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The Flexi Group Launches as the Largest Operator of Flexible Workspaces in Asia-Pacific

The Flexi Group merges the Hive, Common Ground and The Cluster to create a portfolio of 45 locations across 12 cities and 9 countries in the Asia-Pacific region

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 29 November 2022 – The Flexi Group is launching as the largest operator of flexible workspaces in Asia-Pacific, merging regionally-recognised brands the Hive, Common Ground and The Cluster under one umbrella.

the Hive Carpenter, Singapore
the Hive Carpenter, Singapore

With this merger, The Flexi Group will boast a portfolio of 45 locations across 12 cities and 9 countries – including Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam, Philippines, and Japan – as well as offer holistic membership solutions for businesses of all sizes, ranging from typical coworking memberships to full-service enterprise and white labeled management solutions.

This first merger, in a series of planned consolidation activities, is supported by investment from Singapore-based Catcha Group and Malaysia-based Emissary Capital. It is also a step in the direction of an IPO that will enable The Flexi Group to consolidate the region’s flexible workspace industry through M&A and to lead the future of work in Asia Pacific- and beyond.

Chris Edwards, CEO of The Flexi Group, states: “We are delighted to launch The Flexi Group as the leading provider of flexible workspaces in the Asia-Pacific region. The pandemic has changed the way the world works, with businesses of all sizes shifting their workplace strategies towards flexible solutions, employee wellbeing, and collaborative spaces, and we are excited to be at the forefront of that trend.”

Unlike other flexible workspace companies, The Flexi Group has an asset-light approach to its real estate ventures, partnering with landlords on joint ventures instead of taking on large and unwieldy rental agreements. Their landlord partners in Asia include Chinachem Group in Hong Kong, Petronas in Malaysia, Central Group in Thailand, Ortigas in the Philippines and Hirsch and Faigen in Australia – with more to come in the next few months.

Chris states: “We work with some of the leading landlords in the region who see flexible workspaces as a natural evolution of their business. They work with us to help engage the tenants in their buildings, offering them access to best-in-class events, flexible work solutions and bookable meeting and event spaces. Asset owners can also unlock revenue potential as our partners see increased returns of up to 30% vs a traditional lease structure”

Along with their landlord partners, The Flexi Group will continue to expand their three unique brands the Hive, Common Ground and The Cluster across the region with multiple new locations set to open in Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines and Singapore over the next 12 months.

Chris continues: “Our multi brand for a multi-demographic approach is unique in the region. This strategy gives us the opportunity to partner with landlords across a variety of asset classes across Asia and Australia. With our multiple brands targeting a different market segment across a variety of industries, we will see exponential growth and are forecasting to grow by up to 100 locations in the next three years.”

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About The Flexi Group

Founded in 2022, The Flexi Group is a rapidly expanding collection of leading Flexible Workspace operators in Asia. Spread across 45 locations in 12 cities, and with over 15 years of experience in designing, operating and scaling workspaces, we are the region’s largest operator. The Flexi Group is expected to be headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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About the Hive

Creating beautiful workspaces and hosting best-in-class events since 2012, the Hive is Asia Pacific’s widest, boutique workspace network, carrying 21 locations in 7 countries. Aiming to deliver the ultimate Hive experience, the Hive has formed a creative community to inspire members to build deep, lasting connections, whatever their industry, role or location.

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About Common Ground

Since its launch in 2017, Common Ground has redefined premium flexible workspaces, building a powerful business network of like-minded thought leaders across Malaysia, Thailand and Philippines. It is home to an ecosystem of diverse resources, personalities and ideas and predominantly focuses on larger multinational corporations.

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About The Cluster

Established in 2010, The Cluster is among the pioneers of hospitality driven work and event spaces in Australia. Located in commercial and business city centers, The Cluster has earned a reputation for its flexible, spacious, and luxurious workspaces.

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Amazon survey: Increased online spend expected for grocery and personal care items this holiday season

Top categories that Singaporean online shoppers plan to spend more on include groceries, health and personal care, apparel and accessories

Almost three in 10 are optimistic that the current economic climate will have no impact on their spending this holiday season

More than half (53%) are keen to see more local brands online, but majority (78%) will only purchase if there are good deals and promotions

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 29 November 2022 – (NASDAQ: AMZN) – A survey by Amazon Singapore, in collaboration with YouGov, revealed that shoppers in Singapore are likely to be more pragmatic and price-conscious this holiday season in light of current global conditions. Nevertheless, Singaporean shoppers are still looking to spend more on essential and personal care items like groceries and apparel this holiday season, with online shoppers aged 25 and above more likely to also purchase items online for their children or their partners.

