SoftBank Group (TYO: 9984) reported a stunning 2.5 trillion yen ($16.6 billion) quarterly profit — more than double last year’s figure — as Masayoshi Son’s bold bet on OpenAI delivered major valuation gains. The surge marks SoftBank’s best quarter since 2022, reinforcing its position at the center of the global AI investment wave. 🔹 Key...
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced plans to invest $10 billion in a new artificial intelligence data hub in Sines, Portugal, positioning the country as one of Europe’s leading AI infrastructure hubs. The project — developed in partnership with Start Campus, Nscale, and NVIDIA — will deploy 12,600 next-generation NVIDIA GPUs, marking one of Europe’s largest AI...
British investors have withdrawn a record £7.4 billion ($9.9 billion) from equity funds since June — marking the longest streak of monthly net selling since the Brexit vote in 2016, according to new data from Calastone. The selloff highlights growing caution among UK investors amid: 🔹 Key Data Points “Investors are questioning whether high global...
Emerging markets saw a strong revival in investor appetite last month as non-resident investors added $26.9 billion to EM equity and debt portfolios, according to the Institute of International Finance (IIF). This marks a sharp rebound from $21.1B in September and a $5B outflow in October 2024 — signaling renewed confidence in developing economies amid...
Private funding for Southeast Asia’s internet economy reached $7.7 billion in the 12 months to June 2025 — up 15% year-on-year, yet still lagging the global private equity and venture capital growth rate of 25%, according to the annual Google–Temasek–Bain report released this week. While the region’s digital economy remains one of the fastest-growing globally,...
A new wave of digital asset treasury (DAT) companies — publicly listed firms that hold cryptocurrencies on their balance sheets — is moving beyond Bitcoin and Ether into smaller, less liquid tokens, alarming regulators and investors alike. According to DLA Piper, there are now over 200 DATs with a combined market capitalization of $150 billion,...