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Google helps Hong Kongers stay safer online

  • Google Hong Kong’s online safety survey showed a majority (96%) of those who have experienced a data breach or know someone who has, persists with poor password practices. 75% will change their password immediately in the face of a potential data breach
  • The Hong Kong Council of Social Service (HKCSS), a local NGO supported by Google.org, has made progressive efforts to promote digital and media literacy among Hong Kongers
  • Google Hong Kong’s Smarter Digital City Internet Safety Ambassadors Program debuted, featuring YouTube creator POMATO
  • Now available in Traditional Chinese, Google Safety Center provides Hong Kongers with a hub of online safety tips and resources

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 24 November 2022 – Online safety and digital literacy are essential in today’s highly connected world. A recent online safety survey, commissioned by Google Hong Kong and conducted by YouGov, showed that 3 in 5 (58%, up from 54% in 2021) internet users in Hong Kong had experienced a personal data breach or knew someone who had. It’s worrying that despite the majority (96%) of those being surveyed have experienced a data breach or know someone who has, they still persist with poor password practices.

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(Left) Michael Yue, General Manager, Sales & Operations at Google Hong Kong, teams up with (Middle) Ching Yan Fu and (Right) Tung Tung, talents of local YouTube creator POMATO, also Google Hong Kong’s Smarter Digital City Internet Safety Ambassador, to promote online safety in the city.


Michael Yue, General Manager, Sales & Operations, Google Hong Kong, said: “Every day, billions of people rely on Google products and services to find information and stay connected. We’re committed to building a safer internet for everyone, with privacy and security as core design elements across our entire product portfolio. We’re excited to bring local partners and creators along this Safer with Google journey, with the Smarter Digital City Internet Safety Ambassadors Program supported by YouTube creator POMATO, the launch of Google Safety Center in Traditional Chinese for Hong Kong, and ongoing Google.org support to The Hong Kong Council of Social Service (HKCSS) for their digital and media literacy program.”

Supporting local NGO in youths’ digital and media literacy program

Google’s philanthropic arm, Google.org, supports The Hong Kong Council of Social Service (HKCSS) to upskill local underserved communities such as youth and elderly on media literacy through its social enterprise, WebOrganic. “Information technology is one of the most important tools when it comes to building a good foundation for the young as it elevates their interest in learning and helps to develop their latent potential. With the grant funding from Google.org, HKCSS is able to power our social enterprise, WebOrganic, to enhance accessibility, digital inclusion, and ICT knowledge among young people,” said Chua Hoi Wai, JP, Chief Executive, The Hong Kong Council of Social Service, “In May 2022, WebOrganic has developed and distributed 3,000 bilingual Digital Information Helpfulness Kits to partners and local schools; hosted 150 NGOs and schools at Train-the-Trainer webinar; and supported ambassador schools and NGOs in producing 10 educational videos (Primary school student teams & Secondary school student teams) on digital responsibility. We recognize the need for an ongoing effort promoting digital literacy and arming people against misinformation, we will continue the program through 2023 and aim to engage at least 2,000 students, 800 parents, and 400 elderlies.”

Providing free resources and online safety tips via Google Safety Center

Google Hong Kong’s online safety survey spotted poor password practices by Hong Kong internet users, ranging from using the same passwords for multiple sites (87%, up from 85% in 2021), recycling passwords for up to 10 unique sites (52%, up from 46% in 2021), sharing passwords with friends and family members (52%, up from 49% in 2021).

HKCERT’s report showed that cyber attack incidents in Hong Kong jumped 94% QoQ in Q2 2022. Experts have been pointing out the importance of creating strong and unique passwords to secure online accounts, together with password manager and 2-step verification. Google Hong Kong’s online safety survey showed that 75% will change their password immediately in the face of a potential data breach, yet only 4% of Hong Kong internet users actively use a password manager. Despite the worrying signs, people show willingness to turn on 2-step verification (64%) and use password manager (39%). For this, Google Hong Kong launches Google Safety Center in Traditional Chinese that provides useful information and tips to stay Safer with Google, for example, how to use Google Password Manager, Security Checkup, Safe Browsing, and more.

