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Glow Like Wendy This October with POND’S on Lazada!

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Media OutReach – 1 October 2021 – Global skincare brand POND’S partners with Southeast Asia’s leading e-commerce platform Lazada to launch their biggest regional beauty campaign of the year—POND’S x LazMall Glow Like Wendy Live Event on 7 October at 6pm featuring POND’S new brand ambassador Wendy from Red Velvet, one of the world’s most popular K-Pop groups.

Wendy is the face of POND’S for the first ever POND’S Bright Triple Glow Serum with Glutaboost-C that is 60x better than Vitamin C.  This latest breakthrough serum brightens, smoothens, and hydrates skin for a 3D Korean Glow. Packed with the brand’s 3 most potent skin perfecting ingredients including GlutaBoost-C, niacinamide, and hyaluronic acid – the lightweight formula is proven to be effective yet gentle on skin and suitable for all skin types.  91% of testers* said their skin is visibly brighter after usage and Lazada shoppers are also giving raving reviews, with a rating of 4.9/5. What’s more – the total POND’S Bright range, consisting of facial foams, essence, and day creams, has also been infused with the power of serum.

 

The upcoming campaign will combine Wendy’s beauty and skincare expertise sharing with the rising popularity of live-streaming in these markets. The Glow like Wendy Live Event on LazLive on 7 October at 6pm will be a high production event, featuring an exclusive interview with the “Queen of K-pop”, where she will answer fan questions and share about her skincare routine, her secrets to achieving her signature glowing skin, and her experience in her first-ever solo brand partnership. Viewers stand a chance to win exclusive Wendy merchandise during the livestream by participating in games and Q&As!

 

In addition to exclusive Wendy interview content, the livestream will be packed with a fun-filled line up of activities featuring beauty influencer, Debbie Then, who will also share her expert beauty tips.

 

Fans can also look forward to Wendy bundles, pre-sales, vouchers, flash sales and up to 50% discount on all POND’S products.

 

The partnership with Lazada further cements POND’S goal to aggressively grow its e-commerce business and ramp up growth in Southeast Asia over the next five years. [1] The brand aims to leverage on consumer insights and e-commerce best practices to remain the one of the leading skincare brands in the region. POND’S Global Brand Vice President Rohit Bhasin shared that “Lazada is an excellent platform for this live event—they’ve grown to be an exciting beauty destination in Southeast Asia, and they’re constantly innovating for better experiences. We’re certain that our partnership will make way for pioneering more skincare initiatives in the region.”

 

“We are excited to partner with POND’S to bring consumers a unique LazMall shopping experience that guarantees 100% product quality and authenticity coupled by interactive LazLive content to truly engage customers. Through Lazada, we hope shoppers will not only enjoy exclusive promotions, but also have a chance to get to learn more about the brand’s story,” said Pierre Beckers, Regional LazMall FMCG Director, Lazada Group.

 

POND’S x LazMall Glow Like Wendy Live Event will be on 7 October at 6pm.

 

 

*Based on the Pond’s Serum Clinical Test, Self-assessment agreement score, SPRIM Medical, China, Dec 2020–Feb 2021

About POND’S

POND’S is a skin care brand that debuted in the U.S. in the 1800s. For over a century, the brand has transformed the beauty industry with iconic products like POND’S Cold Cream as well as pioneering skin care technologies like Vanishing Cream. The brand has always been about helping women look and feel beautiful with products that have been the beauty secret of women for generations.

Today, POND’S is one of the biggest global brands in the beauty industry, known for skin care favorites like POND’S Bright and POND’S Age Miracle. Backed by leading edge skin science of the POND’S Institute, their products go far beyond moisturizing – giving amazing holistic and youthful glow to skin.

About POND’S Bright Triple Glow Serum

New POND’s Bright Triple Glow Serum harnesses the triple power of potent skin-perfecting ingredients for a 3D Korean Glow. It brightens, smoothens, and hydrate skin with regular use. It has Glutaboost-C that is 60x better than Vitamin C to help brighten skin and fade dark spots. Niacinamide helps minimize the appearance of pores, and Hyaluronic acid deeply hydrates skin.

