Tiger Trade, the one-stop global trading app, launches in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Mar 13, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – Tiger Trade, a one-stop mobile trading application by Tiger Brokers, has launched in Singapore. Designed for investors to access the global markets and build global investment portfolios, Tiger Trade offers one of the most competitive commission fees in the market with the convenience of trading across U.S. and Hong Kong securities, futures and options markets.

Targeting Singapore's mobile-savvy younger generation of retail investors, Tiger Trade offers lowest commissions per trade, for as low as US$0.99 (S$1.39), excluding brokerage and exchange fees. This lowers the barrier of entry to help investors better diversify their portfolio, balancing their investment risk and reward.

Mr Wu Tianhua, CEO of Tiger Brokers, says "Tiger Brokers is very excited with the launch of Tiger Trade, our intuitive global trading app, here in Singapore. With Tiger Brokers' rich broker-dealer experience and Tiger Trade's dynamic multi-currency trading platform, investors will be able to make more informed decisions and better manage their investment portfolio anywhere, anytime."

Tiger Brokers had over 600,000 customer accounts worldwide with a trading volume of US$26.8 billion (S$37.5 billion) for the quarter ending 30 September 2019. "We take pride in our proprietary technology. Tiger Trade's efficient and robust interface creates a user-friendly and seamless experience for our users from account opening to trading right at the fingertips," added Mr Wu.

Tiger Trade creates an unparalleled experience for users, with complimentary real-time stock quotes, dedicated multilingual customer service during trading hours, and 24/7 finance news updates. The app also includes AI-driven data screeners, and easy-to-analyse trading charts, and the convenience of trading across multiple markets with the multi-currency facility, also provided 24/7.

Mr Eng Thiam Choon, CEO of Tiger Brokers (Singapore), leads the Tiger Trade launch in Singapore, with 14 years' experience focusing on institutional clients in the futures industry. "As Singapore positions itself to be the fintech hub in Asia and beyond, Tiger Brokers could be the solution to address Singaporeans' appetite for investment, helping them to diversify their portfolio into international markets at competitive cost rates."

"Having the platform in the form of a mobile application aligns with the mobile-savviness of our users. Coupled with a high per capita income and Singapore's excellent telecommunications infrastructure, it is an opportune time for Tiger Brokers to enter the Singapore market," added Mr Eng.

The Tiger Trade mobile application is available for download on Apple App store and Google Play store.
– App store: https://apps.apple.com/sg/app/id1023600494
– Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tigerbrokers.stock

Tiger Brokers (Singapore) is offering new users a chance to win free stocks valued between S$2.50 to S$1,000 by opening a trading account, from now till 31st March 2020. https://www.tigerbrokers.com.sg/market/sem-sg?invite=TIGERSG003

Founded in 2014, Tiger Brokers is an online stock brokerage start-up backed by Interactive Brokers Group Inc, Xiaomi Inc, ZhenFund and Wall Street investment guru Jim Rogers. As a rising star in the industry, the Fintech company is committed to serving the best interests of stock investors and being a gateway to build their global portfolios.

Tiger Brokers (Singapore) Pte Ltd is a licensed broker under the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) providing one-stop online brokerage services. Tiger Brokers' one-stop trading platform for global asset allocation serves investment professionals worldwide, and gives investors in Singapore access to fast trade execution with competitive transaction fees and advanced technological tools to better manage investment portfolios.


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Leading the Industry in Germany for Years, EuroEyes To Provide China with Vision-Correcting Power

HONG KONG, Mar 10, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – This famous Chinese saying is believed to be the true portrayal of every successful company during its development phase. Standing on the top of the world, those are the companies that have undoubtedly succeeded more than their competitors to reach the peak.



