First crypto exchange to offer C2C, spot, futures, perpetual swap, and options trading under the same roof

VALLETTA, Malta-Monday 9 December 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- OKEx, the world’s largest spot and futures digital asset exchange by trading volume, today announced the launch of options trading. Developed from the ground up, OKEx Options represents a complete upgrade to the platform’s trading architecture, backed by a faster, more stable and robust infrastructure. Options trading will be available on OKEx starting from December 27, 2019, and simulation will begin on December 12, 2019.

With this addition, OKEx is the first crypto exchange to offer C2C, spot, futures, perpetual swap, and options trading under the same roof. Users can select from a wide range of products to best fit their trading and hedging strategies.

Options trading is a type of derivatives trading that gives the buyer the ability to purchase or sell an unde ... Read more »

LONDON-Monday 9 December 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Funds advised by Elliott Advisors (UK) Limited (together “Elliott” or “we”) acknowledge the statement issued by Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Alexion” or “the Company”) on Friday.

Elliott confirms that it has had a multiyear, constructive and private engagement with Alexion that has led to value-creative changes at the Company. Despite two years of strong execution that bolstered the Company’s strategic value, we believe Alexion remains significantly undervalued by the market. Elliott is encouraged by the Board’s public commitment to evaluate any inbound interest and its overall commitment to shareholder value creation. Elliott remains of the view that Alexion would be a highly valuable strategic and financial asset for a number of larger pharmaceutical companies. We also continue to believe that a proactive approach would maximise the chance o ... Read more »

Newest Stevie Awards Program recognizing innovation in 17 countries in Middle East and North Africa is now accepting entries through January 22.

RAS AL KHAIMAH, United Arab Emirates-Monday 9 December 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Stevie Awards have announced a general entry deadline extension for its new Middle East Stevie Awards sponsored by RAK Chamber. Applications will now be accepted through January 22 by popular demand. All organizations operating in 17 countries in the Middle East and North Africa are eligible to submit nominations to the 2020 Middle East Stevie Awards. The awards will recognize innovative achievements since July 1, 2018.

Nominations will be accepted in Arabic and English from organizations of all types, large and small, for-profit and non-profit, publicly-held and privately-held, in more than 200 categories. The award program accepts nominations in the categories listed below without any restrictions, in terms of th ... Read more »

LAUSANNE, Switzerland-Monday 9 December 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Galderma today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation to the investigational therapy nemolizumab for the treatment of pruritus associated with prurigo nodularis.

Prurigo nodularis is a rare, potentially debilitating, chronic skin condition with thick skin nodules covering large body areas and associated severe pruritus. It frequently leads to a severe quality of life impairment.

Nemolizumab is a first-in-class investigational monoclonal antibody that blocks signaling of IL-31. Galderma recently presented, at the 28th Annual Congress of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, the results of a Phase 2 study in adult patients with moderate-to-severe prurigo nodularis. Nemolizumab not only met the primary endpoint of a greater improvement in peak pruritus Numerical Rating Scale (PP NRS) from baseline compared ... Read more »

HOUSTON-Monday 9 December 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB) will hold a conference call on January 17, 2020 to discuss the results for the fourth quarter and full year ending December 31, 2019.

The conference call is scheduled to begin at 8:30 am US Eastern time and a press release regarding the results will be issued at 7:00 am US Eastern time.

To access the conference call, listeners should contact the Conference Call Operator at +1 (844) 721-7241 within North America or +1 (409) 207-6955 outside of North America approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the call and the access code is 4013483.

A webcast of the conference call will be broadcast simultaneously at www.slb.com/irwebcast on a listen-only basis. Listeners should log in 15 minutes prior to the start of the call to test their browsers and register for the webcast. Following the end of the conference call, a replay will be available at www.slb.com/ir ... Read more »

 Citi Private Bank releases its investment themes for 2020

NEW YORK-Monday 9 December 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Citi Private Bank today released its Outlook report for 2020, titled, “Staying Positive in a Negative (Yielding) World.” The twice-yearly publication provides in-depth insights into the global economy and financial markets for the coming year, and highlights important multi-year investment themes for client portfolios.

The report highlights Citi Private Bank’s view that global economic growth can endure through 2020 given expectations that corporate earnings will continue to grow at a solid pace; global equities may continue to rise higher; and with global fixed income yields at record lows, they anticipate the sector will continue to struggle in 2020.

“The year ahead promises to be an eventful year for investors,” said David Bailin, Chief Investment Officer, Citi Private Bank. “Our Outlo ... Read more »