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Sampath Bank opens in Kalmunai
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Sampath Bank Incoming Chairman, Arthur Senanayake is seen
cutting the ribbon in declaring the ceremonial opening of
the branch. Beside him is Branch Manager, Anton David
(second from left). |
In further strenthening its presence in the Eastern Province, Sampath
Bank opened its 112th branch at Kalmunai recently.
This is the 3rd branch that the bank opened this year in the Eastern
Province following Batticoloa and Akkaraipattu branches. The bank once
again exhibited its prudence in aligning its expansions strategy in
tangent with the country’s focus on regional development.
The new branch opened will offer a full range of banking products and
array of services to uplift the livelihood of the people in the area
from all communities and businesses.
In recognizing the societal circumstances, the branch highlights on a
special section exclusively dedicated for the banking needs of the
Muslim women in the area, and ensures an efficient and friendly service
only by its lady officers. Sampath bank is truly proud to be the first
to have offered an extraordinary service of this nature in the industry.
‘Ayu’ from Kelsey Homes - your home in the sky
‘Ayu’ the designer condominium by Kelsey Homes is now complete and
ready for occupation. With a history of over two decades, ‘Ayu’ is
another product of high quality homes from Kelsey Homes.
“Working on our heritage of 25 years and experience in the business,
we have ventured into condominiums,” said a company spokesman. ‘Ayu’ is
the first of many state-of-the-art luxury residential condominiums and
has an earthy touch, where luxury blends with nature and living becomes
pleasure within a homely environment,” he added.
Tudawe Brothers were the contractors to this project.
Ayu is a five floor condominium and is designed to provide the best
levels of convenience, security and comfort to its occupants. The
concept behind ‘Ayu’ is to create a homely atmosphere keeping in mind
the prime importance of family while focusing on the luxury of privacy,
space, recreation and technology. We have also added a spacious
recreational area to facilitate entertainment facilities for Ayu
clients. he said.
Aviva Lnvestors completes initial integration
Today marks the official creation of Aviva Investors, the global
asset management business of Aviva plc. Aviva Investors is a single
business with 1100 employees working in 21 locations around the world.
Aviva, the world’s fifth largest insurance company1, is investing to
transform its asset management business over the next few years into one
that significantly increases its contribution to Group profit and
becomes an investment powerhouse on a global scale.
Aviva Investors currently manages more than œ235 billion (?297
billion / US$469 billion).
Aviva Investors Chief Executive Alain Dromer said:”Today marks the
initial integration of our asset management companies and the start of
the Aviva Investors transformation into a global investment powerhouse.
The exceptional tensions experienced in the past few weeks have
highlighted the benefit of operating globally to service all our clients
better. Aviva Investors will draw on the best of products and
capabilities from around the world to deliver innovative services and
investment performance to our internal and third-party clients.
“This is not just about rebranding. It is a radical change, driven by
the value that we can deliver to our clients. It’s about creating a new
approach to asset management for Aviva and building a dynamic new
business that can provide truly global investment solutions.”
The investment model developed for Aviva Investors is one that
anticipates market trends and changing client demands. It will be
transformed to deliver greater specialisation and focus and be based
around two key areas: Local autonomous teams that concentrate on
generating alpha and high outperformance through active portfolio
management in areas such as equity and fixed income investment and real
estate.
A global investment solutions team that will manage capabilities
requiring scale and a global outlook. This team will focus on products
and multi-asset solutions that include: quantitative, index, asset
allocation, multi-manager and structured products.
Aviva Investors combines businesses in Australia (Portfolio Partners)
France (Aviva Gestion d’Actifs) Poland (CUIM Polska), Ireland (Hibernian
Investment Managers) North America (Aviva Capital Management, MFM
International, Aviva Investment Canada) Romania (CertInvest) and the UK
(Morley).
Lifebuoy celebrates Children’s Day by launching germ fighters
website
Today, the International Children’s Day is celebrated in an
extraordinary way by Lifebuoy, Unilever’s hygienic health brand, with
the launch of a first-of-a-kind germ fighter website:
www.beagermfighter.com
The interactive, exceptionally creative and engaging website combines
inculcating improved health and hygiene with an appreciation of modern
technology among young children. It is a website that will have equal
appeal among both children and parents and will help to interactively
communicate the importance of healthy habits in an enjoyable, fun-packed
way.
The website inspires and encourages healthy living by motivating
youngsters to take up the 5-step germ fighters challenge and win a ‘must
have’ bandana. Participants qualify to enter the grand draw scheduled
for end of October. The winner’s prize is a Playstation 3 the most
coveted game among children today.The website keeps young people
enthralled with a five minute germ fighter song and captivating imagery
as they enter the magical world of germ fighters.
Lifebuoy Senior Brand Manager Asif Jiffry was enthusiastic about this
innovative step forward. “We are always looking at new emerging trends
and integrating our marketing communications on par with those trends.
The Lifebuoy Germ Fighter online challenge is just one of many new
non conventional media tools that we plan on initiating” he said. |
