Caproasia https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html UK-United States $96 Billion Private Equity Firm Lone Star Funds to Buy Germany $16 Billion Tire Maker Continental Industrial Material Business (ContiTech) at $4.6 Billion (€4 Billion, Include $284 Million Contingents) Valuation in All-Cash Deal  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 South Korea AI Chip Startup Rebellions Raised $400 Million at $2.3 Billion Valuation & Plans South Korea IPO in 2027 1H, Founded in 2020 by Sunghyun Park, Oh Jin-wook, Kim Hyo-eun & Shin Sung-ho, Investors Include Samsung, SK Hynix, SK Telecom, KT Corp, Korea National Growth Fund, Saudi Aramco (Wa’ed Ventures) Latest Japan Bankrupt Credit Card Payment Company Zentoshin Creditors to Claim $709 Million (JPY 115.2 Billion) Debts, Suspected to Falsify Financial Reports for 20 Years, Filed for Bankruptcy (6/7/26) with $709 Million (JPY 115.2 Billion) Debts, Japan Banks Including Towa Bank & San ju San Financial Group Will Writedown Loans Provided to Zentoshin Germany $1.2 Trillion Asset Manager DWS Plans Rebrand to Deutsche Asset Management in 2026 Q4, DWS (Die Wertpapier Spezialisten ~ The Security Specialists) Fully Acquired by Deutsche Bank in 2006 & Completed Frankfurt IPO in 2018, Current Market Value at $15.9 Billion, Share Price +20% YTD, +37.1% Last 12 Months & +73.9% Last 5 Years, DWS Largest Shareholders are Germany Deutsche Bank 79.49% & Japan Nippon Life Insurance 5% Japan Major Stock Index Nikkei 225 Reclassifies Index into 7 Sectors (Previous 6) by Adding Information & Communications (Effective 1/10/26), Nikkei 225 7 Sectors are Technology, Information & Communications, Financials, Consumer Goods, Materials, Capital Goods / Others and Transportation & Utilities, Nikkei 500 Communications Sector Will be Renamed as Information & Communications (Effective 1/10/26), Nikkei 225 at 67,743, +30.7% YTD, +70.9% Last 12 Months & +142.5% Last 5 Years Singapore MAS to Allow New Fund Product Types for Retail Investors with New Alternative Funds Appendix (Innovative Fund Types) & Faster Approval (3 Months for Initial New Fund Types, 3 Weeks for Same Type of Funds) Singapore MAS & Police to Charge Singapore-Based Samlit Moneychanger (Include Director & Compliance Manager) in Singapore Court for Failures to Comply with Complaints Handling & Obstruction of Justice, Singapore Police Received More than 670 Reports of Around $9.8 Million Money Remittances to China Frozen in 2023 December Hong Kong SFC Requires Internet Brokers & Virtual Asset Trading Platform Operators (VATPs) to 1) Implement Phishing-Resistant Authentication Methods for Client Login & Device Binding within 12 Months (Latest 8/7/27) and to Stop Using 1-Time Passwords (OTPs) for Client Login & Device Binding, 2) Large Internet Brokers are Expected to Implement Immediately and 3) Senior Management are Ultimately Responsible for Appropriate Controls to Protect Client Accounts & Assets and Will be Held Accountable for Client Losses Due to Control Lapses Uzbekistan Government Postponed 2026 IPOs of State-Owned Uzbekistan Airways & Uzbektelecom to 2027, Uzbekistan Airways IPO Valuation to Increase to $2.3 Billion in Ongoing Transformation Program with United States $1.7 Trillion Asset Manager Franklin Templeton, Target to Complete Transformation & IPOs for All 13 Companies in National Investment Fund of Uzbekistan (UzNIF) Portfolio France $18 Billion Private Equity Firm InfraVia Capital Partners to Buy Greece Premium Marina Operator D-Marin at $1.2 Billion (€1 Billion) Valuation from United States $239 Billion Private Equity Firm CVC Capital Partners in All-Cash Deal, D-Marin Founded in 2003 Latest Latest Canada $18 Billion Telecommunications Company Rogers Communications to Buy Remaining 25% Stake in Canada Sports & Entertainment Company Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment for $3.1 Billion (CAD $4.35 Billion) at $12.4 Billion (CAD $17.4 Billion) Valuation from Kilmer Sports in All-Cash Deal to Own 100% of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Australia $4.4 Billion Gold Miner Genesis Minerals Makes Offer to Buy Australia Gold Miner Vault Minerals for $3.9 Billion (AUD $5.6 Billion) in Cash & Share Merger, Vault Minerals Current Market Value at $3.4 Billion, Share Price -13.8% YTD, +85.8% Last 12 Months & +280.6% Last 5 Years France $54 Billion Defense & Technology Giant Thales to Buy 35.5% Stake in France Maritime Robotics & Navigation Company Exail Technologies at $4.4 Billion (€3.9 Billion) Valuation from Gorgé Family with View to Full Acquire 100% Shares via Future Tender Offer, Exail Technologies Formed in 2022 from Merger of ECA Group & iXblue, Exail Technologies Current Market Value at $2.4 Billion, Share Price +46.6% YTD, +40.8% Last 12 Months & +761.8% Last 5 Years Europe $307 Billion Private Equity Group EQT to Buy Australia Smart Parking Technology Company Orikan for $330 Million (AUD $475 Million) from Australia $3.3 Billion Investment Firm Five V Capital in All-Cash Deal United States $9.7 Billion Advanced Materials Company Solstice Advanced Materials to Buy United States Specialty Chemicals Company Element Solutions for $14.5 Billion in Cash & Share Deal (Include Debt), Element Solutions Founded in 2013 as Platform Specialty Products, Element Solutions Current Market Value at $9.6 Billion, Share Price +51.6% YTD, +58.8% Last 12 Months & +64.9% Last 5 Years United States $127 Billion Biotechnology Giant Vertex Pharmaceuticals to Buy United States Endocrinology Company Crinetics Pharmaceuticals for $10 Billion in All-Cash Deal Representing +102% Premium to Unaffected Closing Price (6/7/26), Crinetics Pharmaceuticals Founded in 2008 by Scott Struthers, Frank Zhu, Ana Kusnetzow & Stephen F. Betz, Crinetics Pharmaceuticals Current Market Value at $8.8 Billion, Share Price +78.6% YTD, +158.2% Last 12 Months & +297% Last 5 Years France $59 Billion Banking Giant Crédit Agricole Increased Stake to 29.3% (Market Purchases & Derivative) in Italy $27 Billion Bank Banco BPM, Previously Held 22.9% Stake, Crédit Agricole Founded in 1894, Banco BPM Formed in 2017 from Merger of Banco Popolare & Banca Popolare di Milano United States $83 Billion Media Giant Comcast Broadcast Unit (Sky) to Buy UK $3.7 Billion Broadcaster ITV Business (ITV Media & Entertainment) for $2.1 Billion (£1.6 Billion, Include Debt) in All-Cash Deal  Switzerland $318 Billion Pharmaceutical Giant Novartis to Buy UK Biotechnology Company Myricx Bio for $1.5 Billion ($1.1 Billion Upfront & $400 Million Contingents) in All-Cash Deal, Myricx Bio Founded in 2019 by Ed Tate, Roberto Solari & Andrew Bell Latest Latest