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Business Times
3 days ago
- Business
- Business Times
Blackstone's ASK plans to hire 70 wealth bankers in India
[MUMBAI] Blackstone's ASK Group plans to hire 70 private bankers as competition heats up within India's booming wealth management space. ASK's private wealth unit aims to have 175 bankers by the end of March next year, up from about 105 now, Rajesh Saluja, chief executive officer and co-founder of the business, said. The rise of wealthy Indians across the country has sparked the creation of many new firms competing to manage their money, while more established players like ASK Private Wealth, Bain Capital-backed 360 One WAM and PAG-backed Nuvama Wealth Management are expanding their teams. Mumbai-based ASK Private Wealth has 520 billion rupees (S$7.7 billion) of assets under advisory for more than 3,700 families. Blackstone acquired a majority stake in the broader ASK Group in 2022. The group has over 745 billion rupees in assets across alternative investment funds, portfolio management services and private wealth. Even with the growth, ASK will be cautious about hiring, especially those private bankers who have been jumping jobs often or who see risky products as their ticket to personal wealth creation, Saluja said. 'I want to be sure that the expense is justified, they fit our culture, and we are getting the right candidate,' he said. Saluja expects investors to continue investing in gold and fixed-income alternative funds such as distressed and high-yield debt, while remaining committed to equity index funds and mutual funds, among other asset classes. BLOOMBERG
Business Wire
12-06-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Wendell Jisa, Founder & CEO of Reveal, Wins EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2025 Award
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Reveal, the global provider of dual eDiscovery and investigation platforms powered by a single, unified AI engine, proudly announces that its Founder and CEO, Wendell Jisa, has been named a 2025 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® Midwest Award winner—one of the most prestigious recognitions in business leadership and innovation. The award celebrates Jisa's extraordinary journey from startup founder to industry disruptor. His vision: to modernize the legal industry by making artificial intelligence not just accessible, but essential to how legal professionals work. By infusing advanced AI into every stage of the eDiscovery process, Jisa and the entire team at Reveal are empowering legal teams to surface key insights faster, cut through data noise with precision, and unlock greater value from their work. The culture of innovation Jisa continues to cultivate at Reveal raises the bar for what's possible in legal tech. 'From day one, we set out to reimagine what legal professionals could do if they had the right tools,' Jisa said. 'We didn't want to replace people—we wanted to amplify them. This award is a powerful recognition of that mission. I'm deeply honored, and grateful to the exceptional Reveal team and our forward-thinking clients who believed in this from the very beginning.' Under Wendell Jisa's leadership, Reveal has grown into a multi-platform global enterprise—driven by his visionary Build, Buy, Partner strategy. Through strategic acquisitions—including Brainspace, Logikcull, Onna and others—Reveal has rapidly expanded its capabilities, creating the most comprehensive legal intelligence ecosystem in the industry. Simultaneously, Jisa has fostered a culture of internal innovation, resulting in breakthrough tools like 'ASK,' a generative AI-powered search feature, and GenAI Review, which streamlines document analysis and accelerates review across both Reveal Enterprise and Logikcull by Reveal. In parallel, he has forged and nurtured strategic partnerships across cloud, data, and integration ecosystems—ensuring Reveal clients benefit from the most flexible, powerful, and forward-looking AI-powered eDiscovery offerings on the market today. 'The Entrepreneur Of The Year 2025 Midwest Award winners are trailblazers who redefine excellence and set new benchmarks in their industries,' said Ram Ramanan, Entrepreneur Of The Year Midwest Program Director. 'They set the standard for scaling businesses while prioritizing their employees, customers and communities.' Jisa's win makes him eligible for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2025 National Awards, to be announced this fall at the Strategic Growth Forum® in Palm Springs, California. For more information about Reveal and its AI-powered eDiscovery solutions, visit About Reveal Reveal is a leading AI-powered platform for eDiscovery, document review, legal hold and investigations. The company has a deep history in driving the adoption of legal automation, which is underpinned by its leading processing technology, visual analytics, and artificial intelligence capabilities. Reveal's software combines technology and human guidance to transform structured and unstructured data into actionable insight. We help organizations, including law firms, corporations, government agencies, and intelligence services, uncover more useful information faster by providing a world-class user experience and AI technology that is embedded within every phase of the eDiscovery process. About EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® Founded in 1986, Entrepreneur Of The Year has celebrated more than 11,000 ambitious visionaries who are leading successful, dynamic businesses in the US, and it has since expanded to nearly 60 countries globally. The US program consists of 17 regional programs whose panels of independent judges select the regional award winners every June. Those winners compete for national recognition at the Strategic Growth Forum ® in November where National finalists and award winners are announced. The overall National winner represents the US at the EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™ competition. Visit
New Straits Times
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- New Straits Times
#SHOWBIZ: Silat sizzles up Malay dance drama
