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Events 38 maltatoday, Sunday, 18 May 2014 Melita celebrates World Telecommunications Day Fantastic view of Fireworks Festival finale from Mediterranean Bank's terrace Melita, Malta's fastest Internet serv- ice provider, will be commemorat- ing World Telecommunications and Information Society Day (WTISD) with a series of initiatives through- out May. Customers are encouraged to participate in an online compe- tition and to learn more about the development of broadband in Malta and internationally through dedi- cated websites. "This year's theme for WTISD is "Broadband for Sustainable Devel- opment" and as Malta's broadband leader, Melita is taking the initiative to promote the potential of broad- band Internet to support cultural and economic growth in our socie- ty," commented Michael Darmanin, Director of Marketing at Melita. Customers can win free upgrades to superfast 100 Megabit Internet speeds by taking part in a simple Fa- cebook competition. Search Melita on Facebook, Like the page, and take part in a simple puzzle competition. Every week Melita will give away free Internet upgrades free of charge un- til the end of the year. The purpose of World Telecom- munication and Information Society Day (WTISD) is to help raise aware- ness of the possibilities that the use of the Internet and other informa- tion and communication technolo- gies (ICT) can bring to societies and economies, as well as of ways to bridge the digital divide. This year WTISD will be celebrated on Friday 16 May. Melita is the only provider in Malta to offer nationwide broadband inter- net speeds of 100 Megabits per sec- ond and operates a direct link to Mi- lan connecting it to Tier 1 internet backbone, Level 3 Communications. For more information visit www. melita.com/WTISD14 Legg Mason holds income investment seminar for financial advisers Former Sony Computer Entertainment Europe CEO to address next MISCO Directors Network meeting Legg Mason Global Asset Manage- ment last week launched its first investment seminar for financial advisers in Malta. Amanda Stitt and Ajay Dayal, Investment Direc- tors at Legg Mason, spoke about Legg Mason's vision on how advis- ers can best build income for their clients from both fixed income and equity solutions. They also gave examples on how their views are incorporated in funds offered by Legg Mason. Legg Mason is one of the world's largest asset managers with over $700bn under management as of 31 March 2014. Legg Mason launched into the Maltese market last September through local rep- resentative Jesmond Mizzi Finan- cial Advisors Ltd. In April, Legg Mason also launched its latest Global In- vestment Survey that, amongst other points, highlighted the im- portance globally for investors to achieve stronger returns on income-producing investments. It demonstrated a global income expectation gap of 3.3% (the dif- ference between % return sought on income-producing invest- ments (9.5%) and percentage re- turn earned on income-producing investments (6.2%)) confirming a need for better income-producing solutions. Gary Abela and Colette Camill- er, Legg Mason Business Develop- ment Managers for Malta, com- mented, "We feel our strong and diverse product range is well po- sitioned to provide solutions for Maltese investors, particularly fo- cused on income-generating prod- ucts. Legg Mason is backing the Maltese market with a major mar- keting push, including TV adverts, which shows that we are dedicated to helping advisers discover more and better quality income solu- tions for their clients." Jesmond Mizzi, Managing Di- rector of Jesmond Mizzi Financial Advisors, said, "It is a big boost to the investment sector in Malta to have a major global asset manager like Legg Mason marketing several of their leading funds here and ex- changing their views with advisers to provide returns for their clients. We are very pleased to be their lo- cal representative and believe that Legg Mason funds are well placed to be included in the portfolios of Maltese investors." The next edition in MISCO's series of networking events will be hosted on Friday 6 June and will feature an interactive question and answer session with Chris Deering, Former CEO and President of Sony Com- puter Entertainment Europe. The Q&A session will be led by Etienne Borg Cardona, Director of MISCO Directors Network, who will also moderate the event and the audi- ence. Chris Deering is best known for his leadership as CEO and Presi- dent of Sony Computer Entertain- ment Europe from inception in 1995 through 2005 where he helped en- gineer the sale of over 100 million PlayStation Consoles and over 750 million game discs. From 2006 to 2010 he was Chairman of Codemas- ters Games where he led their For- mula 1 initiative. An industry spokesperson for European games development and publishing, his international busi- ness career spans 3 decades with McKinsey, Gillette, Atari, and as COO of Columbia Pictures' In- ternational Video business before heading PlayStation. In 2003, Deer- ing was awarded a special BAFTA fellowship award for lifetime serv- ice to the games industry. He was Chairman of the Edinburgh Inter- active Festival (2006-2010) and is currently active in pro bono work with startups in the UK and serves as Malta's Special Envoy for games. "Through the current series of MISCO Directors Network events, we aims at providing a platform for insight on various topics related to technology and society, HR skills for today's business world, the link between business and innovation in today's world, internet and online privacy, social marketing trends as well as generating thoughts on where businesses are heading," says Maria Zahra from MISCO Direc- tors Network. "As such, this event will also be an opportunity to understand the lat- est trends in society and how these are being influenced by develop- ments in technology. It will also be an opportunity to meet members of MISCO Directors Network and other delegates." A graduate of Harvard Business School and of Boston College (com- puter science), Deering's interna- tional business career spans 3 dec- ades with McKinsey, Gillette, Atari, and as COO of Columbia Pictures' International Video business before heading PlayStation. Deering is best known for his leadership as CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Eu- rope from inception in 1995 through 2005 where he helped power the sales of over 100 million PlaySta- tion and PS2 consoles and 750 mil- lion game discs across all of Europe, Russia, India, the Middle East, Afri- ca and Australia/NZ. Chris was also President of Sony Europe Electron- ics in 2004/2005. From 2006 to 2010 he was Chairman of Codemasters Games where he led their Formula 1 initiative. He is now Chairman of TRC Media Group Family Entertainment-Malta, Chairman of Tangentix (game file compression) in Sheffield England, and chairs the Supervisory Board of the European Games Group casual and mobile games)- Munich. The event will take place at Pal- azzo De Piro, Mdina and will kick off with a finger buffet, followed by the Q&A session. The event starts at noon. The fee for the event is €90 inclusive of VAT. For more information and reserva- tions, kindly contact Maria Zahra on mzahra@miscodirectors.com or 22054210 Mediterranean Bank guests were treated to a privileged viewpoint during the finale of the 13th Edition of the Malta Fireworks Festi- val as they watched the magnificent show from the terrace of the bank, situated at St Barbara's Bastion. Guests en- joyed drinks and cana- pés and mingled among themselves and their MedBank relationship managers enjoying the fantastic display against the beautiful backdrop of the bastions. Petra Cuschieri and Christen Mallia Amanda Stitt Chris Deering