Fuji Media Holdings Inc. shares plummeted as much as 12% after the embattled Japanese firm announced a large share buyback plan and said entities linked to activist investor Yoshiaki Murakami may sell their stakes. The broadcaster’s stock fell to ¥3,475 at one point in Tokyo, marking its steepest intraday decline since August 2024. The company announced it plans to repurchase up to ¥235 billion ($...
Fuji Media Holdings Inc. shares plummeted as much as 12% after the embattled Japanese firm announced a large share buyback plan and said entities linked to activist investor Yoshiaki Murakami may sell their stakes. The broadcaster’s stock fell to ¥3,475 at one point in Tokyo, marking its steepest intraday decline since August 2024. The company announced it plans to repurchase up to ¥235 billion ($1.5 billion) of its own shares in a Feb. 3 release. Read more: Fuji Media Unveils Big Share Buyback to Push Out Activist The buyback plan marks a potential end to one of Japan’s most high-profile cases of shareholder activism in recent years. The Murakami-led funds had indicated they intend to sell their Fuji Media stakes once the company announced further measures to strengthen shareholder returns, according to Tuesday’s disclosure. Murakami has been campaigning for higher returns and the divestment of Fuji Media’s real estate unit. Fuji Media was once Japan’s most competitive broadcaster but has been embroiled in scandal since activist Dalton Investments raised concerns over management’s mishandling of sexual harassment allegations in early 2025. The company’s outlook remains cloudy, with uncertainty likely weighing on investor sentiment, said Kenzaburou Yamada , an analyst at Tokai Tokyo Intelligence Laboratory Co. “Competition is growing in the content industry, and it’s difficult to see how they’ll grow in the long term,” he said.
Spiking nearly +7% in Tuesday’s trading session, Palantir Technologies PLTR stock made headlines after delivering a blowout Q4 report yesterday evening. Providing advanced software platforms that help governments and businesses integrate huge amounts of data, analyze it, and make high-stakes decisions, Palantir’s tools are enhanced by its underlying AI platform (AIP) and are widely used in defense...
Spiking nearly +7% in Tuesday’s trading session, Palantir Technologies PLTR stock made headlines after delivering a blowout Q4 report yesterday evening. Providing advanced software platforms that help governments and businesses integrate huge amounts of data, analyze it, and make high-stakes decisions, Palantir’s tools are enhanced by its underlying AI platform (AIP) and are widely used in defense, intelligence, healthcare, and finance operations as a response to complex real-world problems. Correlating with such, Palantir issued eye-catching guidance that accompanied record Q4 results, fueled by AI adoption, massive U.S government contracts, and expanding commercial traction. Since going public in 2020, Palantir's stock is now up a spectacular +1,600% after rising another +50% over the last year. That said, following the post-earnings rally, PLTR is still trading nearly 25% from its all-time high of $207 a share, which it hit in November. Zacks Investment Research Image Source: Zacks Investment Research Palantir’s Q4 Highlights Palantir posted a quarterly sales peak of $1.4 billion, its third straight quarter of a billion or more in sales. This was a 70% increase from Q4 2024 sales of $827.52 million and impressively topped estimates of $1.34 billion by 4%. Notably, U.S. revenue spiked 93% to $1.07 billion, fueled by a 137% surge in U.S. commercial revenue at $507 million. Even better, Palantir moved further past the profitability line with net income coming in at $608 million or adjusted EPS of $0.25, compared to $79 million in the comparative quarter or $0.14 per share. Topping Q4 EPS estimates of $0.23, it’s also noteworthy that Palantir hit a peak in adjusted free cash flow of $791 million on a 56% margin. What also helped in refueling investor sentiment is that Palantir has now reached or exceeded EPS expectations for 13 consecutive quarters, posting an average earnings surprise of 11.63% in its last four quarterly reports. Zacks Investment Research Image Sour...
