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 Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest AIA Longevity Study 2026: 1) Singapore Citizens Expect to Live to Age 80.2 But Health to Start Declining at Age 70.2, 2) Top Aging Well Factors Include Financial Security, Physical Health, Mental Wellbeing, Sense of Purpose & Identity and Strong Social Relationships Singapore $1.2 Trillion Sovereign Wealth Fund GIC 2025/2026 Reports Annualised +3.4% Real Return in Last 20 Years, +3.6% USD Nominal Return in Last 5 Years, +6.2% in Last 10 Years & +5.6% in Last 20 Years, GIC Asset Allocation: Equities 56%, Fixed Income 22% & Real Assets 22%, GIC Geographical Allocation: Americas 53%, EMEA 19%, APAC 22% & Global (Funds, Commodities, Supranational Debts) 6% UK Top-Tier Law Firm Clifford Chance 700+ Partners Received $3.1 Million (£2.3 Million) Average Annual Pay in 2025, Clifford Chance Founded in 1987 with Merger of Coward Chance & Clifford-Turner United States Industrial AI Startup Atoms Raised $1.7 billion in New Funding Round, Launched in 2026 March by Travis Kalanick (Uber Founder) with Various Businesses Merging into Atoms, Investors Include a16z, Bain Capital, Uber, Fifth Wall, Chemistry, A*, K5 Global, Abstract, SV Angel & Alpha Square Group China $29 Billion High-End Test Equipment Company Semight Instruments Plans Hong Kong Secondary Listing IPO, Founded in 2017 by Hu Haiyang & Completed Shanghai IPO in 2026 April, Current Market Value at $28.6 Billion with Share Price +2,294% from IPO Price (24/4/26 IPO Price: CNY 81.88, 24/7/26: CNY 1,960.02) United States $14 Billion Spices & Seasoning Food Company McCormick Plans London Secondary Listing IPO Following $44.8 Billion Foods Business Deal with UK $120 Billion Consumer Packaged Goods Giant Unilever to Combine Foods Business, Unilever Becomes Largest Shareholder of McCormick with 65% Stake Singapore Real Estate Giants $10 Billion CapitaLand Investment (CLI) & Mapletree Investments Merger Discussion Hits Valuation Hurdle, CapitaLand Investment (CLI) Current Market Value at $10 Billion & Mapletree Investments Valuation at $14 Billion, Temasek Owns 54% of CapitaLand Investment (CLI) & 100% of Mapletree Investments  China 2nd Largest Property Developer $5.3 Billion China Vanke Receives $77 Million Loan from Major Shareholder (27% Stake) Shenzhen Metro Group France $60 Billion Alternative Asset Manager Tikehau Capital Raised $6 Billion (€5.2 Billion) for 6th European Direct Lending Strategy to Provide Financing Solutions to High-Quality European Businesses Germany $183 Billion Insurance & Asset Management Giant Allianz to Buy HSBC Insurance Unit in Singapore (HSBC Life Singapore) for $2.3 Billion (€2 Billion) & Forms 15-Year Exclusive Distribution in Singapore with HSBC Singapore to Provide Protection, Health, Retirement & Wealth Solutions to HSBC Customers in Singapore Italy 2nd Largest Bank $136 Billion UniCredit Expects to Gain Control of Germany $47 Billion Commerzbank in 2026 Q4 after Increasing Stake to 47.59% (Final Tender Offer & Derivatives) with 49.65% Voting Rights China Brokerage China Merchants Securities Terminates Market Making Services (Liquidity Provider) for 6 Products Including 1) Huatai-PineBridge China-Korea Semiconductor ETF & 2) 5 Products (Nikkei 225 & Nasdaq 100 Indexes) in Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor (QDII) Scheme KPMG Australia Client Data Leak Scandal: Australia $68 Billion Macquarie Group Reviews Current Auditor KPMG to Continue to Audit Macquarie Group & Audit Tender Process Germany Prosecutors Searched $65 Billion Deutsche Bank Headquarters Office (22/7/26) for Alleged Fraud on Tax & Stock Dividend Transactions (Cum-cum Trades) at Postbank from 2008 to 2010, Deutsche Bank Starting Acquiring Postbank in 2008, 10 ex-Managers of Postbank Named as Suspects for $410 Million (€360 Million) Losses to Germany Government Sexual Abuse Offender Jeffrey Epstein (Died 2019) Case: Ex-Barclays CEO & ex-Head of JP Morgan Private Bank James Staley (Jes Staley) Denies Having Friendship with Jeffrey Epstein at Closed-Door Hearing (23/7/26) by United States House Committee JP Morgan Private Bank Global Family Office Report 2026: 333 Family Offices with Average $1.1 Billion AUM & $1.6 Billion Net Worth, Average Cost of Family Office with $500 Million AUM at $2.45 Million Per Year, Top 3 Priorities are Liquid Financial Assets 89%, Estate / Tax Planning 76%, Direct investments 72%, Portfolio Allocation – Public Equities 38.4%, Fixed Income 14.8%, Private Markets 30.8%, Cash 7.8%, Hedge Funds 4.7%, Commodities 1.3%, Arts / Collectibles 1%, Crypto / Digital Assets 0.4%, Top 8 Investment Themes – Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare Innovation, Infrastructure Assets, Cybersecurity, Global Security & Defence, Automation & Robotics, Food & Agricultural Innovation, Smart Mobility, Top 6 Investment Risks – Geopolitics, Liquidity, Trade Policy & Tariffs, Asset Valuations, Economic Growth, Portfolio Concentrations Asian Development Bank (ADB) Venture Capital Program (ADB Ventures) & Japan Agency Launched Southeast Asia Emerging Entrepreneurs Kickstart (SEEK) to Help Promising Startups Scale Solutions to Complex Development Challenges In Southeast Asia & the Pacific, Eligible Companies Will Receive Seed Funding of Up to $400,000 to Advance Solutions from Market Exploration to Commercial Deployment, Solutions Include Clean Energy, Sustainable Industry, Smart Mobility, Logistics, Sustainable Agriculture, Circular Economy, Inclusive Finance, Digital Economy & Resilient Communities Asian Development Bank (ADB) & Japan Government Launch New Water Security Fund – Water Initiative for Security, Efficiency and Resilience (WISER) Fund with $10 Million Contribution from Japan Government, Fund Will Protect People in APAC from Floods, Droughts & Water-Related Shocks Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Management Launches New Alternative Investment Platform to Support Family Offices & Wealthy Clients with Direct Investments in Private Companies, Led by Goldman Sachs 15-Year Veteran Matt Doherty (Appointed as Head of Alternative Investment Platform for Wealth)