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HeiQ appoints Robert Liu as General Manager of HeiQ China

SHANGHAI, Oct. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Robert Liu brings in his extensive experience in the chemical and textile industries in China and overseas.
HeiQ, a global leader in textile and materials innovation, announces that Robert Liu is the newly appointed General Manager of HeiQ China, and will now be leading the company’s business operations in a key market for HeiQ.
Robert Liu has a Master’s degree in Business Administration and a Bachelor’s degree in Science with over 25 years of experience in the international textile and paper chemical industry. Robert held regional and global roles in Thailand, Switzerland, and Singapore, having also served as Head of Archroma Chemicals (China) and legal representative of the company.
Robert Liu says: “I’m excited to join HeiQ, which has a great reputation for tremendous technology and commitment to sustainability. I hope my experience and expertise can grow the team here in HeiQ China and let more consumers be able to benefit from HeiQ’s technology.”
According to Andreas Fedtke, Chief Commercial Officer of HeiQ, “the appointment of Robert Liu comes in a crucial time for the company, to open up new business areas and accelerate and expand the growth of HeiQ China.”
Robert Liu replaces Celine Huang who led HeiQ China since 2019, building a strong platform for the growth and relevance of HeiQ in the Chinese market.
About HeiQ
Founded in 2005 as a spin-off from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) and listed on the London Stock Exchange Main Market (XLON:HEIQ), HeiQ is a leader in textile and materials innovation creating some of the most effective, durable and high-performance technologies on the market today. HeiQ strives to improve the lives of billions of people through pioneering textiles and materials innovation. Combining three areas of expertise – scientific research, specialty materials manufacturing, and consumer ingredient branding – HeiQ is the ideal innovation partner to create differentiating and sustainable products and capture the added value at the point of sale. With its 14 offices, 7 manufacturing sites, and 7 R&D hubs, HeiQ today employs 230 professionals. It has a total capacity of 45’000 tons of specialty chemicals per year and serves over 1’000 industrial customers in over 60 countries. Today, HeiQ’s consumer goods and medical devices can be found in 56 countries. For more information, visit www.heiq.com
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Fayafi Investment Holding Confirms Termination of Association with Former Executive President Patrick Pilati

DUBAI, UAE, April 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Fayafi Investment Holding confirms that Mr. Patrick Pilati, who previously held the role of Executive President, is no longer affiliated with the company in any capacity. His position has been officially and permanently terminated.
Despite his former title, Mr. Pilati does not represent Fayafi in any way. Any public communication, media appearance, online content, or business material implying an ongoing association with Fayafi is entirely false, unauthorized, and misaligned with the company’s values and governance protocols.
Fayafi remains committed to building a future defined by transparency, integrity, and long-term regenerative investment strategies. The company continues to operate with a strong leadership team focused on innovation, ethical growth, and delivering exceptional value to its partners and investors.
Any misuse of the Fayafi name or brand identity will be addressed accordingly, and the company reserves all rights to pursue legal action to protect its reputation and stakeholders.
For all official updates and inquiries, please refer to Fayafi’s verified communication channels.
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Top Traders Engage in Taoshi’s Decentralized Trading Competition To Crowdsource Performant Investing Strategies And Earn a Share of $30M+ Rewards Pool