About Lazada Group

Founded in 2012, Lazada Group is the leading eCommerce platform in Southeast Asia. We are accelerating progress in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam through commerce and technology. With the largest logistics and payments networks in the region, Lazada is a part of our consumers’ daily lives in the region and we aim to serve 300 million shoppers by 2030. Since 2016, Lazada has been the Southeast Asia flagship platform of Alibaba Group powered by its world-class technology infrastructure.

#PONDS

Xayaboury Province to Build Haystack Museum

Haystack Festival in Phieng District, Xayaboury Province.
Haystack Festival in Phieng District, Xayaboury Province (Photo: Champa Meuanglao).

A haystack museum is to be constructed in Phieng District, Xayaboury Province, that will showcase the artistic talents of local people who build sculptures from rice straw.

Twitter announced ‘#BeyondKpop: Globalization of K-culture from Music to Drama, Webtoon, Movie and beyond’, at MU:CON 2021

  • Big data analysis of Tweets from July 2018 to June 2021 reveals the top 20 most-mentioned Korean dramas, webtoons, and movies on Twitter for the first time
  • K-content fans come to Twitter to celebrate their favorites and engage in global conversations
  • ‘Parasite’, ‘Kingdom’, ‘True Beauty’ were ranked most mentioned K-content on Twitter globally

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – Media OutReach – 1 October 2021 – Speaking at MU:CON 2021, YeonJeong Kim, Head of Global K-pop and K-content Partnerships at Twitter, introduced big data insights with the theme of ‘#BeyondKpop : Globalization of K-Culture from Music to Drama, Webtoon, Movie and beyond’, and Top 20 most Tweeted K-content. Twitter has been at the center of global conversations about K-pop music scenes, and YeonJeong’s new announcement reflects Twitter’s effect on the global spread of various K-content like Korean popular dramas, webtoons, and movies as well as K-pop music.

Picture Description: Twitter’s Announcement of #BeyondKPOP at MU:CON 2021

 

The results of data aggregation were conducted by Twitter and VAIV company through big data text mining techniques that analyzed global English Tweets from July 2018 to June 2021.

 

Most-mentioned K-dramas show clear connection to K-pop



Picture Description: Top 20 Most-Mentioned K-Dramas on Twitter in the World

 

For many K-pop fans, K-dramas were the next type of K-content they tried after falling in love with K-pop, and the most popular K-dramas reflect this preference.

 

The top four most-mentioned K-dramas around the world were ranked as follows: Kingdom at number one, Itaewon Class (based on the original webtoon) at number two, True Beauty at number three, and Vincenzo at number four. True Beauty and Vincenzo both include roles for K-pop stars, with Cha Eun-woo (a member of the male K-pop group ASTRO) appearing in True Beauty, and Ok Taec-yeon (a member of the male K-pop group 2PM) starring in Vincenzo.

 

Twitter’s analysis of the word cloud for Tweets mentioning Itaewon Class confirmed that many Tweets about Itaewon Class mentioned the OST song “Sweet Night” by V, a member of the male K-pop group BTS. The word cloud also connected Itaewon Class to 11 other dramas during the first half of 2021. This shows that interest in Itaewon Class led fans to other K-dramas, making Itaewon Class a critical influence for K-content and new fans getting more interested.

 

Most-mentioned webtoons show boosted interest in webtoons with related K-dramas



Picture Description: Top 20 Most-Mentioned K-Webtoons on Twitter in the World

 

With K-pop music reaching all-time highs, and the popularity of K-dramas surging accordingly, original K-webtoons are also seeing increased interest, especially for webtoons that have been turned into K-dramas.

 

Many of the most-mentioned webtoons have been turned into K-dramas. True Beauty, which ranked third in the most-mentioned K-dramas on Twitter, ranked first in the most-mentioned K-webtoons on Twitter. Sweet Home, which was turned into a Netflix original series, ranked second in the most mentioned K-webtoons. Itaewon Class, which ranked fourth, was later turned into a K-drama, while Navillera (sixth) not only was later turned into a K-drama, but also benefited from BTS member V recommending the drama on a fan cafe.

