Icon Global & National Cutting Horse Assn. (NCHA) Announce 2026 Celebrity Cutting Event Benefiting UT Southwestern Medical Center, Fort Worth, Texas. Nicole and Taylor Sheridan Lean into the Cowboy Cause Bringing A-Listers to Hometown.

DALLAS, Feb. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Icon Global and the National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) today officially announce the return of the NCHA Celebrity Cutting presented by Icon Global – Saturday April 11, 2026. Tickets on Sale February 27, 2026.

"There is no more important date on our calendar than this one," said Icon Global Founder Australian Bernard (Bernie) Uechtritz. The inaugural event in 2024 was spectacular and a sellout. We skipped 2025 due to construction at the Historic Will Rogers Coliseum".

Past riders and celebrities included competitive rides by Supermodel Model Bella Hadid and Landman's Michelle Randolph, with attendance by Australian Film star Nicole Kidman who are also expected to return in 2026. Yellowstone actors/competitors were Jefferson White, Mo Brings Plenty, Ian Bohen, Jennifer Landon, and Forrie Smith. 1923's Aminah Nieves and Brandon Sklenar also saddled up. Lioness's actor La Monica Garrett competed. Musician and Yellowstone star Luke Grimes (Kayce Dutton) played the private VIP meet and greet. Australian country music legend Keith Urban also showed his enthusiastic support in attendance. Yellowstone's actor Ian Bohen (Ryan) and NCHA rider Elizabeth Quick won the evening in spectacular style.

This year's night will feature additional stars from some of today's most popular film and television projects, including talent from Taylor Sheridan productions such as Landman, Lioness, Mayor of Kingstown, The Madison, and others. The 2026 Celebrity Cutting line-up includes Dave Annable, Michael Kelly, Beau Garrett, Elle Chapman, Neal McDonough, Ian Bohen, Taylor Handley, LaMonica Garrett, James Jordan, Jill Wagner, Robert Patrick, Caleb Plant, Matthew Rys, and C. Thomas Howell announced so far. Additional Film, Television, Music and Entertainment Celebrities, Participants and Sponsor announcements will follow in coming weeks.

The unique and highly anticipated event brings together A-List Celebrities, entertainers and personalities as well as professional horse trainers, breeders, equine athletes and others pairing with celebrity riders in sixteen highly competitive teams. This year, Celebrity Team Sponsorship opportunities are available, creating high visibility opportunities for individual support and corporate sponsors; packages include Saturday VIP Meet & Greet Passes and Box Seats, Friday Night's Private Draw Party Invite, Photo Op's, Announcer & Program recognition, Social Media exposure and Team logo placement.

The evening will also feature other exclusive hospitality experiences and opportunities and offers fans a rare opportunity to witness an unforgettable, once-in-a-lifetime night in the arena, all the while raising critical funds for life-saving cancer research, treatment, and patient care at UT Southwestern.

"This year is especially significant to us on a personal level, as Icon continues its support of UT Southwestern while their exceptional doctors and surgeons are providing care for my own family in real time. I can personally attest to their institutional expertise and compassionate care, each incredible and invaluable to all," stated Icon Global' s Uechtritz.

Daniel K. Podolsky, M.D., President of UT Southwestern said, "We are honored that UT Southwestern has again been selected as the beneficiary of the NCHA Celebrity Cutting presented by Icon Global."

Jay Winborn, Executive Director of the National Cutting Horse Association added," This night adds a powerful philanthropic dimension to the month-long show, reinforcing NCHA's commitment to community impact and the future of the sport. We're proud to continue growing the Celebrity Cutting and supporting UT Southwestern and their important work in cancer care and research."- End

For more information about the NCHA Super Stakes and Celebrity Cutting www.Icon.Global

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About Celebrity Cutting.

Co-chaired By Nicole Sheridan, Sherri Patton and Kit Moncrief, the Celebrity Cutting is held inside Fort Worth's Historic Will Rogers Coliseum during the month-long NCHA Super Stakes program—an event also presented by Icon Global—The Super Stakes is one of the premier events in the Western horse industry, drawing top competitors and fans from around the world.

About Icon Global

Icon Global designs and implements strategic, tactical, national and global marketing campaigns for Iconic real estate, and additionally provides specialty advisory and portfolio services for owners of unique assets across the USA, parts of Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Icon represents banking and governmental institutions, and high net worth individuals', as well as corporations and family offices globally in the acquisition, management and disposition of property in all asset classes. Icon Global was founded by complex deal maker and International real estate advisor, Bernard Uechtritz.

About the NCHA

The National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) is dedicated to promoting and preserving the western sport of cutting, supporting its members, and celebrating the Western heritage that defines the industry.

About UT Southwestern Medical Center

UT Southwestern, one of the nation's premier academic medical centers, integrates pioneering biomedical research with exceptional clinical care and education. The institution's faculty members have received six Nobel Prizes and include 24 members of the National Academy of Sciences, 25 members of the National Academy of Medicine, and 13 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators. The full-time faculty of more than 3,300 is responsible for groundbreaking medical advances and is committed to translating science-driven research quickly to new clinical treatments. UT Southwestern physicians in more than 80 specialties care for more than 143,000 hospitalized patients, attend to more than 470,000 emergency room cases, and oversee nearly 5.3 million outpatient visits a year.

《Cabling Installation & Maintenance》將 Patton 的 CopperLink® CL-SFP 以太網延長器評為 2025 年結構化佈線業界極為創新的佈線與通訊技術產品。

馬里蘭州蓋瑟斯堡, Dec. 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 享譽全球的美國網絡與通訊技術製造商 Patton 今天宣佈，其「全球最小」的以太網延長器 CopperLink^® CL-SFP 榮獲《Cabling Installation & Maintenance》雜誌頒發的 2025 年創新大獎 (Innovators Award)。

CL-SFP 以太網延長器廣受讚譽，獲視為 2025 年所推出其中一款最創新的產品。

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《Cabling Installation & Maintenance》總編輯 Patrick McLaughlin 指出：「謹此代表《Cabling Installation & Maintenance》創新大獎，恭喜 Patton 獲得金獎殊榮。」

準則：評審團根據創新、價值、可持續發展、合作及影響力等各項準則，評審獎項申請。

McLaughlin 解釋說：「透過此評選活動，《Cabling Installation & Maintenance》表揚及認可最創新的產品、項目、技術及計劃，頌讚其對業界帶來的龐大影響力。」

創新：Patton 全新推出的創新 CopperLink CL-SFP 以太網延長器，透過現有銅纜基礎設施，提供遠距離 (最遠達 20,000 呎) 的高速以太網連接。

Patton 連接業務產品高級產品經理 Gary Portellas 表示：「我們很榮幸能夠獲《Cabling Installation & Maintenance》頒發創新大獎。Patton 投入通訊技術微型化已數十載。全新的 CL-SFP 是有史以來最微小的以太網延長器。」

功能：CL-SFP 是一款小型可插拔 (Small Form-factor Pluggable，SFP) 以太網延長器，可與路由器、以太網交換器及媒體轉換器無縫整合。該裝置運用已安裝的銅絞線，可將以太網連接延伸遠至 3.8 英里 (6.2 公里)，並實現高達 18 Mbps 的速度。

首創先行：自 1990 年代創製首款以太網延長器以來，Patton 已將幾十款 SFP 模組推向市場，包括光纖以太網、互聯網協定語音 (VoIP) 網關、網絡安全數據二極管、T1/E1 偽線、ST2110 影片網關，以及現今的 CopperLink SFP 銅纜以太網模組。

若要進一步了解更多關於 CopperLink CL-SFP 的資料，請瀏覽 patton.com/ethernet-extender/cl-sfp。

另外，Patton 近期實現了 NIST SP 800-171 及 CMMC 第二級合規，向持份者確保該公司堅定承諾且有能力安全負責地管理敏感的政府數據。

關於《Cabling Installation & Maintenance》

32 年來，《Cabling Installation & Maintenance》一直為負責規格制定、設計、安裝和管理結構化佈線系統的專業人士，提供富有意義的實用資訊，廣泛服務企業、數據中心及其他環境。這些專業人士面對各大挑戰，必須配合不斷演變的標準、系統設計及安裝方法、產品及系統功能、技術，以及依賴高效能結構化佈線系統的各類應用。我們的編輯將這些複雜議題整合成多種資訊產品。此系列資訊產品提供具體詳情，有助提高日常工作效率，並讓佈線專業人士高瞻遠矚，可為網絡的最佳長期性能規劃策略。

關於 Patton

Patton 是享譽全球的美國網絡與通訊技術、產品及服務製造商。Patton 製造各式各樣的技術解決方案，其建基於 VoIP、以太網延長、無線通訊及光纖產品。Patton 成立於 1984 年，總部設在美國馬里蘭州蓋瑟斯堡，在全球實力雄厚，並以向多元客戶群提供創新且可靠的解決方案而稱譽。Let’s Connect!