Promoting online safety with Hong Kong’s YouTube creators

Google Hong Kong’s Smarter Digital City Internet Safety Ambassadors Program aims to promote online safety tips with creative video content, together with talented YouTube creators. The first video created by local YouTube creative group POMATO will go live on November 28, 8:30PM (Hong Kong time). Tung Tung and Ching Yan Fu, artists of POMATO, shared: “It’s surprising to learn from Google’s online safety survey that 87% of Hong Kong internet users have used the same password for multiple sites. Being a YouTube creator, we rely on a safe internet to create videos and engage with our fans. We believe we have a responsibility to encourage our fans and others to adopt online safety best practices. It is our pleasure to be the Smarter Digital City Internet Safety Ambassador and join hands with Google in promoting online safety in Hong Kong.”

Hashtag: #Google #SaferwithGoogle

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About Google.org

Google.org, Google’s philanthropy, brings the best of Google to help solve some of humanity’s biggest challenges combining funding, in-kind products and technical expertise to support underserved communities and provide opportunity for everyone. We engage nonprofits, social enterprises and civic entities who make a significant impact on the communities they represent, and whose work has the potential to produce meaningful change. We want a better world, faster — and we believe in leveraging technology and applying scalable data-driven innovation to move the needle.

About WebOrganic

Since 2011, WebOrganic, a brand of Information Technology Resource Centre which is wholly owned by The Hong Kong Council of Social Service (HKCSS), has been striving to narrow the local digital divide by enhancing the needy’s accessibility and affordability on internet access and eLearning. Throughout the programme of “i Learn at home” (2011 – 2018) funded by Office of the Government Chief Information Officer, WebOrganic served over 40,000 local eligible families. WebOrganic aims to empower the needy in ICT applications by enhancing their accessibility, knowledge & skills, and digital literacy to achieve digital inclusion. Regardless of age, race, economic or physical condition, people should have a chance to access and make use of ICT for their learning and daily living, so as to enhance their quality of life.

About POMATO

POMATO is a popular Hong Kong YouTube channel and online platform, which creates relatable content about everyday stories and classic life scenes of couples, friendship and work relationships. The content highly resonates with local audiences, while the fun and warm tone creates unique bonds with followers. POMATO loves exploring and challenging new arenas and is known for their pursuit of excellence. POMATO is active in major social platforms like YouTube, Facebook and Instagram. The channel creates a wide variety of content including drama videos, short films, entertainment shows and vlogs.

“From Simple To Special” is the motto of POMATO. The POMATO team has a strong belief to make simple things perfect. The team believes that perfecting simple ideas could open unbounded possibilities. POMATO creates, inspires and turns ordinary into extraordinary!

Tourism Sector Boosts Thailand GDP Growth to 4.5% in Q3

Thailand

Thailand’s revitalized tourism sector has given the country a much-needed economic boost, with gross domestic product (GDP) reaching a 4.5% year-on-year expansion in the third quarter.

Laos Cabinet Meeting Tackles Six Issues

The November cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office | (Photo: KPL)
The November cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office | (Photo: KPL)

The Government of Laos held its monthly cabinet meeting on Monday and Tuesday this week in Vientiane Capital. The meeting discussed solutions to issues such as improving the business environment and tackling economic hardship.

AIA is the first to bring a bespoke sustainable thematic fund from Robeco to the Singapore ILP market

AIA Sustainable Multi-Thematic Fund is differentiated by its focus on delivering measurable and positive impact

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 24 November 2022 – AIA Singapore today launched the AIA Sustainable Multi-Thematic Fund, making it the first bespoke sustainable thematic fund in Singapore for investment-linked products (ILPs). The sustainability fund will be available to customers through AIA’s comprehensive ILP offerings. It is also the first sustainability fund AIA has launched in Singapore.

Liu Chun Yen, Chief Investment Officer, AIA Singapore and member of the Sustainability in Insurance Committee (SIC) in Singapore says, “We are seeing increasing understanding on the importance of integrating sustainability factors into customers’ portfolio selection and investment decisions. The AIA Sustainable Multi-Thematic Fund is managed by Robeco, a leading Netherlands-based investment firm that has been at the forefront of sustainable investing. Robeco stands out for its commitment to driving real-world impact across key sustainable themes while delivering long-term financial returns.”

