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China Urges Banks to Boost Corporate Yuan Hedging — 5dChinese regulators including SAFE and the PBOC are pressuring banks to raise corporate yuan hedging, moving toward a 40% target through window guidance to shield exporters from ongoing yuan volatility and encourage use of forwards, swaps, options, and other hedging tools. Hedging activity has surged, with corporate derivatives around $1.4 trillion in the first half of 2026 and the overall hedging ratio climbing from roughly 22% in 2020 to about 35% in H1 2026, as banks offer subsidies and expanded access to hedging services.

Maya Lindstrom Seeing derivatives volume hit 1.4 trillion already shows real demand, the subsidies from banks are probably helping smaller firms join in.

Von der Leyen Says EU Will Use All Tools to Cut China Trade Deficit — 2dVon der Leyen said the EU-China deficit is €1 billion a day, a tipping point already delivering a second China shock, and vowed all tools plus a raw-materials stockpile corporation.

Dana Whitfield A billion euros daily deficit with China is draining our industries. Stockpiling raw materials should help cut that reliance.

Mantic Raises $25M After Beating Human Forecasters — 19hLondon AI startup Mantic raised $25 million in seed funding led by Radical Ventures, with Microsoft’s M12, after its judgmental forecasting system beat all human forecasters at the Metaculus Cup, signaling strong demand from hedge funds, corporates, and governments for medium-term risk and scenario planning. Founded in 2024 by Toby Shevlane and Ben Day, Mantic blends human-style reasoning with backtested historical data to predict geopolitical, economic, and strategic events, targeting scenarios where traditional models struggle.

Nicole Hardy Beating the top human forecasters on Metaculus shows this approach could help with tricky geopolitical calls that pure models miss.

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Host Digital Prices $17.5 Million Stock OfferingBusiness — 1dHost Digital Inc., formerly Healthy Choice Wellness Corp., announced a proposed underwritten public offering of Class A common stock priced at $8.00 per share for 2,187,500 shares (about $17.5 million gross) with a 30-day option for up to 328,125 additional shares, and the offering is expected to close around Sept. 21, 2026. Proceeds are earmarked for data center investments, general corporate purposes, capital expenditures and working capital, with Cantor Fitzgerald and partners serving as underwriters.

TMX Group Prices C$1.1 Billion Private Debt OfferingBusiness — 3dTMX Group priced a C$1.1 billion private placement of senior unsecured debentures across three series (2028, 2033, 2036) to refinance existing debt and fund general corporate purposes, with an anticipated AA (Low) rating from DBRS and a close around September 22, 2026. The issue aims to strengthen financial flexibility and support post-trade modernization and broader market infrastructure initiatives.

Brookfield Agrees to Acquire Reliance Worldwide for US$2.9 Billion — 3dBrookfield Capital Partners will acquire Reliance Worldwide Corporation (RWC) for US$3.38 per share, valuing the company at about US$2.9 billion, with a scheme of arrangement and a Go Shop period through 15 October 2026. The RWC board unanimously supports the deal, which offers USD or AUD payment options, carries premiums to recent trading levels, and is subject to shareholder, court, and regulatory approvals as well as an independent expert’s report.

Tom Gallagher Brookfield's offer at a premium looks decent for RWC shareholders but the long timeline to close could bring risks.

Law firms launch securities suits against five companies over alleged disclosures — 3dPomerantz LLP (with Robbins LLP handling Smartsheet matters) announced securities-class-action lawsuits and investor alerts against five companies—XTI Aerospace, Smartsheet, Park Ha Biological Technology, York Space Systems, and GoDaddy—alleging fraudulent conduct such as pump-and-dump schemes, undisclosed acquisition talks, and misleading buybacks, with deadlines for lead-plaintiff applications. The actions portray a pattern of alleged corporate fraud across diverse sectors, urging affected investors to come forward before the stated deadlines.

Marcus Bell Park Ha's case stands out as another reminder to research before jumping into smaller biotech stocks.

Discovery Loop Reportedly Seeks $50 Billion Valuation Weeks After $10 Billion Round — Sep 11, 2026Discovery Loop, the AI startup founded by ex-Google researchers including Jeff Dean, is pursuing a new funding round at about $50 billion valuation, a rapid leap from roughly $10 billion earlier this year as investor demand surges. Terms are not yet confirmed, and there is no guarantee the deal will close at that valuation, with the company operating as a public-benefit corporation.

Sam Okafor Ex-Google founders probably bring real expertise but this valuation surge on unconfirmed terms makes me question how sustainable the growth can be.

BlackRock Private Credit Redemptions Fall, Still Exceed Cap — Sep 11, 2026BlackRock’s flagship HPS Corporate Lending Fund reported withdrawal requests of about 11.5% in Q3, down from 13.3% in the prior quarter, with a 5% share repurchase plan around $600 million, indicating easing redemption pressures in private credit. The data align with HLEND’s similar trend of lower redemption requests and ongoing repurchases, suggesting a broader stabilizing trend in investors’ exit activity across private credit funds.

Sam Okafor The 600 million dollar repurchase plan combined with similar trends at HLEND suggests private credit outflows are finally starting to stabilize.

Ligent Plans $723 Million Hong Kong IPO — 5dLigent Technologies plans a Hong Kong IPO to raise about HK$5.67 billion (roughly US$723 million) by offering 172 million shares at HK$32.96, with cornerstone investors and Hisense retaining a stake post-IPO, and aims to list on September 22 to fund R&D, expansion, and general corporate purposes as demand from data centers and cloud computing drives growth. The deal, marketed as tapping into the growing optical communications sector, values the company around HK$32.4–HK$32.398 billion and underscores Ligent’s role in data-center hardware and telecom networks.