Month: November 2022

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Socso, KSM career carnival offers 16,000 job opportunities

 

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 1 (Bernama) — Nearly 16,000 job opportunities in various sectors will be available in three Jamin Kerja Keluarga Malaysia Career Carnivals 2022 in Perak and Selangor this week.

 

The career carnival series organised by the Ministry of Human Resources (KSM), through the Social Security Organisation (Socso), will be held at Arena TN50, Tapah, Perak tomorrow, offering over 4,000 vacant posts.

 

On Thursday (Nov 3) and Friday (Nov 4), the carnival will be held at 1 Plaza, Kuala Selangor with over 5,600 job opportunities available and at Dewan Dato’ Abdul Hamid, Batang Kali, Hulu Selangor with over 6,000 employment opportunities.

 

 

 

Socso said in a statement today that various activities and services would be provided at the carnival, including assistance to register on the MYFuturejobs portal offering a total of 293,878 vacant positions for job seekers nationwide.

 

“This portal also provides 13,134 vacant positions in Perak and 85,349 vacancies in Selangor for local job seekers,” it said.

 

According to the statement, participating employers stand a chance to receive incentives from the JaminKerja Wage Incentive programme of up to RM42,000 for every intake of workers from targeted groups, including the unemployed, persons with disabilities (PwD), senior citizens and women.

 

 

 

Job seekers who manage to obtain employment, meanwhile, stand a chance to receive a one-off mobility allowance of RM500.

 

“The carnivals in these three areas are aimed at boosting the Jamin Kerja Keluarga Malaysia initiative to reduce the rate of unemployment in the country.

 

“It is also a manifestation of the government’s commitment to providing more comprehensive job opportunities for sustainable economic development. It is also to drive national rehabilitation efforts in a more structured manner, thus contributing towards the strengthening of the job market in the country,” the statement added.

 

Job seekers can visit the carnival via walk-in for open interview sessions, in addition to being encouraged to register at the www.myfuturejobs.gov.my  portal before attending the carnival.

 

Source: BERNAMA News Agency

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UPMKB capable of producing agricultural graduates – Sultan Sharafuddin

 

BINTULU, Nov 1 (Bernama) — The Universiti Putra Malaysia Bintulu Campus (UPMKB) is capable of producing graduates in agricultural sector through the curriculum and support of the existing learning and teaching system, said the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah.

 

The UPM Chancellor said that as an agriculture-oriented university, UPMKB could play the pioneering role to ensure the supply of the agri-food industry remains stable and continues to grow.

 

“I, therefore, hope UPM Bintulu Campus in Sarawak can be improved in terms of infrastructure to encourage and sustain students’ interest in agriculture,” said His Royal Highness at the 46th UPM convocation here today.

 

 

 

The Ruler also expressed his confidence that as the country’s leading research university, UPM was able also to produce graduates who will make a great impact on Malaysia’s development and the well-being of its people.

 

Sultan Sharafuddin also said the campus had done a lot of strategic work for high-impact research with government agencies, especially the Sarawak government.

 

The Sultan said among its achievements was the establishment of ‘Kursi Tok Nan’ with an allocation of RM2.54 million to defend the unique identity and rich cultural heritage of Borneo’s indigenous people.

 

 

 

He said UPMKB has reached an agreement with the Sarawak Forest Department to set up a Sarawak Forest Research Hub with an allocation of RM10.95 million.

 

This includes a forest restoration project on a 47.5-hectare UPMKB land that will contribute significantly to forest management and research.

 

Other contributions include the padi transformation project called AgriHub or Gedong, which aims to increase rice productivity from two tonnes per hectare to 10 tonnes per hectare through five harvests every two years.

 

“This can be achieved through the use of soil improvement technology and smart farming with a research fund of RM3 million. It is hoped that this will turn Sarawak into a food producer with the help of UPM’s research findings.

 

“This achievement shows that UPM Bintulu Campus has been able to contribute knowledge and expertise towards the prosperity of the state,” said His Royal Highness, hoping that the success of the research could benefit the local community.

 

Sultan Sharafuddin said the role of UPM and its twin campus in Bintulu will be further strengthened by the establishment of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.

 

His Royal Highness also believes that the implementation of the UPM Strategic Plan 2021-2025 has brought positive development to UPMKB.

 

A total 405 graduates received their PhDs, masters’ and bachelor’s degrees and diplomas at the the first session of the convocation held at Dewan Sri Kenyalang.

