Author: Bailey Smith

UTCC’s leadership in business education reaffirmed University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC), Asia’s leading business university based in Thailand, announced today it has become an authorized Alibaba.com e-commerce training center in Thailand, following its recent partnership with Alibaba.com, a leading B2B marketplace for global trade. Both organizations have come together in their mission to accelerate e-commerce growth in Thailand and help Thai SMEs position themselves in the global market. Several collaborative programs, including “Training the Trainers” have already been implemented since the partnership was formed in August 2016. A team of Alibaba.com personnel have coached UTCC faculty...

Australian-based global Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics software vendor, Yellowfin, has officially launched its industry partnership with La Trobe University, presenting the inaugural Yellowfin – La Trobe Business Analytics Challenge award during the La Trobe Analytics Symposium 2016, hosted at The Westin Melbourne (205 Collins Street). The award was presented to the best performing participant in Yellowfin’s symposium session, Visual Analytics Workshop and Competition. Workshop participants received an intensive three-hour Yellowfin training course, and were then given the challenge of building a set of Yellowfin reports and dashboards for a specific target audience. Yellowfin has supported the La Trobe...

First UCITS ETF in Italy to provide access to all China equity share classes ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management (International) Company Limited (“ICBCCSI”) today announced the launch of the UCITS ETF tracking the S&P China 500 Index listed on the Borsa Italiana. In July, ICBCCSI and WisdomTree entered into a global product partnership in which the companies can jointly launch, market and distribute ETFs tracking the S&P China 500 Index around the world. The S&P China 500 Index uses a rule-based process to measure the world’s second largest economy and equity market. The index captures the key characteristics of the...