The survey of 1,032 Singaporeans sought to understand local consumers’ shopping behaviour, as well as their views towards local brands and giving to social causes this holiday season. Findings from the survey highlighted several key insights:

Key insight #1: Online shoppers are expected to still spend more on Grocery, Apparel, Health and Personal Care items, despite a relatively conservative holiday shopping mood brought about by global economic conditions.

According to the survey, three in four Singaporeans make at least one online purchase a month, with pricing and sales discounts (50%) emerging as the top consideration factor among online shoppers looking to purchase items this holiday season, followed by product quality (15%) and trustworthiness of a website (11%).

The survey also found that more than half of online shoppers are likely to be more conservative with their spending this holiday season in light of current global economic conditions, with 57% of shoppers saying they will spend less (or buy from cheaper brands) or wait until there is more stability before making large purchases. This highlights the need for retailers to look at helping to mitigate consumers’ fear of inflation and offer budget-friendly options for customers.

On the other hand, almost three in 10 (27%) are optimistic that there will be no impact on their spending this holiday season. Online shoppers also say that the top categories they plan to spend more on during this period are Apparel and Accessories (38%), Groceries (35%), and Health and Personal care (31%).

To cater to this demand, Amazon.sg’s Fresh and Fast selection offers groceries, everyday essentials and more from Amazon Fresh and Watsons for Prime members. Prime members can also enjoy free 2-hour scheduled delivery for orders over S$60 on Watsons or Amazon Fresh.

Key insight #2: Shoppers want to see more from local brands, but are still price-sensitive in their purchase decisions as they shop for themselves and others

More than half of online festive shoppers (53%) also said they are keen to see more items from local brands on e-commerce stores, however, a large majority (78%) said that they will only shop from local brands if there are good deals and promotions. 66% of online shoppers surveyed said that they will buy from brands that offer the lowest prices.

This indicates that while Singaporean shoppers appreciate having more options from local brands, price and value-for-money are still the top considerations, and local brands have to be competitive in their pricing and offers in order to attract online shoppers.

While a large majority of shoppers say they plan to purchase items online for themselves during the holiday (68%), the survey found that almost four in 10 (37%) shoppers aged 25-34 years also plan to purchase items for their parents or partner’s parents, while almost half of shoppers (48%) aged 35-54 years plan to purchase items for their children. This indicates that there is an opportunity for retailers with a target audience aged 25 and above to appeal to online shoppers looking to purchase items or gifts for their family and children.

Shoppers on Amazon.sg can expect a great selection of items and deals from local brands and small businesses such as Hush Candles, PRISM+, Epitex and more at amazon.sg/smallbusinesses. They can also find inspiration on what to buy for their loved ones with Amazon’s selection of curated holiday gift guides at amazon.sg/holiday.

Key Insight #3: When it comes to online donations, transparency that the donations reach the intended beneficiaries is key

The survey found that Singaporeans in general do not donate online to charities or non-profit organisations (NPOs) frequently or regularly, with 34% saying that they prefer to do so only as and when they see a relevant cause. Half of respondents (51%) also said that they will only donate depending on the cause or beneficiary.

46% of Singaporeans said the biggest barrier to donating online is the uncertainty of whether their donation will reach the beneficiaries. This concern, however, is lower among younger audiences aged 18-24 years (31%).

Despite this general sentiment, more than half (54%) said they would be interested to donate to NPOs through an online wishlist based on what they need. This indicates that shoppers will be more inclined to donate if there is greater transparency and a more direct way that their donations can reach the intended beneficiaries.

As people shop on Amazon.sg for holiday gifts or everyday essentials, they can directly support the causes closest to their hearts by browsing the wishlists of items requested by NPOs – a depository of items they need the most. As of today, 16 NPOs in Singapore are part of the Amazon x Shop for Good wishlist initiative.

