Caproasia https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html 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 Japan Largest Bank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) Becomes Japan Largest Company by Market Value with $247 Billion, Top 5 Largest Companies in Japan by Market Value are Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) $247 Billion, KIOXIA Holdings $222 Billion, SoftBank Group $219 Billion, Toyota $206 Billion & Tokyo Electron $193 Billion Latest United States Nuclear Fuel Company Standard Nuclear NYSE IPO to Raise $383 Million at $3.6 Billion Valuation, Founded in 2024 by Kurt Terrani & Tommy Hendrix with Assets Acquired for $28 Million from Bankrupt Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC), Investors Include Richard Hollis Helms Family, Decisive Point, Andreessen Horowitz, Crucible Capital, Fundomo & Washington Harbour Partners China Founded & Popular United States Fast Fashion SHEIN Hong Kong IPO to Raise $3 Billion at $50 Billion Valuation with Earliest IPO Listing in 2026 September, Founded in 2012 by Sky Xu Yangtian with Website SheInside.com Registered in 2011 & Name Changed to Shein in 2015, Relocated HQ to Singapore in 2022 with Roadget as Legal Entity Operating Website Germany AI Defence Startup Helsing Raised $1.8 Billion in Series E Funding at $18 Billion Valuation, Founded in 2021 by Torsten Reil, Gundbert Scherf & Niklas Kohler, Investors Include Dragoneer Investment Group, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Disruptive, Iconiq, Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, JPMorganChase, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), General Catalyst, Plural, Stepstone, Prima Materia, Accel & Greenoaks United States $60 Billion Infrastructure Investment Manager I Squared Capital & U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to Launch $3 Billion Critical Energy Infrastructure Investment Platform in South & Southeast Asia to Strengthen Energy Connectivity Between United States & Indo-Pacific Region, I Squared Capital to Invest $1.5 Billion & U.S. International Development Finance Corporation to Invest $1.5 Billion United States $60 Billion Infrastructure Investment Manager I Squared Capital & Saudi Arabia $1.2 Trillion Sovereign Wealth Fund Public Investment Fund (PIF) Form Partnership to Invest $2 Billion in Real Estate & Infrastructure Assets Owned by PIF & Portfolio Companies European Banks (Deutsche Bank, Unicredit, Commerzbank, Bayerische Landesbank & LBBW) File $1.1 Billion (€1 Billion) Lawsuit Against Germany $242 Billion Chemical & Gas Giant Linde Engineering for Guarantor Losses, Russia Court Seized the European Banks $1.1 Billion (€1 Billion) Assets in Russia after European Banks Refused to Pay Guarantees for Linde Engineering to Gas & LNG Projects Contractor RusChemAlliance (Gazprom Joint Venture) Which Provided $1.1 Billion (€1 Billion) to Linde Engineering in 2021, European Union (EU) Issued Export Controls Relating to Russia after Russia Attacked Ukraine in 2022, Linde Engineering & RusChemAlliance Contract Terminated in 2022 Latest Singapore $10 Billion Real Estate Asset Manager CapitaLand Investment (CLI) Closed Dedicated Special Opportunities Group Previously Led by ex-Morgan Stanley Banker Gabriel Fong (Joined Ares Management in 2026 January), Current Market Value at $9.5 Billion, Share Price -9.9% YTD, -9.5% Last 12 Months & -14.9% Last 5 Years Singapore Largest Bank DBS Crossed S$200 Billion ($154 Billion) Market Value in 2026 July (13/7/26), DBS is Also Southeast Asia Largest Company by Market Value, Founded in 1968 by Singapore Government as Development Bank of Singapore,  Current Market Value at $154 Billion (S$200 Billion), Share