媒體聯絡人：Glendon Flowers | +1 301 975 1000 | press@patton.com

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Patton 全新發佈的 FiberPlex FPX6000 DanteAV Audio/Video-over-IP Gateway 集史上最低市場定價、Colibri 編解碼器及強化互通性於一身。

FiberPlex™... 安全數碼通訊！

馬裡蘭州蓋瑟斯堡, Aug. 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 統一通訊、專業影音及媒體廣播產品的全球領導者 Patton 宣佈以半價提供 FiberPlex FPX6000 AVoIP Gateway 系列的全新軟件版本。

Patton 的 AVoIP 閘道器安裝簡便、操作容易。 Dante 控制器讓影音流的路由、控制和監控簡化如一鍵操作。

2021 年 8 月，Patton 成為 Dante AV 產品的首間採用商，並且首次在市場推出。 如今，Patton 欣然宣佈其 FPX6000 AVoIP Gateway 價格減半，同時加入支援最新 Colibri 固件的軟件更新。

Colibri 是 Audinate 專為 IP 影音傳輸而開發的最新影片編解碼器。 Colibri 實現視覺無損質素及低子幀延遲。 Patton FPX6000 現可與所有支援 Colibri 編解碼器的 Dante AV Ultra 產品互通，包括 Bolin、AJA Video、Adtechno、Yuan、Minnray 及 PTZ Optics 的裝置。

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如欲進一步了解 FiberPlex FPX6000 DanteAV Audio/Video-over-IP Gateway 的資料，請瀏覽 www.patton.com/fpx6000

相關消息：Patton 近日發佈第二代美國製商用級別 FIPS-140 超安全 SIP 電話，提升 NG911 的合規程度。

關於 Patton

Patton 是享譽國際的網絡與通訊設備製造商，多元解決方案涵蓋 VoIP、以太網擴展、無線通訊及光纖產品。 Patton 成立於 1984 年，總部位於馬利蘭州蓋瑟斯堡，在全球擁有強大的影響力，以向多元客戶群提供可靠創新的解決方案而聞名。

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媒體聯絡人：Glendon Flowers | +1 301 975 1000 | press@patton.com

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HONG KONG and SHANGHAI, March 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. (hereafter "Ping An" or the "Group", HKEX: 2318; SSE: 601318) today announced its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2024.

In 2024, China's domestic economy was generally stable with a positive long-term economic outlook. However, China still faced short- and medium-term challenges including lackluster domestic demand, volatile markets, and insufficient confidence amid a complex and uncertain external environment. Facing the opportunities and challenges, Ping An adhered to a people-centered approach and focused on its core financial businesses, pushing forward its technology-enabled "integrated finance + health and senior care" dual-driver strategy. With solid fundamentals and rebounding core businesses, Ping An achieved high-quality development characterized by steady progress, deepened strategy, and reform and innovation.

Ping An's operating profit attributable to shareholders of the parent company increased 9.1% year on year to RMB121,862 million and net profit attributable to shareholders of the parent company rose 47.8% year on year to RMB126,607 million in 2024. Revenue was RMB1,141,346 million, up 10.6% year on year. Ping An plans to pay a final dividend of RMB1.62 per share in cash for 2024. The full-year cash dividend will be RMB2.55 per share, up 5% year on year. The cash dividend payout ratio based on operating profit attributable to shareholders of the parent company will be 37.9%, with total dividends increasing for 13 consecutive years.

In addition, according to the announcement by the Board of Directors of Ping An, the tenures of Mr. Ng Sing Yip, Mr. Chu Yiyun and Mr. Liu Hong as Independent Non-executive Directors are coming to an end, and Mr. Hong Xiaoyuan ("Mr. Hong"), Mr. Song Xianzhong ("Mr. Song") and Mr. Chan Hiu Fung Nicholas ("Mr. Chan") have been nominated as candidates for Independent Non-executive Directors of the 13th session of the Board. Mr. Hong is a Senior Economist, previously served as Assistant to General Manager of China Merchants Group Limited and General Manager of China Merchants Finance Holdings Company Limited. Mr. Hong is currently a member of Hong Kong Chief Executive's Policy Unit Expert Group and the Chairman of Supervisory Committee of China Reform Foundation. Mr. Song holds a Doctorate degree in Public Finance. He is currently an Executive Director of the Accounting Society of China and a former President of Jinan University. Mr. Chan is a qualified solicitor. He is currently a Deputy of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to the National People's Congress and also a member of the Hong Kong Chief Executive's Policy Unit Expert Group. The proposed appointments shall become effective upon the approval from the shareholders at the annual general meeting and the National Financial Regulatory Administration.

Ping An continued to strengthen its "integrated finance + health and senior care" strategy. The Group has built financial solutions of "one customer, multiple accounts, multiple products, and one-stop services." In this way, Ping An delivers "worry-free, time-saving, and money-saving" service experience to customers, driving continuous growth in the number of retail customers, contracts per customer and profit per customer. The number of Ping An's retail customers was 242 million as of December 31, 2024, up 4.7% from the beginning of the year. 25.6% of them held four or more contracts within the Group, with a retention rate of 98.0%. Nearly 63% of Ping An's 242 million retail customers were entitled to service benefits in the health and senior care ecosystem as of December 31, 2024. Customers entitled to service benefits in the health and senior care ecosystem contributed about 70% of Ping An Life's NBV.

Self-developed vertical large AI models enabled the accelerating development of the ecosystems. Ping An focused on developing core technologies and securing proprietary intellectual property rights. The Group cumulatively filed 55,080 patent applications as of December 31, 2024, leading most international financial and healthcare institutions. Ping An established its competitive moat by building industry-leading five laboratories and nine databases, and establishing a three-level large model system, further integrating large models with business application scenarios.

Building Core Competitive Moat Through the Integrated Finance Model; Enhancing Customer Development. 

Life & Health NBV surged and business quality improved steadily. In 2024, Life & Health NBV amounted to RMB28,534 million, up 28.8% year on year on a like-for-like basis. Ping An Life significantly improved persistency ratios in 2024, with 13-month persistency ratio up 3.6 pps year on year, and 25-month persistency ratio up 3.9 pps year on year.

Ping An Life enhanced multi-channel professional sales capabilities. The Company continued to deepen transformation and significantly improved the performance and productivity of its agency channel. In 2024, agent channel NBV on a like-for-like basis grew 26.5% year on year and NBV per agent surged 43.3% year on year. Agent income increased 5.9% to RMB10,395 per agent per month.

Bancassurance channel focused on value-driven operations with NBV rising 62.7% year on year in 2024. Operational efficiency was boosted by increasing high-quality partner outlets. Ping An Life continuously developed the community finance channel. The 13-month persistency ratio of orphan policies within community finance networks improved by 5.7 pps year on year in 2024, with NBV up by nearly 300% year on year. Ping An Life had built elite teams of nearly 24,000 "high-competence, high-performing, and high-quality" agents as of December 31, 2024. Innovative channels including bancassurance and community finance contributed 18.7% of Ping An Life's NBV in 2024.

"Insurance + service" offerings are gaining traction. In products, Ping An Life actively implemented China's new "Ten National Guidelines" for the insurance industry to meet customer demands for diverse insurance products, delved deeper into insurance protection, pension and wealth management markets, and actively built its business presence in inclusive insurance. In services, Ping An Life continuously upgraded its health and senior care service system and provided health management services to over 21 million customers in 2024. Over 160,000 customers were qualified for Ping An's home-based senior care services, which covered 75 cities nationwide as of December 31, 2024. Ping An had unveiled premium health and senior care communities in five cities as of December 31, 2024, which are currently under construction. The communities in Shanghai and Shenzhen are scheduled to open for business in the second half of 2025.

Ping An P&C maintained steady revenue growth and good business quality. Its insurance revenue rose by 4.7% year on year to RMB328,146 million in 2024. Net profit grew by 67.7% year on year to RMB15,021 million. Overall COR was 98.3%, improved by 2.3 pps year on year in 2024. Auto insurance's COR was 98.1%, consistently better than the market average. The Company was honored as "No.1 Brand" in China's auto insurance market by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology for 14 consecutive years. Ping An P&C explored the new model of "insurance + technology + service" for improving the quality and efficiency of the real economy. The Company provided RMB220 trillion worth of insurance coverage for 2.40 million small and micro-enterprises, and provided RMB9 trillion worth of insurance coverage for 69 thousand technology companies in 2024. To improve service quality and efficiency via risk reduction, Ping An P&C independently developed Digital Risk System 3.0 ("DRS 3.0") which issued a total of 10.55 billion alerts on typhoons, rainstorms, floods and other disasters to 67.34 million retail and corporate customers in 2024.