 

 

Source: BERNAMA News Agency

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Six men stranded after landslide near Tenom Pangi Dam

TENOM, Nov 1 (Bernama) — A landslide believed to be caused by heavy rain occurred near the Tenom Pangi Dam here this morning, trapping six men for several hours and damaging some properties.

 

Tenom Fire and Rescue Station chief Mohd Zainal Sinsian the department dispatched seven firemen and two fire engines to the scene after receiving a report at 8.30 am.

 

He said the firefighters arrived to find the group of men, aged 29 to 42, in safe condition.

 

 

 

“We received a report that six men were trapped in the power house area, about 5 km from the main fence of the building. The firemen went in on foot and found the victims safe.

 

“No casualties were reported. The building’s main fence was buried and several vehicles and motorcycles were damaged in the landslide,” he said here.

 

He said the rescuers inspected the area to ensure the situation was safe before calling off the operation at 9.30am.

 

 

 

“We also advised workers and the public not to enter the landslide location,” he said.

 

 

Source: BERNAMA News Agency

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Jeito Capital becomes a significant investor in HI-Bio, a clinical-stage biotech company developing targeted therapies for patients with severe immune-mediated diseases

                                                            Jeito Capital becomes a significant investor in HI-Bio, a clinical-stage biotech company developing targeted therapies for patients with severe immune-mediated diseases

  • Jeito Capital participates in $120 million financing alongside ARCH Venture Partners and Monograph Capital
    • HI-Bio is a San Francisco-based clinical-stage biotechnology company developing targeted therapies for patients with severe immune-mediated diseases
    • Investment marks Jeito’s first investment in the United States demonstrating its ambition to build a solid and diversified portfolio of international investments in healthcare companies across therapeutic areas of high unmet need

Paris, France, November 1st 2022 – Jeito Capital (“Jeito”), a leading independent international private equity firm dedicated to biopharma, announced today that it has participated in the $120 million financing of Human Immunology Biosciences (HI-Bio™), a clinical-stage biotech company developing targeted therapies for patients suffering from severe immune-mediated diseases (IMD). Jeito Capital joins a syndicate of world class investors including ARCH Venture Partners and Monograph Capital in backing the San Francisco-based company.

The investment in HI-Bio is Jeito’s 11th to date and its first in the United States, demonstrating the fund’s ambition to build a global and diverse portfolio of companies operating in numerous therapeutic areas of unmet need for patients and at different stages of development (from pre-clinical to advanced clinical-stage).

HI-Bio has multiple clinical-stage programs and a strong translational platform with the potential to address several diseases with unmet medical needs. Few targeted therapies exist for patients affected by IMDs, which include autoimmune, allergic and inflammatory diseases. Conventional therapies are generally broad-acting and do not address the root cause of disease. As a result, many patients with IMDs experience limited relief from symptoms and may experience unnecessary side effects.

Nearly 4% of the world’s population is potentially affected by one of these diseases, and more than half of those treated with currently available therapies are not in remission. With such large unmet medical patient need, the global therapeutic market for these diseases could reach $150 billion by 2025.

Many IMDs stem from the dysfunction of cells that make up the immune system, including plasma cells, neutrophils, mast cells and more. These cells are responsible for critical functions and processes, including the secretion of antibodies, signaling mediators, and tissue repair and allergic responses. HI-Bio’s programs apply a precision medicine approach to target, modulate or deplete these cellular drivers of disease with therapeutics.

Dr Rafaèle Tordjman, founder and CEO of Jeito, commented: “Jeito’s investment in HI-Bio, alongside distinguished investors such as ARCH Venture Partners and Monograph Capital, represents an important step as we make our first investment in the United States, further demonstrating our ambition to support international companies developing groundbreaking therapies in areas of high unmet need. HI-Bio is launching with a team of renowned experts with impressive track records and a pipeline of precision therapies that have the potential to address unmet patient needs around the world today.”

Rachel Mears, Partner at Jeito, added: “Jeito’s investment supports the important work by HI-Bio on behalf of patients suffering from immune-mediated diseases. The potential to reduce the enormous health burden for these patients using HI-Bio’s precision medicine approach was a key motivator for this investment. With HI-Bio’s ongoing clinical programs and its strong pipeline of additional development candidates, Jeito’s strategy to invest behind strong teams founded on great science and positioned for growth driven by making a difference for patients fits hand-in-hand with HI-Bio.”