EuroEyes was awarded "The World Champion in implanting the most Zeiss trifocal lenses worldwide"



EuroEyes opened its first ophthalmology clinic in Hamburg, Germany in 1993. From the company's beginning, EuroEyes has combined technological innovation with exceptional service as it established itself as a leader in the field of ophthalmology and vision correction. As early as in 1986, Dr. Jorn Slot Jorgensen, the founder and chairman of EuroEyes, provided outpatient cataract surgery in Hamburg. Over three decades later, Dr. Jorgensen continues to use world-recognised and advanced diagnostic technology and equipment when treating patients. For the past 26 years, under the direction of Dr.Jorgensen, EuroEyes, has led the industry in advancing vision correction treatments. The company was one of the first to use innovative technologies such as LASIK surgery and phakic lens (ICL) surgeries in the field. In 2004, EuroEyes began using the more advanced blade-free LASIK and in 2014, the company added ReLEx SMILE to its services. EuroEyes has also led the industry by being one of the first-movers to offer Zeiss trifocal lens exchange surgery as a standalone treatment option to presbyopia in its 26 ophthalmology clinics located in Germany, Denmark and China.

No. 1 in the world
Within the international ophthalmology industry, EuroEyes' achievements have long exceeded its peers. This is not merely reflected in its consistent top ranking in the industry for advanced lens exchange surgery and refractive surgery (excluding PRK / LASEK) in Germany and Denmark but also in the number of the cutting-edge vision correction operations performed. In 2018, EuroEyes was acknowledged by Staar Surgical for having performed the most phakic lens (ICL) surgeries in Europe. EuroEyes was also recognized by Carl Zeiss for having performed the most ReLEx SMILE procedures in Germany and the most trifocal lens exchange surgeries in the world for five consecutive years. Carl Zeiss is the leading German manufacturer of optical systems and optoelectronics with 37.6% of its revenue generated from the Trifocal lens. The ZEISS award reflects EuroEyes' leading position in the global application of Trifocal IOL Implantation.

According to market analysis, the use of trifocal IOL implantation is an ideal treatment for presbyopia. Presbyopia usually occurs after the age of 45 when the eye lens loses its elasticity, making it difficult to focus on nearby objects. After the trifocal IOL implantation, patients with myopia and presbyopia can easily and clearly focus on near, medium and distant things without glasses. Furthermore, lens replacement surgery is an ideal treatment for cataracts eliminating the need to wear thick glasses or special contact lenses.

Huge opportunity for market growth as 560 million Chinese people predicted to have presbyopia by 2024
As people better understand the benefits of lens replacement surgery, the number of people undergoing the procedure around the world continues to rise. According to Frost and Sullivan, from 2014 to 2018, the market size of advanced lens exchange surgery and refractive surgery (excluding PRK / LASEK) in Germany and China increased at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.3% and 37.8%, respectively. An aging population combined with an increasing desire for improved vision and quality of life, as well as increasing consumption power is motivating more and more people to undergo trifocal IOL replacement surgery. Industry analysts predict that from 2018 to 2023, the market size in Germany and China will expand at a CAGR of 7.2% and 29.5%, respectively.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2019 refractive surgery market report, 50% of Germany's population have presbyopia while 36.4% of China's population have the condition. With over 1.4 billion people living in China, approximately 505 million Chinese people have presbyopia. Industry analysts expect that by 2024, 39.6% of the population in China or about 557 million Chinese people will have presbyopia. Currently the penetration rate of the most advanced Trifocal IOL exchange surgery is very low in China. In 2018, the penetration rate in Germany was 4.3 times that of the Chinese market. In other words, China's Trifocal IOL replacement surgery market has tremendous upside potential for growth.

Euroeyes has received the Zeiss Award for five consecutive years in recognition of the company's excellent lens exchange technology and equipment, strong brand, and exceptional German medical standards and quality. The company is well positioned to provide Chinese customers with international leading lens exchange surgery as it becomes the go-to vision- correcting source in China. EuroEyes is in the early stage of rapidly expanding in the Chinese market. The company's successful listing on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Limited at the end of last year has provided them with the capital to open additional clinics. Within two months after listing, EuroEyes confirmed the expansion plan of two new eye clinics located in Chongqing and Fuzhou. The two new clinics combined the previous six clinics in Shanghai, Beijing East, Beijing West, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, brings the total number of Euroeyes' clinics to eight in total. The company intends to open two additional clinics in Chongqing and one in another top tier city in the future.