Leo Laforgia, Country Manager, Amazon Singapore, said, “We recognise that price and trust are important to our customers here, and Amazon strives to deliver the best value so our customers can spend less, smile more, and connect with their loved ones this holiday season. At the same time, we also want to give back to the community and provide a trusted means for our customers to do so through our Shop for Good wishlist initiative, which allows donors to contribute to a cause of their choice while enjoying the transparency on where their donations go.”

Delivering Smiles to children during holidays in Singapore

In the spirit of giving during the holidays, Amazon is also ramping up support for underprivileged children in Singapore via local non-profit organisations (NPOs) that are part of the Amazon x Shop for Good wishlist initiative.

Arc Children’s Centre, Beyond Social Services, SHINE Children and Youth Services, and Singapore Children’s Society will receive S$25,000 each in cash to help vulnerable children and youths in Singapore better learn, play, and develop in the long term. With Amazon’s donation, 25,000 children in Singapore, aged between three and 21 years, will get greater access to better and more enrichment activities, meals, and medical care, among help with other needs.

More Ways to Save this Season

Holiday Gift Guides: Customers are looking for more ways to save this season than ever before. To help customers get through their gifting list, Amazon’s gift guides have something for everyone, no matter your budget:
o Holiday Toy Store
o Holiday Beauty Parlour
o Holiday Bookstore
o Home & Holiday Decor
o Holiday Treats
o Tech & Gadgets Store
o Secret Santa

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About Amazon

Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Amazon strives to be Earth’s Most Customer-Centric Company, Earth’s Best Employer, and Earth’s Safest Place to Work. Customer reviews, 1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, AWS, Kindle, and The Climate Pledge are some of the things pioneered by Amazon. For more information, visit .

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AntBot, a Full-featured Crypto Automated Trading System, Launched Relative-value Trading Strategy

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 29 November 2022 – AntBot, a full-featured crypto automated trading system, has officially launched.

After several rounds of internal testing, it pioneers the relative-value trading strategy and the first intelligent long-short position management system. Since cryptos entered the bear market, mainstream cryptos have fallen by more than 80%, but AntBot has achieved even a 30% annualized rate of return for users with its relative-value trading strategy and crypto robots.

AntBot is a leading full-featured crypto automated trading system, composed of well-known VC Institutions and top traders in the crypto field, ranked top 3 in Binance for 6 consecutive quarters of market volume, and is also a deep cooperative market maker with Binance, OKX and Bybit. It has a rich financial operation system and trading experience with a managed capital scale of over $100 million and a service group covering over 200,000 users in more than 100 countries and regions worldwide. It provides comprehensive crypto trading services with AI robots and compound powerful trading strategies.

About relative-value trading strategy, one of its significant advantages over trend trading, grid trading and the Martingale Strategy is that it is not dependent on the market. Even if the fundamental and technical analysis is in place, it is impossible to predict the exact movement of the market 100%. At such times, market-dependent trading strategies can not make the action of take-profit and stop-loss in time. In the case of insufficient funds, the result is forced liquidation.

AntBot’s relative value strategy, ignoring bullish and bearish markets, uses the same assets, correlation and pricing differences of related assets to open long and short positions to arbitrage, and balancing the riskiness of the portfolio, and has the characteristics of high win percentage and low risk to achieve steady asset growth.

In the current bear market, AntBot’s relative-value strategy is like a duck to water, such as the big event brought by Luna and FTX, where the spread of the same crypto in different exchanges increased and the value of the correlated assets deviated greatly. The relative-value strategy is easy to get a profit from it, and AI automatically operates to open and close position immediately to take profit before the market returns to normal.

In terms of strategy development, AntBot’s relative value strategy screens out crypto pairs with similar attributes for strategy execution by reviewing the transaction big data of the crypto trading market for nearly 10 years and AI analysis of the correlation of global mainstream cryptos. At the same time, it is also verified that the strategy can resist “black swan” events and multiple system concurrency risks.

The strategy applies to three situations: the performance of the same token in different public chains and different exchanges, highly correlated tokens with abnormal spreads to open positions, and highly undervalued tokens in the future. The strategy buys undervalued cryptos and sells overvalued cryptos to obtain spread returns, becoming a favorable tool for non-standard substitution. It is especially suitable for the current bear market to ensure open interest while increasing income and accumulating enough capital before the bull market comes.