 

Most-mentioned movies show the impact of Korea’s biggest directors



Picture Description: Top 20 Most-Mentioned K-Movies on Twitter in the World

 

Just three film directors accounted for 9 of the top 20 K-movies that are most-mentioned on Twitter.

 

Parasite, directed by Bong Joon-ho, was the most-mentioned K-movie on Twitter, but Bong’s other movies, Snowpiercer, Okja, Mother, and The Host, all were among the top 20. Directors Park Chan-wook and Yeon Sang-ho also accounted for two K-movies apiece, with Oldboy and Thirst, and Peninsula and Train to Busan, respectively.

 

Twitter’s analysis of Tweets related to Bong Joon-ho showed keywords related to Parasite (which won four Academy Awards in 2020), Mother, and Snowpiercer respectively, as well as works by other prominent directors Park Chan-wook and Lee Chang-dong. Twitter’s analysis shows that interest in Bong Joon-ho helped to drive interest in K-movies broadly.

 

K-content will continue to expand

Yeon-jeong Kim, head of Twitter’s Global K-pop and K-content partnerships, said, “Twitter has proven that K-pop – along with many other fandoms – thrive due to the characteristics of Twitter: live, public, and conversational. People are consuming K-content through various channels, but in the end, the conversations are being held on Twitter. K-content has limitless potential as the fandom culture that started with K-pop has taken an interest in other forms of Korean content, which has led to the spread of the culture. Twitter will dedicate itself in the fullest to supporting the globalization of K-content and the fandom it empowers.”

 

MU:CON 2021 celebrated the 10th anniversary of Asia’s largest global music market event held by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, and the Korea Creative Content Agency, in an effort to help Korean musicians advance in the global market. In addition to Twitter, the MU:CON 2021 conference included speeches from Harvard Business School professor Anita Elberse, Billboard columnist Jeff Benjamin, and singer-songwriter Jenna Andrews (songwriter for BTS”Butter’), as well as other famous figures from Korea and the rest of the world.

 

About Twitter, Inc.

Twitter is what’s happening and what people are talking about right now. To learn more, visit about.twitter.com and follow @Twitter and @TwitterKorea. Let’s talk.

#Twitter

One Week Left to Showcase Your Best Stories at MTMA2021!

Medical Travel Media Awards – recognising journalism excellence and influencers globally

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach – 1 October 2021 – Both international and local media and influencers have a week left to participate and submit their stories to the Medical Travel Media Awards (MTMA) 2021. MTMA is the first international medical travel media award which honours and lauds the outstanding work and contributions of both media and influencers, advocating and promoting medical travel particularly about Malaysia Healthcare.

Mohd Daud Mohd Arif, Chief Executive Officer of MHTC said, “The MTMA is open for submission until 8 October 2021. You have one week left to polish your best Malaysia Healthcare and medical travel stories and submit them for consideration. To date, we have received over 200 quality entries from local and international participants and are looking for more award-winning stories. We truly recognise that media, freelancers and influencers have been playing an instrumental role in growing and shaping Malaysia’s reputation as a healthcare destination and we hope to leverage MTMA as a platform to celebrate their great achievements.”

This year, all participants have the chance to submit for multiple award categories, namely the Best Print Medical Travel Report, Best Online Medical Travel Report, Best Broadcast Medical Travel Feature, Medical Travel Editorial Team of the Year, Medical Travel Journalist of the Year, and the new category – Best Medical Travel Influencer. Winners will be able to take home cash prizes up to RM100,000.

 

Submissions will be assessed by a mixed panel of regional judges against a comprehensive points-based scoring system. The judging criteria will focus on five areas, namely the quality of research, quality of technique or presentation, creativity, content, and digital or social reach and shareability. The judging team will be overseen by Mohd Daud Mohd, Chief Executive Officer of MHTC as the Chief Judge and led by Manminder Dhillon, Chief Executive Officer of Supernewsroom as the Head Judge.