Ping An delivered excellent insurance funds investment results, ranking among the top in the market. The Group's insurance funds investment portfolio grew 21.4% from the beginning of 2024 to over RMB5.73 trillion as of December 31, 2024. The insurance funds investment portfolio achieved a comprehensive investment yield of 5.8% in 2024, up 2.2 pps year on year, marking a forefront of the market by investment income. Life & Health achieved a comprehensive investment yield of 6.0%, up 2.4 pps year on year. The portfolio achieved a 5.0% average net investment yield and a 5.1% average comprehensive investment yield over the past decade.

Ping An Bank maintained steady business performance and stable overall asset quality. The Bank's net profit amounted to RMB44,508 million in 2024. It continuously served the real economy, with corporate loan balance growing 12.4% from the beginning of 2024 as of December 31, 2024. Ping An Bank continuously strengthened risk management, and maintained adequate risk provisions. Non-performing loan ratio and provision coverage ratio were 1.06% and 250.71% respectively as of December 31, 2024. Retail AUM rose 4.0% from the beginning of 2024 to RMB4,194,074 million, and retail deposit balance grew 6.6% from the beginning of 2024 to RMB1,287,180 million as of December 31, 2024.

Promoting the Development of the Health and Senior Care Ecosystem; Leveraging Differential Advantages to Empower Core Businesses.

Leveraging over ten years of operational and management experience in insurance and health care industries, Ping An enhanced the coordinated operations of business lines including insurance, health care, investment and technology. Ping An has built a service system including an online flagship medical platform and proprietary medical institutions to empower retail financial customers and corporate clients. Acting for payers and integrating providers, Ping An provides the most cost-effective health and senior care services via professional family doctors and senior care concierges.

Ping An built differential advantages thanks to remarkable progress in "finance + health care services" and "finance + senior care services". The Group has developed a full-spectrum product and service system to meet customers' full-lifecycle needs. Nearly 63% of Ping An's retail customers were entitled to service benefits in the health and senior care ecosystem as of December 31, 2024. They held approximately 3.37 contracts and RMB59.9 thousand in AUM per capita, 1.6 times and 3.8 times those held by retail customers not entitled to these service benefits respectively. In respect of "finance + health care services", nearly 79% of Ping An Life's newly-enrolled customers used health management services in 2024. Ping An provides health management programs to the employees of corporate clients via "commercial insurance + health care fund + health care service" products. Nearly 67,000 corporate clients and their 29 million plus employees were served in 2024. In respect of "finance + senior care services", Ping An contracted over 150 home-based senior care service providers and launched hundreds of 10-dimensional home-based senior care service benefits as of December 31, 2024. Ping An continuously built the alliances centering on "medical care, nursing, housing and entertainment," the four major senior care scenarios. The model meets different senior groups' home-based care needs under a standard product and service framework.

Ping An developed an online flagship medical platform and proprietary medical institutions to optimize "online, in-store, in-home and in-company" services. Ping An Health (also known as Ping An Good Doctor) is an integral part of Ping An Group's "insurance + health care" synergistic model. The Company, centering on family doctor membership and senior care concierge services, developed a one-stop "health and senior care" services platform. It achieved RMB4,808 million in revenue and RMB81 million in net profit in 2024. The number of "Ping An Family Doctor" members exceeded 14 million, with an average of five uses per member in 2024. PKU Healthcare Group's revenue continued to grow to approximately RMB5.51 billion in 2024. Peking University International Hospital's revenue exceeded RMB2.48 billion. In partner networks, Ping An partnered with all top 100 hospitals and 3A hospitals, over 104,000 health management institutions, and approximately 235,000 pharmacies (over 35% of all pharmacies) in China as of December 31, 2024. Ping An had one of the world's largest health care databases, enabled precise diagnosis of over 5,000 diseases, and proactively built a leading remote consultation and treatment platform as of December 31, 2024.

Customer-Oriented, Self-Developed Vertical Large AI Models Enabled Ecosystem Development.

Technology enabled finance, health and senior care ecosystems and advanced digital transformation. Ping An cumulatively won 30 championships in domestic and overseas AI competitions and cumulatively filed 55,080 patent applications as of December 31, 2024, leading most international financial institutions. Ping An accumulated vast amounts of data that can be used to train large models, and continuously developed vertical large models for domains including finance, health and senior care. With 30 trillion bytes of data, a domain data corpus containing 3.2 trillion tokens, approximately 310 thousand hours of labeled speeches and over 7.5 billion images, Ping An's large speech models, large language models, and large vision models have achieved industry-leading accuracy rates in scenarios. Ping An's three financial databases and five health care databases rank among the world's largest financial and health care databases. Digging deep into business scenarios, Ping An accelerated the development of its ecosystems by extensively applying its large models to 85 scenarios across the Group to support the "integrate finance + health and senior care" strategy.

In digital finance, technology enabled finance business by improving efficiency, cutting costs and managing risks. The volume of services provided by Ping An's AI service representatives reached about 1.84 billion times, accounting for 80% of Ping An's total customer service volume in 2024. Via smart underwriting, smart claim settlement, and smart renewal, 93% of Ping An Life's policies were underwritten within seconds. 56% of life insurance claims were settled through Smart Quick Claim, and 27% more life insurance policies were reinstated. Claims savings of Ping An P&C via smart fraud detection grew 10.4% year on year to RMB11.94 billion as Ping An continuously strengthened risk management. In respect of health care, Ping An delivered China's leading health and senior care solutions via digital enablement. Ping An Health built a large multi-modal model and 12 AI-driven models. These initiatives promoted whole-process AI enablement in medical business scenarios, improving the service efficiency of "Ping An Family Doctor" by about 62%. Ping An Health independently developed an AI-based medical system, with medical expertise covering over 2,000 diseases, an AI-powered recommendation accuracy rate of 99%, and an assisted diagnosis accuracy rate above 95%.

Ping An rode on the green development trend and fulfilled its social responsibilities actively. As of December 31, 2024, the Group's cumulative investment in supporting the real economy was nearly RMB10.14 trillion. The green investment of insurance funds and the green loan balance reached RMB124,712 million and RMB157,762 million respectively. In 2024, the green insurance premium income amounted to RMB58,608 million and funds provided for rural industrial vitalization totaled RMB52,014 million. Ping An rose to AA in MSCI ESG ratings in 2024, ranking No.1 in the multi-line insurance and brokerage industry in Asia-Pacific for three consecutive years.

Looking Ahead to 2025, Advancing a Comprehensive Digitalization Strategy and Seizing New Growth Drivers. 

2025 is the final year of China's 14th Five-Year Plan. The external environment is still complex and severe while domestic growth momentum still needs to be strengthened in the short term. However, the favorable conditions for and fundamental trend of China's positive long-term outlook have not changed. Ping An's financial, health and senior care businesses have new huge growth momentum. Ping An understands customer needs, recognizing the strong demand for diverse financial services, the vast potential in the health care sector, and the growing desire for high-quality senior care services. Ping An's "integrated finance + health and senior care" strategy has a great prospect. Ping An will further focus on core financial businesses and enhance customer development to effectively improve customer acquisition, activation, migration and retention, driving steady growth in the number of retail customers, contracts per customer and profit per customer. Moreover, Ping An will unlock more synergies to advance the "worry-free, time-saving, and money-saving" value proposition. Seizing market opportunities from the downward cycle of liabilities, Ping An will accelerate the development of its core financial businesses, fully leverage the advantages of insurance funds to strengthen financial support for building a technologically advanced nation, and fulfill the responsibility of "patient capital". Promoting technology enablement, Ping An will accelerate the deep integration of AI and big data platforms to start a new chapter of its comprehensive digitalization strategy. Leveraging its first-mover advantage in previous basic research and development and business applications, Ping An is developing five major systems, namely "digital business, digital operations, digital management, digital marketing, and digital services." Ping An strives to provide "the most professional financial advisory, family doctor, and senior care concierge" services via an "online, in-store, in-home and in-company" health and senior care network. In this way, Ping An will further sharpen its cutting edge of applying AI to digital finance and health and senior care.

Look ahead to 2025, Ping An will fully implement the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee's decisions and deployment for economic work in 2025, study and understand the spirit of the "Two Sessions" and the key points of the government work report, seek progress while maintaining stability, and adhere to the fundamental mission of serving the real economy. Ping An will firmly implement its business policy of "focusing on core businesses, boosting revenue and cutting costs, advancing reform and innovation, and preventing risks" and further advance its technology-enabled "integrated finance + health and senior care" dual-driver strategy. The Group will advance its comprehensive digital transformation and "worry-free, time-saving, and money-saving" value proposition. Ping An will bolster five key financial sectors (i.e., technology finance, green finance, inclusive finance, pension finance, and digital finance), contributing to the growth of China into a financial powerhouse.