At present, AntBot has been launched on Google Play and App Store, accumulating over 30,000 active users and providing free access to AI robots for users. Meanwhile, it also offers referral commissions of up to 60% for users without capital, helping users to quickly grow their assets and participate in the trading market

However, the relative-value trading strategy has a market issue after many times of verification. Due to the reliance on price trend convergence, this strategy can also cause losses if a small probability event occurs that the price trend does not converge. Of course, the trading market is volatile and no strategy can suit it 100% perfectly. In terms of strategy matching, AntBot carries out diversified strategies in parallel to solve the pain point of the relative-value trading strategy and to reduce the loss brought about by the risk of a single strategy. Diversified strategies in parallel guarantee the safety of users’ assets. I always have chips for the next operation to grasp investment opportunities.

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Cloud Comrade Awarded 2022 Regional and Global AWS Partner Award

Cloud Comrade recognized as Collaboration Partner of the Year – APJ winner, one of many AWS Partners around the globe that help customers drive innovation

LAS VEGAS, NV – Media OutReach – 29 November 2022 – Cloud Comrade Pte Ltd (Cloud Comrade), Singapore-headquartered cloud computing consultancy, is excited to announce it is a recipient of a 2022 Regional and Global AWS Partner Award, recognizing leaders around the globe playing a key role helping customers drive innovation and build solutions on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

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Announced during a Partner Awards Gala at AWS re:Invent 2022, the Regional and Global AWS Partner Awards recognize a wide range of AWS Partners, whose business models have embraced specialization, innovation, and cooperation over the past year. Regional and Global AWS Partner Awards recognize partners whose business models continue to evolve and thrive on AWS as they work with customers.

Cloud Comrade, a partner in the AWS Partner Network (APN), clinched the Collaboration Partner of the Year – APJ award. Cloud Comrade helped Singapore-based company Detrack Systems scale its business with the implementation of Cloud Comrade-led AWS Managed Services (AMS). Detrack Systems is a real-time delivery tracking system that integrates drivers and customers on a single platform. Thanks to Cloud Comrade’s operation of AMS on Detrack Systems’ behalf, Detrack Systems was able to shorten its sales cycle.

Says Andy Waroma, Co-managing Director, Cloud Comrade, “We are delighted to receive this recognition from AWS. Since our inception, Cloud Comrade only works with the best organizations to ensure that our customers receive top notch service and solutions that can help them accelerate their digital transformation and innovation on the cloud. This award is a clear testament to our commitment to fostering a vibrant cloud ecosystem, where we forge strong relationships with other organizations so that our customers benefit and receive the best value outcomes. It adds on to our string of extensive accolades that showcases our leadership expertise in empowering the cloud journey of our customers across Southeast Asia. We thank AWS for their support, and we see this as key to helping our clients on their unique cloud transformation journey and taking their business growth to the next level.”

For the first time, Regional and Global AWS Partner Awards included a self-nomination process across a number of award categories and specialization areas awarded at both the regional and global level where all AWS Partners were invited to participate and submit a nomination.

The AWS Partner Network (APN), is a global program, focused on helping companies build successful AWS-based businesses or solutions by providing business, technical, marketing, and go-to-market support. The APN includes independent software vendors (ISVs) and systems integrators (SIs) around the world, with AWS Partner participation growing significantly during the past 12 months.

“AWS Partners are at the center of unlocking value for global customers, across a wide range of industries,” said Ruba Borno, vice president, Worldwide Channels and Alliances at AWS. “We are honored to launch the inaugural Regional and Global AWS Partner Awards, and thank all the nominees and winners for accelerating our customers’ cloud transformation journey.”

A panel of AWS experts selected the winners based on strict criteria. Cloud Comrade’s Collaboration Partner of the Year – APJ award recognizes situations where Cloud Comrade has collaborated with other AWS Partners to work on solving the same customer challenge with their skills and ability to deliver valuable customer solutions based on services and technology offered across multiple AWS Partners.

