The average cost of downtime has increased fourfold since 2018. Threat vectors are changing. Attacks that once favoured volume have become targeted and increasingly sophisticated. We have also seen the proliferation of Ransomware as a Service making the barrier to entry that much lower. With Hong Kong businesses being 1.6 times more likely to be attacked by Ransomware, and 1.7 times more likely to be infected by malware, the costs are high. When: Wed 14th April 2021 at 1100L to…
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PBEC hosts CCB Malaysia Senior Vice President Chong Fook Jade who will share and describe CCB Bank’s Smart Matchmaking Digital Trade Platform that was launched a year ago during the pandemic. CCB Match Plus is a smart matchmaking platform safely connecting businesses that cannot trade easily in today’s disrupted markets. As one of the largest banks in China, CCB has assets of more than RMB27 trillion, ranking second in the world in terms of market capitalization. CCB aims to promote…
Issue: 005: AUSTRALIA’S CHINA WINE DISPUTE HEADED TO WTO: A WTO Dispute Panel is likely now that China has hiked five-year anti-dumping duties on Australian wine to between 116 and 218 per cent. Trade Minister Tehan described China’s action as “extremely disappointing and completely unjustifiable.” AUSTRALIAN PRODUCERS RESPOND TO CHINA HIT: Australian wine producers are responding to China’s anti-dumping duties by chasing new markets. Industry leader Tony Battaglane said wine producers would now focus on growing demand for Australian wine…
Recording date & time: March 2021 Filmed on locations: Salon Films Studio, Kowloon, Hong Kong & Manila in the Philippines Participants: Jojo Flores Co-Founder Plug & Play Tech Center https://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/ Plug and Play Tech Center was officially launched in 2006. Plug and Play is a global innovation platform that connects start-ups to investors and corporations worldwide. We also invest in over a hundred companies each year. During our first few months, we only had 20 companies in our portfolio and did three investments…
Recording date & time: March 2021 Filmed on locations: Salon Films Studio, Kowloon, Hong Kong & Manila in the Philippines Participants: Manny Ayala Managing Director Endeavor Philippines www.endeavor.org Manny’s wide-ranging career has included being a founder of a number of undertakings- a boutique invesment bank, an animation company and more recently, a tech incubator called Hatchd. Prior to his entry into the world ot entrepreneurship, Manny worked as a senior executive for a number of global media companies including Discovery…
Meet Ricky Sandhu Founder and Chairman of Urban-Air Port and who is the CEO of Six Miles Across London Ltd (small.) a group of infrastructure-as-a-service businesses which includes urban-Air Port Ltd. Hyundai Motor Group, Coventry City Council and the UK Government have partnered with Urban Air Port® to launch the world’s first site – Air One® – to demonstrate the potential of urban air mobility for the UK and worldwide. Read more here Urban Air-Port are conducting a Series A fund round…
Zoom register for this event: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qdnln9nRRZmd_Qne7UzEOg Side-event to the 8th Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development Company action on climate – driving decarbonization through target setting 22 March 2021, 14.00-15.30 Bangkok time Organized by ESCAP, the ESCAP Sustainable Business Network (ESBN), the Global Compact Networks in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines, CDP and SBTi Background, objective and expected outcome To achieve a sustainable and resilient recovery from the COVID-19, social and environmental vulnerabilities and risks will need to…
Andy Lau | Co-Founder & Chairman – Redsip, Inc. Andy is a serial-entrepreneur, technologist and investor with strong strategic connections in APAC and Silicon Valley. Andy has founded a number of successful tech businesses and advised numerous US companies entering Asia Pacific markets. In 2018, HK Broadband Network (1310.HK) acquired ICG for $200mn, a leading cloud business Andy also founded to complete HKBN’s enterprise business solution portfolio where he led the 6,000 talents organization as Chief Commercial Officer. Qing Li…
The ocean covers the majority of our planet’s surface, holding 97% of all water and 80% of all life forms. Major ocean sectors such as tourism, shipping, fishing, aquaculture and marine renewable energy collectively contribute to a ‘blue’ economy, estimated by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) at a global gross value added of USD 1.5trn in 2010. This blue economy has been projected to increase to USD 3trn by 2030, with some ocean industries set to grow…
King & Wood Mallesons advised the Bank of Queensland (BOQ) in its A$1.325 billion (US$1.05 billion) acquisition of digital rival ME bank and the capital raising needed to fund the deal, while Australian firm Arnold Bloch Leibler advised the smaller bank. Read more: https://www.law.com/international-edition/2021/02/25/king-wood-mallesons-and-arnold-bloch-leibler-advise-on-australian-bank-deal/?slreturn=20210209103546 In other News –Appointment Amanda Lees 4th partner in Singapore added in the past 18 months specializes in cross border dispute resolution and arbitration https://www.law.com/international-edition/2021/03/02/king-wood-mallesons-adds-another-partner-in-singapore-fourth-in-18-months/