Robeco is recognised for their leading expertise in sustainable and thematic investing[1]. Robeco actively collaborates with financial institutions as part of their commitment to making financial markets more sustainable.

Nayan Patel, CEO of Robeco Singapore says, “We are delighted to work with AIA in launching the AIA Sustainable Multi-Thematic Fund for the Singapore ILP market. Robeco has been a leader in sustainable investing since 1995. In the past years, we have seen the growing number of investors adding impact goals to their financial objectives in their investment portfolios. Robeco is among the first asset managers to consider the real-world impact while capturing the investment opportunities from sustainable themes. In working with partners such as AIA, who are also committed to a more sustainable world, we will help to bring diversified impact investing to more ILP investors.”

Colin Graham, Head of Multi-Asset Strategies Robeco says, “The AIA Sustainable Multi-Thematic Fund offers investors a genuinely ambitious way of gaining exposure to the most significant sustainability themes of our time. All this in one diversified global equity portfolio. Robeco have been pioneers in thematic investing since the launch of our Sustainable Water Equities fund in 2001, one of the world’s first sustainable water strategies. So, our thematic fund range brings a new dimension to traditional wealth managers’ equity fund selection, focusing on value chains and product life cycle. AIA, in partnership with Robeco, is thinking beyond the traditional sector/region equity framework and are offering diversification through a combination of high conviction thematic strategies.”

The sustainability fund aims to outperform the MSCI World Index (Net Return) by pursuing investable themes that benefit from sustainability megatrends and which actively address social and environmental challenges, taking into account their real-world positive impact. The fund is focused on companies that contribute positively to one or more of the six themes, which include Sustainable Healthy Living, Smart Energy, Sustainable Water, Smart Materials, Smart Mobility and Circular Economy. The fund also seeks to manage market volatility through portfolio construction that optimises risk-adjusted return to provide stable long-term performances.

The bespoke multi-thematic fund consists of underlying strategies focused on sustainable outcomes.

Growing interest in sustainable investing

Sustainability is increasingly factored into investment-making decisions as more Singaporeans are beginning to understand the importance of environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles. In a recent survey conducted by the industry, it was found that 82 per cent of Gen Z and about 65 per cent of young millennial investors have ESG investments[2]. More and more investors are seeking financial products and services that are aligned to their personal values.

In a 2022 Singapore survey by WealthLens[3], it was revealed that nearly four in five of respondents (86 per cent) have sustainable investing and/or ESG funds in their investment portfolio. The survey also shared that close to half of respondents (47 per cent) are only interested to invest in companies with good ethical policies.

Commitments to the local community

AIA Singapore has also been ramping up its sustainability efforts in the local community. The company established the AIA Better Lives Fund in 2021 to help raise funds for children, youths, and families in need. The funds raised will go toward creating greater access and opportunities for education, growth, and development. These initiatives are part of the AIA One Billion movement which aims to engage a billion people across the region to live Healthier, Longer, Better Lives by 2030.

In 2021, AIA Singapore pledged S$5 million to the National Parks Board’s (NParks) registered charity and Institution of Public Character (IPC), the Garden City Fund, with the goal of planting 16,666 trees in Singapore’s parks and nature areas over five years. This is the largest contribution by an organisation to the OneMillionTrees movement and Garden City Fund’s Plant-A-Tree programme, to date.

As part of AIA Singapore’s Green Pledge to help create more urban green spaces across the city, the company will plant a tree for each customer who purchases from a select range of AIA investment-linked products[4] from 24 November 2022 to 31 December 2023 and invests in the AIA Sustainable Multi-Thematic Fund for a period of at least six months.

