The new funding from Cathay Innovation and Franklin Templeton provides Coherent with the ability to invest and rapidly expand its operations and capability..Coherent will add technology and actuarial talent to its growing workforce at its current offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai and Manila plus hire new teams in Japan, USA and Thailand. The increased reach will also extend its customer portfolio which currently covers large insurers in Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Mainland China, Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, Brazil and Myanmar.

Oneglobal Broking sets up Singapore operation

Nov 10, 2020

Oneglobal’s strategy is to build out its operations in Asia, of which the establishment of a Singapore company is a key element and follows its announcement of the opening of Hong Kong in August this year, with further offices and senior broker hires to follow.

Why Pfizer’s ultra-cold COVID-19 vaccine will not be at the local pharmacy any time soon

Nov 10, 2020

The main issue is that the vaccine, which is based on a novel technology that uses synthetic mRNA to activate the immune system against the virus, needs to be kept at minus 70 degrees Celsius (-94 F) or below.

“The cold chain is going to be one of the most challenging aspects of delivery of this vaccination,” said Amesh Adalja, senior scholar at Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.

Europe charges Amazon with using its dominance and data to squeeze rivals

Nov 10, 2020

The regulator looked into how the company collects data on competitors that sell on its platform, offering everything from electronics and toys to food and kitchenware. It says that Amazon uses that sensitive information, which shows what is proving popular or not, to better target its own products.

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