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APPENDIX - BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS OF THE INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR CANDIDATES

Partial list of confirmed attendees include - Taylor Sheridan (Yellowstone series actor and producer), Tyler Cameron (The Bachelor), Ian Bohen (Yellowstone, Teen Wolf), Luke Grimes (Yellowstone) Forrie Smith (Yellowstone) LaMonica Garrett (1883, Lioness), Jefferson White (Yellowstone) Nacho Figueras (Model, Argentine Professional Polo Player), Austin Hebert (Lioness), Jen Landon (Yellowstone), Thad Luckinbill (Lioness, The Young and The Restless), Brecken Merrill (Yellowstone), Aminah Nieves (1923), Mo Brings Plenty (Yellowstone), Michelle Randolph (Land Man, 1923), and Brandon Sklenar (1923, It Ends With Us). Australian Actress Nicole Kidman is also confirmed.
Musician/ Actor Luke Grimes (Kayce on Yellowstone) will perform at the VIP Meet & Greet.
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DALLAS, Nov. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Icon Global and the National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) have teamed up to unite and benefit UT Southwestern Medical Center FW in the first annual NCHA Celebrity Cutting presented by Icon Global at the historic Will Rogers Coliseum in Fort Worth, Tx. Nov 29th. Video

Actor Producer Taylor Sheridan and wife Nicole Sheridan have corralled an enormous amount of support via various shows and plethora of business interests, including Cast members of Yellowstone, 1883, 1923, Landman, Lioness, and others.

"The inaugural NCHA-owned event heralds an incredible and unprecedented level of attendance and a ground swell of participation with human and equine athletic talent." – said Nicole Sheridan, who is co-chairing the fundraiser together with Ms. Kit Moncrief of Fort Worth.

"The success of the buildup to this first-time event managed by the NCHA and presented by Icon Global has been an incredible team effort," stated NCHA executive director Mr. Jay Winborn, everyone has leaned in to get behind us and ensure the success of the night. Winborn tapped the international ranch and real estate brokerage Icon Global as the presenting sponsor. "Icon is a top-shelf company that is renowned for innovative global marketing reach and who has an incredible record of success. They are a perfect partner for NCHA to help energize a new focus on our event," he said.

Icon Global founder Australian Bernard Uechtritz said, "We are all in. In addition to our presenting sponsorship, we are bringing the Icon marketing machine and creative reach to the table for our VIP guests, and to launch exposure to Icon's 2025 pipeline of new legacy assets.

I have called on a friend, Nacho Figueras, to help. Figueras, dubbed the David Beckham of Polo, is a globally recognized Polo professional and former face of Ralph Lauren model, he is an all-round international superstar, Polo promoter, and entrepreneur. He is bringing his fun, philanthropic energy, connections, and presence to the event with us. Nacho and his equally talented wife, Delfina Blaquier, also a model and equestrian, are flying in from Argentina to support and compete for the cause. The A-List celebrity lineup of competitors and attendees is off the chart with actors, supermodels, and musicians of every genre confirmed to ride, attend, rally, promote or otherwise influence and enhance. Notably, each and all are giving up their personal time and talent during Thanksgiving weekend, truly exemplifying the meaning of Thanksgiving this year." said Uechtritz.

Women Athletes. In an era of increasing visibility and appreciation for professional female athletes' accomplishments; fans of supermodel, horsewoman, and year-round cutting horse contestant Bella Hadid are hoping that she might soon officially announce her entry and participation. Nicole Sheridan is an equally serious and professional horsewoman. Jen Landon, daughter of acclaimed actor Michael Landon and Yellowstone actress (teeter) will return to the arena at Will Rogers Coliseum. Rachael Patton 24 is another NCHA standout, accomplished competitor and multiple prize-winning athlete. United States Polo Association's professional female player, Olivia Uechtritz, 23, is also entered. Uechtritz has competed at the highest level of Women's Polo Tournaments since she was just 17 years old, playing in Open Women's competition in France, USA, England, and South Africa.

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About NCHA- "The NCHA promotes and celebrates the cutting horse, whose origin on Western ranches allows us to support ranching and its western heritage. By establishing rules for the conduct of cutting horse shows, NCHA strives to give cutters a level playing field and a progressive class structure, which accommodates everyone from the beginner to the advanced competitor. NCHA draws on the diverse talents and background of its members and encourages their participation in helping it achieve these goals."

About IG- Icon Global designs and implements strategic, tactical marketing and sales campaigns for unique, high-end ranches and real estate globally. Icon Global was founded by complex deal maker and international real estate advisor, Bernard Uechtritz. The Australian native most notably led the global marketing and sale of the 535,000-acre W.T. Waggoner Ranch in Vernon, Texas, listed at $725 million, in a world record sale. The Waggoner is known as the largest ranch in North America under one fence. The firm recently launched in Europe, opening offices in London, England, and Normandy, France. Icon Black Label Privè is a private service representing off-market, non-public real estate and unique business assets for discrete clientele across several categories.

About UT Southwestern-UT Southwestern, one of the nation's premier academic medical centers, integrates pioneering biomedical research with exceptional clinical care and education. The institution's faculty members have received six Nobel Prizes and include 25 members of the National Academy of Sciences, 24 members of the National Academy of Medicine, and 14 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators. The full-time faculty of more than 3,200 is responsible for groundbreaking medical advances and is committed to translating science-driven research quickly to new clinical treatments. UT Southwestern physicians provide care in more than 80 specialties to more than 120,000 hospitalized patients, more than 360,000 emergency room cases, and oversee nearly 5 million outpatient visits a year.

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The new members bring a wealth of experience and expertise in the fields of transportation, finance, technology, energy storage, government know-how & relationships, and corporate compliance. These appointments will support DESTEN's growth and development in the coming years.

"We are thrilled and honoured to welcome these distinguished individuals to our Board of Directors and Board of Advisors," said Bader Al-Rezaihan, Chairman & CEO of DESTEN "Their unique perspectives and insights will elevate our organisation with greater dynamism and capacity to address the substantial opportunities present today in the lithium-ion battery industry."

Rodney Slater is the subject of great admiration in the realm of transportation policy, law and infrastructure development. Currently serving as a Senior Partner at Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, Slater has been leading the firm's transportation practice since 2001. Prior to joining Squire Patton Boggs, he served as the 13th United States Secretary of Transportation under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001. During his tenure, Slater played a key role in advancing crucial legislative initiatives such as the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century and the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment Reform Act.

Apart from his professional achievements, Slater is also deeply committed to social justice, education, and economic development initiatives. He serves on the board of directors of several companies and non-profit organizations, including Verizon Communications Inc., Stagwell Global, and the Squire Patton Boggs Foundation, where he serves as chairman of the board of directors. He has also previously served as a director of Kansas City Southern and Transurban Group and EV charging infrastructure provider, EVgo, Inc..

Slater's academic achievements consist of a Bachelor of Science degree from Eastern Michigan University, a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Arkansas, and he has completed additional studies through the Advanced Leadership Initiative program at Harvard University in 2011.

Slater's consistent and outstanding contributions to the US mobility sector make him a highly sought-after opinion leader in the field of transportation policy and infrastructure development, and a welcome addition to DESTEN's Board of Advisors. 

Ed Newberry is a stalwart of the legal sector, having been with Squire Patton Boggs, a leading international law firm, for over 30 years. Newberry has held a number of leadership positions prior to his current role as Global Managing Partner, Policy, and a member of the Firm's Executive Group. Ed is widely recognized as one of the leading lawyer-lobbyists in Washington DC and ranked by a leading magazine as one of the top 100 attorneys in the US and as a Leading Lawyer by The Legal 500. Before assuming his current role as a global managing partner, Ed served as managing partner of Patton Boggs, LLP, and led the firm's merger with Squire Sanders to create Squire Patton Boggs, LLP

Ed's current engagements include helping one of the largest technology companies in the world address challenges with the US government; assisting one of the largest Korean conglomerates in expanding its business operations in the US; and leading efforts to secure US government approval of the Pebble Mine in Alaska (which contains the largest copper reserves in the world); as well as assisting major sovereign nations in their relations with the US government.

Ed serves on numerous corporate boards, including publicly traded Ferrellgas (OTC: FGRR), and St. Regis Company; and retains a strong presence in the not-for-profit arena as a member of the Atlantic Council Board of Directors, and a director of the Ogunquit Museum of American Art. Newberry formerly served on the George Mason University Board of Visitors, by appointment of Virginia Governor Tim Kaine; as Vice Chairman of the Kennedy Center Corporate Board; and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Building Museum.