According to the company's financial report, revenue generated from China in 2018 was about 94 million Yuan, accounting for 28.2% of the company's global revenue. The CAGR for revenue and gross profit in the past three years were 85.1% and 633.7%, respectively. We are looking forward to announcing the full year performance for 2019!



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Davis Index launches world’s only Market Price Platform built for Metals Recycling Industry

SINGAPORE, Feb 24, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – Davis Index, the global commodity price reporting agency, announces that it has launched the world's only market intelligence publication built solely for the metals recycling industry, and the service is available to the public as of today. The service includes more than 900 proprietary price indexes for 80 countries, as well as metals futures prices and other reference data. It is the only platform to cover so many countries along with hyper-local coverage of markets in the US, UK, Germany, Spain, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Japan, South Korea, and Vietnam.

"In terms of depth and breadth of coverage, accuracy, cost, and functionality, Davis Index is in every sense a disruptor," said Sean Davidson, Davis Index Founder and CEO. "Existing services are frequently inaccurate and consistently overpriced. The recycling industry needed a tool that represents the materials they actually trade – a tool that it can access and use in its efforts to preserve and improve margin. Davis Index is that asset. This is the price information service that the industry has waited 30 years for."

Davis Index's main focus is to provide accurate price indexes for free-market scrap metal and secondary alloys that are not listed on exchanges but drive global trade. The service includes indexes for ferrous and nonferrous scrap, bulk and container freight, secondary alloys. Dor some specific countries the service indexes finished and semi-finished steels. Each price index follows IOSCO compliance guidelines.

Davis Index's proprietary indexes are built for a variety of users, including:
– Manufacturers: for use in sales contracts of the scrap generated during the making of any metal-intensive product: from fencing to cars; from hammers to airplanes;
– Recyclers: for use to enter supply contracts with mills and smelters;
– Mills and smelters: for use to enter supply contracts with end consumers, such as die-casters and auto OEMs;
– Importers, exporters, and traders: users to stay informed on markets in the various countries they are active in;
– Governments: for use in tax and duty benchmarking;
– Equity analysts: for use in margin analysis.

Davis Index publishes nearly 800 metals price indexes on a weekly basis, 90 daily indexes, and more than 100 monthly indexes. Data is available through a highly customizable web platform, www.DavisIndex.com, and through twice-daily reports: Davis Index Recycling Asia, and Davis Index Recycling Global. Both reports and access to the web platform are currently offered at $799 USD per year, per user. The fee also includes functional licenses to use the data in contracts.

While the complete Davis Index platform opens to public access today, it was first announced at select recycling industry events earlier this month. The Davis Index Recycling Asia service was debuted during the Material Recycling Association of India's annual convention in New Delhi, India on 9 February. Less than a week later, the Davis Index Recycling Global service debuted during the Washington, D.C.-based Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries' Consumers' Night in St Louis, Missouri on 14 February.

Davis Index is headquartered in Singapore, with offices in Canada, India, Mexico, Singapore, Ukraine, and the U.S.A. For more information, visit www.davisindex.com.

ABOUT DAVIS INDEX

Davis Index is an independent market analysis organisation with nearly 50 full-time staff members. The company is headquartered in Singapore and has offices in each of the world's major scrap supply and consumption regions. The company's core activities are using proprietary and trade-representative methodologies to calculate and publish price indexes. These indexes are delivered along with market commentary, news, and analysis. The team comprises former steel mill and recycling executives, trade analysts, and journalists that underwent rigorous training in 2019 to specialise in covering and indexing recycling trade.

Davis Index data can be used by the recycling industry to manage risk through OTC hedging tools and exchange-listed cash-settled contracts. The company is funded by private equity and its founder, Sean Davidson.

ABOUT SEAN DAVIDSON

Sean Davidson is the Founder and CEO of Davis Index. At the start of this decade, Sean reinvigorated scrap coverage across the Metal Bulletin Group as global editor of raw materials at American Metal Market (AMM), Metal Bulletin (MB) and Steel First, based out of New York. During his time at AMM/MB, Sean spearheaded the launch of America's first scrap futures contract: the ferrous scrap busheling contract on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME).

