WORLD FINANCE EXPLORES THE RESILIENCE OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL MARKETS

LONDON, Jan 8 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 2017 certainly provided plenty of challenges for corporations and business leaders, but their ability to withstand them and move forward was the year’s defining feature. And displays of resilience in the face of industry or global pressures are littered throughout the latest issue of World Finance.

Elizabeth Matsangou explores the renewed impetus given to Shinzo Abe’s eponymous economic programme following his snap-election win last year. Abenomics, which has been enforced since the prime minister’s re-election in 2012, had faced criticism in some quarters for its struggle to pull Japan out of deflation, but now looks set to continue.

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LEXINFINTECH HOLDINGS LTD. ANNOUNCES FULL EXERCISE OF UNDERWRITERS' OVER-ALLOTMENT OPTION

SHENZHEN, China, Jan 8 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LexinFintech Holdings Ltd. ("Lexin" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:LX), a leading online consumer finance technology platform for educated young adults in China, today announced that the underwriters of the Company’s initial public offering (the “IPO”) have exercised their over-allotment option in full to purchase an additional 1,800,000 American depositary shares ("ADSs") from the Company for the IPO price of US$9.00 per ADS, less an underwriting discount and commission of US$0.63 per ADS, or a net price of US$ 8.37 per ADS.

Total proceeds to the Company from ADSs sold in the IPO, including the 12,000,000 ADSs sold initially and the 1,800,000 ADSs sold pursuant to the over-allotment option, were approximately US$$115,506,000, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions but before deducting offering expenses payable by the Company.

Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C., BofA Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank Securities and China Renaissance acted as lead bookrunners for the offering and ICBC International acted as co-manager.

About LexinFintech Holdings Ltd.

LexinFintech Holdings Ltd. ("Lexin" or the “Company”) is a leading online consumer finance platform for educated young adults in China. As one of China’s leading financial technology companies, Lexin integrates its e-commerce-driven online consumer finance platform, Fenqile, with advanced risk management technologies, the Company’s Dingsheng asset distribution and fund matching technology platform, and the Company’s Juzi Licai online investment platform for individual investors, to create a comprehensive consumer finance ecosystem. The Company utilizes technologies including big data, cloud computing and artificial intelligence to enable the near-instantaneous matching of user funding requests with offers from the Company’s more than 30 funding partners, which include commercial banks, consumer finance companies, and other licensed financial institutions. By serving the credit needs of China’s educated young adults, Lexin helps its more than 20 million registered users to enjoy a better quality of life through the use of better credit.

For more information, please visit http://ir.lexinfintech.com

For investor and media inquiries, please contact:

LexinFintech Holdings Ltd.

IR inquiries:
Tony Hung
Tel: +86 (755) 3637-8888 ext. 6258
E-mail: IR@lexinfintech.com

Media inquiries:
Limin Chen
Tel: +86 (755) 3368-8788 ext. 6993
E-mail: liminchen@lexinfintech.com

ICR Inc.
Media inquiries:
Edmond Lococo
Tel: +86 (10) 6583-7510
E-mail: Edmond.lococo@icrinc.com


SOURCE : LexinFintech Holdings Ltd.

CALVIN KLEIN, INC. ANNOUNCES THE LATEST CALVIN KLEIN JEANS GLOBAL ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN

New Chapter of Campaign Led by Siblings Kaia and Presley Gerber

NEW YORK, Jan 5 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Calvin Klein, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of PVH Corp. [NYSE: PVH], today announced its new CALVIN KLEIN JEANS global multi-media advertising campaign. The campaign represents the latest iteration of the evolution in the CALVIN KLEIN brand’s globally recognized #MYCALVINS call to action: Our Family. #MYCALVINS.

This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180104005480/en/

Shot by photographer Willy Vanderperre, the latest chapter of this new campaign features model siblings Kaia Gerber and Presley Gerber. The cast is featured wearing core styles of CALVIN KLEIN JEANS that are available in stores and online now.