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About Cloud Comrade

Cloud Comrade () is a Singapore-based cloud computing consultancy company with a regional footprint in Indonesia and Malaysia. The company offers a comprehensive range of services from strategy and design to deployment, migration, and management of customers’ IT infrastructure. Cloud Comrade collaborates with solution providers in the field of cloud computing. In January 2019, ST Telemedia (), an active strategic investor specializing in communications & media, data centers, and infrastructure technology businesses, acquired a majority stake in the company. For more information on Cloud Comrade, visit cloudcomrade.com

EdgePoint marks second anniversary with introduction of new 360˚ Sustainable sites

Advancing EdgePoint’s ESG Commitment; 360˚ Sustainable Sites concept to be applied to 20 new sites by the end of 2023

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 29 November 2022 – EdgePoint Infrastructure (“EdgePoint”), a leading ASEAN-based independent telecommunications infrastructure company, is marking its second anniversary with the introduction of its all-new 360˚ Sustainable (360˚ S) sites, which will be a key element in advancing EdgePoint’s overall ESG commitment. The design and construction of each 360˚ S site will further enable the Company and its global strategic partners to achieve their ESG goals.

In the inaugural rollout, the 360˚ S site concept will be applied to 20 new build-to-suit sites scheduled to be completed by the end of 2023 across EdgePoint’s footprint in Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. By 2030, EdgePoint is targeting to apply the 360˚ S sites concept to all new build-to-suit sites across its footprint. Meanwhile, contributing towards its Net Zero 2030 ambition, the Company will be defining a roadmap, which will include deploying innovative solutions, green technology and new practices across its footprint to reduce carbon emissions.

“EdgePoint’s ESG policy underlines our focus on being a responsible corporate citizen committed to enhancing sustainability in our business practices, supported by excellence in our governance and operations, and complemented by the application of innovative and advanced technology,” said Suresh Sidhu, Chief Executive Officer of EdgePoint Infrastructure. “2023 will define our carbon reduction roadmap, which will become a part of our operations DNA moving forward. Beginning with introducing the concept of 360˚ Sustainable sites, our ESG policy will reflect the new practices we will be adopting across all of our footprint.”

Mr. Sidhu added, “As members of the community, it is important to improve current practices if we see a need and are able to make a difference. The 20 new sites will be designed to reflect our efforts towards ensuring the highest sustainability standards and lowest carbon emissions footprint possible. Before each site is built, we will consider key elements including, ensuring all bio-diversity aspects are covered before selecting a location, innovative designs with sustainable or alternative materials, remote monitoring to reduce truck rolls, responsible waste management and using renewable energy solutions to power the sites. While these may seem like common practices, it’s getting them all to work in a holistic fashion that is the key.”

EdgePoint’s ESG policy is centered around four pillars, which serve as the Company’s guide as it seeks to continually improve its business practices:

  • Environment reflects efforts to innovate and implement better policies, processes and practices that foster environmentally-friendly operations. The pillar focuses on Climate and Emissions whereby EdgePoint is committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions through science-based pathways towards Net Zero 2030, building Green Sites with environmentally-friendly designs for structures and energy systems, as well as construction and operations processes. In light of Southeast Asia’s vulnerability to the impacts of climate change, EdgePoint is building resilience in its assets, networks and operations, aligning with best practices for climate risk management. The Company is also committed to managing waste materials safely and responsibly, with a focus on reducing, reusing or recycling products and materials whenever possible. In addition, EdgePoint is committed to protecting and conserving biodiversity across its footprints.
  • Operational Compliance is focused on achieving world class standards for health and safety both internally and with partners and vendors. This also includes employee wellbeing and support. In today’s digital world, it also means adhering to cybersecurity standards aligned to accepted international industry practice.
  • People and Community underlines the role of telecommunications in empowering economic and social growth and reflects EdgePoint’s aim to be a diverse and inclusive company with a firm belief in treating people of all walks of life with equality and respect, in the workplace and the community. EdgePoint places great importance on being a good citizen by upholding national laws and international labour standards in the internal workforce. EdgePoint is also engaging with communities across its footprints supporting natural disaster response and improving the digital divide.
  • Governance focuses on upholding strong business ethics for both internal and external stakeholders. EdgePoint has already put in place audit and compliance functions, and their efforts here are focussed not just on reviews and process, but also on training and modelling the right behaviours.