 

MTMA accepts articles, videos and social media postings related to promoting Malaysia Healthcare and the medical travel industry. Additionally, given the impact of the pandemic on the industry, news reports and stories related to COVID-19 are welcomed as well. For material eligibility, entries for MTMA2021 need to be dated between 21 October 2020 and 8 October 2021. All entries must be submitted by 5.00pm on 8 October 2021 (MYT) to MTMA’s website.

 

The MTMA2021 Virtual Awards Presentation Ceremony will take place on 9 December 2021 to announce the winners. Aside from the winner announcement, all participants are encouraged to join the event to partake in the amazing lucky draws.

 

For more information and submission details on MTMA2021, visit https://www.mhtc.org.my/mtma/ and follow MTMA’s Facebook page for the latest updates at https://www.facebook.com/MyMTMA/.

ABOUT THE MALAYSIA HEALTHCARE TRAVEL COUNCIL

The Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC) is a government agency that has been entrusted with the responsibility of curating the country’s healthcare travel scene. Founded in 2009, MHTC works to streamline industry players and service providers in facilitating and growing Malaysia’s healthcare travel industry under the brand “Malaysia Healthcare” with the intended goal of making Malaysia the leading global healthcare destination.

ABOUT MEDICAL TRAVEL MEDIA AWARDS

Medical Travel Media Awards (MTMA2021) is organised by the Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC). Since 2019, the annual event aims to recognise the outstanding contributions from the media, influencers, and freelancers in promoting Malaysia’s healthcare travel industry. MTMA 2021 is now accepting entries and the deadline for submission is on 8 October 2021. For more information on MTMA2021, please visit https://www.mhtc.org.my/mtma/ and follow MTMA2021’s Facebook page for the latest updates at https://www.facebook.com/MyMTMA/.


#MedicalTravelMediaAwards

Laos Records 464 New Cases of Covid-19 and Two Deaths

Savannakhet Covid-19 Update

Laos has 464 new cases of Covid-19 today, with two new deaths confirmed in Savannakhet and Champasack.

MISSO Wealth Management To Join Focus Partner Firm Connectus Wealth Advisers, Continuing Connectus’ Momentum and the Expansion of its Ultra-High Net Worth Footprint in Australia

NEW YORK, US – ACCESSWIRE – 1 October 2021 – Focus Financial Partners Inc. (NASDAQ:FOCS) (“Focus”), a leading partnership of fiduciary wealth management firms, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement under which MISSO Wealth Management (“MISSO”), a boutique wealth management firm headquartered in Brisbane, Queensland, will join Connectus Wealth Advisers (“Connectus”). This transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2021, subject to customary closing conditions.

Founded in 2001 by Jason Misso, MISSO serves high and ultra-high net worth individuals in Queensland and throughout Australia, with a specific focus on executives, business owners and self-employed professionals. Through a core emphasis on quality advice and transparency, MISSO delivers strategic advice through a holistic approach that is tailored to each client’s specific needs and objectives. Key services include financial advice and planning, investment management, family office services, superannuation, estate and family succession planning, insurance advice and liability management.

“Joining Connectus will position us to expand the value proposition we offer our clients while maintaining our approach to providing unconflicted advice and our boutique culture,” said Jason Misso, Founder of MISSO. “The array of client service tools and resources that Connectus provides will enable us to create a much richer client experience. Leveraging Connectus’ shared resources will allow us to not only devote more time to our passion, which is serving our clients, but also to accelerating the growth of our business. We are excited by the prospect of Connectus helping our business evolve in a way that we could not have achieved on our own.”

“We extend a very warm welcome to the MISSO team as the sixth addition to the Connectus family in Australia and the third addition in Brisbane since Connectus entered the Australian market late last year,” said Rajini Kodialam, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Focus. “MISSO further deepens Connectus’ presence in the ultra-high net worth client segment in Australia and will bring differentiated expertise in serving this clientele to the Connectus consortium. We are thrilled with Connectus’ continued growth and momentum in Australia, which reinforce the benefits of Connectus’ growing scale and the value of the sophisticated resources it offers its firms, while enabling them to maintain the boutique cultures that made each of them so successful prior to joining Connectus.”

About Focus Financial Partners Inc.