Travis Murdoch, M.D., CEO of HI-Bio concluded: “We at HI-Bio are an embodiment of the urgent need to develop precision therapies that are more targeted for patients suffering from immune-mediated diseases. Immune-mediated diseases represent a landscape where the scale of unmet need and potential patient benefit is truly enormous. We are grateful to our investors Jeito Capital, ARCH and Monograph who share our vision for HI-Bio. They see that we have an actionable opportunity to bring an unprecedented degree of precision and creativity to clinical immunology, with all the potential safety and efficacy enhancements that come with our approach.”

About Jeito Capital
Jeito Capital is a global leading investment company with a patient benefit driven approach that finances and accelerates the development and growth of ground-breaking medical innovation. Jeito empowers and supports entrepreneurs through its expert, integrated, multi-talented team and through the investment of significant capital to ensure the growth of companies, building market leaders in their respective therapeutic areas with accelerated patients’ access globally, especially in Europe and the United States. Jeito Capital has €534 million under management and a rapidly growing portfolio of investments. Jeito Capital is based in Paris with a presence in Europe and the United States.

@Jeito_lifeLinkedIn For more information, please visit www.jeito.life, or follow @Jeito_life on Twitter or LinkedIn.

For further information please contact :

Jeito Capital
Rafaèle Tordjman
Assia Mouhout, PA
assia@jeito.life
Tel : +33 6 76 49 37 94

Consilium Strategic Communications

Mary-Jane Elliott / Davide Salvi / Kris Lam

Jeito@consilium-comms.com

Tel: +44 (0) 20 3709 5700

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Anglepoint Acquires Fisher Information Technology Services

Anglepoint expands its UK footprint, accelerates EMEA revenue growth

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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Anglepoint, the leading provider of Software Asset Management (SAM) Managed Services for the Global 2000, is announcing the completed acquisition of UK-based Fisher Information Technology Services (FisherITS). FisherITS brings a 10-year track record of providing high-quality SAM consulting and Managed Services to large and midsize clients in the UK, USA, Canada, and EMEA.

Anglepoint CEO Brian Papay says of the acquisition, “The successful completion of this deal is a testament to the high-caliber organization that FisherITS has created. Anglepoint is committed to expanding our presence in the EMEA region. Adding the deep expertise of the FisherITS team, their outstanding partners, and long-time clients only bolsters Anglepoint’s momentum.”

The FisherITS team will join Anglepoint, bringing industry-leading clients, worldwide channel partners and the intellectual platform OpenSAM, FisherITS’s SaaS-based BI automation solution. “Large enterprises are increasingly seeing the need and benefit of SAM Managed Services. Anglepoint has more than tripled since 2017, and that growth is because of the strong value that high-quality SAM services provide to our clients,” adds Brian Papay.

Eric Chiu, founder and Managing Director of FisherITS, says, “FisherITS’s DNA of focusing on business value, deep vendor expertise and automation is very similar to Anglepoint’s. In addition to expanding our geographical service coverage, our global clients and partners can now leverage added areas of expertise such as SAM tooling, cloud cost management (FinOps) and information security.”

ABOUT ANGLEPOINT 

Anglepoint is the leading provider of Software Asset Management & Technology Asset Management services to the Fortune 500 & Global 2000. Anglepoint’s services drive cost optimization, risk mitigation, & strategic planning within the cloud, SaaS, enterprise software & hardware estates of complex hybrid IT environments. Anglepoint delivers comprehensive managed services, including SAM strategy, execution, process automation, and technology selection & implementation.

For media inquiries, please contact: Alison Frederick, Analyst Relations at info@anglepoint.com.

Connect with Anglepoint on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and at Anglepoint.com.

ABOUT FISHER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

FisherITS provides Software Asset Management consultancy and managed services to large and fast-growing organisations across the world. Specialising in audit support, software optimisation and ITAM programme implementation, FisherITS provides expertise across all leading software publishers such as Microsoft, IBM, SAP, Oracle, Quest and Micro Focus.

OpenSAM is a SaaS-based automation platform built by FisherITS to deliver SAM-related business intelligence to its Managed Services clients.

Connect with FisherITS on LinkedIn and at FisherITS.com.

