Caproasia https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html China AI Robotics Startup Walden Robotics Raised $300 Million at $1.1 Billion Valuation, Founded in 2026 by Russ Tedrake, Ben Burchfiel, Kerri Fetzer-Borelli, Dave Johnson, Adrien Gaidon, Siyuan Feng & Rares Ambrus, Investors Include Toyota, Deviation Capital, NVIDIA, Boeing, AE Ventures, Samsung Ventures, Prologis Ventures, CoreWeave Ventures, Calibrate Ventures, Colle Capital, Shine Capital, NextView Ventures, Squarepoint Capital, One Madison Group, KAS Venture Partners & Menlo Ventures 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 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 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 United States $40 Billion Market Prediction Trading Platform Kalshi Launches Bets (Event-Based Trading) on Outcomes of Clinical Drug Trials & Regulatory Decisions (United States Food and Drug Administration, FDA) China Corruption: Ex-Deputy Party Chief of China Hunan Province Wu Lan Charged for Corruption & Receiving Bribes Over 20+ Years, ex-Senior Official of China Media Regulator Cai Fuchao Investigated for Corruption Singapore 6-Month T-Bill Result (16th July 2026): S$8.8 Billion Allotted with Average Yield at 1.44%, Median Yield at 1.49% & Cut-Off Yield at 1.55% Latest China $195 Billion Communications Equipment Giant Zhongji Innolight Hong Kong Secondary Listing IPO to Raise $7 Billion with Earliest IPO Listing in 2026 July, Founded in 1987 as Shandong Zhongji Electrical Equipment by Wang Weixiu (Acquired InnoLight Technology in 2017, Founded in 2008 by Liu Sheng), Current Market Value at $195 Billion, Share Price +78.5% YTD, +552% Last 12 Months & +4,665% Last 5 Years Latest 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 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 DRAM Semiconductor Company ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) Shanghai IPO to Raise $9.8 Billion at $85 Billion Valuation with Expected IPO Listing on 27th July 2026, Founded in 2016 by Zhu Yiming (Founder of $61 Billion GigaDevice Semiconductor) Who is Billionaire with $5 Billion Fortune Latest Australia $16 Billion Data Centre Operator AirTrunk Singapore REIT IPO to Raise $1.5 Billion with IPO Listing in 2026 Q4, Blackstone & Canada Pension Fund CPPIB Acquired AirTrunk for $16.1 Billion (AUD 24 Billion) in 2024 from Macquarie Asset Management & Public Sector Pension Investment Board, AirTrunk Founded in 2015 by Robin Khuda in Australia 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