Focus Financial Partners Inc. is a leading partnership of fiduciary wealth management firms. Focus provides access to best practices, resources and continuity planning for its partner firms who serve individuals, families, employers and institutions with comprehensive wealth management services. Focus partner firms maintain their operational autonomy, while they benefit from the synergies, scale, economics and best practices offered by Focus to achieve their business objectives. For more information about Focus, please visit www.focusfinancialpartners.com.

#FocusFinancialPartners

About Connectus Wealth Advisers

Connectus is a Focus partner firm with an innovative model for client-centric financial advisers who deliver comprehensive wealth management advice. Connectus is designed for founders and teams who want to continue managing their client relationships and maintaining their boutique cultures while gaining the operational efficiencies of shared services. As a consortium, Connectus offers integrated technology, investment support and centralized services, including compliance, accounting and talent management. Connectus also provides marketing capabilities to support business expansion through robust lead generation and organic growth programs. Connectus exemplifies the spirit of partnership and collaboration yet celebrates the entrepreneurial mind-set of its advisers.

Through Focus, Connectus advisers gain a strategic growth partner with specialized capabilities. They benefit from Focus’ global scale and extensive network of partner firms, continuity planning expertise and client solutions. Focus is also a source of permanent capital to accelerate growth. For more information, please visit www.connectuswealth.com.

Cautionary Note Concerning Forward-Looking Statements


This release contains certain forward-looking statements that reflect Focus’ current views with respect to certain current and future events. These forward-looking statements are and will be, subject to many risks, uncertainties and factors relating to Focus’ operations and business environment, including, without limitation, uncertainty surrounding the current COVID-19 pandemic, which may cause future events to be materially different from these forward-looking statements or anything implied therein. Any forward-looking statements in this release are based upon information available to Focus on the date of this release. Focus does not undertake to publicly update or revise its forward-looking statements even if experience or future changes make it clear that any statements expressed or implied therein will not be realized. Additional information on risk factors that could affect Focus may be found in Focus’ filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

LCH SwapClear extending operating hours to better support Asia Pacific market

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 1 October 2021 – LCH, a leading global clearing house, has announced that its SwapClear service is preparing to extend its traditional operating hours to 24 hours a day, five days a week in March 2022. This will better support market participants in the Asia Pacific region and will be implemented in two phases.

 

As part of the first stage of implementatioA620n on 27 September, SwapClear moved its Monday morning opening 4 hours earlier so that it is now open from 09:00 Sydney time / 00.00 London time.

 

Previously, SwapClear was open 20 hours a day, five days a week and was closed during the APAC morning. The remaining Tuesday through Friday early morning operating hours is scheduled to be extended by March 2022.

 

In March 2022, SwapClear will move to operating 24 hours a day, five days a week. Opening at 05:00 Sydney time on Monday / 20:00 London time (Sunday evening) and closing at 09:00 Saturday Sydney time / 00:00 Friday night London time.

 

SwapClear provides the deepest liquidity in the OTC interest rate swaps clearing market and access to clear 95 percent of the “vanilla” IRS market. Its extensive product offering makes it simple to comply with regulations, while SwapClear’s additional products and services enable clients to drive capital and operational efficiencies across their Rates portfolios.

 

This new development is especially relevant to the APAC region as it will deliver clearing certainty during the Asia Pacific morning for SwapClear’s regional members and clients, including the Australia market.

 

Susi DeVerdelon, Head of SwapClear, LCH, said: “This extension in operating hours reinforces our position as a leading global clearing house and directly responds to a critical request from our APAC members and clients to support their needs. It has also been strongly supported by regulators across the region.”

 

Rohit Verma, Head of APAC, LCH, added: “This initiative underscores our strong commitment to the region and risk management. In the extended hours earlier this week, close to a thousand trades were registered and processed near real-time and allowed our users to risk manage those trades in a timely fashion.”

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lch-clearnet/  

Twitter: @LCH_Clearing 

#LCH

 

Foodpanda Announces Nationwide Coverage in Laos

Foodpanda, a leader in the food delivery industry has announced its milestone of achieving nationwide coverage, becoming the first and only operator to offer food delivery services in all 18 provinces across Laos.