Dubai, United Arab Emirates-Wednesday 6 November 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

2019 Global premier mobile phone brand TECNO Mobile unveiled its latest offering, the TECNO SPARK 4 smartphone, equipped with AI Bright Camera. This model has an extra large screen and a 13MP AI Triple Rear Camera.

Priced at AED 459 with 32GB ROM+ 3GB RAM , and AED 529 with 64GB ROM + 4GB RAM , the two devices were launched in the Middle East today.

Enhacing its reputation as an ‘immersive screen smartphone’, the TECNO SPARK 4 has incorporated the 6.52" Dot Notch Screen, designed to provide users the true super full view experience. With 90% perfect screen ratio and high resolution, the TECNO SPARK 4 provides a much wider view, as compared to other models. Fitted with a 13MP AI triple rear camera with Aperture F/1.8, a 8MP bright front camera and TECNO’s signature hidden flashlight, it can capture pictures with amazing clarity even in dim light.

Stephen Ha, Gen ... Read more »

PARIS-Wednesday 6 November 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- IDEMIA, the world leader in Augmented Identity, today announced that it will present its Q3 2019 financial results to investors on Wednesday November 6, 2019.

Yann Delabrière (President & CEO) and Laurent Lemaire (CFO) will be presenting the financial results and taking questions the same day at 4:00 pm CET (3:00 pm London Time / 10:00 am New York Time).

For more information, please refer to our website: https://investors.idemia.com/

About IDEMIA

IDEMIA, the global leader in Augmented Identity, provides a trusted environment enabling citizens and consumers alike to perform their daily critical activities (such as pay, connect and travel), in the physical as well as digital space.

Securing our identity has become mission critical in the world we live in today. By standing for Augmented Identity, an identity that ensures privacy and trust and guarantees secure, authenti ... Read more »

The new state-of-the-art facility offers just-in-time delivery capabilities

Kuwait City, Kuwait-Wednesday 6 November 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

Del Monte®, a leading provider of fresh, healthy and great-tasting food to consumers around the globe, opened its fresh-cut facility in Kuwait on Monday October 21, 2019. The opening comes in line with Del Monte’s endeavors to expand in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in continuation of its success story since its first debut in the UAE in 2007.

The ceremony was attended by Mohammad Abu-Ghazaleh, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Fresh Del Monte Produce; Larry Memmott, Deputy Chief of Mission at U.S. Embassy Kuwait; Shari Stout, Senior Commercial Officer, U.S. Embassy Kuwait; Saqr Abu-Shattal, Ambassador of Jordan to Kuwait; Ayman Al-Basha, Commercial Division Manager/Fresh Foods, The Sultan Center; Makram Malaeb, Corporate Commercial Director at The Sultan Center; Muntaser Al-Qada ... Read more »

NEW YORK -Wednesday 6 November 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- BCW (Burson, Cohn & Wolfe), a leading global communications agency, today announced the launch of BCW CyberTREE™, a strategic model for cybersecurity crisis communications response and planning. Built using BCW’s key learnings from managing and studying myriad high-profile cybersecurity issues and crises, BCW CyberTREE enables clients to create tailored cybersecurity crisis communications strategies based on more than 25 individual factors that influence reputation risk during a cyber event. BCW CyberTREE also provides a battle-tested roadmap to help clients develop cybersecurity crisis communications playbooks or to audit existing plans.

“Cybersecurity threats continue to become more and more sophisticated, however managing cybersecurity reputation risk has not kept pace with the evolution of threats,” said Donna Imperato, Global CEO, BCW. “BCW CyberTREE™ is ... Read more »

Industry veteran to kick off the next chapter of growth

BOSTON -Tuesday 5 November 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Empirix® Inc., a leader in network test automation and service and application performance visibility today announced that Edoardo Rizzi has been appointed SVP, Product Management and Marketing. Prior to his appointment, Rizzi held leadership roles at Viavi/JDSU, Trendium, and Tektronix Communications and most recently was the founder of vivoo inc., which developed cloud-native applications targeting the industrial IoT space.

Rizzi has more than 20 years of experience driving strategy development and execution, product innovation, and go-to-market, and has been directly involved in managing the opportunities and challenges related to technology evolutions such as 3G, 4G/LTE, and cloud native. He is well equipped to drive growth and lead Empirix through the industry’s next chapter, 5G.

“The market is at a criti ... Read more »

TYSONS, Va-Tuesday 5 November 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) today announced the appointment of Steve Turpie as vice president, client account management, in the company’s region covering UK, Ireland, Israel, the Middle East and Africa (UKIIMEA).

Turpie will report to Maruf Majed, the regional head for UKIIMEA. His appointment is effective immediately.

The appointment of Turpie is the latest since Mike Salvino was named DXC’s president and CEO last month. Each of the individuals hired has been geared toward one of Salvino’s key priorities for the company: Clients, people and operational execution.

Turpie will focus on ensuring that DXC delivers for its clients in the region and that account teams operate in lock step with client objectives. He will ignite a focus on client reviews, to ensure that DXC is listening and closely aligning with clients and their critical priorities. A key goal will be to s ... Read more »

NEW YORK-Tuesday 5 November 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI), a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community, announced today that it priced its private offering of $500.0 million aggregate amount of 4.000% senior notes due 2029 (the "notes") at an issue price of 100.0% to yield 4.000% (the "Offering"). Interest on the notes will be 4.000%, and will be payable in cash semi-annually, beginning on May 15, 2020. The Offering is expected to settle on November 7, 2019, subject to customary closing conditions. MSCI intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering for general corporate purposes, including, without limitation, buybacks of its common stock and potential acquisitions. The notes will be senior unsecured obligations of MSCI and will be guaranteed by MSCI and certain of its domestic subsidiaries.

The notes are being offered only to (i) persons reasonably belie ... Read more »

Transaction expands fund services capabilities in Europe

WILMINGTON, Del.-Tuesday 5 November 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- CSC, a world leader in global business, legal, tax, and digital brand services, is pleased to announce that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire TCS-Groep (TCS), a Netherlands-based service provider for alternative investment funds (AIFs).

TCS offers fund administration and depositary services for alternative asset managers with a focus on real estate, private equity, private debt, and social impact funds, and manages more than €6,5 billion in assets on behalf of its clients. The deal is subject to regulatory approval in the Netherlands.

“We’re delighted to welcome TCS to CSC as part of our long-term strategy to develop the European market by offering international clients our suite of fund administration, capital markets, and depositary services,” says CSC Senior Vice President John Heber ... Read more »