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Gold exchange-traded funds rebounded over the recent month after months of decline driven by a strong dollar and rising interest rates. The recovery followed easing concerns over US Federal Reserve tightening as Trump withdrew plans for large-scale attacks on Iran and US-Iran negotiations advanced o

US investment firm KKR submitted a proposal on July 10 to acquire a stake in First Gen Corp., a Filipino power generation company, according to a disclosure filed by parent company First Philippine Holdings Corp. (FPH) on August 13. The proposal includes a mandatory tender offer clause requiring a c

Maya maintained its P10 InstaPay transfer fee as of July despite traditional banks eliminating such charges, according to PLDT executives. The fintech reduced its fee from P15 to P10 in July but stopped short of zero, with PLDT head of investor relations Jinggay Nograles explaining that Maya's

Seventy listed companies in South Korea set dividend record dates for August, with total payouts exceeding 5.4224 trillion won, according to Korea Exchange data. The dividend announcements come as market volatility drives investor interest toward stocks offering stable cash returns. Last year's

Nearly 20 listed companies filed adverse semi-annual audit disclosures after market close on the 14th, the semi-annual report deadline. Multiple firms that received 'appropriate' audit opinions last year switched to 'opinion refusal' this year, citing going-concern uncertainties, internal control

Kyobo Life Insurance reported a net profit attributable to controlling interests of 246.1 billion won for the second quarter of 2026, announced on August 14. This represents a 17.1% decrease compared to the same period last year. The decline was driven by the application of actuarial assumption

Apex Fintech Solutions has launched an API allowing brokerages to offer Kalshi event contracts without building futures commission merchant infrastructure. tastytrade became the first firm using the service following its July launch of prediction markets, demonstrating how event contracts can be int

Claude AI predicts XRP will reach $1.30 to $1.40 by year-end 2026, with $1.35 as the base case, as whales absorb more than 10 million tokens daily and exchange supply falls to a seven-year low of 1.6 billion tokens. The AI platform identifies regulatory clarity as the largest variable, noting

South Korea's Financial Services Commission launched the 'Youth Future Bogeumjari Loan' program offering interest rates as low as 2% for properties under 400 million won, but excluded apartments from eligibility. A Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements report published late last year

ABN AMRO Clearing USA has added support for client access to Bruce Markets, connecting its clearing clients to an alternative trading system that operates during the overnight gap in the US equity market. The integration arrived less than seven weeks after the National Securities Clearing

On August 14, 2026 (Beijing Time), shares of Hong Kong-listed AI company MiniMax Group Inc. (HKG: 0100) closed at HK$329.00, down 12.69% for the day, on significantly higher trading value. After being added to the Stock Connect program on August 6, the stock had surged as much as 29.24%. The sharp pullback was not an isolated event—the Hang Seng Index closed down 1.1% that day, and the technology sector came under broad pressure. However, MiniMax’s decline of more than 12% significantly underper

Yuanta Securities reported a net profit of 61.8 billion won for the second quarter, a 163.3% increase from 23.4 billion won in the prior-year period, according to a semi-annual report disclosed on August 14. The South Korean brokerage's operating profit surged 222.1% year-over-year to 86.4 billion w

Korean financial institution executives received compensation ranging from hundreds of millions to billions of won in the first half of the year, according to semi-annual reports. Yoon Ho-young of Kakao Bank led with 8.175 billion won, followed by Yoo Myung-soon of Citibank Korea at 3.039 billion wo

Lithium Americas Corp. (NYSE: LAC) closed at $3.43 on 13 August 2026, with the US Department of Energy holding warrants to acquire 18,268,687 LAC common shares at $0.01 each — a 5% stake issued on 30 January 2026 as part of a restructured $2.26 billion Thacker Pass loan, per the company's 10-Q

CLS, Cboe and CME reported foreign exchange volume increases in July compared to year-earlier levels. CLS reported $2.658 trillion in average daily submitted volume, up 14.7% from July 2025, while Cboe FX spot average daily volume rose 24.6% to $56.8 billion and CME Group's foreign exchange

MP Materials closed at $55.66 on 13 August 2026, trading 44.5% below its 52-week high of $100.25, as investors reassess the rare earth miner's valuation following Q2 2026 results that showed $108.5m revenue and continued reliance on a US government price floor. The US Department of Defense

RedotPay delayed its plans for a US initial public offering while seeking regulatory approvals and contending with legal disputes involving Binance, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Hong Kong-based stablecoin payment company obtained a money transmitter

The European Securities and Markets Authority's MiCA register dated 12 August 2026 contains 329 records covering approximately 325 named entities, updating an earlier figure of 244 approvals cited by Hedera Chief Policy Officer Nilmini Rubin from a baseline of more than 1,200 legacy EU crypto

Korean retirement pension default options showed an eight-fold performance gap over three years, with high-risk products averaging 70.91% returns compared to 8.96% for ultra-low-risk options, according to data published by the Ministry

A King County Superior Court judge issued a final order on Thursday requiring Kalshi to shut down most of its Washington business after finding the exchange likely broke the state's Gambling Act and Consumer Protection Act. The order bars Kalshi from offering wagers on sports, elections, politics, e