For more information on the AIA Sustainable Multi-Thematic Fund, please visit: https://www.aia.com.sg/en/help-support/funds-information/aia-sustainable-multi-thematic-fund.html


[1] https://www.robeco.com/sg/key-strengths/

[2] https://www.straitstimes.com/business/invest/esg-investing-not-just-for-millennials-and-gen-z-survey

[3] WealthLens™ 2022. Singapore Study (August 2022) Agility Research & Strategy. Powered by Affluential™

[4] AIA Singapore will plant a tree for each customer who purchases selected investment-linked product(s) such as AIA Pro Achiever 2.0 S$, AIA Pro Lifetime Protector II and AIA Invest Easy S$ – Cash & SRS, from 24 November 2022 to 31 December 2023, and invest in the AIA Sustainable Multi-Thematic Fund for at least 6 months. The number of trees for this campaign is capped at 4,000 trees during the period of 24 November 2022 to 31 December 2023.

Hashtag: #AIA

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About AIA

AIA Group Limited and its subsidiaries (collectively “AIA” or the “Group”) comprise the largest independent publicly listed pan-Asian life insurance group. It has a presence in 18 markets – wholly-owned branches and subsidiaries in Mainland China, Hong Kong SAR(1), Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, New Zealand, the Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan (China), Vietnam, Brunei and Macau SAR(2), and a 49 per cent joint venture in India.

The business that is now AIA was first established in Shanghai more than a century ago in 1919. It is a market leader in Asia (ex-Japan) based on life insurance premiums and holds leading positions across the majority of its markets. It had total assets of US$330 billion as of 30 June 2021.

AIA meets the long-term savings and protection needs of individuals by offering a range of products and services including life insurance, accident and health insurance and savings plans. The Group also provides employee benefits, credit life and pension services to corporate clients. Through an extensive network of agents, partners and employees across Asia, AIA serves the holders of more than 39 million individual policies and over 16 million participating members of group insurance schemes.

AIA Group Limited is listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited under the stock code “1299” with American Depositary Receipts (Level 1) traded on the over-the-counter market (ticker symbol: “AAGIY”).

About Robeco
Robeco is a pure-play international asset manager founded in 1929 with headquarters in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and 16 offices worldwide. A global leader in sustainable investing since 1995, its integration of sustainable as well as fundamental and quantitative research enables the company to offer institutional and private investors an extensive selection of active investment strategies, for a broad range of asset classes. As at 30 June 2022, Robeco had EUR 178 billion in assets under management, of which EUR 171 billion is committed to ESG integration. Robeco is a subsidiary of ORIX Corporation Europe N.V.

Notes:
1. Hong Kong SAR refers to Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
2. Macau SAR refers to Macau Special Administrative Region.

ROSEN, A LEADING LAW FIRM, Encourages Compass Minerals International, Inc. Investors with Losses to Secure Counsel Before Important Deadline in Securities Class Action – CMP

New York, New York – Newsfile Corp. – November 23, 2022 – WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Compass Minerals International, Inc. (NYSE: CMP) between October 31, 2017 and November 18, 2018, both dates inclusive (the “Class Period”), of the important December 20, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.

SO WHAT: If you purchased Compass Minerals securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.

WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Compass Minerals class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=8924 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than December 20, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.

WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs’ Bar. Many of the firm’s attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.

DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, throughout the Class Period, defendants repeatedly assured investors that the continuous mining and continuous haulage (“CMCH”) upgrade at the Goderich mine, the largest underground rock salt mine in the world located in Ontario, Canada, was on track to materially reduce costs and boost Compass Minerals’ operating results starting in 2018. However, defendants’ statements were misleading because they failed to tell investors that costs at the Goderich mine were increasing rather than decreasing. The Compass Materials class action lawsuit further alleges that defendants also misrepresented the amount of salt Compass Minerals was able to produce at Goderich using the new CMCH equipment and failed to disclose how the known and ongoing production shortfalls it was experiencing were reasonably expected to reduce its future operating income. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.

To join the Compass Minerals class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=8924 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.

No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor’s ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.

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NTT Launches 360 Observability to Optimise Application Performance and Reduce Multi-Cloud and Hybrid IT Complexity

New Managed Service Powered by Cisco Full-Stack Observability Provides End-to-End Visibility Across Network, Infrastructure, and Applications

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 24 November 2022 – NTT Ltd., a leading infrastructure and services company, today announced the launch of 360 Observability. The managed service allows organisations to achieve deep visibility over their cloud-native applications, and hybrid IT and multicloud infrastructure correlated to business context across the entire IT stack.