For more information on EdgePoint, please visit https://edgepointinfra.com/

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About EdgePoint Infrastructure

EdgePoint Infrastructure is a telecommunications infrastructure company that aspires to power Digital ASEAN via Next Generation Infrastructure. With operations in Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines, through EdgePoint Towers Sdn Bhd, PT Centratama Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Tbk and EdgePoint Philippines respectively, the company is focused on providing sharable and leading-edge telecom structures, small cells and in-building systems. EdgePoint aims to be an industry leader through scale and innovation, driving operational efficiencies through the adoption of analytics and digital technologies.

Rising Infrastructure Theft Cause for Alarm in Laos

One of the accused men demonstrates how he climbed up the power poll to steal the equipment. | Photo credit: Laopost

Vientiane Police managed to detain a wounded man who tried to cut an electric cable in Vientiane’s Hatsaifong District. Local Police in Bolikhamxay also nabbed three men trying to steal essential equipment from a power pole.

Black Friday and trading: OctaFX presents the results of its client survey

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach – 29 November 2022 – This Black Friday, OctaFX decided to research traders’ attitudes towards the shopping season, as well as their trading patterns during this period. The global broker asked its clients all the most important questions.

The shopping season is not the same for all of us. For some, it’s a great opportunity to buy gifts for their loved ones. For some, a chance to boost their sales with well-crafted marketing campaigns. What does the season mean for traders? How do they regard the discount offers? Do they shop much? Does Black Friday affect their trading? If yes, in what way? OctaFX conducted a survey to learn exactly that.

Black Friday shopping: traders approach

More than 1100 respondents from over 60 countries took part in the survey in the beginning of November 2022. What is their opinion on Black Friday deals? Are they worth it? How many of them make spontaneous purchases? Here are the answers.

  • More than 70 per cent of traders find Black Friday deals good value, while only slightly more than 20 per cent never buy anything during this season.
  • 77.9 per cent of traders compare the prices before and during Black Friday with varying frequency, highlighting the prevalence of an analytical mindset common among professional investors.
  • Most respondents buy one or two items using Black Friday discounts, while more than half spend on those items more than they usually spend.
  • Electronics, clothing, and household appliances are the three most popular types of products that traders buy during the Black Friday period, with the majority of them doing their shopping online.
  • 56.7 per cent tend to make spontaneous, emotional purchases, while 43.3 per cent claim that they don’t. Still, even professional traders make those purchases. After all, we all should treat ourselves from time to time.
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Black Friday trading: common patterns among traders

72.7 per cent of traders trade more in the financial markets on Black Friday. The Financial Market Analyst, Kar Yong, expressed his opinion on why that is the case, taking into account the seasonality factor of the U.S. stock market. “Between 20th November to 6th December calculated over the past 15 years, the S&P 500 Index rose on average almost 3% and had an astonishing winning strike of 86%.” The expert continued, “This is an opportunity to take advantage of the two-way nature of CFD trades, where one can look into the specific stocks such as Lowe’s Companies which rose on average by 7.45%, and UnitedHealth Group is another stock to be monitored too.”

The majority of traders prefer to trade currency pairs, with commodities and crypto being in the top three, while stocks and stock indices enjoy less popularity.

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Trading experience & the shopping experience

The survey conducted by OctaFX showed, among other things, several ways that the trading experience affects the Black Friday shopping experience and, possibly, the everyday lives of traders.

Those with a lot of experience in trading more often don’t buy anything on Black Friday, but those who do, buy more products during this period than less experienced investors.

While the majority of survey respondents compare and analyse the prices before and during Black Friday, those with the most experience most often do it always. This leads to the conclusion that trading experience is related to using analytical skills in real life.

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Another finding from the survey was that those with less trading experience make spontaneous purchases more often. However, the level of experience does not directly affect the behaviour characterised by emotional purchases since all traders still make them.

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The survey results also pointed out that more experienced traders tend to buy more media products, such as e-books and subscription services, usually associated with self-education and personal development.

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The final finding was that the more experienced investors preferred trading currency instruments during the Black Friday season, while those with less experience favoured cryptocurrencies and stocks.

With experience in trading, there comes analytical thinking, the desire for self-development and a general understanding of how the financial markets work. Nevertheless, trading is not all about charts, financial instruments, and exchanges. It’s about the special investor mindset that affects how traders make their everyday life decisions, be it shopping on Black Friday or long-term goals and plans.

