APPIAN, IFC LAUNCH US$1 BLN MINING FUND FOR EMERGING MARKETS
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 (Bernama) -- Appian Capital Advisory Limited (Appian), the investment advisor to long-term value-focused private capital funds, has launched a critical minerals, metals and mining fund for emerging markets in partnership with International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group. The fund will have a total capital commitment of up to US$1 billion and will invest alongside Appian’s existing and successor funds, supporting the developmen
MONEYHERO ATTRACTS 3,800 AT PERSONAL FINANCE FESTIVAL IN SINGAPORE
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 (Bernama) -- MoneyHero Limited, a personal finance aggregation and comparison platform, has successfully concluded the Seedly x SingSaver Personal Finance Festival (PFF) 2025, which drew more than 3,800 participants at the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre in Singapore. Now in its sixth year, the event combined the strengths of Seedly and SingSaver to deliver an expanded and interactive experience under the theme “Explore Singapore!”, reflecting
INTERSYSTEMS TAPS GOOGLE CLOUD TO POWER AI-READY HEALTHCARE DATA
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 (Bernama) -- InterSystems, the data tech firm managing over a billion global health records, has joined forces with Google Cloud to tackle healthcare’s long-standing data dilemma, fragmentation. Unveiled at HLTH, the partnership integrates InterSystems HealthShare with Google Cloud’s artificial intelligence (AI)-driven infrastructure to create a scalable, real-time data foundation—primed for generative and agentic AI use in clinical and operational settin
AM BEST JOINS 2025 SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL REINSURANCE CONFERENCE
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 (Bernama) -- Global credit rating agency, AM Best is joining a panel discussion at the 2025 Shanghai International Reinsurance Conference, taking place for four days ending Oct 24, in Shanghai, China. AM Best’s Singapore operations managing director and chief executive officer, Rob Curtis, will join a global reinsurance advisory panel in a closed-door meeting with the theme “Consensus and Mechanisms for Contract Performance Management in the Reinsurance M
Statement from International Chamber of Shipping following conclusion of MEPC ES
London, Oct 21, 2025 / AgilityPR - AsiaNet / -- International Chamber of Shipping disappointed that Member States have not been able to agree The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) comments following the conclusion of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Extraordinary Session of Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) meeting held in London to discuss the Net-Zero Framework for the shipping industry. The framework would have created the first global ca
EYEXORA UNIT INKS DEAL WITH SERI TO ADVANCE GLAUCOMA SURGERY
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17 (Bernama) -- Y.ora Vision Inc, a new ophthalmic medical device company and spoke company of Eyexora, has announced the signing of a licensing agreement between the Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI) and Eyexora Global to advance a minimally invasive glaucoma surgery. “Our goal is to empower all ophthalmic surgeons with a reliable, minimally invasive, and user-friendly tool that achieves meaningful pressure reduction without the complications or cost
DEEL SECURES US$300 MLN INVESTMENT, VALUED AT US$17.3 BLN
Deel reached $1bn revenue faster than many high-growth tech industry peers due to its impressive organic growth engine and ability to scale at speed. Source: S-1 Filings, GS Research, FactSet. KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17 (Bernama) -- Deel, the global human resources (HR) and payroll platform, has secured a US$300 million strategic investment led by Ribbit Capital, with continued backing from existing investors Andreessen Horowitz and Coatue Management, with participation from Genera
DIGITAL 2026: SOCIAL MEDIA USERS SURPASS 5.66 BILLION GLOBALLY, AI ADOPTION SOARS
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 (Bernama) -- More than two-thirds of the world’s population now uses social media, with global user identities reaching 5.66 billion or 68.7 per cent, according to the newly released Digital 2026 report by Meltwater and We Are Social. The report highlights a global 'supermajority' in social media usage, following the addition of 259 million new user identities in the past year alone. It also points to a significant shift in online behaviour, as users incr
SINTX BOOSTS INFECTION-PREVENTION PORTFOLIO WITH NEW US PATENT
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17 (Bernama) -- SINTX Technologies Inc (SINTX), an advanced ceramics company, announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a Notice of Allowance for a patent application containing method claims covering its antipathogenic fabric technology. Its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Eric K. Olson said the newly allowed patent complements the recently issued US Patent No. 12,433,356, granted on Oct 7, which covers the compos
INNIO, INFRA DAYA POWER UP BATAM WITH 80 MW DEAL
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 (Bernama) -- INNIO Group has signed an agreement with PT MPower Daya Energia, a subsidiary of Infra Daya Group, to deliver 80 megawatts (MW) of power to support grid stabilisation in Batam, Indonesia. The signing ceremony, held in Batam, marks an important milestone in strengthening the city’s power infrastructure amid surging energy demand driven by rapid data centre development. Under the agreement, PT MPower Daya Energia will supply INNIO’s Jenbacher g