It combines end-to-end maturity assessments of architectures and strategies tied to desired business outcomes and KPIs, and application monitoring for comprehensive visibility into contingent performance issues so teams can quickly remediate problems.

Today, modern applications operate in highly complex, distributed environments. Teams often struggle to deliver secure, exceptional and reliable digital experiences because they lack insights tied to business outcomes.

NTT’s 360 Observability, powered by Cisco Full-Stack Observability, moves beyond domain monitoring with a fully integrated approach to application performance, digital experiences, resource optimisation, multi-cloud infrastructure, and network and application security. With 360 Observability, teams can proactively identify, prioritise and resolve the most important issues that could impact the user experience and the overall business.

“For more than 30 years, NTT has helped clients with digital and cloud transformation. Our observability solution marks a new chapter for NTT and our clients,” said Oscar Garcia, Global SVP of strategy and technology, NTT Managed Cloud Services. “With Cisco technology, clients will have an end-to-end performance view across systems, applications, multiple clouds and networks using advanced analytics and automation to transform operations and deliver a superior customer experience.”

360 Observability has two components:

  • Observability Maturity Assessment: Provides the expertise and knowledge required to improve performance management and operational maturity, allowing teams to align to business and IT goals and objectives. This assessment identifies architectures and strategies to achieve desired business outcomes along with measurable KPIs.
  • Multi-cloud Application Monitoring: Provides data-driven application performance insights from the browser and mobile app to application middleware and backend databases. It includes a team of observability engineers and consultants who provide technical support and advisory tasks to operate and optimise the observability platform.

Key features of 360 Observability include application and infrastructure health checks, customisable monitoring dashboards, intelligent alerts and reports, and fault isolation and acceleration capabilities. Year-round proactive application monitoring provides businesses with real-time, comprehensive visibility into the full stack of available data, while observability assessments optimise costs and performance. This maximises digital business revenue, promotes proactive issue identification at the root, and empowers rapid remediation.

“Increasingly, customers want the flexibility to consume the most advanced observability and analytics as a managed service,” said Alexandra Zagury, VP of Partner Managed and as-a-Service Sales at Cisco. “NTT’s 360 Observability demonstrates how these capabilities can be jointly developed and delivered, built on a foundation of Cisco Full-Stack Observability, to help our shared customers achieve superior digital experiences, drive revenue, and accelerate digital transformation.”

Find out more about NTT’s 360 Observability solutions, here.

Hashtag: #NTT #360Observability

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About NTT Ltd.

As part of NTT DATA, a USD 30 billion IT services provider, NTT Ltd. is a leading IT infrastructure and services company serving 65% of the Fortune Global 500 and more than 75% of the Fortune Global 100. We lay the foundation for organisations’ edge-to-cloud networking ecosystem, simplify the complexity of their workloads across multi-cloud environments, and innovate at the edge of their IT environments where networks, cloud and applications converge. We offer tailored infrastructure and ensure consistent best practices in design and operations across all of our secure, scalable and customisable data centers. On the journey towards a software-defined future, we support organisations with our platform-delivered infrastructure services. We enable a connected future.

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Shanghai Data Exchange Goes International, Becomes New Channel for Foreign Digital Business

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 24 November 2022 – The first stop of the Global Data Ecosystem Conference 2022 kicked off in Singapore on the afternoon of Nov. 22. The Singaporean stop is themed “International Data Trading Practice and Data Ecosystem Construction” and will have Singaporean government departments and agencies, as well as well-known international institutions and companies, as guests. The conference aims to promote the high-level opening-up of the data factor market, activate internal technology and capital flows and trade logistics relying on data flows, share data exchange practices, and co-build a new global data ecosystem according to the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA), the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), and other internationally generally accepted rules for the digital economy.

