March 14, 2025
Gold Investing

Ex-Fisheries Clerk Amasses $9 Billion As His Gold Jewelry Brand Soars

Customers wait in a queue to enter a Laopu Gold store, known for its “traditional craftsmanship” gold jewelry, in Shanghai in February. VCG/VCG via Getty Images Xu Gaoming, an ex-fisheries clerk in China who started jewelry brand Laopu Gold in 2016, has amassed a $9 billion fortune after company shares soared almost 1,500% following an

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Fixed Assets

Ayala Land Buying Former Media Giant’s Property For $108 Million

An aerial view of the South Triangle district of Quezon City, which includes the ABS-CBN headquarters in the center. getty Ayala Land, the property arm of billionaire Jaime Zobel de Ayala and his family’s Ayala Corp., will spend 6.24 billion pesos ($108 million) to acquire a part of the headquarters of Philippine broadcast giant ABS-CBN,

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Operating Assets

Singapore Billionaire Kwek Leng Beng Sues Son In Battle For Control Of Property Giant City Developments

Billionaire Kwek Leng Beng, executive chairman of City Developments (left) speaks as Sherman Kwek, … [+] group CEO, looks on during a news conference in Singapore, on Aug. 11, 2017. © 2017 Bloomberg Finance LP Real estate billionaire Kwek Leng Beng has disclosed that he has filed a lawsuit in Singapore against his son, Sherman,

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Operating Assets

Singapore, Japan To Remain Property Hot Spots As Global Investors Diversify: JLL CEO

Singapore Marina bay area. getty The real estate markets of Australia, Japan, Korea and Singapore will remain hot spots in the next few years as global investors seek to diversify their portfolios with demand for real estate in China and Europe continues to be soft, according to Christian Ulbrich, global CEO and president of property

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