Posts by Nathan Pine
Temasek’s Azalea raises over US$1 billion despite ‘challenging’ environment for private equity
[SINGAPORE] Azalea Investment Management on Monday (Aug 24) announced it has raised more than US$1 billion in new capital commitments across three private equity (PE) offerings. These include US$526 million from the final close of the Altrium Private Equity Fund III and US$210 million from the first close of the Altrium Co-Invest Fund II. More…
Read MoreHayley Atwell: Agent Carter Death “Complete Disservice” To Character
Hayley Atwell was disappointed about the demise of Peggy Carter. In an interview at the For the Love of Fantasy & Sci-Fi convention in London, Atwell told attendees that she was frustrated by Captain Carter’s storyline in 2022’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Cameoing in the film as an alternate to Captain America,…
Read MorePrime Video To Adapt CJ ENM Reality Format ‘EXchange’ In Brazil As ‘Love Transit’
Korean studio CJ ENM has struck a deal for its hit dating reality format EXchange, which will be adapted in Brazil as a Prime Video Original, titled Love Transit. Directed by Brazilian television producer Boninho, and produced by Amazon MGM Studios and Formata, the show will begin filming in São Paulo and Campos do Jordão in September.…
Read MoreShein to pay up to US$3.5 billion to select pre-IPO investors around Hong Kong listing
Published Mon, Aug 24, 2026 · 03:26 PM [HONG KONG] Online fast fashion retailer Shein will pay up to US$3.5 billion to selected existing investors – almost twice the fresh capital it is seeking in an initial public offering – to help compensate them for a sharp slide in its valuation, its prospectus showed on…
Read MoreAlibaba shares slide after US$10.2 billion AI share sale offered at sharp discount
The firm’s share sale is the largest-ever primary follow-on offering by a Hong Kong-listed company Published Mon, Aug 24, 2026 · 03:08 PM [SHANGHAI] China’s Alibaba shares slumped in Monday (Aug 24) Hong Kong trade after it launched a US$10.2 billion share sale at a sharp discount to fund its AI ambitions, with investors focused…
Read MorePolice name suspect in quintuple Oregon homicide as Benjamin Parker
Police have named a 36-year-old man as a suspect in the killings of five people whose bodies, alongside those of several pets, were found at a “complex” scene at a rural property in Oregon on Saturday. Officers from the Enumclaw Police Department discovered the suspect, Benjamin Charles Parker, dead inside his vehicle in Washington state…
Read MoreMonday Meeting Between Paramount & AGs “A Game Of PR Chicken” – EXCLU
EXCLUSIVE: A meeting Monday between Paramount brass and state Attorneys General over sussing out settlement talks between the parties in David Ellison‘s contested $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery has turned into a “game of PR chicken,” an industry insider says. “Ellison and Makan Delrahim think they can force Rob Bonta into backing off…
Read MoreSingapore should anchor hedge fund decision-makers, nurture home-grown managers amid regional talent war: industry watchers
Cultivating local funds and talent pool entrenches the decision-makers who truly drive capital here [SINGAPORE] As tax advantages narrow across competing financial hubs, Singapore’s true competitive edge will depend on more than drawing capital – it will need to anchor the decision-makers who manage and allocate it, said hedge funds and industry watchers. Attracting senior…
Read MoreNvidia discusses Perplexity investment at valuation of more than US$30 billion: report
Published Mon, Aug 24, 2026 · 12:42 PM NVIDIA is in talks to invest in Perplexity as part of an equity funding round that would value the AI startup at more than US$30 billion, tech news site The Information reported on Sunday (Aug 23), citing people with knowledge of the discussion. The funding round would…
Read MoreEnes Kanter ejected from Fever-Sky after heated confrontation with WNBA player
Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom isn’t shying away from having the spotlight shined on him. The 34-year-old center recently made waves when he declared for the 2027 WNBA draft in the aftermath of Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham’s comments about not wanting transgender athletes to play in girls and women’s sports. Further stirring the…
Read MoreFTSE’s reshuffle may give Vietnam stocks a US$3 billion boost
The index provider says 27 Vietnamese stocks will be added to its benchmarks, including the emerging-market gauge Published Mon, Aug 24, 2026 · 11:55 AM VIETNAMESE stocks may be poised to shake off a lacklustre year after securing a bigger-than-expected weighting in FTSE Russell’s semi-annual index review. The index provider said on Friday (Aug 21)…
Read MoreVirginia Tech open to adding former NFL players
College football programs and NFL teams are scrambling in August as recent court rulings have created uncertainty over the eligibility of some Class of 2022 athletes. Some of those athletes signed with NFL teams this offseason and have participated in training camp. In a bizarre twist, a few NFL athletes would prefer to be released…
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