DENVER, June 3 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As global crypto market regulatory systems become increasingly sophisticated, compliance has become an inevitable trend for trading platform development. SKHTU Exchange recently announced its official acquisition of an operating license from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), making it one of the few compliant trading platforms meeting US securities regulatory standards. This milestone marks a significant breakthrough in the SKHTU compliance framework and lays a solid foundation for its global strategy.
The SEC, as the most authoritative financial regulator worldwide, sets licensing standards covering asset custody, investor protection, information disclosure, and anti-money laundering (AML), among other stringent requirements. Obtaining this certification means the platform must achieve the same standards as traditional securities markets in operational transparency, fund security, and compliance governance.
With the SEC license, SKHTU Exchange can provide legitimate trading services in the US and other regulated markets, covering spot, derivatives, asset management, and RWA (real-world asset) business areas. This gives the platform higher market access qualifications and provides institutional clients and multinational investors with a secure, regulation-compliant investment environment.
The SKHTU Exchange compliance team stated: “Obtaining the SEC license is not only a breakthrough in compliance, but also represents our long-term commitment to global users. Regulatory involvement is not a restriction, but the starting point for trust. We aim to provide reliable financial services for investors with a higher-standard regulatory framework.”
Industry experts believe that the SEC license is a key sign of crypto trading platforms entering the institutional stage, enabling platforms to play a deeper role in capital markets and providing a legal foundation for RWA tokenization, compliant issuance of financial derivatives, and cross-border asset allocation. As global regulatory consensus forms, platforms with SEC qualifications will have significant advantages in future market competition.
This milestone symbolizes a critical leap in the compliance landscape of SKHTU Exchange. From the crypto ecosystem to traditional finance, SKHTU uses compliance as a bridge to build safe and sustainable digital financial infrastructure, offering global users a more robust investment environment.
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Contact: Ridzuan-support@skhtu.org
SOURCE: Skhtu Exchange Services Ltd
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Wednesday, June 3, 2026
BLACKSTONE CLOSES LARGEST ASIA PRIVATE EQUITY FUND AT US$13.1 BLN
KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 (Bernama) -- Blackstone, an alternative asset manager, has announced the final close of Blackstone Capital Partners Asia III (BCP Asia III) at US$13.1 billion, exceeding its US$10 billion target and marking the firm's largest private equity fundraise in Asia. (US$1=RM3.96)
The oversubscribed fund reached its hard cap and builds on the strong performance of the strategy’s first two vintages, with this close representing more than double the amount of capital raised for its predecessor vehicle.
“We are grateful for the continued trust of our investors in Blackstone and our leading Asia Private Equity franchise. This successful fundraise reflects the strength of our platform and our ability to perform through cycles,” said Blackstone Private Equity Strategies Global Head, Joe Baratta in a statement.
Meanwhile, Blackstone Private Equity Head of Asia, Amit Dixit said: “We believe our differentiation lies in our scale, supported by homegrown teams across the region’s major markets; strong performance; and our control-orientated strategy that enables us to have a hands-on, proactive approach to supporting business transformations. We thank our investors for their support and partnership.”
The firm invested more than US$7 billion across 12 transactions in the region over the past 24 months.
The investments include Neysa, a fast-growing Indian artificial intelligence cloud platform; TechnoPro, Japan's leading specialised engineering services provider; and JUNO, South Korea's top hair salon franchise.
Blackstone also completed 15 exits during the same period, including the listings of International Gemological Institute and Aadhar Housing Finance, as well as its exit from Alinamin Pharmaceutical in Japan.
-- BERNAMA
The oversubscribed fund reached its hard cap and builds on the strong performance of the strategy’s first two vintages, with this close representing more than double the amount of capital raised for its predecessor vehicle.
“We are grateful for the continued trust of our investors in Blackstone and our leading Asia Private Equity franchise. This successful fundraise reflects the strength of our platform and our ability to perform through cycles,” said Blackstone Private Equity Strategies Global Head, Joe Baratta in a statement.
Meanwhile, Blackstone Private Equity Head of Asia, Amit Dixit said: “We believe our differentiation lies in our scale, supported by homegrown teams across the region’s major markets; strong performance; and our control-orientated strategy that enables us to have a hands-on, proactive approach to supporting business transformations. We thank our investors for their support and partnership.”
The firm invested more than US$7 billion across 12 transactions in the region over the past 24 months.
The investments include Neysa, a fast-growing Indian artificial intelligence cloud platform; TechnoPro, Japan's leading specialised engineering services provider; and JUNO, South Korea's top hair salon franchise.
Blackstone also completed 15 exits during the same period, including the listings of International Gemological Institute and Aadhar Housing Finance, as well as its exit from Alinamin Pharmaceutical in Japan.
-- BERNAMA
INSTRUQT REPORT FINDS 92 PCT FACE DEVELOPER ADOPTION CHALLENGES
KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 (Bernama) -- Instruqt has released its annual report, The State of Developer Adoption, revealing that 92 per cent of respondents face at least one significant developer adoption challenge.
According to Instruqt in a statement, the most cited causes are misalignment across teams (27 per cent), technology complexity (26 per cent), and the difficulty of keeping content accurate as products ship weekly (25 per cent).
The report is the first independent benchmark examining how marketing, sales and education teams are responding to the widening gap between the pace of artificial intelligence (AI) feature releases and the pace at which customers can adopt them.
Based on a SlashData 2026 survey involving 424 marketing, sales and developer education practitioners at North American software companies, the report found that organisations using hands-on learning experiences were approximately 50 per cent more likely to report developers reaching productivity within two months than those that did not.
The findings also point to a structural shift in how business-to-business (B2B) software companies need to operate as AI adoption accelerates.
