KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 13 -- Chatham Financial has acquired the JCRA Group, significantly expanding the firm’s presence in Europe to create a global powerhouse in financial risk management solutions.
“One of Chatham’s purposes is to help make markets transparent, accessible and fair for all market participants. We’re excited about how, together with JCRA, we can have an even greater impact,” said Chatham Financial chief executive officer (CEO), Clark Maxwell. Chatham and JCRA specialise in providing debt and derivatives solutions to commercial real estate, private equity, infrastructure, financial institutions and corporate clients. The merged firm will lead the industry in capital market expertise, transaction volume, and technology to provide clients access to the data, tools and advice they need to manage financial risk. With decades of experience helping clients manage capital market risk, the calibre of the Chatham and JCRA teams and their deep expertise will create an unparalleled advisory practice. JCRA CEO, Jackie Bowie will join Chatham as Co-Head of Europe, according to a statement. The integrated firm will continue to be independent and 100 per cent employee-owned, serving clients from offices in London, Singapore, Melbourne, Toronto, Denver, Krakow and Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. More information at https://www.chathamfinancial.com. -- BERNAMA
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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 21 -- The World 5G Convention and the Contest for Design of 5G Applications, jointly sponsored by several ministries and commissions of the Chinese Government, kicked off in Beijing recently.
JD.com was deeply engaged in the convention and vowed to further develop 5G markets in the future and comprehensively promote the 5G new life of consumers, according to a statement. The Contest for Design of 5G Applications jointly sponsored by China's Future Mobile Communication Forum and JD.com was launched in various major research institutes, enterprises and institutions in China in August. JD.com has set up JD Special Award in the Contest to encourage scientific and technological talent for innovation. It also specially launched 5G campus contests in Chinese colleges and universities. As the main battlefield for information technology innovation, 5G mobile communication leads the reform in the information industry. JD.com has taken the lead in developing a series of 5G industry strategic layouts. At present, JD.com has realised comprehensive strategic cooperation with the three major operators: China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom. It also set up China's first 5G intelligent logistics demonstration park to develop intelligent cities, intelligent medical services and mobile communications to accelerate the integration of 5G with various industries. -- BERNAMA KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 19 (Bernama) -- The Assembly of the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) has appointed Mr. R. B. Premadasa, Director-General of the Rubber Development Department of Sri Lanka, as the Secretary-General of the organization to succeed Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Bich of Viet Nam who is completing the term on 30 November 2019. ANRPC appoints its Secretary-General by following a rotation among its member governments. The intergovernmental organization, established in 1970 and headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, has currently 13 member nations which contribute 90% of the global production and 65% of the global consumption of natural rubber. Mr. Premadasa, who belongs to the Sri Lanka Administrative Service (SLAS), brings along with him to ANRPC his three-decades of leadership and managerial experience in framing rubber development policies, formulation of smallholder-oriented ten-year master plans for rubber sector, and their implementation. Before becoming the Director-General of the Rubber Development Department in 2009 and continuously occupying the position for the past 10 years, he had held positions such as Director, Deputy Director (Development), Regional Director and Assistant Director of the same organization. Besides representing Sri Lanka in various forums of the ANRPC, International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) and other international rubber platforms, Mr. Premadasa has chaired several international seminars and workshops. He holds a masters in business administration and bachelors in economics. mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=36174 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 15 -- Atlantic Gulf & Pacific (AG&P), the global downstream gas and LNG logistics company, has made a strategic equity investment in Kanfer Shipping (Kanfer). Kanfer is an innovative Norway-based developer of small-scale LNG sea transportation, maritime break-bulk solutions, floating storage facilities as well as LNG bunkering. Together, Kanfer and AG&P will make LNG more accessible and commercially viable for downstream customers in new and growing natural gas markets, according to a statement. “AG&P’s goal is to bring LNG to new markets. One of the missing links has been the capability to break-bulk LNG affordably. Kanfer’s designs unlock these new markets and solve a critical gap in the LNG supply chain for nascent and growing markets,” said AG&P LNG Terminals and Logistics president, Karthik Sathyamoorthy. Meanwhile, AG&P director, Jose P. Ibazeta said: “Kanfer’s expertise complements and expands our passion for an integrated approach to LNG logistics and will enable us to reach new customers in Southeast Asia, the Caribbean and beyond. AG&P, Kanfer and partners will offer project owners and customers a fully integrated solution including LNG supply, large-scale LNG transportation and Floating Storage as well as small-scale LNG shipping for downstream distribution. More information at http://www.agpglobal.com. -- BERNAMA SERDANG, Nov 19 (Bernama) -– 138 Putra Business School (PBS) graduates will be conferred with their degrees at the 43rd UPM Convocation Ceremony upon successful completion of their MBA, MSc and Ph.D. programmes on 19th November 2019. “My PhD journey was not an easy path. But since this kind of opportunity is rare, so I had to finish where I started. Quitting was never my option. Positive mindset, persistence, family support and DOA (prayers) were my critical success factors in getting through my doctoral programme (in finance), along-side winning the coveted gold medal in Asian Cycling Championships” said Dr Norhasmat Abdul Aziz. “PBS's line up of experience, scholarly and industry-driven lecturers, have been the pulling factors to me personally, notwithstanding my other industrious colleagues, towards investing in our unique intellectual-industrial capital. The aim was to strike a balance between striving for an academic excellence and internalising the real time work culture, within the student population, comprising peoples of wide-ranging nationalities. PBS, thus, has provided me with rich intercultural learning experience, an imperative in the current corporate cultural processes. Therefore, such a pleasurable and unforgettable learning journey offered to me was made possible by the learned and competent team of lecturers and the administration staff”, said Dr Siti Zubaidah Mohd Ariffin, former cabin crew who is conferred with Ph.D. (Management). Dr Sitti Rahma Abd Hafid, a Ph.D holder in Medical and Health Science, will be conferred an MBA (General Management). “I feel honoured and privileged to be part of Putra Business School. I truly feel that the school has laid a strong Business and Management foundation considering my different background i.e. Medical and Health Sciences. The decision to pursue an MBA actually was to dig more knowledge on business and management. The journey, in fact, was most challenging. However, the return is most satisfying, knowing the fact that PBS is one of the most established and first AACSB Accredited Business School in Malaysia”. In meanwhile, two graduands were conferred the most prestigious awards for their academic excellence i.e. President’s Award for Joanna Jayaprakash and Human Governance Award for Hafizah Abdul Aziz. ABOUT PUTRA BUSINESS SCHOOL Putra Business School (PBS) was formerly known as the Graduate School of Management (GSM), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). It is a leading business school in Malaysia and the first post-graduate business school accredited by AACSB - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Only less than 5% of business schools, worldwide, have the honour of such accreditation. PBS is also accredited by ABEST21 (The Alliance on Business Education and Scholarship for Tomorrow, a 21st Century Organization). In addition, all programmes offered by PBS are accredited by the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA), as approved by the Ministry of Education. The academic programmes offered by PBS include MBA (General Management) and MBA (Corporate Governance), are conducted in collaboration with Malaysian Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (MAICSA). While MBA (Marketing) and MBA ((Human Potential Management) are conducted in collaboration with the Institute of Marketing Malaysia and Malaysian Institute of Human Resource Management, respectively. Other programmes offered are: MBA (Finance), MBA (International Business), MBA (Accounting), specialised Master of Science (MSc) and specialised Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). For more information, please visit our website at http://www.putrabusinessschool.edu.my. Source: Putra Business School (PBS) |
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