With his extensive experience and expertise, Newberry will undoubtedly promote DESTEN's capacity to address the needs of the electrification of the  American mobility sector and the Energy infrastructure market.

Ammar Abdulwahed Al Khudairy is a prominent fixture in the finance industry, with over 30 years of experience in various areas such as Corporate Banking, Project Finance, Corporate Finance, M&A, and Asset Management.

One of Al Khudairy's most notable achievements was serving as the Chairman of the Saudi National Bank, the largest bank in Saudi Arabia, which was created as a result of the merger of National Commercial Bank and Samba, where he served as Chairman ahead of the merger. Prior to his role as Chairman, Al Khudairy also served as a Board Member, Chairman of the Audit Committee, and Managing Director/CEO at Banque Saudi Fransi.

Al Khudairy has also held numerous public and private board memberships, including Chairmanship positions at Goldman Sachs Saudi Arabia, Morgan Stanley Saudi Arabia, and Allianz Saudi Arabia, as well as serving as a board member of Almarai. He is the founder and Chairman of Amwal Capital Partners, an alternative assets management business based in Dubai and Riyadh. He has also served as a director in government-related entities such as the Real Estate Development Fund and the Economic Cities Authority.

Ammar earned a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering followed by an M.Sc. in Engineering Administration from George Washington University.

Al Khudairy's appointment to DESTEN's Board of Directors is expected to greatly expedite the company's ambitions to become a major player in the battery industry.

Walter "Buck" Buckley has been a national leader in venture capital for more than 25 years, investing professionally and personally in growth companies in industries that have been significantly impacted by technology.

His investing career began at Safeguard Scientifics, where he was Vice President of Acquisitions. He then went on to cofound ICG in 1996 and ran the company as Chairman and CEO for more than 20 years.

In 2020, he cofounded SEMCAP with Cyrus Vandrevala, where he is the Co-founder and Co-CIO. SEMCAP is a growth impact platform investing in companies at the forefront of seminal trends in the healthcare, education and food & nutrition sectors.

In addition to his professional accomplishments, Buckley is a director of several high-growth technology startups including Diagnostic Biochips, Dropps, Happy Being and Margaux. He serves on the Board of Directors for Philadelphia-based FS Investments, a $34+ billion asset manager. He is on the advisory boards of the Carolina Entrepreneurial Initiative, the UNC Kenan–Flagler Business School, the Starfinder Foundation and the Vetri Foundation.   

Buckley graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with a Bachelor of Arts in political science. Buckley loved soccer and played on the North Carolina soccer team under legendary Coach Anson Dorrance.

With his unassailable track record of success in building and growing innovative companies, Buckley brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to DESTEN, constituting an invaluable asset to the team.

The new members of the Board of Directors and the Board of Advisors join existing members Bader Al-Rezaihan, Chairman & CEO of DESTEN, and Thomas Gerhard Wilhelm Damitz, Chief Innovation Officer.

With this expanded team, DESTEN is well-positioned to drive innovation and growth in the rapidly evolving field of electric mobility and energy infrastructure.

About DESTEN Inc.

DESTEN Inc. is a leading developer of advanced lithium-ion battery technologies, with a focus on enabling sustainable, electric mobility and energy infrastructures. DESTEN's technology has the potential to revolutionize the way we use energy.
For more information, visit www.desten.com.

何立峰表示：「習近平主席多次對建設貿易強國提出要求，為發展對外貿易指明了方向。」

他在致辭中指出：「這次廣交會是新冠疫情發生以來第一次全麵線下舉辦，充分表明中國將繼續立足比較優勢，積極參與國際分工，這不僅將促進自身發展，也將造福世界。廣交會將著力推動高質量發展，順應消費升級趨勢積極擴大進口。同時，第133屆廣交會將著力促進產業轉型升級，推動貨物貿易和服務貿易協調發展，大力支持外貿業態模式創新，持續增強國內國際兩個市場兩種資源聯動效應。」

開幕式上，外國嘉賓代表發表了演講，包括Coppel SA de CV採購總監Jennifer Patton、特雷克斯董事會主席小John L. Garrison和阿聯酋Lulu Group International市場營銷與品牌經理Neha Kumar先生。

第133廣交會是歷史上規模最大的一屆，展覽面積和參展企業數量均創歷史新高。約3.5萬家企業線下參展，來自226個國家和地區的採購商報名參會，全球47家工商機構將組團參會。本屆廣交會增設了新展區和新專區，還將展出近50萬件綠色低碳產品。

瞭解更多第133屆廣交會的最新信息，請在https://invitation.cantonfair.org.cn/BuyerUser/RegisterUser?MediaType=16註冊，或者聯繫蔡女士，電郵：caiyiyi@cantonfair.org.cn

"President Xi Jinping has repeatedly put forward requirements for building a trade powerhouse, pointing out the direction for the development of foreign trade," remarked He Lifeng.

"The 133rd Canton Fair is being held offline for the first time since the onset of the epidemic demonstrating China's commitment to capitalizing on its comparative advantages and actively participating in the international division of labor, which will not only promote its own development but also benefit the world. The Fair will focus on promoting high-quality development and actively expanding imports in line with the trend of consumption upgrades. At the same time, the 133rd Canton Fair will promote industrial transformation and upgrading, accelerate the coordinated development of trade in goods and services, vigorously support the innovation of foreign trade business models, and continue to enhance the linkage effect of the two resources in the domestic and international markets," He added in his speech.

At the opening ceremony, the representatives of foreign guests, including Jennifer Patton, Sourcing Director at Coppel SA de CV, John L. Garrison, Jr., the Chairman of the Board of Terex Corporation, and Mr. Neha Kumar, Marketing and Brand Manager of Lulu Group International in UAE, made speeches.

The 133rd Canton Fair is the largest in history, both in terms of overall exhibition area and number of exhibitors. Offline, around 35,000 firms will engage in the expo, buyers from 226 countries and regions will sign up to attend, and 47 industrial and commercial organizations from across the world will organize delegations to participate. This year's Canton Fair will feature a new exhibition space as well as a new special area, as well as almost 500,000 green and low-carbon products.

For more information about latest news regarding the upcoming 133rd Canton Fair, please register at https://invitation.cantonfair.org.cn/BuyerUser/RegisterUser?MediaType=16 or contact: Ms. Cai, caiyiyi@cantonfair.org.cn

【台灣 – 2022年12月7日】思科今日發佈最新年度《安全成果研究》，指出網路安全韌性為台灣企業的首要考量，以抵禦瞬息萬變的威脅環境。

《安全成果研究第三卷：實現網路安全韌性》指出提升企業網路安全韌性的七大成功因素，尤其強調文化、環境，以及以解決方案為基礎的因素能助企業實現網路安全。調查共訪問逾4,700人，涵蓋26個市場。

網路安全韌性已成企業的優先考量。55% 受訪企業表示，業務營運在過去兩年曾受網路安全事故影響。其中最常見的事故類型為勒索軟體事故（49.1%）、分散式阻斷服務（DDoS）攻擊（45.5%）、惡意內部人員的權限濫用（41.8%），及網路或系統中斷（38.2%）。

網路安全事故對企業及與他們有業務來往的公司造成嚴重影響，主要包括IT和通訊中斷、對品牌聲譽造成長遠損害、應變及復原的費用、以及失去競爭優勢。

有鑑於風險之高，毫無意外地幾乎所有接受訪問的管理階層（94%），都視網路安全韌性為重中之重。研究結果進一步顯示，網路安全主管及團隊建立網路安全韌性的主要目標在於：不斷完善和提升網路安全能力水準，及避免發生重大安全事故和蒙受損失。

思科企業安全部門資安長Helen Patton表示：「科技正以前所未有的規模和速度為企業帶來改變。雖然創造了機會，但也特別在網路安全方面帶來新的挑戰。為能更有效地應對這些挑戰，企業需要能夠預測、識別和抵禦網路威脅，並在遭受威脅後能迅速恢復。這就是建立網路安全韌性的意義所在。」

Helen Patton補充：「網路安全終究是一項攸關風險的業務。由於企業無法確保他們能避開一切威脅，網路安全韌性能幫助他們把安全資源集中在為企業帶來最大價值的業務，並確保這價值得到保護。」

網路安全韌性的七大成功因素

在今年的調查中，思科根據網路安全韌性為受訪企業評分，此研究方法以數據為基礎，揭示網路安全韌性的七大成功因素。全球企業中，具備這些成功因素的企業，其業務韌性比其他90%的企業強。相反地，缺乏這些因素的企業則被列為表現最差的10%的企業。