Spiking nearly +7% in Tuesday’s trading session, Palantir Technologies PLTR stock made headlines after delivering a blowout Q4 report yesterday evening. Providing advanced software platforms that help governments and businesses integrate huge amounts of data, analyze it, and make high-stakes decisions, Palantir’s tools are enhanced by its underlying AI platform (AIP) and are widely used in defense...
Spiking nearly +7% in Tuesday’s trading session, Palantir Technologies PLTR stock made headlines after delivering a blowout Q4 report yesterday evening. Providing advanced software platforms that help governments and businesses integrate huge amounts of data, analyze it, and make high-stakes decisions, Palantir’s tools are enhanced by its underlying AI platform (AIP) and are widely used in defense, intelligence, healthcare, and finance operations as a response to complex real-world problems. Correlating with such, Palantir issued eye-catching guidance that accompanied record Q4 results, fueled by AI adoption, massive U.S government contracts, and expanding commercial traction. Since going public in 2020, Palantir's stock is now up a spectacular +1,600% after rising another +50% over the last year. That said, following the post-earnings rally, PLTR is still trading nearly 25% from its all-time high of $207 a share, which it hit in November. Palantir’s Q4 Highlights Palantir posted a quarterly sales peak of $1.4 billion, its third straight quarter of a billion or more in sales. This was a 70% increase from Q4 2024 sales of $827.52 million and impressively topped estimates of $1.34 billion by 4%. Notably, U.S. revenue spiked 93% to $1.07 billion, fueled by a 137% surge in U.S. commercial revenue at $507 million. Even better, Palantir moved further past the profitability line with net income coming in at $608 million or adjusted EPS of $0.25, compared to $79 million in the comparative quarter or $0.14 per share. Topping Q4 EPS estimates of $0.23, it’s also noteworthy that Palantir hit a peak in adjusted free cash flow of $791 million on a 56% margin. What also helped in refueling investor sentiment is that Palantir has now reached or exceeded EPS expectations for 13 consecutive quarters, posting an average earnings surprise of 11.63% in its last four quarterly reports. Full-Year Results & Positive Guidance Rounding out fiscal 2025, Palantir’s top line stretched 56% year...
Spiking nearly +7% in Tuesday’s trading session, Palantir Technologies PLTR stock made headlines after delivering a blowout Q4 report yesterday evening. Providing advanced software platforms that help governments and businesses integrate huge amounts of data, analyze it, and make high-stakes decisions, Palantir’s tools are enhanced by its underlying AI platform (AIP) and are widely used in defense...
Spiking nearly +7% in Tuesday’s trading session, Palantir Technologies PLTR stock made headlines after delivering a blowout Q4 report yesterday evening. Providing advanced software platforms that help governments and businesses integrate huge amounts of data, analyze it, and make high-stakes decisions, Palantir’s tools are enhanced by its underlying AI platform (AIP) and are widely used in defense, intelligence, healthcare, and finance operations as a response to complex real-world problems. Correlating with such, Palantir issued eye-catching guidance that accompanied record Q4 results, fueled by AI adoption, massive U.S government contracts, and expanding commercial traction. Since going public in 2020, Palantir's stock is now up a spectacular +1,600% after rising another +50% over the last year. That said, following the post-earnings rally, PLTR is still trading nearly 25% from its all-time high of $207 a share, which it hit in November. Zacks Investment Research Image Source: Zacks Investment Research Palantir’s Q4 Highlights Palantir posted a quarterly sales peak of $1.4 billion, its third straight quarter of a billion or more in sales. This was a 70% increase from Q4 2024 sales of $827.52 million and impressively topped estimates of $1.34 billion by 4%. Notably, U.S. revenue spiked 93% to $1.07 billion, fueled by a 137% surge in U.S. commercial revenue at $507 million. Even better, Palantir moved further past the profitability line with net income coming in at $608 million or adjusted EPS of $0.25, compared to $79 million in the comparative quarter or $0.14 per share. Topping Q4 EPS estimates of $0.23, it’s also noteworthy that Palantir hit a peak in adjusted free cash flow of $791 million on a 56% margin. What also helped in refueling investor sentiment is that Palantir has now reached or exceeded EPS expectations for 13 consecutive quarters, posting an average earnings surprise of 11.63% in its last four quarterly reports. Zacks Investment Research Image Sour...