IT was an interesting tale of a woman who sacrificed love for the sake of her kingdom. Then weave good performance synchronicity and evocative music into the mix, and you get a great night at the theatre to remember. That's what 'Setanggi Tari Melayu' offered at the Petaling Jaya Performing Arts Centre in Selangor over a weekend recently. All this was courtesy of the ASK Dance Company and Faculty of Dance Aswara and the Music and Performing Arts Faculty of Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI). From the 'mengadap rebab' to silat, 'joget', 'inang', the 'piring' (saucer) segment, and the 'zapin', among other dances, the ASK ensemble offered an energetic performance. I was held in rapt attention by the silat segments. The timing is everything when you do fight scenes. There was one move where the lead silat dancer leapt backwards into the arms of his warriors, and eventually landed gracefully and safely. This is not something you watch on YouTube or on your small screen, but live. It takes lots of training, precision and, of course, luck. It certainly calls for trust in your fellow performers too. Lion dance troupes are known for such moves, and I really enjoyed the contemporising of silat moves in 'Setanggi Tari Melayu' by young dancers that fine night. Malaysians of a certain era would have learnt some Malay dances in school, like the 'piring' dance and the candle dance. The way the ASK male dancers delivered the 'piring' dance that evening was jaunty, with plates being juggled and bounced to each other in time to the beat. Sure, we may have waited, anxiously, for one to fall, but none did! The dancers also left the stage to 'joget' up the aisles, offering the audience a more intimate connection to the show. Kudos to ASK Dance Company founder and artistic director Prof Dr Joseph Gonzales, Azmie Zanal Abdden, Mohd Fauzi Amiruddin, creative producer Imran Syafiq, and Mohd Zulkarnain Zuber, who put together the impressive choreography. The music held a special place and the programme e-book listed Indonesian groups like Samudra ensemble and Sanggar for additional compositions. Overall, the music effectively swept the audience up in its aural proceedings and perfectly complemented the various mesmerising scenes onstage. The main leads in the show — Nadhirah Rahmat as Princess Melati, Wong Shan Tie as the devoted sister Princess Melur and Mohamad Adlan Sairin as Prince Adam — staged well-choreographed moves to deliver the tale. The dance drama is about Melati and Melur, who are trained in silat, under the tutelage of their loving parents, played by Seth Hamzah and Ezydiyanie Omar (both Aswara faculty members). A rather modern kingdom that lets women become heirs to the throne, it is rich with a sought-after magical keris that Melati (I guess) would inherit. Along comes Prince Adam, and they got betrothed, but it is eventually revealed that he has bad intentions. At the end, in a kick-ass scene, Melati kills him, with Melur's assistance. The betrothal night scene, when Melati kills the prince, is surreal, even mystical. Held behind a white gauzy screen, the duo is subtly seen as shadowy characters enacting love and then some wickedness. Although behind a screen, the expressions on their faces, as well as their body movements are clear. Quite a cinematic scene indeed! Overall, 'Setanggi Tari Melayu' was an exciting dance drama that featured several outstanding silat sequences. It was thoroughly an enjoyable watch.
Time of India
24-05-2025
- General
- Time of India
UIDAI drive for 4.6 crore UP minors to update biometrics
Lucknow: The UIDAI regional office in Lucknow has launched a campaign targeting mandatory biometric updates for 4.6 crore children with Aadhaar cards in UP, while promoting awareness about the process. Children can visit any of the 12 Aadhaar seva kendras (ASK) locations across UP, situated in Lucknow, Kanpur, Gorakhpur, Gonda, Varanasi, Agra, Moradabad, Saharanpur, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Meerut and Prayagraj. Walk-in services are available on weekdays from 4.30-5.30 pm, and 9.30-5.30 pm during weekends (Saturday and Sunday). Deputy director general of UIDAI's Lucknow region, Colonel Prashant Kumar Singh said, "Considering the summer vacations of schools, we have launched this campaign for children, for whom biometric updates are mandatory between the ages of 5-17 years." The state has 2,937 biometric update centres, including 500 run by Indian postal service, in addition to the 12 ASKs. These centres require prior appointments for updates. As per UIDAI guidelines, children aged 0-5 years do not need biometrics for Aadhaar enrolment. However, two biometric updates are necessary from age 5-17. Currently, 1.8 crore minors from 5-7 years require Aadhaar biometric updates, while 2.8 crore minors from 15-17 years have pending biometric updates in UP. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Trade Bitcoin & Ethereum – No Wallet Needed! IC Markets Start Now Undo "From 5-7 years, the minor needs to get the biometric updated. This is free of cost. However, between 8-14 years, the biometric update charges are Rs 100. Further, from 15-17 years, the biometric update is again mandatory, and the service is free of cost, but post 17 years the biometric update charges are Rs 100," Col Singh said. For Lucknow residents, the ASK service is accessible at Ratan Square for biometric updates. On each ASK, there are at least two counters which have been dedicated for minor's biometric updates. Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Brother's Day wishes , messages and quotes !
Time of India
22-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
ASK Curated Luxury Assets Fund raises ₹500 crore to invest in luxury housing projects
NEW DELHI: ASK Property Fund and India Sotheby's International Realty (ISIR) backed real estate fund has raised Rs 500 crore to invest in luxury housing projects across major cities. ASK Curated Luxury Assets Fund- I (ASK CLAF I), an Alternative Investment Fund (AIF), on Thursday announced its initial close. "This fund, aimed at investing in luxury residential projects, has evoked interest from many of India's prominent family offices, Ultra-High-Net-Worth Individuals (UHNIs), securing an investment corpus of Rs 500 crore within 3 months of its launch," ASK Property Fund said in a statement. This fund plans to immediately start deploying funds as per its investment strategy and aims to raise a total of Rs 1,500 crore, including a green shoe option of Rs 500 crore, towards its final close. The AIF will provide funding in early-stage projects at favourable entry points, mainly in high-end residential projects in major cities, as well as horizontal projects such as second homes and holiday homes. As an equity-focused fund, it aims to target the profit margin of the project, striving to achieve a minimum multiple of 2 times or more of invested capital. ASK Curated Luxury Assets Fund I, registered with the Securities and Exchange Board of India ( SEBI ) as a Category II Alternative Investment Fund under the SEBI AIF Regulations. ASK Property Fund, the real estate arm of the Blackstone-backed ASK Asset & Wealth Management Group, is the investment manager and sponsor of the AIF, while India Sotheby's International Realty is co-sponsor and real estate advisor.