調查結果顯示，網路安全是人為努力的成果，因為領導力、企業文化及資源，對資安韌性有重要的影響：

• 全球而言，若企業最高管理階層（C-suite）對網路安全不夠重視，其網路安全韌性評分，比擁有管理階層高度支持的企業低39%。
• 擁有卓越安全文化的企業，比缺乏相關文化的企業平均得分高46%。
• 擁有額外的內部員工及資源以應對網路安全事故的企業，在韌性成效方面會有15%的提升。

此外，企業從地端（on-premise）邁向全雲端環境時，需要留意減低複雜度：

• 以地端技術基礎架構為主，或主要建基於雲端的企業，均擁有最高的網路安全韌性評分，且得分非常接近。然而，因混合環境難以管理，處於由地端邁向混合雲端環境初始階段的企業，得分會根據混合環境管理的難度，下降8.5% 至14%。

最後，採用及持續完善先進網路安全解決方案對韌性成效有顯著的影響：

• 全球企業中，採用成熟零信任（Zero Trust）模式的企業，相較於沒有採用零信任模式的企業，韌性得分高30%。
• 相較於沒有先進延伸式偵測及回應（XDR）技術的企業，擁有此類技術的企業的韌性得分有45%的大幅增長。
• 將網路及安全技術融合到一個成熟、雲端交付的安全存取服務前端（SASE），能夠將網路安全韌性得分提升27%。

思科執行副總裁暨網路安全及協作業務總經理Jeetu Patel表示：「《安全成果研究》能辨別網路安全中，什麽是可行與什麽是不可行的作法，最終目的是幫助企業從市場眾多訊息中，釐清與了解怎樣的安全措施與作法，能有效提升企業安全防護。今年我們著重在研究各種關鍵因素，以幫助企業將其網路安全韌性提升至業界最佳水準。」

補充資料：

• 報告：《安全成果研究第三卷：實現網路安全韌性》
• 部落格：Cracking the Code to Security Resilience: Lessons from the Latest Cisco Security Outcomes Report

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On June 24, Symphony announced it had acquired Cloud9 Technologies, an innovative trader voice and electronic communication business, and on August 2, the company announced the acquisition of StreetLinx, the counterparty mapping platform, to offer the most complete and secure verified identity directory in financial services.

In the last year, Symphony also chose Google Cloud as its primary cloud provider as part of a strategic multi-year deal, while also establishing partnerships with AccessFintech, Saphyre, Unqork and Quant Insight. Symphony had previously announced a partnership with low-code, no-code Genesis to provide the financial markets community with interoperable technology and applications, built and deployed both securely and at speed.

The company has successfully proceeded with the rollout of Symphony 2.0, the second generation of its core collaboration platform, built in close partnership with financial firms to address their workflow needs, from front to middle, to back office and from the buy-side to the sell-side. Additionally, HSBC Global Private Banking engaged Symphony to develop and deploy HSBC GPB Chat, a client engagement platform that enables the private bank's clients to interact with their relationship management team via one-to-one chat, group chat, document sharing and video/audio conferencing on WhatsApp or WeChat, in a secure and compliant way.

Global leadership team

2021 also saw the appointment of Brad Levy as CEO. "We continue to be committed to delivering networked market infrastructure," Levy said. "We are thrilled to enter 2022 with an expanded team and are energized by the momentum from this year's new partnerships and acquisitions." Levy had joined Symphony in July 2020 as president and chief commercial officer.

In addition to Levy, Corinna Mitchell was named general counsel, Benjamin Chrnelich, the company's chief financial officer, assumed the additional role of president, while Dietmar Fauser became chief information officer. Also, Michael Lynch joined as Symphony's new chief product officer, Gary Godshaw - former CEO of Streetlinx - was named the company's chief revenue officer, and Jim Miller - Cloud9's former COO - was named chief customer experience officer.

Additionally, industry veteran Marie Patton joined Symphony as managing director for APAC.

The team actively engaged with employees, customers and industry partners in London, Paris, Sophia Antipolis, New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., Miami and Sunnyvale when travel resumed post COVID-19 restrictions.

Innovate conference

On November 2, the firm hosted its flagship conference Innovate, where it showcased a live demonstration of how it is integrating the technology of Symphony, Cloud9 and StreetLinx into one powerful inter-firm workflow, and introduced new features such as the Secure Event Service and Groups. The audience heard from senior leaders from BlackRock, BNY Mellon, Citi, JP Morgan Asset Management, Zoom and Google Cloud on lively and relevant discussion panels.

About Symphony

Symphony is the most secure and compliant markets' infrastructure and technology platform, where solutions are built or integrated to standardize, automate and innovate financial services workflows. It is a vibrant community of over half a million financial professionals with a trusted directory and serves over 1000 institutions. Symphony is powering over 2,000 community-built applications and bots. For more information, visit www.symphony.com.

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SINGAPORE - Media OutReach - 8 December 2020 - Conservation International, DBS Bank, National University of Singapore (NUS) and Temasek today jointly released a report on The Business Case for Natural Climate Solutions: Insights and Opportunities for Southeast Asia. The report was launched at a virtual session of Ecosperity Conversations, a series of sustainability-focused dialogues hosted by Temasek.

As the first-of-its-kind study done in Southeast Asia, the report highlights the opportunities for businesses to invest in natural climate solutions (NCS) -- climate mitigation technologies that harness natural processes to reduce or remove greenhouse gas -- to stimulate the implementation of NCS at scale. It also presents actionable takeaways for businesses to evaluate NCS opportunities and engage with the public sector in the region.

"To implement natural climate solutions at scale, we need public-private sector partnerships to deploy financial capital and preserve our natural capital. This report brings together perspectives from players across several sectors to define the investment case for natural climate solutions in Southeast Asia, a region among the richest in both terrestrial and blue carbon sinks." said Robin Hu, Head, Sustainability & Stewardship Group at Temasek.

The business case for NCS

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), global warming is projected to reach 1.5°C between 2030 and 2052. This will have a long-term negative impact on natural and human systems, contributing to sea level rise and increased incidences of extreme and deadly weather events^[1].  

Studies have shown that NCS play an important role in mitigating these devastating effects. With the potential mitigation impact of 11 gigatons of CO₂ annually, NCS can provide over a third of the mitigation action needed to meet the Paris Agreement Targets by 2030^[2]. Yet, less than 3% of global climate finance is going towards NCS, signaling a need for investments to plug the financing gap needed for NCS to scale and reach the current climate targets set by governments to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.

The new report highlights the role that businesses can play in helping to bridge this gap, along with the following business advantages:

• The private sector has key, distinct advantages as an investor in NCS. Compared to the public sector, the private sector can often more rapidly deploy larger pools of investment that are less susceptible to political risks. It is also skilled in developing cost-effective models that are financially self-sustaining.
• Due to the speed and scale at which they can deploy capital, businesses are uniquely positioned to catalyse investment in NCS and stimulate a thriving carbon market by purchasing offsets. To ensure this resulting carbon market is effective, they should also commit to high quality credits and fair prices, support design and development costs, and engage in policy development and advocacy.
• NCS projects are comparable to engineered alternatives (such as carbon capture, utilisation and storage technologies) in terms of cost and return-on-investment, but are significantly favourable when non-carbon benefits such as other social, economic and environmental outcomes are considered. When implemented with the appropriate safeguards, NCS projects offer positive impacts far beyond carbon sequestration, such as biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services to local communities such as the provision of fresh water, food and disaster risk mitigation.
• NCS project risk can be reduced through policy advocacy, technology deployment, inclusion of cost buffers, and upfront community engagement.

"Many of the world's most carbon-rich ecosystems -- tropical forests, peatlands and mangroves -- are found right here in Asia. Nature provides the best and most cost-effective technology for removing carbon from the atmosphere but is vastly underfunded despite new corporate climate commitments that are being made every day. This report provides a clear roadmap for direct investment in natural climate solutions," said Dr Richard Jeo, Senior Vice President, Conservation International Asia-Pacific Field Division.

Opportunities for NCS in Southeast Asia

The benefits of NCS for the Southeast Asian region are striking. With its vast rainforests and dense stock of mangroves and seagrass, countries in the region possess highly favourable conditions for NCS investment and implementation in both terrestrial and blue carbon, including an immense potential for investable carbon. For example, a new study by the NUS Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions this year has shown that protection of tropical forests in Southeast Asia could potentially generate a return-on-investment of up to US$27.5 billion a year.

Significant progress has been made to implement and incentivise NCS in Southeast Asian countries. Several countries are developing relevant regulations, presenting major opportunities for encouraging the inclusion of NCS. An individual country-level analysis that evaluates the most critical policies for NCS investments, including opportunities for policy engagement to scale NCS, is included on pages 61-64 of the report.