Leveraging Cutting Edge Blockchain and AI Technology, Top Finance-Experts Compete for Opportunity to Earn Money While Making Sophisticated Investing Opportunities Available To Everyone
SAN FRANCISCO, April 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Taoshi, a leader in decentralized finance housed on the Bittensor Network, is offering top financial traders the opportunity to participate in an ongoing trading competition to develop high-performing, risk-adjusted investing strategies and join Taoshi’s elite team of traders. Once traders pass the challenge period, they can compete against others for a share in a $30M+* annualized rewards pool, the largest for trading signals in the world. Taoshi seeks to attract the brightest minds in finance to solve real investing challenges by incentivizing and rewarding effective trading strategies.
Taoshi is helping create blockchain’s killer app: compensated, crowdsourced innovation. It is a decentralized financial technology company built on Bittensor, a permissionless decentralized economy that combines artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain technology to create an open, peer-to-peer network for building and sharing commodities.
Taoshi’s Proprietary Trading Network (PTN) Bittensor Subnet 8 aggregates top-tier investing strategies from traders who successfully complete its 60-day challenge period. Taoshi’s internal quant team analyzes these strategies to create a “super strategy” that adapts in real-time to market conditions. Traders who pass the 60-day challenge period immediately become eligible to earn a share of the $30m+ in annualized rewards.
Additionally, individual traders or teams can optionally apply for a contract program with Taoshi, where those who pass the challenge are awarded the equivalent of $100,000 in Taoshi’s Theta token, in addition to their eligibility to compete for the $30m+ in annualized rewards.
In order to pass the 60-day challenge period on PTN, traders must be in the top 75th percentile of traders on the network, have at least 60 days of trading on the network and not drawdown more than 10%. Those who reach this goal then must maintain their status in the network, and then are continually rewarded in real-time every time a new block is generated, roughly every hour, incentivizing them to further improve their trading strategies. In a period of market volatility, investors benefit from collective intelligence that no single firm could match.
“Hedge fund market opportunities and other advanced wealth management strategies have historically only been available to those who are already wealthy. That doesn’t seem right. Our subnet pits top finance-experts in an open and transparent competition to generate high-performing, risk-adjusted trading strategies across forex, crypto and other assets,” said Arrash Yasavolian, founder and CEO of Taoshi. ” These expert traders are being compensated for their ability to help us build the next generation of trading strategies, leveraging AI and blockchain to crowdsource sophisticated financial intelligence, offering everyone access to investing strategies previously only available to the wealthy.”
Taoshi’s “super strategy” will power its soon to be available wealth-building platform. With transparency, accessibility, and performance at its core, Taoshi is democratizing access to sophisticated trading tools that were once reserved for elite hedge funds and institutional investors.
“This is no ordinary trading competition,” added Yasavolian. “Other trading shops create competitions that are nearly impossible to beat. Taoshi’s competition is designed to reward top traders, drive innovation and bring advanced trading strategies to retail and institutional investors.”
Traders interested in applying to the $100k Challenge or trading on PTN can find more information on Taoshi’s website at https://www.taoshi.io/trader.
About Taoshi:
Founded in 2023, Taoshi, Inc. is a leading decentralized AI-based trading firm that democratizes access to advanced trading strategies and wealth-building tools through its decentralized infrastructure, blockchain transparency, and AI-driven ecosystem, which will empower individuals and institutions to invest with clarity and confidence. Taoshi’s network aggregates highly performant investing strategies from finance-expert miners, creating a “super strategy” that adapts in real-time to market conditions. Taoshi’s leadership team includes machine learning influencers, data scientists, and experts in developing advanced trading strategies. Together they bring years of experience to build the world’s first intelligent, decentralized trading platform, benefiting retail and institutional investors.
More information on Taoshi’s website at www.taoshi.io.
*Annualized rewards depend on market factors outside of Taoshi’s control and may fluctuate. This value is an estimate based on current market factors.
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Startups.co.uk Report Reveals: 64% of Employers Will Favour Soft Skills Over Hard Skills This Year

LONDON, April 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Startups.co.uk’s 2025 Workforce Report has revealed that over half (64%) of UK employers plan to prioritise soft skills over hard skills when hiring this year.
This finding highlights a demand for candidates with emotional and communicative skills for the year ahead.
Industries most likely to favour candidates with soft skills:
Technology & Software – 74%
Finance & Fintech – 66%
Hospitality & Tourism – 62%
Manufacturing & Engineering – 61%
Consulting & Services – 61%
E-commerce & Retail – 61%
Healthcare & Life Sciences – 60%
Tech & Finance businesses most likely to prioritise soft skills
Businesses in the Technology & Software sector are most likely to favour soft skills over hard skills when hiring new staff, with 74% of leaders in this sector saying they’d favour soft skills.
According to Startup.co.uk‘s findings, Finance & Fintech firms fall close behind, with a 66% likelihood score.
This data suggests that even more technical industries which would typically rely more heavily on methodical approaches to work, are shifting focus towards interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence.
Older firms are more likely to favour soft skills
The report also shows that older UK businesses are more likely to hire candidates for their soft rather than hard skills.
Young firms that are just one year old, are only 48% likely to prioritise soft skills when hiring, the lowest figure across all business ages.
In comparison, companies that have already been established for four years are 65% likely to employ soft skills over hard.
Likelihood to hire for soft skills, by business age:
4 years old = 65% likely
3 years old = 67% likely
2 years old = 69% likely
1 year old = 48% likely
Editor of Startups.co.uk, Zohra Huda, comments:
“In 2025, business technology is changing daily and if you are a young startup and you aren’t onboard the training train, you’re considered past it. But our Workforce Report reveals that narrative flips with scaling companies who need communicators, team managers and delegators not just technical specialists to support their growth.”
Additional information:
- The Startups.co.uk survey data was collected between 1st and 8th October 2024
- The sample size was 531 of which respondents were owners, presidents, executives, at companies that were less than 5 years old
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