In 2015, Sean moved to Houston to build and launch Argus Metal Prices as its global editor, a role he exited in early 2019. Prior to his roles at AMM/MB and Argus, Sean served different journalistic and entrepreneurial roles in the United Kingdom, Middle East, and India. His career has spanned print, online, television, recreation, hospitality, and technology.

Media contacts:
Americas (Dallas, TX)
Shawn Eddy
shawn.eddy@davisindex.com

Asia (Pune, India)
Alokha Raj
alokha.raj@davisindex.com
https://www.davisindex.com


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Shape Capital Advises SQID Technologies Ltd Listing on CSE

MELBOURNE, AU / ACCESSWIRE, Feb 12, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – Corporate advisory and investment firm Shape Capital announced today that its Brisbane based client SQID Technologies Limited successfully completed listing on the Canadian Securities Exchange "CSE" on January 21, 2020 under the symbol CSE:SQID.





SQID is a payment processor enabling merchants to receive debit or credit card payments. For the fiscal year ended June 2019, SQID reported total transaction value of $163 million and revenues of $5,403,525 and profit before income tax of $1,147,722 reflecting a 72% increase in revenues and 85% increase in its profit before income tax over the same period for the fiscal year 2018.

A team of advisors handled the listing with Shape Capital acting as the Australian corporate advisor to the transaction in collaboration with TriPoint Global Equities/BANQ(R) in NY and Australian based First Growth Funds Limited.

"Listing Australian companies on the CSE is cost effective and a more streamlined process compared to listing on the ASX. The CSE provides Australian companies with a great launch pad into North America to gain market exposure, access to new investors and help create shareholder value, said Anoosh Manzoori, CEO of Shape Capital."

SQID's technology provides merchant services and transaction processing to business merchants and ecommerce customers across both 'Business to Business' (B2B) and 'Business to Consumer' (B2C) segments to bridge both retail and wholesale transactions through its platform. Its technology is powerfully structured to allow layered access to payment and merchant transaction data, and integrates these retail and wholesale layers (creating many separate customer nodes within the network), providing split settlements between each layer. This provides a broad platform for commission structures and transaction-based rewards that are settled at the same time as the underlying transaction is settled. The business model is applicable to significant business channels including affiliate marketing, rewards programs, franchises, marketplace apps, agencies, etc.

SQID has established itself as a relationship payment provider and payment facilitator in the Payment Processing industry, which specialises in delivering ecommerce solutions to businesses that have their 'card-not-present' commercial outcomes dependent on two or more businesses. This has delivered sizeable growth in revenue as the model is based on engaging one referrer who then refers additional merchants. The Company has concentrated on building relationships with merchants and providing incentives to merchants for referrals to new business opportunities. This has resulted in substantial growth with minimal overhead and resources.

The SQID business has a proven business model of delivering sustained profitability over time. Revenue growth has been achieved through strong growth from merchants in industries related to training and education.

For further information please visit the company's corporate website at www.sqidpay.com.

About Shape Capital

Shape Capital is an investment and corporate advisory firm that positions, prepares and shapes clients for specific events, including mergers and acquisitions, capital raisings and IPOs. As an independent advisory firm, Shape Capital advises private and public companies and has extensive experience in cross-boarder transactions with a strong focus on the technology sector. Shape Capital works with high growth companies to assist with strategy, timing, structure, valuation, and provides access to a large global network of investors. Shape Capital holds an Authorised Corporate Representative of an Australian Financial Services License (AFSL) with head office in Melbourne, Australia. For more information, please visit http://www.shape.capital

For further information please contact:

Anoosh Manzoori
CEO
Shape Capital Pty Ltd
Level 8, 90 Collins Street,
Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia
m. +61.3.966 6338
e. anoosh@shape.capital

or:

SQID Directors: Peter Hall / John O'Connor
investors@sqidpay.com

SOURCE: SQID Technologies Limited (SQID)

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