Caproasia https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html United States $3.4 Trillion Asset Manager Capital Group Global Equity Study – Value Watch: 1,600 Largest Listed Companies with $35.3 Trillion Market Value in 2014 Generated $36.7 Trillion in Total Profits Over 12 Years (2014 to 2025) Representing 104% of 2014 Market Value, 12 Years of Profit to Payback Market Value of Largest 1,600 Listed Companies, 12 to 13 Year Payback Period on Track to be Repeated 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 Bain & Co Japan Private Equity Report 2026: 1) $29.5 Billion (JPY 4.8 Trillion) Private Equity Deal Value in 2025 & $14.8 Billion (JPY 2.4 Trillion) Private Equity Exit Value, 2) Japan TVM (Total Value Multiple) Average 2.5x Compared to (United States TVM Average 2.1x, 3) Top 5 Japan Companies Value are Management, G&A, COGS, Commercial Excellence & Early Monetization, 4) Japan Companies (Public & Private) with > $1 Billion Revenue at 1,238 Compared to United States with 1,913 Companies > $1 Billion Revenue, 5) 36 GPs (General Partners) in 2026 with Japan Office & Latest Buyout / Turnaround Fund > $500 Million Latest Singapore Tax Authority Recovered $38 Million (S$49 Million) Evaded Taxes by 124 High-Income Earners & Caught Total of 279 High-Income Earners for Tax Evasion, 123 Cases Evaded Taxes by Receiving Income from Dividends (Tax-Exempt) or Interest-Free Shareholder Loans via Companies, Singapore Corporate Tax Rate at 17%, Singapore Personal Income Tax for Above S$1 Million Income is 24% (First S$1 Million 19.915% Tax), Singapore Personal Income Tax for S$500,000 Income is 16.83% Latest Latest NBA ex-Los Angeles Lakers & Current Washington Wizards Basketball Team Star Anthony Davis (Age 33) & Wife (Marlen Polanco) Sell United States California Los Angeles Bel-Air Mansion (3.5 Acres Estate with 17,000+ Sq Ft House, Theatre, Olympic-Sized Pool & Tennis Court) for $32 Million after Listing for $39.9 Million in 2025 August, Bought for $31 Million in 2021, Anthony Davis Has $180 Million Fortune and Currently on $175.3 Million 3-Year Contract with Option for $62.7 Million 1-Year Contract (2027/2028) Latest Canada Nuclear Energy Startup General Fusion Competes Nasdaq IPO (13/7/26) $1 Billion SPAC Merger with Spring Valley Acquisition Corp. III (SVAC) to Form General Fusion Group & Received $150 Million Cash, Founded in 2002 by Michel Laberg United States Clean Energy Company Holtec Nuclear Corp Files for Nasdaq IPO to Raise $2 Billion, Founded in 1986 as Holtec International by Dr. Kris Singh Singapore-Based $2 Billion AI Agent Startup Manus AI in Talks with Tencent, ZhenFund & HSG (Previously Sequoia China & HongShan Capital Group) to Raise $1 Billion at $2 Billion Valuation to Unwind $2 Billion Buyout by Facebook Parent $1.7 Trillion Meta after China Government Blocked Foreign Acquisition of Manus AI, Founded in 2022 by Red Xiao Hong as a Product of China Startup Beijing Butterfly Effect Technology, Investors Include HongShan Capital Group (HSG), ZhenFund, Tencent & Benchmark Japan Billionaire Masayoshi Son $225 Billion SoftBank Group Appoints Goldman Sachs 17-Year Veteran ex-Head of Japan Securities Division Mark Agne to Lead Finance & Technology at SoftBank Vision Fund, Mark Agne Joined SoftBank in 2019 & is Currently Managing Partner at SoftBank Investment Advisers, Mark Agne was at Goldman Sachs for 17 Years and Held Senior Roles Including as Head of Japan Securities Division & Co-Head of APAC Equity Trading United States $161 Billion Private Markets Asset Manager HarbourVest Partners Raised $4.75 Billion for 7th Direct Co-Investment Fund Program (HarbourVest Partners