Vietnam will allow foreign investors to trade through global brokerages directly instead of with local firms, a step aimed at improving market accessibility as the country prepares for an upgrade to emerging-market status from FTSE Russell. Under revised regulations issued by the Ministry of Finance, overseas investors will be able to place orders via international brokerages acting as authorized ...
Vietnam will allow foreign investors to trade through global brokerages directly instead of with local firms, a step aimed at improving market accessibility as the country prepares for an upgrade to emerging-market status from FTSE Russell. Under revised regulations issued by the Ministry of Finance, overseas investors will be able to place orders via international brokerages acting as authorized intermediaries without the need to open individual trading accounts at domestic securities companies, according to a statement on the government’s website. “This framework addresses long-standing concerns raised by FTSE Russell and foreign institutional investors regarding contractual complexity, onboarding friction and legal clarity,” said Pham Luu Hung , chief economist at SSI Securities Corp. Foreign investors are still required to register a securities trading code and open a securities custody account with a custodian member, preserving regulatory oversight, according to the regulation, which took effect Feb. 3. The Southeast Asian nation in October clinched a long-awaited upgrade from frontier status by FTSE Russell. The reclassification will officially take effect in September, subject to a March review. Officials also aim to win a similar promotion from MSCI Inc. by the end of the decade. FTSE Upgrades Vietnam to Emerging Market From Frontier Vietnam Sets Sights on MSCI After Clinching FTSE Russell Upgrade Vietnam Aims to Meet MSCI’s Market Upgrade Criteria by 2030 The new regulation also stipulates that there are no limitations on the types of securities eligible for non-prefunding trading. This move would help “ease operational constraints for index tracking and benchmark replicating,” Hung said. Foreign securities investment fund management companies are also permitted to open two trading accounts, one for proprietary trading and another for client asset management, according to the statement. This clarification enhances transparency, improves risk segregation an...
Ondo Finance announced a major integration with MetaMask to bring tokenized US stocks and ETFs directly into the popular self-custodial wallet. Yet the ONDO token barely moved on the news, continuing a month-long decline that has seen it lose over a third of its value. Sponsored MetaMask Opens Door to Tokenized Securities MetaMask and Ondo Finance unveiled their integration at the Ondo Global Summ...
Ondo Finance announced a major integration with MetaMask to bring tokenized US stocks and ETFs directly into the popular self-custodial wallet. Yet the ONDO token barely moved on the news, continuing a month-long decline that has seen it lose over a third of its value. Sponsored MetaMask Opens Door to Tokenized Securities MetaMask and Ondo Finance unveiled their integration at the Ondo Global Summit on February 3. The partnership brings more than 200 tokenized US securities to the MetaMask mobile wallet through Ondo Global Markets. Users in supported jurisdictions can now buy, hold, and trade tokenized versions of major stocks, including Tesla, NVIDIA, Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon. The offering also includes ETFs such as SLV for silver exposure, IAU for gold, and QQQ for tech stocks. The integration works through MetaMask Swaps on the Ethereum mainnet. Users acquire Ondo Global Markets tokens using USDC, with trading available 24 hours a day, five days a week. Token transfers remain possible around the clock. “Access to US markets still runs through legacy rails. Brokerage accounts, fragmented apps, and rigid trading windows haven’t meaningfully evolved,” said Joe Lubin, Founder and CEO of Consensys and Co-Founder of Ethereum. “Bringing Ondo’s tokenized US stocks and ETFs directly into MetaMask shows what a better model looks like.” Ian De Bode, President at Ondo Finance, emphasized the strategic value of reaching MetaMask’s user base. He noted that the integration brings pricing comparable to traditional brokerages like Robinhood into a self-custodial, on-chain environment. Sponsored Geographic Restrictions Limit Impact Despite the headline-grabbing announcement, a closer look reveals significant limitations. The list of excluded jurisdictions reads like a directory of the world’s major financial markets. Users in the United States, the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Canada, China (including Hong Kong), Singapore, Japan, Korea, and Brazil ...
