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Ex-UBS Executive Becomes Sygnum's Chairwoman
finews.asia
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June 17, 2025
Sygnum adds two heavyweights to its board: a BCG veteran and a telecoms strategist. At the same time, co-founder Luka Müller steps down as chair. A former UBS executive takes the helm. Sygnum appointed Pia Tischhauser, a former senior partner at...
Oil prices rise 2% and US stock futures dip as Israel-Iran war rages
The National News
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Oil prices rose on Tuesday while US stocks slumped further as the Israel-Iran conflict stoked fears that an escalation could spill into the Gulf region, choking global energy supplies. Iran and Israel's air war, which began on Friday when Israel...
Everything to Know About Emissions Trading in the EU
To Vima
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June 17, 2025
As the climate crisis intensifies, Europe has taken a leading role in developing ambitious and innovative policies to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Among the most significant are the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) and its lesser-known but...
Event Voice: Your questions answered by Polar Capital at the Emerging Markets Conference
Investment Week
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June 17, 2025
What are you trying to achieve for investors and what role could your Fund play in an investor's portfolio? How do you structure this Fund? The Fund's investment objective is to achieve long-term capital growth and seeks to achieve this by...
Social media giant TikTok wins ‘stay’ on order banning data transfers to China
Irish Independent
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Mr Justice Mark Sanfey said the stay would be in place until early October when the court will hear an application by TikTok seeking a longer stay until the court hears the full challenge to the DPC decision which included a €530m fine on TikTok....
GSK’s RSV vaccine, Arexvy, accepted for regulatory review by the European Medicines Agency to expand use in adults 18 years and older
GSK
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June 13, 2025
Regulatory decision anticipated H1 2026 GSK plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) today announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has accepted the company’s regulatory application to expand the use of its adjuvanted recombinant respiratory syncytial virus...
Sygnum Appoints Former UBS Executive as New Chairwoman of the Board
Retail News Asia
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June 17, 2025
In a strategic move poised to enhance its leadership, Sygnum has welcomed two notable figures to its board: Pia Tischhauser, a former Senior Partner at Boston Consulting Group and Supervisory Board member at Swiss Re, and Vinod Kumar, the former...
Sustainable investing at the crossroads
Professional Wealth Management
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June 17, 2025
As political winds shift and billions exit ESG funds, sustainable investing stands at a decisive turning point. Sustainable investing is facing its toughest test yet. After years of rapid expansion, funds focused on environmental, social and...
Former UBS Executive Becomes Chairwoman of the Board at Sygnum
finews.com
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June 17, 2025
Sygnum adds two heavyweights to its board: a BCG veteran and a telecoms strategist. At the same time, co-founder Luka Müller steps down as Chair. A former UBS executive takes the helm. Sygnum appointed Pia Tischhauser, a former Senior Partner at...
Erasmus+ Programme: Strengthening global education and people-to-people ties
The Bruneian
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June 16, 2025
Since its inception in the 1980s, the Erasmus+ programme has transformed international education, nurturing academic collaboration and cultural exchange between Europe and the world including ASEAN nations like Brunei Darussalam. Originally...
India is your next strategic hub, Goyal tells Swiss firms
Mint
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June 10, 2025
New Delhi: Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal has urged Swiss companies to boost investments in India, which he said was a burgeoning hub for manufacturing, talent, and innovation, his ministry said on Tuesday. Goyal, currently on a...
Microsoft stops nagging Windows users to make Edge the default browser, but only in Europe
TechSpot
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June 3, 2025
In brief: Microsoft's incessant nagging that you use Edge like some kind of high-pressure car salesman can be intensely annoying. The good news is that these notifications will stop. The bad news is that only users in Europe will be granted this...
Microsoft will finally stop bugging Windows users about Edge — but only in Europe
The Verge
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June 2, 2025
Microsoft’s changes in response to the Digital Markets Act already included allowing Windows machines in the regions it covers to uninstall Edge and remove Bing results from Windows search, but now the list is growing in some meaningful ways. New...
Al Ahly spoil Messi's party as Club World Cup opener ends in stalemate
The National News
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As the curtain came up on a revamped 32-team Fifa Club World Cup in Miami on Saturday night, there was no doubting who the 60,927 fans at the Hard Rock Stadium had come to watch. Such was the sea of No10 shirts filing in to observe Inter Miami’s...
Ross Doohan on Scotland whirlwind that carried him from Turkey hotel bed to career pinnacle in 72 hours
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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June 11, 2025
Ross Doohan has been living the dream after flying to Scotland’s aid before fellow family holiday-goers had awoken from theirs. The soon-to-be returning Celtic keeper made his debut for the national team in Vaduz on Monday evening inside 72 hours...
Why global money is abandoning America
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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June 16, 2025
What's more frightening? The rapidly escalating horror in the Middle East as Tel Aviv and Tehran trade missile barrages or the sight of America descending into authoritarianism with soldiers on the streets of Los Angeles and military parades in...
Romania secured over EUR 900 mln through EEA & Norway Grants since 2007
Romania Insider
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June 11, 2025
Since 2007, Romania has attracted more than EUR 900 million in non-reimbursable funding through the EEA and Norway Grants, provided by Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein. The funds have supported efforts to reduce economic and social disparities...
Creative job destruction: Freeing up talent for real progress
Geopolitical Intelligence Services
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June 15, 2025
A prosperous future demands embracing innovation, enhancing productivity and eliminating waste to unlock human potential sustainably. Society has a chance to free itself, adapt and thrive. Will we engage the levers of progress? © GIS – This...
Piyush Goyal says Swiss part of EFTA deal will possibly be implemented from October 2025 — all you need to know
Mint
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June 11, 2025
Piyush Goyal on June 11 said that the EFTA process from Switzerland would likely be implemented by October this year, as per an ANI report. The Union Commerce Minister added that three other countries — Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, have...
Swiss part of EFTA deal to be implemented by October: Piyush Goyal
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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June 11, 2025
Bern [Switzerland], June 11 (ANI): Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal indicated on Wednesday that the Swiss part of the EFTA will possibly be implemented from October 2025, with the other three countries -- Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway-- already...