Co-Investment Fund VII Program) to Invest in Direct Co-Investments in Buyout & Growth Equity Strategies Alongside Leading Private Markets Sponsors, $500 Million Raised Allocated to Invest in Growth Equity & Expansion Stage Opportunities in AI, Healthcare Innovation, High-Growth Industries & Disruptive Technologies China Fines 4 Internet Live Streamers $1.9 Million for Tax Evasion, Reported High Sales Volume & Received Donations But Paid Low Taxes Indonesia Prosecutor Head of Special Crimes (Attorney General’s Office) Febrie Adriansyah (Age 58) Resigned after Police Seized $20 Million Cash & $9.7 Million Gold Bars (74 Kg), Named as Suspect in Extortion, Bribery & Money Laundering Corruption Investigation, Police Raided 12 Locations China $19 Billion Bank of Shanghai Wins China Court Appeal Lawsuit for $380 Million (CNY 2.58 Billion) Loan Repayment from China Conglomerate Baoneng Group & Founder Yao Zhenhua, Baoneng Group Founded in 1992 & in Distressed Since 2020 with $30 Billion (CNY 200 Billion) Debt Latest Hong Kong Exchange (HKEX) to Launch 18 Single Stock Option Classes (Weekly & Monthly) in 3 Dates in 2026 August 1) 10/8/26 – Minimax, ZTE, Knowledge Atlas, Kingsoft Cloud, YOFC & UBTech Robotics, 2) 17/8/26 – SD Gold, Zhaojin Mining, Wechai Power, Beke-W, Leapmotor & Nio-SW, 3) 31/8/26 – Meitu, 3SBio, Sanhua, Goldwin, XtalPi & VGT Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) Fines Germany Deutsche Bank $1.4 Million (AUD 2 Million) for Misreporting 260,000+ OTC Derivative Transactions, Accurate Reporting Necessary for Regulators to Oversee & Monitor Systemic Risk to Detect & Prevent Potential Market Abuse UK Government Designates 4 Major Cloud & Technology Providers (Microsoft, Google, Amazon & Oracle) as Critical Third Parties (CTPs) Which Will be Subjected to Oversight (13/7/26) by UK Regulators to Reduce Risk of Widespread Disruption & Strengthen Collaboration Across Financial Services Ecosystem UBS Hong Kong to Relocate to New 20-Storey Office Tower (UBS Tower) with 460,000 Sq Ft in 2026 Q4 at International Gateway Centre (IGC) in West Kowloon, Located Above High Speed Rail West Kowloon Terminus, UBS to Consolidate All Staff in 2026 & Move Out of Existing Office in Central Financial District in Hong Kong Island, New Office Developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties United States $5.6 Trillion State Street Investment Management Hires HSBC Asset Management Jacqueline Pang as Head of Strategy APAC, 28 Years Asset Management & Financial Industry Experience at HSBC Asset Management, State Street Global Advisors, Amundi Asset Management, DBS & ICAP and Held Senior Roles Including as Head of ETF Sales APAC & Head of ETF Capital Markets APAC Hong Kong Deposit Protection Board Reports $459 Billion (HKD 3.6 Trillion) Deposits Covered by Deposit Protection Scheme, Public Awareness of Scheme at 80% & Public Confidence in Scheme at 86.7%, Hong Kong Deposit Protection Board Formed in 2004 & Launched in 2006 September (25/9/26) Singapore Temasek $75 Billion Independent Asset Management Business Seviora Group & United States Nuveen Private Capital $66 Billion Customized Financing Private Equity Firm Churchill Asset Management Jointly Raised $400 Million for Collateralized Fund Obligation (CFO) to Invest in Seviora Asian Private Credit & Global Fund-of-Funds Strategies (50%) and Churchill United States Junior Capital & Private Equity Secondaries Strategies (50%), Temasek Invested for Minority Stake in $99 Billion Nuveen Private Capital in 2025 – Parent is United States $1.4 Trillion Investment Manager Nuveen Owned by Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA)