Apollo and Blackstone Said to Complete $35 Billion Private Credit Deal to Provide ‘Chip Financing’ for Anthropic’s Computing Power Expansion TradingKey
Apollo and Blackstone Said to Complete $35 Billion Private Credit Deal to Provide ‘Chip Financing’ for Anthropic’s Computing Power Expansion TradingKey
South Korea is set to crack down on speculative foreign-exchange trading, with regulators planning on-site inspections and investigations into suspected market-disruptive activities, the finance ministry said. Authorities will target transactions aimed at distorting the market and carry out field inspections this week, examining whether participants are taking part in speculative deals, Moon Ji-su...
South Korea is set to crack down on speculative foreign-exchange trading, with regulators planning on-site inspections and investigations into suspected market-disruptive activities, the finance ministry said. Authorities will target transactions aimed at distorting the market and carry out field inspections this week, examining whether participants are taking part in speculative deals, Moon Ji-sung, deputy finance minister for international affairs, said in a statement. The government regards the current situation as grave and is closely monitoring market trends and major order flows in coordination with other agencies, the statement added. The plan was outlined during the ministry’s meeting with currency-market participants and experts, following an emergency market review held over the weekend. The latest efforts come after the South Korean government and financial regulators held a meeting with the banking industry on Monday to discuss matters related to foreign exchange. The won rose as much as 1.2% to 1,509.50 on Tuesday following a 2% rally the previous session as authorities reiterated their pledge to rein in the currency’s weakness and probe speculative trading. Read: S. Korea Vows ‘Strong’ Action Against One-Sided Moves in FX
周一， 苹果 公司在年度开发者大会开幕之际，推出了万众期待的新版 Siri 语音助手，用户可通过一款全新的 Siri 应用来使用该功能。 这款升级后的语音助手现已更名为Siri AI，搭载 谷歌 双子座大模型，支持用户以文字指令与其交互。此前 Siri 主要依托语音交互，而如今这款新应用和人工智能聊天机器人 ChatGPT、克劳德一样，用户可以回看历史对话记录。 不过，苹果在演示新版 Siri 功...
周一， 苹果 公司在年度开发者大会开幕之际，推出了万众期待的新版 Siri 语音助手，用户可通过一款全新的 Siri 应用来使用该功能。 这款升级后的语音助手现已更名为Siri AI，搭载 谷歌 双子座大模型，支持用户以文字指令与其交互。此前 Siri 主要依托语音交互，而如今这款新应用和人工智能聊天机器人 ChatGPT、克劳德一样，用户可以回看历史对话记录。 不过，苹果在演示新版 Siri 功能时，并未展示竞品聊天机器人那些亮眼的高阶特性。ChatGPT 和Claude能够理解并执行范围更广、表述更笼统的复杂指令，而苹果高管现场仅演示了简单的问答互动。其中一个演示场景里，Siri 负责人迈克・罗克韦尔借助 Siri 查询本地演唱会信息、咨询购票方式、设置购票抽签提醒，还播放了该歌手的最新单曲。部分指令发出后，Siri 会延迟数秒才做出回应。 苹果同时宣布推出全新视觉智能功能，借助人工智能分析 iPhone 或 Mac 屏幕上的内容，并据此执行相关操作。例如，该功能可识别音乐节日程，并将多个活动一键添加至用户个人日历。 消息公布后，苹果股价下跌 4%。 除人工智能相关功能外，苹果表示还对全新操作系统进行了多项软件优化，全面提升设备运行表现。官方称，应用启动速度较以往提升 30%，相册加载新照片的速度提升 70%。此外，设备端搜索工具也完成重构，搜索结果覆盖面更广，能更精准地呈现新旧各类内容。 最后，苹果将上线全新儿童安全功能。此举大概率是为了应对监管部门对其过往家长管控功能日益严格的审查。新功能允许家长管控孩子在苹果设备上的使用权限，包括可浏览的网站、可使用的应用，同时还能限定孩子的通讯联系人。 责任编辑：江学思
Malaysia’s newest “rebel party” has issued a rare public call for election candidates, as former economy minister Rafizi Ramli races to turn his breakaway Bersama outfit into a serious force before a string of state polls. The move comes after Johor dissolved its assembly last Monday, with Negeri Sembilan doing the same on Friday, paving the way for polls in both states well before the next genera...
Malaysia’s newest “rebel party” has issued a rare public call for election candidates, as former economy minister Rafizi Ramli races to turn his breakaway Bersama outfit into a serious force before a string of state polls. The move comes after Johor dissolved its assembly last Monday, with Negeri Sembilan doing the same on Friday, paving the way for polls in both states well before the next general election, which must be held by early 2028. A date has yet to be set for both state polls. Parti...
China’s credit growth is expected to remain weak in May after a rare contraction in new lending the previous month, as subdued household borrowing and weak investment demand continue to weigh on financing. A Caixin survey of 12 institutions showed economists’ average forecast for new yuan loans at about 504 billion yuan ($74 billion), down nearly 1.2 trillion yuan from a year earlier. April lendin...
China’s credit growth is expected to remain weak in May after a rare contraction in new lending the previous month, as subdued household borrowing and weak investment demand continue to weigh on financing. A Caixin survey of 12 institutions showed economists’ average forecast for new yuan loans at about 504 billion yuan ($74 billion), down nearly 1.2 trillion yuan from a year earlier. April lending contracted , driven by weak household credit, while corporate borrowing was largely supported by bill financing.
Aldi Irvan Darmansyah/iStock via Getty Images The Thornburg International Equity Fund, Class I shares, produced a total return of 3.08% for the three-month period ended March 31, 2026, outperforming its MSCI ACWI-ex U.S. Index benchmark, which declined 0.71%. Over the 12 months to March 31, the fund outperformed with a 25.86% gain, versus the index return of 24.91%. Various economic and market ind...
Aldi Irvan Darmansyah/iStock via Getty Images The Thornburg International Equity Fund, Class I shares, produced a total return of 3.08% for the three-month period ended March 31, 2026, outperforming its MSCI ACWI-ex U.S. Index benchmark, which declined 0.71%. Over the 12 months to March 31, the fund outperformed with a 25.86% gain, versus the index return of 24.91%. Various economic and market indicators pointed to both challenges and resilience across major economies and markets in the first quarter of the year. The broad impact from the conflict with Iran are reverberating from the supply shocks in energy, fertilizer, sulfur and helium markets. The longer the conflict lasts, the greater the economic fallout as input costs in sundry sectors rise. Some countries and regions are better prepared or insulated than others, in part given the energy shock that roiled Europe four years ago, when Russia invaded Ukraine. The price impacts from the virtual closure of the Strait of Hormuz have caused inflation fears to rise and an about-face among most major central banks, which had been expected to pursue, or continue with, policy easing this year. But the potential inflationary impact from the energy and other primary resources stranded by the conflict behind the strait may prompt policy makers into a more hawkish stance. Higher energy costs and a rising cost of capital due to policy rate hikes make for headwinds to economic growth. While such a geopolitical crisis usually triggers a “flight to safety, ” lowering long sovereign bond yields of leading developed economies, the conflict with Iran has effectively acted as a potentially major “growth tax” and inflation spike, forcing markets to price in higher-for-longer interest rates. Long sovereign yields have been drifting higher or hovering at elevated levels in the U.S., Japan and Europe. The U.S. dollar has rebounded strongly against its major peers, sharply reversing a weakening trend in 2025. Our active positioning has e...