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<ul><li>In this edition: • TKH Group | strong performance by to be divested businesses – reiterates FY26 outlook • PostNL | Monday concentration remains a structural drag • Austrian Post | expands e-commerce footprint to Slovakia via FHB Group acquisition • E-commerce & Logistics | Shein IPO: sub-USD 30bn pitch reflects structural headwinds</li></ul>

In this edition: • TKH Group | strong performance by to be divested businesses – reiterates FY26 outlook • PostNL | Monday concentration remains a structural drag • Austrian Post | expands e-commerce footprint to Slovakia via FHB Group acquisition • E-commerce & Logistics | Shein IPO: sub-USD 30bn pitch reflects structural headwinds

What's News in Amsterdam - 11 August (TKH Group | PostNL | Austrian Post | E-com & Logistics)

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Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>In Depth: How Paying for Likes Is Becoming a Crime in China</li>
<li>China’s courts are grappling with how to punish the growing business of artificially inflating views, likes, comments and other engagement to make merchants and products appear more popular than they are.</li>
<li>Chinese Fugitives Allegedly Faked Jewish Ancestry to Gain German Citizenship</li>
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In Depth: How Paying for Likes Is Becoming a Crime in China
China’s courts are grappling with how to punish the growing business of artificially inflating views, likes, comments and other engagement to make merchants and products appear more popular than they are.
Chinese Fugitives Allegedly Faked Jewish Ancestry to Gain German Citizenship


CX Daily: How Paying for Likes Is Becoming a Crime in China 

Hedge Fund News, Information and Data, Hedge Fund Alpha

Hedge Fund Alpha

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We focus on hedge funds with a bias towards emerging managers, specifically fundamental long-short managers. We are known for a lot of insights and exclusives on hedge fund letters, coverage of industry conferences, and interviews with investors and interesting service providers.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>Advent Global Convertible Fund declined 2.66% in July, bringing its year-to-date return to 11.42%.</li><li>Managed by David Hulme and Tony Huang, the hedge fund navigated a month marked by equity volatility, rising rate expectations, and pressure on technology stocks.</li><li>Its portfolio remains concentrated in technology, while new convertible issuance continues to create opportunities across several sectors.</li></ul>

Advent Global Convertible Fund declined 2.66% in July, bringing its year-to-date return to 11.42%.Managed by David Hulme and Tony Huang, the hedge fund navigated a month marked by equity volatility, rising rate expectations, and pressure on technology stocks.Its portfolio remains concentrated in technology, while new convertible issuance continues to create opportunities across several sectors.

Advent Global Convertible Fund Up 11.4% YTD as AI Rotation Tests Convertible Strategy

<ul><li>Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. on Thursday released Qwen 3.6-Plus, a new large language model it says markedly improves automated coding and AI-agent capabilities, as the company tries to regain momentum in the fast-moving artificial-intelligence race.</li><li>Alibaba is pitching the update around “agentic coding,” saying the model can break down complex programming tasks, write and test code, and troubleshoot iteratively until completion. As a native multimodal model, Qwen 3.6-Plus can also generate front-end web pages and produce code from screenshots, design drafts and text prompts.</li><li>The launch comes as Alibaba reshapes its AI organization to better connect foundational model research with real-world product needs, amid intensifying competition from domestic rivals including ByteDance Ltd. and DeepSeek.</li></ul>

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. on Thursday released Qwen 3.6-Plus, a new large language model it says markedly improves automated coding and AI-agent capabilities, as the company tries to regain momentum in the fast-moving artificial-intelligence race.Alibaba is pitching the update around “agentic coding,” saying the model can break down complex programming tasks, write and test code, and troubleshoot iteratively until completion. As a native multimodal model, Qwen 3.6-Plus can also generate front-end web pages and produce code from screenshots, design drafts and text prompts.The launch comes as Alibaba reshapes its AI organization to better connect foundational model research with real-world product needs, amid intensifying competition from domestic rivals including ByteDance Ltd. and DeepSeek.

Alibaba Releases Qwen 3.6-Plus AI Model With Enhanced Coding Capabilities 

<ul><li>Analysis: China Races to Build Its Own Gene-Editing Toolkit — With an AI Assist In a lab in Changzhou, an industrial city in eastern China, researchers at agritech startup Wimi Biotechnology Co. Ltd.</li><li>are doing something that sounds almost too simple: they “cut” a single stretch of corn DNA, let the plant repair itself, and wait to see what new trait emerges — higher yield, a shorter stalk, less water in the kernel.</li><li>(London) — In June 2025, Aqua 1 Foundation, an obscure UAE-based investment vehicle, shocked the cryptocurrency market by announcing a $100 million investment in digital tokens</li></ul>

Analysis: China Races to Build Its Own Gene-Editing Toolkit — With an AI Assist In a lab in Changzhou, an industrial city in eastern China, researchers at agritech startup Wimi Biotechnology Co. Ltd.are doing something that sounds almost too simple: they “cut” a single stretch of corn DNA, let the plant repair itself, and wait to see what new trait emerges — higher yield, a shorter stalk, less water in the kernel.(London) — In June 2025, Aqua 1 Foundation, an obscure UAE-based investment vehicle, shocked the cryptocurrency market by announcing a $100 million investment in digital tokens

CX Daily: China Races to Build Its Own Gene-Editing Toolkit — With an AI Assist 

China

Alibaba Group Holding Limited is a Chinese multinational technology company specializing in e-commerce, retail, internet, and technology, offering C2C, B2C, and B2B sales services through various marketplaces. It also provides digital media and entertainment, logistics, and cloud computing services. The company was founded in Hangzhou, China, in 1999.

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What's News in Amsterdam - 11 August (TKH Group | PostNL | Austrian Post | E-com & Logistics)

In this edition: • TKH Group | strong performance by to be divested businesses – reiterates FY26 outlook • PostNL | Monday concentration remains a...

The IDEA!

CX Daily: How Paying for Likes Is Becoming a Crime in China

In Depth: How Paying for Likes Is Becoming a Crime in China China’s courts are grappling with how to punish the growing business of artificially...

Caixin Global

Advent Global Convertible Fund Up 11.4% YTD as AI Rotation Tests Convertible Strategy

Managed by David Hulme and Tony Huang, the hedge fund navigated a month marked by equity volatility, rising rate expectations, and pressure on...

Hedge Fund Alpha

Alibaba Releases Qwen 3.6-Plus AI Model With Enhanced Coding Capabilities

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. on Thursday released Qwen 3.6-Plus, a new large language model it says markedly improves automated coding and AI-agent...

Caixin Global

CX Daily: China Races to Build Its Own Gene-Editing Toolkit — With an AI Assist

Analysis: China Races to Build Its Own Gene-Editing Toolkit — With an AI Assist In a lab in Changzhou, an industrial city in eastern...

Caixin Global

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