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  • IG to sponsor an episode of AXN’s ‘The Apprentice Asia’

    IG to sponsor an episode of AXN’s ‘The Apprentice Asia’

    MUMBAI: Financial company IG will tap in to AXN‘s local show ‘The Apprentice Asia‘ which kicks off on 24 May at 9 pm in India. IG‘s episode airs on 21 June.

    IG is a global financial derivatives company. The company adds that the sponsorship provides an opportunity to increase brand awareness in the Asia Pacific region, through association with a quality production and large target audience, as well as leverage the communication benefits of the progressive integration of TV, digital and social media.

    IG Asia Paci?c head Tamas Szabo said, “We are very pleased to be a regional sponsor of ‘The Apprentice Asia‘. Serious investors and professional traders across Asia are keen to take advantage of global financial markets. And they want to trade with someone they can trust. IG is a world leader in financial derivatives trading.

    “Part of IG Group, a FTSE 250 company, we pride ourselves on delivering exceptional customer service alongside innovative trading technology. Partnering with a quality production like The Apprentice Asia, through Asia‘s No.1 general entertainment channel AXN, provides us with an excellent opportunity to showcase our service and product across the region.”

    During IG‘s episode, the contestants must demonstrate to the show‘s host AirAsia founder Tony Fernandes and his advisors that they possess the business acumen to manage and make sound decisions under pressure.

    Szabo added, “The attributes and qualities of a good trader are exactly those needed to become Tony‘s Apprentice. Without giving the game away, we know everyone will enjoy our exciting and unique episode”.

  • CNBC Asia Pacific appoints director, news and programming

    CNBC Asia Pacific appoints director, news and programming

    MUMBAI: CNBC announced the appointment of John Casey to its Asia Pacific team, as the Director, news and programming. Casey reports to Jeremy Pink, president and managing director of CNBC Asia Pacific. Casey, based in Singapore, heads the news and programming division of the network in this region.

    In his capacity, Casey will oversee CNBC’s efforts to enhance the network’s programming. His responsi-bilities include supervising the development of content, talent and program schedule for CNBC Asia Pacific, ensuring the high quality of CNBC’s daily output, and developing new, compelling content for CNBC’s broadcast, mobile and broadband platforms.

    Casey joins CNBC in Asia Pacific, from CNBC Europe, based in London. He was the deputy head of news and the executive producer, Worldwide Exchange and Power Lunch. Casey has had more than a decade of experience in the production of business and financial news programs, and the management of news networks.

    He was instrumental in launching Worldwide Exchange, the world’s first global, tri-anchored, live newscast, simultaneously broadcast from Asia, Europe and the United States. He had also developed CNBC Europe’s rolling, volume-driven ticker, and the FTSE CNBC Global 300 Index, in collaboration with FTSE. He helped establish CNBC Nordic, in Denmark, and CNBCe in Turkey. He had also designed and built the CNBC Europe newsroom system.

    “John’s tremendous experience in the production of business and financial news content, his superior ability in managing a news room and his keen instinct for stories, coupled with his unwavering sense of editorial integrity, makes him a valuable member of our editorial and management team,” Pink said. “We’re delighted to have John head our news and programming division in Asia Pacific.”