In conclusion, while the shopping season is a period when we make perhaps the most emotional purchases, it is important to have a clear head and develop the cold, analytical mindset that experienced traders can boast of.

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About OctaFX

is a global broker providing online trading services worldwide since 2011. It offers commission-free access to financial markets and a variety of services already utilised by clients from 150 countries with more than 12 million trading accounts. Free educational webinars, articles, and analytical tools they provide help clients reach their investment goals.

The company is involved in a comprehensive network of charitable and humanitarian initiatives, including the improvement of educational infrastructure and short-notice relief projects supporting local communities and small to medium enterprises.

On a side note, OctaFX has also won more than 50 awards since its foundation, including the 2021 ‘Best ECN Broker’ award from World Finance and the 2022 ‘Best Global Broker Asia’ award from International Business Magazine.

British Council unveils global Alumni UK network at its Going Global Asia Pacific conference

Aims to be the largest global network connecting alumni who have studied at a UK university

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 29 November 2022 – The British Council today announced the official global launch of Alumni UK, a global network of international UK higher education alumni, at the opening reception of its Going Global Asia Pacific 2022 conference in Singapore. The British Council is hosting the first regional edition of its flagship global higher education conference in Singapore while also commemorating 75 years of its presence in the city-state.

All international UK alumni who have spent at least one term studying at a UK higher education institution, including transnational education and online learning, are invited to join the global Alumni UK network where registration is free: https://alumniuk.britishcouncil.org/register.

By joining Alumni UK, individuals can grow their professional networks and connect with people living in every corner of the world who have studied at a UK university. In addition to building professional connections, the network aims to bring people together to collaborate on tackling global challenges. Being part of the free Alumni UK exclusive network also offers access to events and training hosted locally, regionally and globally. Alumni will regularly have opportunities to learn from senior leaders and industry experts. By being a part of the Alumni UK network, people can celebrate their mutual connection to the UK and also continue to improve their English language skills.

The Alumni UK network was inaugurated by H.E. Kara Owen, British High Commissioner to Singapore, Maddalaine Ansell, Director of Education, British Council, and Lucy Watkins, Regional Director East Asia, British Council. The launch took place at Eden Hall, the official residence of the British High Commissioner to Singapore and was attended by more than 300 invitees including Sir Steve Smith, the UK Government International Education Champion, prominent UK higher education alumni from across the Asia-Pacific region and senior higher education leaders who are attendees at this year’s Going Global Asia Pacific conference.

Maddalaine Ansell, Director of Education, British Council, said: “The British Council is proud of our long history of building relationships with international alumni of UK universities. Our Alumni UK network ensures that wherever in the world they are, they can remain connected to the UK and to other alumni. We are ambitious for Alumni UK to become a vibrant community offering alumni opportunities for professional development, networking and collaboration.”

H. E. Kara Owen, British High Commissioner to Singapore, added: “The UK is a top global study destination with more than 600,000 international students who choose to pursue their higher education qualifications in our excellent universities. I’m proud to say that UK alumni are among the most employable graduates globally. More than 1 in 4 countries in the world has a Head of State or of Government who was educated in the UK. The launch of this global network is a call for all UK alumni to join us as we build an international community to connect people who have gone through similar university experiences, and who can mentor, support and empower each other.”

Since its soft launch in February 2022, 8,000 international UK higher education alumni have expressed their interest in joining Alumni UK from over 100 countries.

In February 2023, the British Council will host its first Alumni UK online festival, bringing together thousands of international UK higher education alumni to take part in a series of professional development events and activities across a two-week period.

Throughout next year the British Council will also deliver exclusive alumni engagement events in countries around the world including Brazil, China, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, UAE and Vietnam.

More details about Alumni UK are available at: https://alumniuk.britishcouncil.org/.

Notes to Editors
Select UK alumni and British Council spokespeople are available for interviews upon request.

Presentation slides and images from the Going Global Asia Pacific 2022 are also available upon request.

For more information on the Going Global Asia Pacific conference please visit: https://www.britishcouncil.sg/events/going-global-asia-pacific-conference-2022

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About the British Council

The British Council is the UK’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. We support peace and prosperity by building connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and countries worldwide. We do this through our work in arts and culture, education and the English language. We work with people in over 200 countries and territories and are on the ground in more than 100 countries. In 2021–22 we reached 650 million people.