Author: James Martin

Kalkine Pty Limited is pleased to announce the launch of its ‘Kalkine IPO Research’ that provides coverage on a varied range of global IPOs. Companies are going public globally like never before- cashing in on the record-high prices. Amidst the strong global capital market momentum and ample liquidity, traditional IPOs have come back to the fore. But what exactly is an IPO? Initial Public offering or IPO refers to the process by which a private company can become a publicly traded company through its share sale to the public for the first time. IPOs allows a company to raise money…

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Manulife is announcing “Fuel Up Fridays”, a new initiative to support the well-being of its global team. Starting September 10th, Manulife will dedicate the second Friday of each month through the end of the year to “fueling up” through a morning of collective learning, followed by an afternoon off to recharge in support of physical and mental health. In addition, Manulife is once again giving its more than 37,000 colleagues five additional personal days to use during 2022 in appreciation of all the hard work they’ve done helping people make decisions easier and lives better. “Our team has shown incredible…

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Leading provider of legal and professional services, Walkers, has announced that Walkers Professional Services (WPS) is expanding its operations to the British Virgin Islands (BVI). In the past year, WPS has made a number of strategic senior hires with a core focus on providing corporate, corporate governance, regulatory compliance and fiduciary services to corporate and institutional clients across global financial centres.

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Milliman today announced the findings of its annual study on reported year-end 2020 embedded value (EV) and value of the new business (VNB) results for 51 major multinational and domestic life insurers across Asia. The Milliman 2020 Embedded Value Results: Asia report highlights trends in published EV results, including a total growth in reported EV in 2020 of 13.2% to USD 964 billion but a VNB fall of 19.2% to USD 42.3 billion. The report also provides an in-depth analysis of the EV methodologies and assumptions adopted, as well as the impact of key regulations and other market developments in…

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Australian firms are a “beacon of innovation” fueled by technology, necessity and crisis Australian law firms saw demand and profitability grow in fiscal year (FY) 2021 as they successfully navigated the turbulence of the past year. A new report issued by the Thomson Reuters Institute, 2021 Australia: State of the Legal Market,

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Latest Survey from Accuity, a LexisNexis(R) Risk Solutions Company, Reveals Contrasts in How Global Banks, Corporations and Non-Banking Financial Institutions Manage Trade and Export Compliance Two-thirds of banks, corporations and non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) still use search engines to comply with trade and export compliance regulations, according to Accuity ( https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3271471-1&h=2041845394&u=https%3A%2F%2Faccuity.com%2F&a=Accuity ), a LexisNexis(R) Risk Solutions company and a leading global provider of financial crime screening, payment services and know your customer (KYC) solutions. Performing due diligence in this manner leaves organizations open to missing red flags and making misinformed decisions over whether to accept business. This can expose them…

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