The evolved #MYCALVINS concept has family at its center, a display of unity between strong individuals, further emphasized by the symbolism of the traditional American quilt. This campaign captures these bonds and brings to life different ways we can inspire families - both born and made - to connect with one another, and celebrate the things that unite us.

This launch marks the latest moment of the new Our Family. #MYCALVINS campaign rollout, with a series of campaign launches that kicked off in November 2017 with Solange, Kelela, Dev Hynes, Caroline Polachek and Adam Bainbridge of Kindness, as well as A$AP Rocky, A$AP Ferg, A$AP Nast, A$AP Twelvyy, A$AP Ant, A$AP Lou, and A$AP J. Scott of A$AP Mob. The campaign will run through the Spring 2018 season, and the talent featured will represent the bridging of several generations stylistically, musically and culturally. They will bring their stories to life as “Our Family” with family and community at the epicenter of the conversation.

The Our Family. #MYCALVINS campaign embraces a digital first, socially powered mindset in communicating the evolution of the globally successful #MYCALVINS campaign originally launched in 2014. The #MYCALVINS campaign leverages influencers’ and existing consumer behavior to express themselves, and maximizes the cultural ‘selfie’ and viral image-sharing phenomenon. With dedicated digital support in 12 countries and high impact outdoor in several key markets, the Our Family. #MYCALVINS initiative will be communicated to a global audience.

About Calvin Klein

CALVIN KLEIN is a global lifestyle brand that exemplifies bold, progressive ideals and a seductive aesthetic. We seek to thrill and inspire our audience while using provocative imagery and striking designs to ignite the senses.

Founded in 1968 by Calvin Klein and his business partner Barry Schwartz, we have built our reputation as a leader in American fashion through our clean aesthetic and innovative designs. Global retail sales of CALVIN KLEIN brand products exceeded $8 billion in 2016 and were distributed in over 110 countries. CALVIN KLEIN employs over 10,000 associates globally. We were acquired by PVH Corp. in 2003.

About PVH Corp.

With a history going back over 135 years, PVH has excelled at growing brands and businesses with rich American heritages, becoming one of the largest apparel companies in the world. We have over 35,000 associates operating in over 40 countries and over $8 billion in annual revenues. We own the iconic CALVIN KLEIN, TOMMY HILFIGER, Van Heusen, IZOD, ARROW,Speedo*, Warner’s and Olga brands, as well as the digital-centric True & Co. intimates brand, and market a variety of goods under these and other nationally and internationally known owned and licensed brands.

*The Speedo brand is licensed for North America and the Caribbean in perpetuity from Speedo International Limited.

EDITORIAL CREDIT : CALVIN KLEIN JEANS

 

IMAGE CREDITS : © 2018 Willy Vanderperre

 

SOCIAL MEDIA : facebook.com/calvinklein; calvinklein.tumblr.com; google.com/+calvinklein;youtube.com/calvinklein; twitter.com/calvinklein; instagram.com/calvinklein;pinterest.com/calvinkleinsnapchat: calvinkleinbrand handle: @calvinklein#MYCALVINS

COMPUWARE AND SONARSOURCE UNIFY MULTI-PLATFORM DEVOPS WITH INTEGRATED COBOL CODE COVERAGE METRICS

Mainframe-inclusive Continuous Code Quality Accelerates Digital Agility While De-Risking Generational Shift in Platform Stewardship

- To be digitally agile, enterprises must more quickly and frequently update their core mainframe systems—while also shifting stewardship of those applications from retiring COBOL veterans to IT staff with mainstream skills.

- Compuware has teamed with SonarSource to integrate accurate COBOL test coverage reporting into the automated QA processes they already use to support DevOps and Continuous Delivery.

- This new integration empowers large enterprises to dramatically accelerate mainframe application quality and throughput without incurring additional risk—even as they “mainstream” stewardship of those systems.

DETROIT, Jan 5 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Compuware and SonarSource today released new integrations that empower enterprise DevOps teams to accurately track and validate code coverage of COBOL application testing—with the same ease and employing the same processes—as they do with Java and other more mainstream code.

