd for large-scale commercial manufacture of the adenovirus vector-based COVID-19…
LONDON: Kodal Minerals has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sinohydro Corporation Limited, a specialist engineering, infrastructure, power developer and construction contractor, to work together to develop the Bougouni Project. Sinohydro is a subsidiary of PowerChina, a Chinese state-owned…
LONDON: OnTheMarket plc, the majority agent-owned company which operates the OnTheMarket.com property portal, announced the appointment of Jason Tebb as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Jason will start his role and join the board on 14 December 2020 subject to completion…
LONDON: AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi (durvalumab) has been approved in the European Union for the 1st-line treatment of adults with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) in combination with a choice of chemotherapies, etoposide plus either carboplatin or cisplatin. SCLC is a…
LONDON: Asimilar Group plc, company focused on technology opportunities has agreed to purchase Intrinsic Capital (Jersey) Limited (ICJL), a news release said. Asimilar Group plc is investing company focused on technology opportunities in the fields of big data, machine learning,…
DUBAI: The iconic Emirates A380 made a one-off service to Clark International Airport Friday, becoming the first commercial flight, utilizing the iconic aircraft, to operate to the Luzon-based airport. The special A380 service from Dubai to Clark and operating as…