Contact Information:
Alison Frederick
Analyst Relations Manager
info@anglepoint.com

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Absa Bank Limited Selects nCino to Optimize its Relationship Banking Debt Management Business

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Nov. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — nCino, Inc. (NASDAQ: NCNO), a pioneer in cloud banking and digital transformation solutions for the global financial services industry, today announced that Absa Bank Limited (Absa), a leading African bank, has selected the nCino Bank Operating System®, to deliver a single platform solution to automate its debt case management and portfolio reporting processes in its Relationship Banking Business.

As the bank accelerates its digitization programme, nCino will deliver this cloud-based platform and help Absa reduce complexity and eliminate high-touch processes, ultimately enhancing its employee and customer experience and improving efficiency.

“The introduction of nCino will provide Absa with a single centralized workflow solution, which will streamline its internal processes,” said Kate Jane Johnsen, Regional Vice President at nCino. “I am eager to see the results of this partnership in action.”

“We are confident that the nCino platform will support our ambitions to be a digitally powered business,” said Sugandree Mudely from Absa Relationship Banking. “The delivery of this solution is a meaningful milestone in our digital transformation.”

About nCino
nCino (NASDAQ: NCNO) is the worldwide leader in cloud banking. The nCino Bank Operating System® empowers financial institutions with scalable technology to help them achieve revenue growth, greater efficiency, cost savings and regulatory compliance. In a digital-first world, nCino’s single cloud-based platform enhances the employee and client experience to enable financial institutions to more effectively onboard clients, make loans and manage the entire loan life cycle, and open deposit and other accounts across lines of business and channels. Transforming how financial institutions operate through innovation, reputation and speed, nCino is partnered with more than 1,750 financial institutions of all types and sizes on a global basis. For more information, visit www.ncino.com.

About Absa Bank Limited
Absa Bank Limited (‘Absa Bank’) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Absa Group Limited, which is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and is one of Africa’s largest financial services groups. Absa offers a range of retail, business, corporate and investment banking and wealth management and insurance products and services primarily in South Africa and Namibia.

For further information about Absa, please visit our website www.absa.co.za

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natalia.moose@ncino.com

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TES and 3DOM (Singapore) Sign Circular Economy-Focused Battery Recycling Memorandum of Understanding

The two companies will work together to develop and grow Singapore’s battery recycling and manufacturing ecosystem

SINGAPORE, Nov. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Singapore-based technology asset lifecycle services company TES and 3DOM (Singapore), the Singapore office of Japan-based battery producer 3DOM Alliance Inc., have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work together to develop and grow Singapore’s battery recycling and manufacturing ecosystem.

The agreement was facilitated in part by the Singapore Battery Consortium (SBC). As the MOU moves forward, it will likely also involve battery solutions provided by Singapore-based GenPlus.

3DOM (Singapore) is responsible for the production and supply of lithium-ion batteries developed in Japan by 3DOM Alliance Inc., with a presence in mobility and energy storage applications.

This partnership investigates collaboration opportunities pertaining to 1) lithium-ion battery recycling services in Singapore; 2) the synergies between TES and 3DOM in their roles in end-of-life battery management in the region; and 3) energy storage system (ESS) integration opportunities to increase the sustainability of electrification in Singapore’s increasingly circular economy.

The MOU allows both companies to work together towards the listed goals. Additionally, TES will offer recycling services to 3DOM for the lithium-ion batteries it generates in the region. The two companies will also explore synergies between portfolio companies for repurposing and reusing batteries.

“This MOU represents 3DOM (Singapore)’s commitment to Singapore’s vision of a circular economy for batteries and the future of technology. We have confidence that with TES, we have the right partner to move forward with the responsible handling, repurposing, and recycling of batteries and battery materials in Singapore,” said Mari Matsushita, Chief Product Officer of 3DOM (Singapore).

David Lee, Chief Strategy Officer of TES, added, “We are delighted to have been selected by 3DOM (Singapore) to be their partner in recycling and closing the loop here in Singapore. This MOU represents what we are certain will be the first of many positive steps in creating a closed-loop system for battery materials in Singapore and the wider region.”

For more information about TES, visit https://www.tes-amm.com/.

Additional information about innovative battery technology and energy solutions provider 3DOM (Singapore) can be found at https://3dom.sg. For further information, please contact garry.tay@3dom.co.jp.

Contact Information:
Eric Ingebretsen
Chief Commercial Officer
eric.ingebretsen@tes-amm.com
+6564088660

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