Caproasia https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Bank of China Singapore Receives Singapore MAS Approval to Become Primary Dealer in Singapore for Singapore Government Securities (SGS) or MAS-Issued Securities Auctions, First China Bank to be Granted Primary Dealer, Total 13 Primary Dealers in Singapore are ANZ, Bank of America, Bank of China, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citibank, DBS Bank, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, Maybank, OCBC, Standard Chartered Bank & UOB 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 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 Latest 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 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 $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 Latest Latest 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 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 Barclays Private Bank Hires Nomura Discretionary Portfolio Management (DPM) Team Levia Goh as Portfolio Analyst in Investment Management Team in Singapore UK Secondaries Investment Firm Clipway Raised $6.4 Billion for First Secondaries Fund (Clipway Secondary Fund I) to Invest in LP-Led Secondary Transactions in North America & Western Europe Buyout Funds, Founded in 2021 & Launched in 2023, Clipway Managing Partners are Vincent Gombault, Ingmar Vallano & Benoit Verbrugghe India $311 Billion Asset Manager SBI Funds Management India IPO Share Price Increased +6.2% on Day 1 Trading (21/7/26: IPO Price 574 Rupee, Closing 609.75) to $12.9 Billion Market Value & Raised $1 Billion in IPO, SBI Funds Management Founded in 1992, State Bank of India (SBI) Owned 61.9% Stake & $2.8 Trillion Asset Manager Amundi Owned 36.4% Stake Pre-IPO United States $613 Billion Investment Manager Neuberger Berman Hires ex-JP Morgan Alternative Investments Specialist & ex-iCapital Singapore CEO Bertrand Ng in Singapore, 16 Years Alternative Investments, Private Banking & Financial Industry Experience at JP Morgan (12 Years) & iCapital India New Wealth & Asset Management Firm Veriqus Group Announced Launch & Raised $40 Million in New Funding, Founded in 2026 by Ashish Gumashta (Ex-Julius Baer India Chairman & CEO) & Roshi Jain (ex-HDFC Asset Management Senior Fund Manager), Investors Include United States $16 Billion Venture Capital & Private Equity Firm Norwest  Alibaba Fintech Ant Group International Unit (Ant International) Raised $1.2 Billion in Series A Funding & Plans Hong Kong IPO in 2026 June, Reported $10 Billion Valuation in 2026 June, Investors Include Ant Group & Alibaba Group, Ant International Founded in 2023 in Spinoff from Ant Group, Ant Group Founded in 2004 (Alipay) UK $75 Billion Fintech Revolut Launches Revolut Bank Australia after Receiving Approval for Full Australian Deposit-taking Institution (ADI) Licence & Will Protect Eligible Deposits of AUD 250,000 Per Account Holder, Recently Launched Revolut Bank in Mexico & Received In-Principle Approval for Crypto Services in UAE with Virtual Assets Service Provider (VASP) Licence from the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) in Dubai Latest Latest