In addition to forest protection, reforestation as a climate solution could provide a significant portion of climate mitigation potential across Southeast Asia. Even after factors such as biophysical, financial, and land-use constraints are considered, reforestation in Southeast Asia can potentially contribute to removal of between 0.4 and 0.5 gigatons of carbon emissions per year^[3]. Across different ecosystems, Southeast Asia holds the highest density of carbon prospecting for NCS investments, including both terrestrial and blue carbon.

"The potential climate mitigation and financial payoffs of NCS are comparable with engineered mitigation solutions. If other co-benefits that NCS provide are considered, such as clean air and water, coastal resilience, biodiversity conservation, food security safeguard, and flood prevention, they present even greater benefits," said Professor Koh Lian Pin, Director of the NUS Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions.

Putting NCS into play

To help businesses implement NCS, the report highlights five areas of action:

• Investment in NCS and offsets should be part of a broader portfolio of climate action that also includes decarbonisation, with the aim of reaching net zero by 2050 in line with the Paris Agreement.
• The private sector has a unique and critical role in scaling NCS: purchasing and committing to high-quality carbon credits; supporting business model development and technical innovation for project design, implementation, and verification; and supporting national and jurisdictional government priorities. This includes aligning with emerging national frameworks for NCS and providing clarity on ownership of credits to avoid double counting.
• Companies should apply a transparent price per metric ton that supports sustainable, 'high-quality' projects.
• Investing in deeper, science-based spatial analyses to quantify the full scope of both NCS and co-benefits captured would ensure a better and more targeted ROI, help measure impact, and potentially fetch higher prices.
• Blue carbon is a major opportunity in Southeast Asia but is still poorly represented in carbon markets. As they have limited scalable potential and geographic restrictions, businesses should identify and target areas where the co-benefits can be maximised.

Mikkel Larsen, Chief Sustainability Officer, DBS Bank, said, "Natural climate solutions present a compelling means to address climate change's threatening trajectory, particularly in Southeast Asia, and a collective effort across public and private players is key to bringing this to fruition. With the science, investors and other building blocks of this ecosystem falling into place, we are now reaching an inflection point where -- with the inclusion of the private sector's investment, innovation, and expertise -- we can greatly catalyse growth and drive change. More than ever before, the private sector needs to consider the interests of the communities they serve, rather than focusing primarily on shareholders. Not only is this the right thing to do, it also leaves the businesses well-positioned to mitigate potential risks and capture opportunities in this new frontier. At DBS, we're committed to supporting the development of industry collaborations and frameworks that will help pave the way for a more resilient and sustainable future."

The full report is available at https://bit.ly/3lTaBuz

About Conservation International

Conservation International works to protect the critical benefits that nature provides to people. Through science, partnerships and fieldwork, Conservation International is driving innovation and investments in nature-based solutions to the climate crisis, supporting protections for critical habitats, and fostering economic development that is grounded in the conservation of nature. Conservation International works in 30 countries around the world, empowering societies at all levels to create a cleaner, healthier and more sustainable planet. Follow Conservation International's work on Conservation News, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. 

About National University of Singapore (NUS)

The National University of Singapore (NUS) is Singapore's flagship university, which offers a global approach to education, research and entrepreneurship, with a focus on Asian perspectives and expertise. We have 17 faculties across three campuses in Singapore, with more than 40,000 students from 100 countries enriching our vibrant and diverse campus community. We have also established our NUS Overseas Colleges programme in more than 15 cities around the world.

Our multidisciplinary and real-world approach to education, research and entrepreneurship enables us to work closely with industry, governments and academia to address crucial and complex issues relevant to Asia and the world. Researchers in our faculties, 31 university-level research institutes, research centres of excellence and corporate labs focus on themes that include energy; environmental and urban sustainability; treatment and prevention of diseases; active ageing; advanced materials; risk management and resilience of financial systems; Asian studies; and Smart Nation capabilities such as artificial intelligence, data science, operations research and cybersecurity. For more information, please visit www.nus.edu.sg.

About DBS Bank

DBS is a leading financial services group in Asia with a presence in 18 markets. Headquartered and listed in Singapore, DBS is in the three key Asian axes of growth: Greater China, Southeast Asia and South Asia. The bank's "AA-" and "Aa1" credit ratings are among the highest in the world. Recognised for its global leadership, DBS has been named "World's Best Bank" by Euromoney, "Global Bank of the Year" by The Banker and "Best Bank in the World" by Global Finance.

DBS provides a full range of services in consumer, SME and corporate banking. As a bank born and bred in Asia, DBS understands the intricacies of doing business in the region's most dynamic markets. DBS is committed to building lasting relationships with customers, and positively impacting communities through supporting social enterprises, as it banks the Asian way. It has also established a SGD 50 million foundation to strengthen its corporate social responsibility efforts in Singapore and across Asia. For more information, please visit www.dbs.com

About Temasek

Temasek is an investment company with a net portfolio value of S$306 billion as at 31 March 2020. Our three roles as an Investor, Institution and Steward, as defined in our Temasek Charter, shape our ethos to do well, do right and do good. At Temasek, sustainability is at the core of everything we do. We actively seek sustainable solutions to address present and future challenges, as we capture investment and other opportunities that help to bring about a better, smarter and more sustainable world. For more information, please visit www.temasek.com.sg.

艾密特、溫斯黛和其他好友們在全新故事中再次聚首，在馬來西亞樂高樂園首次登臺

【2016 年 3 月 2 日，台北訊】全新「樂高玩電影 4D 全新冒險」(The LEGO^® Movie™ 4D A New Adventure) (暫譯) 先前在佛羅里達樂高樂園度假村 (LEGOLAND® Florida Resort) 推出，接下來將在馬來西亞樂高樂園度假村 (LEGOLAND® Malaysia Resort) 登臺亮相。

專屬於樂高樂園的故事，由「樂高玩電影」(The LEGO^® Movie™) 的主角領銜主演，讓影迷滿心期待該暢銷大片的後續發展；詭計多端的新角色壞心商人 (Risky Business) 計畫打造一個和樂高樂園超級像的主題樂園，並發出了一封邀請函，因此讓艾密特 (Emmet)、溫斯黛 (Wyldstyle)、獨角貓 (Unikitty)、太空人賓賓 (Benny) 和鋼鬍子 (MetalBeard) 再次相聚。

為這些經典角色發聲的演員包括 Elizabeth Banks (溫斯黛)、Nick Offerman (鋼鬍子)、Charlie Day (太空人賓賓) 以及 Alison Brie (獨角貓)。同時身為演員、作家、喜劇演員的 Patton Oswalt將為詭計多端的新角色壞心商人獻聲；他的秘密邪惡計畫讓超級英雄們必須召喚拼裝大師的巧手，結交意想不到的盟友，拯救樂高世界。

馬來西亞樂高樂園度假村總經理 Mark Germyn 表示：「我們超級開心可以迎接艾密特、溫斯黛、獨角貓、鋼鬍子和太空人賓賓來到馬來西亞樂高樂園度假村！許多樂園的賓客從度假村開幕以來，便給予樂園大力支持，因此我們也承諾一定要讓遊客感到不亦樂乎、賓至如歸。團隊用心努力付出，成果斐然。度假村榮獲 2014/2015 年馬來西亞觀光獎 (Malaysia Tourism Awards) 人為觀光 (Man-Made Attraction) 類別的「最佳觀光景點」(Best Tourist Attraction) 獎。我們謹記賓客至上的原則，相信這項新景點將為樂高電影的大小影迷帶來無限歡笑，絕對會成為樂園的必遊景點。」

4D 影片每天會在馬來西亞樂高樂園度假村幻想樂園 (Imagination)區的 LEGO Studio 輪流上映，4D 特效包括風、水、霧以及讓觀眾身歷其境的先進效果。

除新景點外，即日起至 3 月 8 日期間，樂園推出「第二張門票半價」的線上促銷活動，詳情請瀏覽網站：www.legoland.my。

樂高影迷還可以期待三部即將上映的電影：上映日期為2017 年 2 月 10 日的「LEGO Batman^TM」、2017 年 9 月 22 日推出的「樂高旋風忍者」(NINJAGO)以及「樂高玩電影 2」(The LEGO Movie Sequel)，上映日期為 2018 年 5 月 18 日。

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LEGO^® MOVIE © & ™ LEGO Group & Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc。版權所有。(s16)。LEGO、LEGO 標誌、樂高人物、樂高積木 (Brick and Knob) 配置以及樂高樂園 (LEGOLAND) 係 The LEGO Group 的商標。© 2015 The LEGO Group。經許可使用。版權所有。

