SINGAPORE, Dec 16 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — AM Best has removed from under review with positive implications and upgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “a” (Excellent) from “a-” (Excellent) of Partners Life Limited (Partners Life) (New Zealand). The outlook assigned to…

SALT LAKE CITY, Dec 16 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MasterControl, a leading provider of quality and manufacturing software solutions for the life sciences, today announced its first ever funding, a $150 million Series A round led by Sixth Street Growth. MasterControl has grown profitably for nearly 30 years, and with this funding…

SINGAPORE, Dec 16 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bbb+” (Good) of Fubon Insurance Vietnam Co., Ltd. (Fubon Vietnam) (Vietnam). The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable. The ratings reflect Fubon Vietnam’s balance sheet strength,…

JOHOR BAHRU, Malaysia, Dec 16 (Bernama-PRNewswire) — This December, Amari Johor Bahru launches its largest festive campaign yet since its opening in 2017 – offering Christmas activities, events and deals to both its Johorean guests & holiday-makers throughout the month. Through fun and charitable programs, guests experience the Christmas season at the 5-star…

HONG KONG, Dec 15 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — CSOP Bitcoin Futures ETF (3066.HK) and CSOP Ether Futures ETF (3068.HK) will be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on 16 December 2022 as Asia’s first listed Bitcoin and Ether futures ETFs. To capture the performance of Bitcoin and Ether, 3066.HK and 3068.HK…

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 15 (Bernama) — Yayasan PETRONAS has launched its annual, nationwide series of Christmas celebrations to usher in the year-end festive season by distributing food supplies and festive hampers to 3,500 deserving families from the B40 community via its Sentuhan Kasih Festive programme. All beneficiaries will be receiving essential food supplies which…

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 15 (Bernama) — A total of 27 winners in different categories were announced out of a field of 52 participating organisations (see appendix for full list of winners) at the 2022 National Annual Corporate Report Awards (NACRA) jointly organised by Bursa Malaysia Berhad (Bursa), Malaysian Institute of Accountants…

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 15 (Bernama) — The International Project Management Conference (IPMC) which was held on 12 – 13 December 2022 at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre brought together 1,885 participants from the oil and gas, new energy, building and infrastructure, maritime and shipping, and digital industries for its first in-person event.…

BENGALURU, India, Dec 15 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — actyv.ai, headquartered at Singapore and a category creator in the enterprise SaaS with embedded B2B BNPL and insurance space, has announced the appointment of Abhijit Rao as its Global Head of People, to bolster employer brand and people growth. http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=45036

OSAKA, Japan, Dec 15 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — The Osaka Business Development Agency, in cooperation with the Keihanshin Startup Ecosystem Consortium and JETRO Osaka, has jointly launched the brand, “Kansai Startup Mashups” to support startups from the Kansai region that are taking on global challenges. From this release and on, we will…