Caproasia https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Germany $680 Billion Asset Manager Allianz Global Investors Raised $744 Million in First Close for 3rd APAC Private Credit Fund (Asia Pacific Secured Lending Fund III, AAPSLF III) to Provide Middle Market Lending to High Growth Companies in APAC ex-China, Asia Private Credit Platform is Led by Sumit Bhandari (ead of Asia Private Credit at Allianz Global Investors) Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest China TikTok Parent ByteDance on Track to Become First China Company to Cross $1 Trillion Valuation, Secondary Trading at $600 Billion & Proposed Shareholder Block Sale at $900 Billion Valuation, Founded in 2012 by Zhang Yiming & Rubo Liang Latest China $8.8 Billion Portable Charger & Electronics Giant Anker Innovations Hong Kong IPO to Raise $591 Million with Expected IPO on 2nd July 2026, Founded in 2011 by Steven Yang, Current Market Value at $8.8 Billion, Share Price -5.9% YTD, +2.4% Last 12 Months & +62.1% Last 5 Years South Korea $1.2 Trillion Semiconductor Giant SK Hynix Nasdaq ADR Listing to Raise $29.4 Billion with Expected Listing on 10th July 2026, Current Market Value at $1.2 Trillion Market Value, Share Price +281.1% YTD, +826.4% Last 12 Months & +1,907.8% Last 5 Years China $253 Billion Alibaba Group Files Wrongful Lawsuit Against United States Department of Defense for Inclusion in List of China Military Companies Operating in United States Which Include Alibaba, Baidu, BYD, CATL, ChangXin Memory Technologies, China COSCO SHIPPING, China Mobile Communications, China Telecom, Hesai Group, Huawei, NIO, SenseTime & WuXi AppTec United States $307 Billion Entertainment & Streaming Giant Netflix to Buy United States Los Angeles $1.85 Billion TV & Film Studio Radford Studio Center for $400 Million after Creditors (Include Goldman Sachs & Hackman Capital Partners) Seized Property for $1.1 Billion Debt Default, Previous Sale Price of $1.85 Billion in 2021 China $111 Million Property Developer Shimao Group Creditors to Sell Seized-Hong Kong Sheraton & Four Points Hotel Asset (Tung Chung) after Defaulting on $574 Million (HKD 4.5 Billion) Loan in 2025, Appointed Sales Agent is Savills with Formal Tender Expected to Close in 2026 August (31/8/26), Previous Sales Attempt for $829 Million (HKD 6.5 Billion) in 2023 & $574 Million (HKD 4.5 Billion) in 2026 January, Original Lenders for Sheraton & Four Points Hotel Asset Include HSBC, Bank of China & Bank of East Asia China $119 Billion Hong Kong-Listed Artificial Intelligence Startup Zhipu AI (Knowledge Atlas Technology) Plans Share Sale to Raise Billions in Share Placement, Hong Kong Share Price Increased +1,717% (2026 YTD) from IPO Price in 2026 January (8/1/26) to $119 Billion Market Value, Founded in 2019 by Tsinghua University Professors Tang Jie & Li Juanzi, Key Controlling Shareholders are Founder Tang Jie & Chairman Liu Debing United States $9.5 Billion Gaming Retailer GameStop Board Approves Chairman & CEO Ryan Cohen (With $0 Base Pay, $0 Bonus, All Performance Award) Request to Withdraw Proposed $35 Billion CEO Pay Package to Focus on Hostile Takeover after United States $48 Billion E-Commerce Giant eBay Rejected $55.5 Billion Cash & Share Merger (50% Cash & 50% Shares) as Non-Credible, Non-Attractive & Unsolicited, eBay Founded in 1995 by Pierre Omidyar as AuctionWeb HSBC Switzerland Private Bank Charged by France Prosecutors (Parquet National Financier, PNF) for Suspected Money Laundering Including Embezzlement by ex-Head of Lebanon Central Bank, HSBC Private Bank Violated Switzerland Money Laundering Regulations in $300 Million Transactions for 2 Politically Exposed Persons Between 2002 to 2015, 2 Individuals are ex-Lebanon Central Bank Banque du Liban (BDL) Governor Riad Salameh & His Brother Raja Salameh, HSBC Required to Post $91 Million (€80 Million) Bail Latest Latest United States $27 Billion Derivatives & Securities Exchange Network Cboe Global Markets Launches Prediction Markets Products with Cboe Predicts, New Products Include Mini-S&P 500 Index (XSP)-Linked Binary Options Contracts Available Now on Interactive Brokers & Expects to Launch on Charles Schwab in 2026 2H MSCI Postpones Review on Indonesia Equities to 2026 November to Evaluate Effectiveness of Recent Securities Reforms, Currently Retains Emerging Market Status But Option to Downgrade to Frontier Status in 2026 November European Union (EU) Advances Digital Euro Currency Plan with European Central Bank Targeting to Launch in 2029, 12-Month Pilot Program to Start in 2027 2H Singapore Temasek (SeaTown Holdings), Oman Investment Authority (OIA) & Vietnam Oman Investment to Invest in $255 Million Private Credit Financing for Vietnam $66 Billion Conglomerate Vingroup Hospitality Unit Vinpearl, Structured as Hybrid Security (Convertible Dividend Preference Shares) China Corruption: Ex-Party Chief of China Shanghai Pudong New Area Zhu Zhisong Sentenced to Death with 2-Year Reprieve for Receiving $20 Million Bribes UK Grocery, Food & Fuel Convenience Store Company EG Group Files for United States IPO to Raise $1 Billion at $9 Billion Valuation, Founded in 2001 by Brothers Mohsin Issa & Zuber Issa as Euro Garages, United States $303 Billion Private Equity Firm TPG Invested in 2014 with Initial €650 Million, European Forecourt Retail Group (EFR) Merged with Euro Garages in 2016 China Autonomous-Driving Company Momenta Hong Kong IPO to Raise $900 Million at $9 Billion Valuation with Expected IPO Listing on 8th July 2026, Founded in 2016 by Cao Xudong Southeast Asia 2nd-Hand Car Marketplace Carro Plans United States IPO & Singapore Secondary Listing in 2026 to Raise $500 Million at $3 Billion Valuation, Founded in 2015 by Aaron Tan, Aditya Lesmana & Kelvin Chng, Investors Include SoftBank, Eduardo Saverin B Capital, Cool Japan Fund, Singapore GIC & Temasek Germany Defence Technology Startup STARK Raised $568 Million (€500 Million) in New Funding Round at $4 Billion (€3.5 Billion) Valuation, STARK Founded in 2024 by Florian Seibel & Johannes Schaback, Investors Include Sequoia Capital & Founders Fund Latest Latest