Author: James Martin

CSL Limited Announces Tender Offer To Acquire Vifor Pharma Ltd – Agreement Announced on the Australian Stock Exchange and SIX Swiss Exchange 14 December, 2021 – Expands CSL’s leadership across an attractive portfolio focused on Renal Disease, and Iron Deficiency – Complements CSL’s existing therapeutic focus areas including  Hematology and Thrombosis, Cardiovascular-Metabolic, and Transplant, and high quality pipeline – CSL’s global scale, R&D capabilities and resources augment the delivery of Vifor  Pharma’s products to patients globally – All-cash tender offer of US$179.25 per Vifor Pharma share, representing an aggregate equity value for Vifor Pharma of US$11.7 billion / A$16.4 billion(1)…

Following Artmarket.com’s press release of 7 December 2021: Artmarket.com has received requests for further details from shareholders, investors, observers and the cryptocurrency community concerning, notably, the following paragraph in that press release: ‘The DNS artpricecoin.com, filed in December 2017 (along with all the corresponding names) illustrates Artprice by Artmarket’s early awareness of this paradigm shift to NFTs and cryptocurrencies’. Artmarket.com wishes to point out that, to date, there is not yet a specific cryptocurrency for the group, but that its work groups, after intense reflection, projected different scenarios where French and/or European legislators and/or American legislators would start building workable legislative…

PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) Tbk (IDX:BBRI) presents this year’s UMKM EXPO(RT) BRILIANPRENEUR in fully digital format, from 9-16 December 2021. It will pamper visitors with a 3D experience from 500 curated MSMEs, making it the biggest virtual bazaar organized by BRI. The event will showcase outdoor thematic areas, highlighting five Indonesian tourism destinations: Raja Ampat (West Papua), Borobudur (Central Java), Toba (North Sumatera), Ubud (Bali), and Tanjung Kelayang (Belitung). “BRI has supported the Indonesian MSMEs to grow as an established business and go global to compete in the international market. As the agent of development, BRILIANPRENEUR embodies the commitment…

Affyn’s private round was oversubscribed within a week of its website unveil, resulting in the opening of a new  strategic round that once again became oversubscribed, ahead of its presale on 18th December 2021. Backed by more than 50 venture capitalists, institutional investors and partners, signaling high confidence and  strong demand for Affyn’s Play-to-Earn Metaverse. Singapore startup Affyn, a blockchain-powered Metaverse project, is developing a  Free-to-Play and Play-to-Earn mobile game with integrated geolocation and augmented reality (AR) capability. Reimagining Free-to-Play and Play-to-Earn As a metaverse-based project with geolocation capability and AR mechanics, Affyn incorporates the fun concept where every in-game…

Guidepoint, a leading expert network firm, announced today that its global professional network has grown to encompass more than 1,000,000 leading industry and subject matter experts, following consecutive years of strong, organic growth. Guidepoint satisfies clients’ research needs by partnering investment firms, corporations, management consultants, and law practices with the experts best suited to inform critical decision-making and turn pressing questions into actionable answers. Reaching a million experts means more than just ‘checking the box’ on another milestone. The growing availability, diverse backgrounds, and unique perspectives our experts bring will enable our clients to gain insight into nearly any topic.”…

Pre-event Ministerial Roundtable will bring together leaders from 25 countries to shape a new era of mining in these dynamic regions Ministers and world-leading mining expert speakers confirmed from the public sector, private industry, investors and multilateral organizations The Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources today released further details of The Future Minerals Summit (FMS), planned for January 11-13, 2022, in Riyadh. This includes an update regarding speakers and details of a high-level Ministerial Roundtable. A number of Ministers and more than 50 world-class speakers have been confirmed for the Summit, including mining, investment, technology, manufacturing and sustainability thought leaders…

With the growing focus on climate change and pledges by the United Nations, leading countries and organisations, the time to do something is now. As a global organisation, Pepperstone wants to be at the forefront of this fight. Pepperstone wants to lead the way on becoming a Carbon Neutral organisation by the end of FY23 and set the challenge for all firms within the FX CFD space to follow suit. Pepperstone’s commitment extends to the voice and support of employees, the board, shareholders, and the communities that they reside and operate in. Pepperstone has engaged Pangolin Associates https://pangolinassociates.com/ , a carbon management…

The Asia Sustainable Foods Platform aims to alleviate “friction-to-adoption” by providing solutions and support to food-tech companies at every stage of their growth cycle. Temasek today announced the launch of the Asia Sustainable Foods Platform to focus on addressing the challenges of scaling up the production of alternative proteins, as well as accelerating the growth of sustainable foods in Asia. The Asia Sustainable Foods Platform aims to provide solutions and support, as an enabler, operator and investor, to food-tech companies as they go through their life cycle from product development to commercial scale-up. -As an enabler, it will provide R&D…

Revamped facility provides Southeast Asia customers with convenience, quality assurance, and accreditation for calibration Emerson’s Southeast Asia Service Center is expanding the advantage offered to its customers by adding the calibration of large flow meters to its offering, resulting in an 80% reduction in service and line downtime for customers in the Southeast Asia region. Updates to flow calibration services include increasing line sizes from .10 to 4 inches to a much larger 12 inches, which increases flow rates from 0.05 to 3,000 kilograms per minute, and increase flow up to 12,000 Kg/min. Prior to the addition of the new…

Binance, the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange, and blockchain technology infrastructure provider, today announced the appointment of Martin Bruncko as Executive Vice President for Europe. Martin brings to Binance a unique combination of government and technology background, with extensive expertise in building transformational tech companies, as well as experience in the top echelons of national and international policymaking in the areas of finance and innovations. “I am very excited to be joining Binance in its new phase of growth, as it is starting to put a major focus on compliance and an expansion into more traditional fintech areas. The incredible community…