The Singaporean stop is an important part of this year’s conference. It is hosted by the Shanghai Data Exchange under the guidance of the organizing committee of the Global Data Ecosystem Conference and co-hosted by Yicai Media Group, with the help of SGTech, the leading trade association for Singapore’s tech industry, the International Data Spaces Association, Cosco Shipping Technology, and Chinese blockchain conglomerate OKG.

The success of the Singaporean stop is a good start for the conference. It helps build access to the international data factor market and data exchange, pursues and strives for development with a global perspective, advances the construction of a new global data ecosystem, and is also a significant gateway.

The conference will reportedly hold 20 high-level forums in Shanghai, Singapore, Shenzhen, Chongqing, and Hefei on the themes of “Basic Institutional Theories for Data Factors,” “Laws, Standards, Rules for Data Factors,” “Data Factor Exchange Ecosystem,” “Key Technologies for Data Factor Circulation,” “Data Factor Asset Practice,” and “Global Cooperation of Data Factors.” More than 500 data ecosystem companies and professional agencies, as well as over 200 guest speakers, will participate in the conference to discuss new forms, patterns, and development directions of the data ecosystem and promote data factor circulation and the development of the digital economy.

Shanghai and Singapore Share Opportunity as China Opens Up

The report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China stressed accelerating the development of the digital economy, further integrating the digital economy with the real economy, and building internationally competitive digital industry clusters. The digital economy is becoming a key force in reorganizing global factor resources, reshaping the global economic structure, and changing the global competition pattern. It is also an important foundation for accelerating the transformation of human society and promoting the construction of digital civilization. China is speeding up the application to join the CPTPP and the DEPA to match the world’s leading international rules on the digital economy, expand the opening up of the digital economy, and promote the orderly flow of data. Singapore has been successful in building a data factor market in recent years, and SGTradex, a data-sharing and exchange platform based on trade logistics, and SGFinDex, a data-sharing platform based on finance, have laid a solid foundation for Singapore’s digital economy.

With the mission of “building a data factor market and promoting data capitalization,” the Shanghai Data Exchange has set up the first overseas branch, in line with the positioning of building a national data exchange. The Shanghai Data Exchange picked Singapore as the first stop for “going overseas” and officially established a liaison office there to lay the foundation for the construction of the Shanghai Data Exchange’s international department, bridge Shanghai and Singapore, and promote the interconnection of their data ecosystems, so as to provide experience for international data flow principles and step up the global layout of the digital business ecosystem. Lu Yong, vice president of the Shanghai Data Exchange, and Antoine Cadoux, chief executive officer of SGTraDex Services, jointly unveiled the Shanghai Data Exchange-Singapore Liaison Office.

Heavyweight Guests Discuss About New Ecology of International Data Exchange

Lu Yong introduced the scale, main driving forces, development speed, and other factors of China’s data circulation and exchange market in a keynote speech named “Data Factor Market Building in China.” He noted that the “data ecosystem,” a concept first proposed by China, plays an indispensable role in data generation, innovative use, data circulation and exchange, data technology innovation, data governance and management, and others. China’s experience in data ecosystem development will be beneficial to promote the integrated development of the international data ecosystem, Lu pointed out.

Antoine Cadoux, Boris Otto, managing director of the Fraunhofer ISST and deputy chairman of the IDSA Board, and Lars Bäumann, IDSA ambassador to China, gave keynote speeches on data exchange practice sharing, telling their experiences in data exchange in Singapore and Europe.

In recent years, global companies have been working to create unified systems and platforms for data management, API services, and more. Kam Yoke May, engineering productivity director of the Government Technology Agency of Singapore, gave a keynote speech on “API Exchange (APEX),” demonstrating the innovative practice in public data opening and sharing.

James Liu, director of Financial Services at Google, made a speech titled “Make the World a Better Place Through Innovation & Disruptive Technology.” David Ng, Deloitte SEA Consulting, AI & Data director, gave a keynote speech on “Data Service Provider Practice.”