Price +25% YTD, +52% Last 12 Months & +158% Last 5 Years Latest China Regulator to Implement New Cybersecurity Rules for Banking & Insurance Sectors Including Holding Senior Executives Accountable for Disruption & Data Breach Incidents and Provide 2-Hourly Updates to Authorities for Serious Incidents Latest Latest Singapore $5 Billion Wealth & Asset Manager Lighthouse Canton Hired DBS Private Bank Executive Director Angela Saik as Managing Director in 2025 November, 16 Years Private Banking & Financial Industry Experience at DBS Private Bank, Pictet Wealth Management, RBC Wealth Management & Standard Chartered Private Bank UK $194 Billion Schroders Wealth Management Senior Management Changes: 1) Chief Investment Officer (CIO) Caspar Rock Appointed as Vice Chair, 2) Grace Lavelle Appointed as Chief Investment Officer (CIO), 3) Wilaf Moore Appointed as Cazenove Capital UK and Channel Islands CEO, 4) Dominic Emmerson Appointed as Vice Chair to Lead Newly Created Global Family Office and Wealth Advisory Business and 5) Hires HSBC Private Bank Neil De Sousa as Head of Middle East and Geneva UK $194 Billion Schroders Wealth Management Appoints ex-JP Morgan Private Bank APAC CEO & Standard Chartered Global Head of Private Bank Peter Flavel as Chairman of Schroders Wealth Management of Asia Succeeding Jason Lai, 35 Years Financial Industry Experience Including 18 Years Senior Private Banking Leadership Experience at Coutts (CEO), JP Morgan Private Wealth Management (CEO APAC) & Standard Chartered Bank (Global Head of Private Bank) and Held Other Senior Roles Including as Global Head of Sales Marketing & Distribution (Standard Chartered Bank) & General Manager for Personal Financial Services (National Australia Bank) United States Data Center & Digital Infrastructure Company Csquare NYSE IPO to Raise $1.4 Billion at $4.2 Billion Valuation with Expected IPO Listing on 16th July 2026, Founded in 2024 as Centersquare by Canada $1 Trillion Brookfield Asset Management (Brookfield Infrastructure Partners) with Merger of Cyxtera Technologies & Evoque Data Center Solutions China 2nd Largest Property Developer $5.1 Billion China Vanke with $52 Billion Debt Expects $1.8 Billion to $2.2 Billion Net Loss for 2026 1H, Current Market Value at $5.1 Billion, Share Price -36.2% YTD, -54.5% Last 12 Months & -87.4% Last 5 Years Qatar ex-Emir (Ruler), Royal Family Member & Billionaire Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani Dies at Age 74 (12/7/26), Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani was Emir (Ruler) of Qatar from 1995 to 2013 with His Son Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (Age 46) Succeeding as Qatar Ruler in 2013, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani Family Has $330 Billion Fortune, Qatar GDP at $217 Billion with 3.2 Million Population China NFRA Launches New Credit Blacklist & Procedures to Manage Financial Institutions for Serious Credit or Loan Violations (Effective 1/10/26) with 3 Categories of Severity 1) Issued Lifetime Ban or Lifetime Cancellation, 2) Severe Penalties or Restrictions, 3) Parties Avoiding Credit Obligations Singapore Exchange (SGX) Reports $353 Billion (S$455.7 Billion) Securities Market Turnover & $1.4 Billion (S$1.8 Billion) Securities Daily Average Value in 2026 1H, ETFs AUM at $16 Billion (S$20.5 Billion) in 2026 June, Straits Times Index (STI) +36.4% in Last 12 Months Hong Kong Exchange (HKEX) to Launch 18 Single Stock Option Classes (Weekly & Monthly) in 3 Dates in 2026 August 1) 10/8/26 – Minimax, ZTE, Knowledge Atlas, Kingsoft Cloud, YOFC & UBTech Robotics, 2) 17/8/26 – SD Gold, Zhaojin Mining, Wechai Power, Beke-W, Leapmotor & Nio-SW, 3) 31/8/26 – Meitu, 3SBio, Sanhua, Goldwin, XtalPi & VGT