Caproasia https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html United States $758 Billion Private Equity Firm KKR Appoints Manulife ex-President & CEO Roy Gori as Senior Advisor to Advise KKR on Strategic Opportunities in Global Financial Services & Insurance with Focus on APAC & International Markets, 28 Years Senior Executive & Leadership Experience at Citigroup & Manulife and Held Roles Including as President, CEO, Regional Head of Retail Banking APAC, Head of Consumer Banking for North Asia & Australia, Country CEO Australia & CFO Thailand 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 United States $40 Billion Market Prediction Trading Platform Kalshi Files United States Regulatory Approval for Perpetual Contracts on Precious Metals Including Gold & Silver, Perpetual Contracts (Futures) Have No Expiry Date Latest France Artificial Intelligence Startup Mistral AI Raised $2 Billion (€1.7 Billion) in Series C Funding at $13.7 Billion (€11.7 Billion) Valuation, Mistral AI Co-Founded in 2023 by CEO Arthur Mensch, Investors Include ASML Holding, General Catalyst, Lightspeed Venture Partners, DST Global, Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, Nvidia, BPI France & France Billionaire Xavier Niel France AI Startup Mistral AI to Raise $3.5 Billion in New Funding at $23 Billion Valuation, Founded in 2023 by Arthur Mensch, Guillaume Lample & Timothée Lacroix, Investors Include ASML Holding, General Catalyst, Lightspeed Venture Partners, DST Global, Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, Nvidia, BPI France & France Billionaire Xavier Niel China Shenzhen Nanshan District Villa at Banshan Seaview Sold for $12.9 Million (CNY 87 Million) at +360% Above List Price in Auction United States $315 Billion Alternatives Asset Manager Blue Owl Capital Invests for Strategic Minority Stake in France $4.6 Billion Financial Services-Focused Private Equity Firm BlackFin Capital Partners, Founded in 2009 by Laurent Bouyoux, Eric May, Bruno Rostain & Paul Mizrahi Middle East Country Lebanon Plans Golden Visa (Residency) Program with Global Tax Exemptions for Foreigners, Requires 1) Minimum Wealth Level, 2) $1 Million (KES 131 Million) Investment into Approved Economic Sectors & 3) Deposit $500,000 (KES 65.5 Million) into Lebanon Banks, Lebanon Banking Sector Collapsed in 2019, Lebanon GDP at $35 Billion & 5.9 Million Population Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) Increased Scrutiny on Auditors in Australia Including Complaints on Big 4 Audit Firms (KPMG, PwC, Deloitte & EY) and Sent Regulatory Obligations Notice to 3,000 Auditors in Australia Lloyd’s (Lloyd’s of London) Investigation Rules ex-CEO John Neal Breached Compliance by Failing to Disclose Close Relationship & Potential Conflicts of Interest with Female Colleague (Rebekah Clement, Then-Corporate Affairs Director) But Found No Conclusive Evidence of Romance, Lloyd’s Senior Managers & Whistleblower Had Raised Concerns on Their Relationship Brazil, ex-Barcelona & ex-Paris Saint-Germain Football Club Superstar Neymar Jr (Age 34) Receives Newly Bought & Refurbished $23 Million (£17.5 Million) Superyacht & Renamed Enejota, 46.7 Metre Length with Helipad, Currently Plays for Brazil Football Club Santos, Earned $133 Million Salary in 2024 (Saudi Arabia Football Club Al-Hilal) But Suffered Injuries (ACL Tear, Hamstring), Estimated Fortune of $450 Million Latest Latest South Korea President Lee Jae Myung (Age 62) Bypassed Housing Loan Limit Restrictions in Sale of His South Korea $2 Million (KRW 2.9 Billion) Apartment (1765 Sq Ft) in Seoul by Providing 62% ($1.2 Million) Loan to Buyer on $2 Million Purchase Price, Existing Housing Loan Restrictions Limits Loan to Maximum of $135,000 (KRW 200 Million) or 10% of Purchase Price China Beverage Giant Hangzhou Wahaha Group Chairman & Heir Kelly Zong Fuli (Age 44) with $2 Billion Family Fortune Lost Appeal in Hong Kong Higher Court to Unfreeze $1.8 Billion HSBC Bank Account (Jian Hao Ventures) UK Top-Tier Law Firm Linklaters 530 Partners Received $3.3 Million (£2.48 Million) Average Annual Pay in 2025, Linklaters Founded in 1838 by John Linklater & Julius Dods as Dods & Linklater Indonesia $1.4 Billion Startup eFishery Founder & ex-CEO Gibran Huzaifah Jail Term Reduced to 6 Years after Successful Appeal on 9-Year Jail Term in Indonesia for Fraud, Embezzlement & Money Laundering, Inflated Revenue by $595 Million for 2024 (January to September) to $752 Million & Generated Loss of $35.4 Million But Reported $16 Million Profit, eFishery Founded in 2013 by Gibran Huzaifah, Investors Include 42XFund, Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan), SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Temasek, Northstar Group, Peak XV (Previously Sequoia India), Responsability & 500 Global United States Government to Impose 50% Tariffs on $20 Billion of Canada Imports (Include Wine, Diary Products, Seeds, Furniture, Clothings, Ice Hockey Gears & Cement) for Discrimination Against United States Goods, United States Imported $382 Billion of Canada Goods in 2025 Hong Kong Billionaire Li Ka-shing $21 Billion Property Group CK Asset 41-Storey Cheung Kong Center II Expects Occupancy to Reach at Least 75% by End of 2026, Building Completed in 2024 But Had Only 10% Occupancy at Opening, CK Asset Current Market Value at $21.2 Billion, Share Price +18% YTD, +30.3% Last 12 Months & -10.6% Last 5 Years United States AI Research Startup Anthropic Files for United States IPO with Earliest IPO Listing in 2026 October, Raised $65 Billion in Series H Funding Round at $965 Billion Valuation in 2026 May, Founded in 2021 by 7 ex-OpenAI Employees Including Siblings Daniela Amodei & Dario Amodei United States $965 Billion AI Research Startup Anthropic Receives United States Court Approval to Pay $1.5 Billion Settlement for Class-Action Lawsuit by Authors for Using Their Books to Train Anthropic AI Chatbot (Claude) Without Permission ($3,000 Fine Per Downloaded Book, Total 500,000 Books), Founded in 2021 by 7 ex-OpenAI Employees Including Siblings Daniela Amodei & Dario Amodei United States Blockchain Fintech Firm Digital Asset (Creator of Canton Network) Raised Additional $10 Million Funding from Shinhan Financial Group & SC Ventures (Standard Chartered Bank) to Total $365 Million in Latest Funding Round at $2 Billion Valuation, Founded in 2014 by Yuval Rooz, Eric Saranieki & Shaul Kfir, Investors Include 7RIDGE, ABN Amro, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (Subsidiary), Alumni Ventures, Apollo Funds, BNP Paribas, Broadridge, Citadel Securities, CME Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Greenwulf Asset Management, Hanwha Investment & Securities, HSBC, iCapital, Liberty City Ventures, Optiver, Polychain, R136 Ventures, S&P Global, SBI Group, Smash Capital, SoFi, Tradeweb & William Blair Latest Latest