Since the Covid-19 pandemic, the global digital economy has entered a new stage. Alternative data covering a wide range of sources are widely used in various fields and have become an important production factor in the digital economy era, making the analysis and evaluation of alternative data an indispensable part of an economic situation analysis and business decision-making. The event featured a “Fireside Chat” themed “Alternative Data Innovation in Asset Management,” moderated by Jay Shen, senior expert of BAM Asia Pacific Data Strategy Partnership. Andrew Sun, chief revenue officer of CriAT, Alice Zhang, sales director of Datayes, David Dcolella, general manager of YipitData, and Lu Yong attended the event to discuss the innovative application and value of alternative data in different fields.

Xiao Shiqi, product director of OKLink, talked about “Web 3.0 Technology & Data Exchange.” He said that Web 3.0 is essentially a data evolution driven by technological innovation, as well as an industry ecology dedicated to data capitalization. Xiao believes that Web 3.0 can provide new ideas and solutions for the development of the data factor market from the aspects of data, technology, and application. Blockchain data, as an important part of the future data factor market, is greatly relevant to the future of cutting-edge innovations, including the blockchain industry and Web 3.0. However, as it is still in an early stage, the blockchain data industry needs more institutional players to promote the common prosperity of its ecology and the data factor market.

Hashtag: #YicaiMediaGroup

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Moloco Announces Daisuke Yokokawa as VP, Global Marketing

Meta and Google veteran brings a robust background in adtech and e-commerce

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 24 November 2022 – Moloco, a leader in machine learning and growth solutions for performance marketers, today announced the appointment of Daisuke Yokokawa as Vice President, Global Marketing. Based in Singapore, Yokokawa will lead Moloco’s marketing teams globally, responsible for Product Marketing, Communications, Growth Marketing, and Brand Marketing. Yokokawa will also serve as the site lead for Moloco’s Singapore office.

Daisuke Yokokawa

Daisuke Yokokawa

Mr. Yokokawa’s appointment comes at a transformative time for Moloco. Moloco Cloud DSP, the company’s flagship product, is seeing significant growth as mobile marketers, now more than ever, rely on Moloco for consistent and scalable return on ad spend for their mobile ad campaigns. Additionally, Moloco Retail Media Platform for e-commerce marketplaces attracts attention as the only retail media solution focusing on the unique needs of marketplaces. It enables their merchants to create ad campaigns that increase discoverability and sales through relevant ad placements to the right shoppers at the right time.

“With Daisuke’s deep background in advertising, e-commerce, and global brand strategy, he is uniquely positioned to further Moloco’s continued growth. His experience aligns with our priority to position Moloco as the leader in performance ad-tech powered by machine learning, requiring fully optimized teams and robust partnerships to do so,” said Sunil Rayan, Chief Business Officer, Moloco.

As a senior leader with experience in consumer and business marketing in the global technology sector, Yokokawa brings a track record of growing businesses and brands through strategy design, launching innovative marketing programs across the customer life cycle, and building championship teams in geographically distributed and diverse cultures.

Yokokawa has held senior marketing roles at Meta, as Director of Marketing for Southeast Asia & Emerging Markets, and at Google, where he held product and business marketing positions in the US and Japan. Additionally, he held roles at Rakuten, The Boston Consulting Group, and Unilever. Most recently, he was Head of Retail Marketing APAC at Coinbase.

“Moloco’s vision of using its machine learning technology to bring more equity to the global economy for businesses of all sizes is inspiring. The products are best in class for optimized ad performance and, combined with its leadership and culture, it makes Moloco a great team to join,” said Daisuke Yokokawa, VP Global Marketing, Moloco.

Hashtag: #Moloco

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About Moloco

Moloco’s goal is to make the digital economy more equitable and profitable by delivering advanced machine learning to companies of all sizes. With Moloco’s machine learning platform for growth and performance, every app publisher and online retailer can now unlock the value of their unique, first-party data. Moloco Cloud DSP enables performance marketers to scale user acquisition quickly and achieve greater lifetime value through battle-tested prediction models. Moloco Retail Media Platform enables online retailers and marketplaces to establish their own performance ad business. Moloco was founded in 2013 by a team of former Google machine learning engineers. Headquartered in Redwood City, Calif., Moloco has nine offices across the US, UK, Korea, China, Japan, and Singapore. For more information, visit .