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Vietnam Is Now The Fastest-Growing Economy In Southeast Asia

Jul 30, 2026

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Vietnam Is Now The Fastest-Growing Economy In Southeast Asia

China had its moment in the 90s. Singapore had its moment before that. Vietnam is printing 8% GDP growth, building 10 metro lines, and committing $2.5T to rebuild its urban core.

Jordon Barnett

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China's ByteDance Is Building a $39B Data Center in Brazil

Jul 30, 2026

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China's ByteDance Is Building a $39B Data Center in Brazil

TikTok’s parent is building its largest facility outside China, and the biggest in Latin America. It's a bet that Brazil's renewable energy can make it a real alternative to the US-China AI infrastructure race.

Jordon Barnett

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This North American Firm Is Deploying $2.5B Into European Real Estate

Jul 29, 2026

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This North American Firm Is Deploying $2.5B Into European Real Estate

Traditional bank lending in Europe is still selective, and that gap is exactly where they're moving, with residential their highest conviction bet.

Jordon Barnett

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Mubadala Opens Its $25B Credit Business to Global Investors

Jul 27, 2026

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Mubadala Opens Its $25B Credit Business to Global Investors

Mubadala has opened its $25 billion private credit portfolio to outside investors for the first time, turning 17 years of its own lending into a global platform for others to buy into.

Jordon Barnett

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Digital Realty Buys Stake In A $7.8B Data Center Portfolio

Jul 26, 2026

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Digital Realty Buys Stake In A $7.8B Data Center Portfolio

Digital Realty acquired Blackstone's stake in a $7.8B Northern Virginia data center portfolio. 288MW of hyperscale capacity, fully leased to three investment-grade tenants.

Jordon Barnett

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Abu Dhabi Is Eyeing A $20B Asian Data Center Acquisition

Jul 24, 2026

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Abu Dhabi Is Eyeing A $20B Asian Data Center Acquisition

Abu Dhabi's MGX is reportedly exploring a $20B acquisition of DayOne, Asia's largest AI data center platform. It's the latest move in a bigger push to reduce oil dependence.

Jordon Barnett

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Vietnam's Financial Centre Will Tokenise $4B Of Infrastructure With RWA

Jul 22, 2026

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Vietnam's Financial Centre Will Tokenise $4B Of Infrastructure With RWA

Da Nang's international financial centre is moving to tokenise a 100km expressway and a $3 billion metro line, opening Vietnam's infrastructure pipeline to global investors through blockchain for the first time.

Jordon Barnett

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MGX's $50 Billion Raise Sets Up One of the Biggest AI Funds Ever

Jul 20, 2026

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MGX's $50 Billion Raise Sets Up One of the Biggest AI Funds Ever

Abu Dhabi's MGX raised $50B for one of the largest dedicated AI investment vehicles ever assembled. The capital came from sovereign wealth funds, global pension funds, and institutional investors.

Jordon Barnett

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Sovereign Funds Are Buying AI Data Centers Before They Hit The Stock Market

Jul 18, 2026

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Sovereign Funds Are Buying AI Data Centers Before They Hit The Stock Market

MGX is in live negotiations to acquire Singapore's Day One before its $20 billion IPO — and the deal reveals exactly how sovereign funds are racing to own the physical layer of AI in Asia.

Jordon Barnett

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Johor-Singapore Has Attracted $15B Of Investment In Just 9 Months

Jul 17, 2026

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Johor-Singapore Has Attracted $15B Of Investment In Just 9 Months

The Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone attracted $15B in approved investments in its first nine months. It could become Southeast Asia's most important economic corridor this decade.

Jordon Barnett

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DayOne Raises $4.5B To Build A GLOBAL AI Data Centre NETWORK

Jul 17, 2026

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DayOne Raises $4.5B To Build A GLOBAL AI Data Centre NETWORK

Singapore's DayOne just closed the biggest data centre raise in Asian history. Now they're targeting a $20B IPO before year-end.

Jordon Barnett

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Affinius Capital Nears $1 Billion Data Center Fund

Jul 5, 2026

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Affinius Capital Nears $1 Billion Data Center Fund

The Texas manager plans to use the capital raised for the fund to develop and lease hyperscale data centers in major US markets.

Jordon Barnett

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The US Invests $10B+ to Turn the Philippines Into an AI Superpower

Jul 4, 2026

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The US Invests $10B+ to Turn the Philippines Into an AI Superpower

The U.S. and the Philippines are building an AI-native industrial zone on the old Clark Air Base, and the capital opportunity is in the physical layer — power, data centers, land, and minerals processing - not the software.

Jordon Barnett

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10 Firms Have A Monopoly On Real Estate Capital Raising

Jul 3, 2026

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10 Firms Have A Monopoly On Real Estate Capital Raising

Ten firms raised a third of all global real estate capital this year, with Blackstone and Brookfield alone accounting for $35 billion, and the gap between the top of the market and everyone else is only getting wider.

Jordon Barnett

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Retail Traders Can Now Trade On Private Companies

Jul 2, 2026

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Retail Traders Can Now Trade On Private Companies

Polymarket has launched prediction markets on private company milestones, letting retail traders take positions on private companies for the first time.

