Caproasia https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Prudential $269 Billion Eastspring Investments Launches New Actively Managed Asia ex-Japan Technology Innovation Fund (Eastspring Investments – Asia Technology Innovation Fund) to Invest in Technology & Technology-Related Companies (Include Information Technology, Industrials, Consumer Discretionary, Communication Services & Healthcare), New Fund Initially Available in Singapore & Hong Kong 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 Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Singapore Ministers K. Shanmugam & Tan See Leng to Donate $356,000 (S$460,000, S$230,000 Each) Awarded by Singapore Court in Defamation Lawsuit Against Bloomberg (And Southeast Asia Real Estate Reporter Low De Wei) for Article Published by Bloomberg in 2024 with Statements on Their Property Transactions Which They Considered to be Libellous (False or Unfair and are Likely to Damage Their Reputation), Article Claimed Many Property Transactions in Singapore Did Not Have Legal Filings & Harder to Track Including Using Shell Companies or Trusts, K. Shanmugam Sold House in Singapore (Queen Astrid Park) to UBS Trustees for S$88 Million & Tan See Leng Transacted House in Singapore (Brizay Park) for S$27.3 Million KKR & Energy Capital Partners Investor Group Makes Improved $7.85 Billion (£5.8 Billion) Offer to Buy Ireland Energy Company DCC, Previous Offer of $6.7 Billion (£4.95 Billion), DCC Founded in 1976 by Jim Flavin as Development Capital Corporation Singapore-Based Crypto Exchange Crypto.com Receives $400 Million Investment at $20 Billion Valuation from Citadel Securities, Crypto.com Founded in 2016 by Kris Marszalek, Rafael Melo, Gary Or & Bobby Bao United States Biopharmaceutical Company Braveheart Bio Files for Nasdaq IPO to Raise $100 Million, Founded in 2024 by Travis Murdoch Who Sold Human Immunology Biosciences (HI-Bio) for $1.8 Billion in 2024 Japan Autonomous Driving Software Company TIER IV Tokyo Exchange IPO to Raise $116 Million at $654 Million Valuation with Expected IPO Listing on 22nd July 2026, Founded in 2015 by Dr. Shinpei Kato China $38 Billion Internet & Cloud-Computing Giant Nasdaq Primary-Listed Baidu to Convert Hong Kong Secondary Listing to Primary Listing, Founded in 2000 by Robin Li, Current Market Value at $10 Billion, Share Price -25% YTD, +28.9% Last 12 Months & -37.2% Last 5 Years United States Nuclear Fuel Company Standard Nuclear NYSE IPO Share Price Decreased -18% on Day 1 Trading (16/7/26: IPO Price $15, Closing $12.30) to $2 Billion Market Value & Raised $150 Million in IPO, 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 United States Data Center & Digital Infrastructure Company Csquare NYSE IPO Share Price Decreased -1.6% on Day 1 Trading (16/7/26: IPO Price $21, Closing $20.67) to $3.2 Billion Market Value & Raised $1 Billion in IPO, Founded in 2024 as Centersquare by Canada $1 Trillion Brookfield Asset Management (Brookfield Infrastructure Partners) with Merger of Cyxtera Technologies & Evoque Data Center Solutions United States $30 Billion Kuwait-Backed Alternative Investment Firm Wafra Increased Shareholding in France $200 Billion Private Markets Firm Ardian, Acquired Minority Stake in 2025 November, Wafra Strategic Partnership Funds Invest in Leading Alternative Asset Management Businesses, Ardian Founded in 1996 as AXA Private Equity with $100 Million & Management Buyout by Dominique Senequier in 2013 to Create Ardian, Wafra Founded in 1985 by Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS) as Wafra Investment Advisory Group to Manage Investments in United States for Sovereign Institutions from Kuwait & Gulf States UK Financial Reporting Council (FRC) Fines PwC & Audit Engagement Partner John Waters $4.5 Million (£3.3 Million) for Serious Breaches in Audit of London-Listed $6.7 Billion Engineering Services Company Babcock International Group for FY2019 & FY2020 HSBC Private Bank Hires Citi Private Bank Chief of Staff David De La Cruz as Head of Commercial Execution, 22 Years at Citigroup (Citigroup Asset Management & Citi Private Bank) and Held Senior Roles at Citi Private bank Including as Chief of Staff, Head of Client Experience North America & Head of Business Planning North America Investments India AI Software Startup Emergent Raised $130 Million in Series C Funding at $1.5 Billion Valuation, Founded in 2014 by Madhav Jha & Mukund Jha, Investors Include Creaegis, Claypond, Sentinel Global, Khosla Ventures, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Lightspeed & Y Combinator Sweden Preventive Healthcare Startup Neko Health Raised $700 Million in Series C Funding at $7 Billion Valuation, Founded in 2018 by Daniel Ek (Spotify Co-Founder) & Hjalmar Nilsonne Singapore $2.2 Billion Money Laundering – Singapore Court Sentenced LW Business Consultancy Director Wang Junjie (Singapore Citizen, Age 43) to 8-Month (32 Weeks) Jail Term & Disqualified for 5 Years (as Director of Company) for Forgery & Conspiracy to Cheat Singapore Tax Authority IRAS (Including as Director of Yihao Cyber Technologies), Wang Junjie Held Directorships, Secretarial & Shareholder Roles in 185 Firms Switzerland $186 Billion Private Markets Asset Manager Partners Group to Raise $26 Billion to $32 Billion for New Funds in 2026 with $16 Billion Raised in 2026 1H United States Court Grants Australia-Based Investor Song Wenlei Request to Unfreeze Tiger Brokers Brokerage Account by Placing $1.5 Million in Escrow – Funds Frozen Due to Alleged Insider Trades Which Generated at Least $100 Million Profit, Citadel Billionaire Founder Ken Griffin Citadel Securities Lost $28 Million & Joins Lawsuit in United States Quant Trading Firm Susquehanna International Group (SIG) Lawsuit on Losing $70 Million as Counterparty to Insider Trades (Options) via United States & China Brokerages, United States Court Grants Request to Freeze Accounts at Interactive Brokers, Futu & Up Fintech Holdings’ Tiger Brokers, Susquehanna International Group Alleged Insider Trades Generated at Least $100 Million Profit China State-Owned PICC Life Insurance Company (PICC Life) to Sell Stake in PICC Life & AIG Joint Venture China-US Insurance Advisory with $1.5 Million Liabilities for $0.15 (CNY 1) South Korea to Postpone Launch of Weekly Options for Single Stocks (Original Schedule to Launch: 29/6/26), South Korea Major Stock Index KOSPI Decreased -9.99% on 23rd June 2026 (Tuesday) to 8,203.84 (Decreased 910.71), South Korea Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) Governor Lee Chan-jin Highlights Concerns Leveraged ETFs, Regrets Not Blocking Launch of Leveraged ETF in 2026 May, $232 Billion Korea Investment Management (KIM) Leveraged ETF Price Tracking $993 Billion Semiconductor Giant SK Hynix Share Price Moved in Opposite Direction for 2 Days