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ENHESA ANNOUNCES THE INCREASE IN GLOBAL JURISDICTION COVERAGE TO 286 IN 2018, AND CELEBRATES BEING NAMED TO CIO REVIEW'S 20 MOST PROMISING COMPLIANCE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION PROVIDERS

Brussels, Belgium, Jan 5 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Enhesa, the leading global content provider focused on environmental, health and safety (EHS) regulatory compliance assurance support to industries worldwide, just announced the increase in global jurisdiction coverage for 2018 to reach up to 286.

Enhesa supports the Global EHS programs for many of the world’s largest companies by offering a standardized, consistent suite of services enabling them to be aware of, and stay in compliance with, EHS laws wherever they operate. As a result, today, Enhesa offers off-the-shelf services in an impressive 286 jurisdictions.

New additions to the Enhesa geographic catalogue in 2018 (in English) include the following jurisdictions:

• Argentina - Chaco
• Argentina - Chubut
• Azerbaijan
• Burkina Faso
• Canada – Northwest Territories
• China – Guizhou
• China – Hainan
• China – Heilongjiang
• Ecuador
• German – Hanseatic City of Bremen
• Germany – Mecklenburg – Western Pomerania
• India Dadra -Nagar Haveli
• India – Rajasthan
• Macao
• Malawi
• Pakistan – Sindh
• Slovenia
• Switzerland – Solothurn
• Switzerland – Vaud
• Turkmenistan

Enhesa has also increased coverage by providing local language versions for the following jurisdictions:

• Argentina – Chaco
• Brazil – Alagoas
• Brazil – Amazonas
• Brazil – Maranhao
• Brazil - Mato Grosso
• Brazil – Parana
• Brazil – Pernambuco
• China – Fujian
• China – Guizhou
• China – Hainan
• China – Heilongjiang
• Guinea – National
• Macao
• Mali
• Mexico – Chiapas
• Mexico - Michoacan
• Mexico – Quintana Roo
• Mexico – Tlaxcala
• Morocco
• Paraguay
• UAE – Abu Dhabi

Peter Hermans, Enhesa CEO further points out: “We are extremely proud of the truly global coverage we are able to offer our multinational clients. But our commitment to supporting our clients does not stop here. We will continue to partner with our current and future clients to expand our coverage as their presence around the world spreads, and provide them with the tools they need to manage EHS legal compliance at the corporate, regional, divisional and site levels.”

In addition, Enhesa was selected, along with 19 other companies, to appear on CIO Review's list of "20 Most Promising Compliance Technology Solution Providers" for 2017. To help CCOs, CIOs, and CEOs find the right compliance technology provider for their enterprises, CIO Review’s selection panel evaluated and shortlisted hundreds of compliance technology solution providers that are at the forefront of providing cutting-edge technology solutions.

Enhesa provides time-saving, simplified regulatory analysis translated by our in-house team of analysts – who represent approximately 45 nationalities around the world. This is why Enhesa is the leading solution to regulatory compliance forecasting and intelligence that will save you ample time and money.

To find out more about how Enhesa can help support your global EHS compliance program, please visit enhesa.com.


Company Description:

Enhesa helps global multinational companies be compliant with, and stay on top of, Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) Regulations wherever they operate.

Enhesa’s in-house team of multilingual regulatory analysts provide clear, concise and standardized content and insight on current and future EHS regulatory obligations in over 285 jurisdictions worldwide.

Enhesa’s Compliance Intelligence and Regulatory Forecaster services can be provided as an automated data feed - integrated with the world’s leading EHS software platforms.

Enhesa has offices in Brussels, Washington DC and Tokyo.