3C AGI Partners , founded by former SenseTime Group Inc. managing director Esther Wong , is launching an artificial intelligence venture fund backed by a family office that runs money for some of Hong Kong’s richest families. The fund is targeting as much as $100 million by March, after raising $50 million in a first close in November, Wong said in an interview in Hong Kong. 3C AGI has already dep...
3C AGI Partners , founded by former SenseTime Group Inc. managing director Esther Wong , is launching an artificial intelligence venture fund backed by a family office that runs money for some of Hong Kong’s richest families. The fund is targeting as much as $100 million by March, after raising $50 million in a first close in November, Wong said in an interview in Hong Kong. 3C AGI has already deployed money from an initial 2023 AI fund . Wong said the fund will focus on the “picks and shovels” of AI infrastructure such as hardware and data centers, and is steering clear of the AI application space, which she views as overvalued and saturated with short-term investors. While the debut 2023 fund focused on US companies, the new vehicle will adopt a broader “US Plus” mandate, according to Elton Cheung , a partner at VMS Group, the Hong Kong family office that’s backing the fund. The strategy aims to keep its exposure to North American and global startups, balancing the firm’s traditional stronghold in mainland China. VMS, which runs more than $4 billion, declined to disclose its commitment to the fund, but noted that investors from the first fund are continuing their support for the second one. “The US market drives hot demand,” Cheung said in the same interview. “If Esther can find an equivalent China deal versus a US deal, it is always the US deal that Asia has demand for.” The move represents VMS Group’s strategic efforts to diversify away from China. However, making such a pivot is increasingly difficult for Hong Kong family offices because they are caught in geopolitical tensions between the two superpowers. VMS is affiliated with the billionaire Cheng family that controls real estate giant New World Development Co., people familiar with the matter have said, asking not to be identified discussing private information. Cheung declined to comment on a relationship with the Cheng family, saying VMS doesn’t disclose the identity of its investors. Read More: Billionai...
Oli Scarff/Getty Images News A group of shareholder activists and pension funds are pressuring BP ( BP ) to justify its strategy of shifting spending away from renewable energy to oil and gas projects, the Financial Times reported Tuesday. A shareholder resolution filed by U.K. and European pension funds, along with activist investor Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility, said BP's ( BP...
Oli Scarff/Getty Images News A group of shareholder activists and pension funds are pressuring BP ( BP ) to justify its strategy of shifting spending away from renewable energy to oil and gas projects, the Financial Times reported Tuesday. A shareholder resolution filed by U.K. and European pension funds, along with activist investor Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility, said BP's ( BP ) renewed focus on fossil fuels does not address the root cause of the company's underperformance. The co-filers represent 0.42% of BP's ( BP ) share capital, valued at more than $400M, according to LSEG data. The proposal calls for BP ( BP ) to explain how the company takes "a disciplined approach to capital expenditure in order to generate an acceptable return on capital" for its new oil and gas projects. A year ago , BP ( BP ) unveiled a "fundamental reset" to its strategy in which it would boost spending on oil and gas by $1.5B to $10B annually and cut clean energy from $7B to $1.5B-$2B annually. BP ( BP ) should improve transparency over how it assesses cost competitiveness for each project and how it accounts for cost overruns, as well as explain how spending on oil and gas exploration creates value for shareholders, the group said, adding the disclosures should be made no later than next year's annual shareholder meeting. More on BP BP: Castrol Sale And Implications BP Selling A 65% Stake In Castrol Could Be A Great Move All Weather Portfolio: BP Fits Better Than XLE