關於馬來西亞樂高樂園度假村

馬來西亞樂高樂園度假村 (LEGOLAND® Malaysia Resort) 以樂高為主題，設有樂高主題樂園、水上樂園以及飯店，適合闔家大小，家中有2-12 歲兒童的家庭一同來度假，共有超過 70 種設施、滑水道、表演與景點。這裡是亞洲獨一無二的主題樂園，不論是即時興起的一日遊，還是短期的悠閒假期，都能為大人和小朋友帶來一場寓教娛樂的冒險之旅。

關於默林娛樂

默林娛樂 (MERLIN ENTERTAINMENTS plc) 是業界領先的公司，專攻於地區性家庭旅遊。身為歐洲第一、世界第二的觀光景點營運公司，默林娛樂在四大洲、23 個國家，經營 109 個旅遊景點、12 間飯店以及 4 間度假村。該公司透過其全球與地區的代表性品牌，以及各地經理與約 26,000 名員工 (旺季) 的熱忱與付出，致力於為全球 6300 萬名遊客提供此生難忘、有益身心的體驗。

默林娛樂目標於亞洲共有 13 處旅遊景點，包括曼谷、上海、東京、香港、新加坡、中國北京與武漢的香港杜莎夫人蠟像館 (Madame Tussauds)；神奇的馬來西亞樂高樂園度假村以及其中的主題樂園、飯店與水上樂園；釜山、曼谷與上海世界一流的水族館，顯示出該公司同時也是全球最大的水族館營運公司；日本東京和大阪的樂高室內樂園；伊斯坦堡樂高室內樂園於 2015 年開幕。全新的杜拜樂高樂園將於 2016 年開幕，日本與南韓的樂高樂園也將於 2017 年開幕。詳情請瀏覽 www.merlinentertainments.biz。

關於 Themed Attractions Resorts & Hotels Sdn. Bhd.

Themed Attractions Resorts & Hotels Sdn. Bhd. (前身為 Cameron Highlands Holdings Sdn. Bhd.) 係為一投資控股公司，組設目的為開發、管理與經營馬來西亞的旅遊住宿與度假景點。TAR&H 係以馬來西亞政府的策略投資基金「Khazanah Nasional Berhad」成立，擔任馬來西亞觀光休閒產業的媒介，負責引進世界一流的飯店、度假村、高爾夫球場以及觀光景點。目前的重點投資組合包括：迪沙魯海岸 (Desaru Coast) - 馬來西亞第一個整合式豪華度假景點；馬來西亞樂園 LEGOLAND® - 全球第六、亞洲第一間樂高樂園；吉隆坡 KidZania 與新加坡 KidZania - 家庭教育與娛樂室內樂園；Puteri Harbour South – 港口零售與家庭娛樂複合式中心；SANRIO HELLO KITTY TOWN – 首次於日本境外開幕；Little Big Club – 單一主題旅遊景點，共有五大全球知名角色；以及位於柔佛公主港高級濱水區的今旅飯店 (Hotel Jen)；以及獲獎的 Datai Langkawi 和東南亞第一間 Els Club – 蘭卡威 Els Club Teluk Datai。馬來西亞 ls Club Malaysia 將會新增二座錦標賽高爾夫球場，加上 Els Club Desaru Coast 和 Els Club Desaru Valley，皆位於迪沙魯海岸。

TAR&H 與全球和當地的知名合作夥伴與品牌合作，致力於成為業界一流的休閒觀光集團，為東南亞帶來世界一流的旅遊景點，創造超過 1,500 個工作機會。

风雨征程，荣耀十年，GEMBA 以树人为本

上海2014年5月15日电 /美通社/ -- 2014年5月10日晚，上海交通大学-美国南加州大学全球 EMBA 项目（简称GEMBA）十周年荣耀庆典活动在上海浦东香格里拉大酒店紫金楼盛事堂隆重举行。来自中国、美国、韩国、日本、新加坡、马来西亚、德国、澳大利亚、印度、英国、荷兰、瑞典、加拿大、菲律宾及港澳台地区的200多位校友、在读学员与嘉宾亲朋共同庆祝 GEMBA 十周年华诞，祝贺第十一届新班开学及第九届学员圆满毕业。上海交通大学安泰经济与管理学院副院长吕巍、美国南加州大学马歇尔商学院高级行政院长 Gregg Goldman 先生、GEMBA 项目学术主任陈百助教授、GEMBA 项目执行主任 John D. Van Fleet 及中方主任戴芳老师出席了庆典。项目的中美双方领导致辞发言，对项目过去十年的成长与发展给予了积极评价，并寄望于 GEMBA 下一个辉煌十年。

上海交大-美国南加大全球 EMBA 项目十周年庆典，部分校友上台合影留念

上海交大-美国南加大全球EMBA项目十周年庆典慈善拍卖筹得的逾111,330元全部捐赠给了“天使知音沙龙”，帮助自闭症儿童更好地学习和生活

GEMBA 项目自2004年开办以来，在课程、师资、校友服务等方面致力于为企业和管理者的全球发展提供强大平台。项目开办十年，风雨征程。上海日新月异的变化，中国经济的崛起，全球一体化的进程为这个全英文管理教育项目的发展提供了源源不断的动力，促使其不断加速自身转型，大胆创新，与时俱进。GEMBA 项目的教学活动主要设在上海，它吸引了来自全球各地的高管并融合了多样化的文化。在为期20个月的学习中，学员不仅感受东方商业传统与智慧的熏陶，也吸纳了西方管理理论和实践的精髓。这种放眼四海、融汇中西的学习体验必将成为学员的终身财富。

汇聚高管精英、创业先锋，共铸社会责任。

GEMBA 项目及其校友长期支持并参与慈善活动，奉献爱心，回馈社会。值此十年庆典之际，GEMBA 作为亚太地区最有影响力的 EMBA 项目之一，特邀慈善公益组织“天使知音沙龙”前来共同见证这一有意义的时刻。“天使知音沙龙”成立于2008年6月1日，由著名指挥家曹鹏先生发起的上海曹鹏音乐中心创立，旨在关爱自闭症儿童，唤起全社会对这一特殊群体的关注和帮助。GEMBA 庆典活动在自闭症儿童和志愿者的一曲《贝多芬命运交响曲》的表演中开启，曹鹏老师的女儿夏小曹女士也献演了《良宵》和《闻香识女人》。全场慈善主题在志愿者和孩子们的铜管五重奏《美国巡逻兵》中达到高潮。此次 GEMBA 十周年荣耀庆典，共筹得善款超过111,330元人民币。活动对于 GEMBA 不仅是一场简单的庆生会，项目还希望借助 GEMBA 的影响力，汇聚社会力量投身慈善，传递爱心，用音乐唤醒自闭儿童的心灵，让其校友、学员以音乐养心修性，感获真正意义上的“成功”。

GEMBA 三大特色

1.  世界一流的师资团队，泛亚太广度的教学支持
在 GEMBA 授课的均是以卓越教学能力和前沿商务研究著称的资深教授。其中包括被《华尔街日报》评为全球最优秀的 EMBA 教授之一的 Arvind Bhambri 教授， 位列南加大三大顶尖教授之一的 Greg Patton 教授等。GEMBA 的教授同时执教于美国南加州大学马歇尔商学院本部的 EMBA 项目。上海交通大学安泰经济与管理学院教授和本土产业精英为项目提供丰富的本土知识和独特的中国视角。

2.  创新型十大主题整合课程，三次海外游学磨砺国际视野 -- GEMBA 采用团队教学、整合主题式授课方式，消除了独立学科在应用中的壁垒。这种课程设计为南加大独创，实践证明几乎没有其它项目能如此完美地把各学术课程如会计、金融、营销整合在一起，为高层管理者提供决策制定过程所需的综合性理论基础和实践指导。整合核心课程设置与 GEMBA 的优秀师资团队相得益彰，也是南加大马歇尔商学院 EMBA 课程一直排名全球前十位的重要原因。此外，项目包含三次海外游学，学员对话当地最优秀管理者，了解当地经济社会和文化特点，从而加强对全球竞争格局的理解、磨砺作为全球商业领袖的能力。

3.  全球凝聚力最高的校友网络之一 TROJANS 家族
庞大的校友资源有效提升您的投资回报。美国南加州大学的“特洛伊家族”（Trojan Family）是一个拥有30多万成员的全球化校友组织，也是忠诚度最高的全球校友组织之一。“特洛伊”（Trojan）这个特殊的校友会名称，代表着对校友的承诺和终生支持。南加大的国际办事处分布于上海、北京、香港、台湾、首尔和墨西哥等城市，有力地助推了校友活动。美国南加州大学马歇尔商学院的学生还将自动成为南加大马歇尔商学院校友会成员。该校友会拥有超过78,000成员，分布在100多个国家和地区，提供丰富且极具影响力的人脉资源。