For more information, please visit enhesa.com or email info@enhesa.com

Attachments:

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Attachments:

A photo accompanying this announcement is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/1ecae2c0-6ed0-45a7-916c-f29b8c68eb53


Gloria Johnston
Enhesa
202-552-1090 ext. 203
gj@enhesa.com

Allison Gilmore
Enhesa
202-552-1090 ext. 242
agil@enhesa.com


SOURCE : Enhesa

COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL ACQUIRES LEADING REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT SERVICES FIRM IN THE NORDICS

Addition of market leader Ovenia Group further strengthens Colliers’ property and asset management platform in EMEA


TORONTO, Jan 5 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Colliers International Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CIGI) and (TSX:CIGI), a global leader in commercial real estate services, today announced the acquisition of Ovenia Group (“Ovenia” or the “Company”), Finland’s leading real estate management and service company. For the last twelve months, the Company generated revenues of over US$50 million. Financial details of the transaction were undisclosed. Ovenia will immediately rebrand as Colliers International throughout Finland.

Founded in 1980 and headquartered in Helsinki with operations throughout Finland, Ovenia employs over 500 skilled professionals and has a highly experienced management team lead by CEO Sirpa Ojala. The Company provides commercial real estate management services for office, industrial and retail properties; retail and shopping center development & consultancy; and residential management including multifamily residential rentals and direct to consumer management services.

“This acquisition represents an important milestone in our Nordic and pan European growth strategy,” said Chris McLernon, Colliers International Chief Executive Officer, EMEA. “Our clients have been asking us to strengthen our presence in the Nordics for some time and with this investment, we enter the market as the undisputed leader. Our new business in Finland also enhances our existing property and asset management platform throughout the Nordics and wider EMEA region.”

“With a shared culture of service excellence together with the best professionals in the property management industry, we have created an industry leader in our country,” said Sirpa Ojala, now CEO of Colliers International | Finland. “We currently manage a property portfolio of more than ten million square meters and offer a wide range of best-in-class property management and advisory services to blue-chip clients. Our entire leadership team is excited to be joining Colliers International and to take advantage of their additional resources, unique entrepreneurial culture and ability to serve clients both locally and globally.”

About Colliers International Group Inc.

Colliers International Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CIGI) and (TSX:CIGI) is an industry leading global real estate services company with 15,000 skilled professionals operating in 68 countries. With an enterprising culture and significant employee ownership, Colliers professionals provide a full range of services to real estate occupiers, owners and investors worldwide. Services include strategic advice and execution for property sales, leasing and finance; global corporate solutions; property, facility and project management; workplace solutions; appraisal, valuation and tax consulting; customized research; and thought leadership consulting.

Colliers professionals think differently, share great ideas and offer thoughtful and innovative advice that helps clients accelerate their success. Colliers has been ranked among the top 100 global outsourcing firms by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals for 12 consecutive years, more than any other real estate services firm. Colliers also has been ranked the top property manager in the world by Commercial Property Executive for two years in a row.

For the latest news from Colliers, visit Colliers.com or follow us on Twitter (@Colliers) and LinkedIn.

COMPANY CONTACT:
John B. Friedrichsen
Chief Financial Officer | Global
(416) 960-9500

Chris McLernon
Chief Executive Officer, EMEA
(44) 20 7487 7000


SOURCE : Colliers International Group Inc.

​WILLIAMS SCOTSMAN ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF TYSON ONSITE

BALTIMORE, Jan 4 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WillScot Corporation (NASDAQ:WSC) (“Williams Scotsman”) today announced that it has acquired Onsite Space LLC (d/b/a Tyson Onsite, www.TysonOnsite.com). As a result of the acquisition, Williams Scotsman will expand its Ready to Work services to existing and incremental customers in the Midwest, most notably in Indiana, Illinois and Missouri. The acquisition increases Williams Scotsman’s offering by approximately 1,750 units.

Brad Soultz, president and chief executive officer of Williams Scotsman, commented, “We are excited to announce the addition of Tyson Onsite to our Company. Tyson Onsite is highly complementary to the Williams Scotsman market strategy and strengthens our position in key Midwestern markets.  I am pleased to welcome Tyson Onsite employees to our Company and look forward to the many growth opportunities ahead for Williams Scotsman. As we move forward in 2018, we continue to see excellent acquisition opportunities in our target markets and we are well positioned to further execute on our growth strategy.”

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