Jordon Barnett

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The Largest US Pension Fund Just Committed $800M To Real Estate

Jun 27, 2026

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The Largest US Pension Fund Just Committed $800M To Real Estate

One of the world's largest pension funds just disclosed $800M in new real estate commitments as part of a long-term strategy to increase its exposure to real assets and hedge against inflation.

Jordon Barnett

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Abu Dhabi Invests $60B Into AI Infrastructure To Replace Oil Dependence

Jun 26, 2026

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Abu Dhabi Invests $60B Into AI Infrastructure To Replace Oil Dependence

Abu Dhabi is deploying $60 billion across AI infrastructure and global trade corridors in under six months, positioning itself as the neutral sovereign capital of the next economy - and the structure of these deals tells you exactly what they're planning.

Jordon Barnett

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Federal Reserve Prepares For $2 Trillion Private Credit Market Collapse

Jun 25, 2026

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Federal Reserve Prepares For $2 Trillion Private Credit Market Collapse

The Federal Reserve has launched a formal inquiry into major U.S. banks regarding their ties to the private credit industry, signalling growing alarm over potential systemic spillover.

Jordon Barnett

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Chinese Banks Are So Big Their Largest Borrower Is Now The USA

Jun 24, 2026

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Chinese Banks Are So Big Their Largest Borrower Is Now The USA

The four largest banks in the world are all Chinese, state-owned, and collectively hold assets comparable to US annual GDP - and most people in finance still aren't paying close enough attention.

Jordon Barnett

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Billionaire Scammed Out Of $450M In Massive Fake Stock Loan Scam

Jun 24, 2026

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Billionaire Scammed Out Of $450M In Massive Fake Stock Loan Scam

In May 2026, Ukrainian-born Vladimir Sklarov was arrested in Chicago and charged with orchestrating a massive $450 million stock loan scam targeting a Mexican billionaire.

Jordon Barnett

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The Largest Data Centre Outside The USA Is Being Built In Abu Dhabi

Jun 18, 2026

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The Largest Data Centre Outside The USA Is Being Built In Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi is building one of the world's largest AI compute facilities. A 5GW campus bigger than Monaco as a sovereign bet on what comes after oil.

Jordon Barnett

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The $3 Trillion Private Credit Market Is Becoming A Problem

Jun 17, 2026

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The $3 Trillion Private Credit Market Is Becoming A Problem

Private credit has seen incredible growth, expanding 15x in under 15 years to become a $3 trillion market. This makes it the fastest-growing asset class in institutional finance, yet many outside Wall Street are unfamiliar with it.

Jordon Barnett

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The Qatari Royal Family Now Owns More Of London Than The British Crown

Jun 16, 2026

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The Qatari Royal Family Now Owns More Of London Than The British Crown

Qatar's Al-Thani royal family has quietly amassed a multi-billion-pound London property empire, outpacing King Charles himself.

Jordon Barnett

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China Is Building AI Data Centers Underwater

Jun 15, 2026

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China Is Building AI Data Centers Underwater

China has built the world's first underwater AI data centre powered by offshore wind off the coast of Shanghai. A $226M facility that runs at half the cost of a comparable land-based centre, using seawater cooling to cut energy consumption by 22%.

Jordon Barnett

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This New York Taxi Driver Built A $14 Billion Fortune

Jun 15, 2026

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This New York Taxi Driver Built A $14 Billion Fortune

In 1977, a broke New York cab driver borrowed $3,000 on his MasterCard to trade soybean futures. What happened next turned him into one of the greatest traders in history.

Jordon Barnett

Market Intelligence

Vietnam Is Now The Fastest-Growing Economy In Southeast Asia

China's ByteDance Is Building a $39B Data Center in Brazil

This North American Firm Is Deploying $2.5B Into European Real Estate

Mubadala Opens Its $25B Credit Business to Global Investors

Digital Realty Buys Stake In A $7.8B Data Center Portfolio

Abu Dhabi Is Eyeing A $20B Asian Data Center Acquisition

Vietnam's Financial Centre Will Tokenise $4B Of Infrastructure With RWA

MGX's $50 Billion Raise Sets Up One of the Biggest AI Funds Ever

Sovereign Funds Are Buying AI Data Centers Before They Hit The Stock Market

Johor-Singapore Has Attracted $15B Of Investment In Just 9 Months

DayOne Raises $4.5B To Build A GLOBAL AI Data Centre NETWORK

Affinius Capital Nears $1 Billion Data Center Fund

The US Invests $10B+ to Turn the Philippines Into an AI Superpower

10 Firms Have A Monopoly On Real Estate Capital Raising

Retail Traders Can Now Trade On Private Companies

The Largest US Pension Fund Just Committed $800M To Real Estate

Abu Dhabi Invests $60B Into AI Infrastructure To Replace Oil Dependence

Federal Reserve Prepares For $2 Trillion Private Credit Market Collapse

Chinese Banks Are So Big Their Largest Borrower Is Now The USA

Billionaire Scammed Out Of $450M In Massive Fake Stock Loan Scam

The Largest Data Centre Outside The USA Is Being Built In Abu Dhabi

The $3 Trillion Private Credit Market Is Becoming A Problem

The Qatari Royal Family Now Owns More Of London Than The British Crown

China Is Building AI Data Centers Underwater

This New York Taxi Driver Built A $14 Billion Fortune

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