Other notable findings include developer communities remaining the most underutilised adoption lever, high-impact pre-sales experiences being underused, differing definitions of successful hands-on experiences across teams, and growing AI adoption despite declining confidence in some applications.
For developer-focused software companies, the report suggests that customer adoption is becoming an increasingly important determinant of growth as innovation cycles accelerate.
As part of broader adoption strategies, many fast-growing software companies have invested heavily in hands-on education, self-paced labs, interactive product experiences and developer enablement programmes.
Earlier this month, Google Cloud Security selected Instruqt to launch its Agentic SOC experience at Google Cloud Next 2026, training 50 practitioners in a single workshop with a dedicated Vertex AI environment for each participant.
-- BERNAMA
According to Instruqt in a statement, the most cited causes are misalignment across teams (27 per cent), technology complexity (26 per cent), and the difficulty of keeping content accurate as products ship weekly (25 per cent).
The report is the first independent benchmark examining how marketing, sales and education teams are responding to the widening gap between the pace of artificial intelligence (AI) feature releases and the pace at which customers can adopt them.
Based on a SlashData 2026 survey involving 424 marketing, sales and developer education practitioners at North American software companies, the report found that organisations using hands-on learning experiences were approximately 50 per cent more likely to report developers reaching productivity within two months than those that did not.
The findings also point to a structural shift in how business-to-business (B2B) software companies need to operate as AI adoption accelerates.
Other notable findings include developer communities remaining the most underutilised adoption lever, high-impact pre-sales experiences being underused, differing definitions of successful hands-on experiences across teams, and growing AI adoption despite declining confidence in some applications.
For developer-focused software companies, the report suggests that customer adoption is becoming an increasingly important determinant of growth as innovation cycles accelerate.
As part of broader adoption strategies, many fast-growing software companies have invested heavily in hands-on education, self-paced labs, interactive product experiences and developer enablement programmes.
Earlier this month, Google Cloud Security selected Instruqt to launch its Agentic SOC experience at Google Cloud Next 2026, training 50 practitioners in a single workshop with a dedicated Vertex AI environment for each participant.
-- BERNAMA
ANCIENT ROYAL ANTIQUITIES HEADLINE TIMELINE AUCTIONS SALE
KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 (Bernama) -- TimeLine Auctions showcased museum-quality antiquities from Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and the western Mediterranean at its Antiquities & Ancient Art Auction, featuring rare artefacts linked to ancient kings, religious figures and classical civilisations.
Among the headline lots is a hemispherical bronze bowl bearing the cuneiform name of Manishtushu, who ruled the Akkadian Empire around 2270 to 2255 B.C., according to TimeLine Auctions in a statement.
The auction also feature an agate eye-bead inscribed with the name of Kurigalzu II and a banded agate cylinder seal carrying a Sumerian prayer to the storm god Adad from the Kassite period.
The Egyptian collection is led by a 40-centimetre basalt figure of the Saite customs official Wahibre, depicted kneeling while supporting an offering basin. The sculpture’s components, separated in the 19th century and held in different collections, have been reunited for auction for the first time.
Other Egyptian highlights include a 70-centimetre hollow-cast bronze figure of Osiris dating to the 26th Dynasty and a painted wooden stele linking Amun at Luxor with Osiris at Abydos.
In the Greek section, a sixth-century B.C. black-figure pyxis depicting the wedding procession of an Athenian bride and a fifth-century B.C. red-figure column krater featuring Europa alongside a Dionysian scene are featured.
The sale will also feature the Gravona bronzes, a group of 10 artefacts recovered from a railway cutting in Corsica in the 1880s and later documented by archaeologist Robert Forrer in 1924.
Following the live auction, TimeLine will continue with an online-only sale from June 3, covering a broad range of ancient art categories. The programme will conclude with an Ancient Coins auction on June 9 and 10 featuring weights, tokens, medals and books.
The auction is scheduled to begin at 1pm British Summer Time, with bidding available through absentee bids, telephone participation and online platforms. Worldwide shipping will be offered, with payments accepted in British pounds sterling.
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Among the headline lots is a hemispherical bronze bowl bearing the cuneiform name of Manishtushu, who ruled the Akkadian Empire around 2270 to 2255 B.C., according to TimeLine Auctions in a statement.
The auction also feature an agate eye-bead inscribed with the name of Kurigalzu II and a banded agate cylinder seal carrying a Sumerian prayer to the storm god Adad from the Kassite period.
The Egyptian collection is led by a 40-centimetre basalt figure of the Saite customs official Wahibre, depicted kneeling while supporting an offering basin. The sculpture’s components, separated in the 19th century and held in different collections, have been reunited for auction for the first time.
Other Egyptian highlights include a 70-centimetre hollow-cast bronze figure of Osiris dating to the 26th Dynasty and a painted wooden stele linking Amun at Luxor with Osiris at Abydos.
In the Greek section, a sixth-century B.C. black-figure pyxis depicting the wedding procession of an Athenian bride and a fifth-century B.C. red-figure column krater featuring Europa alongside a Dionysian scene are featured.
The sale will also feature the Gravona bronzes, a group of 10 artefacts recovered from a railway cutting in Corsica in the 1880s and later documented by archaeologist Robert Forrer in 1924.
Following the live auction, TimeLine will continue with an online-only sale from June 3, covering a broad range of ancient art categories. The programme will conclude with an Ancient Coins auction on June 9 and 10 featuring weights, tokens, medals and books.
The auction is scheduled to begin at 1pm British Summer Time, with bidding available through absentee bids, telephone participation and online platforms. Worldwide shipping will be offered, with payments accepted in British pounds sterling.
-- BERNAMA
CGC TO IMPLEMENT RM10 BILLION BNM-CGC PORTFOLIO GUARANTEE SCHEMES FOR MSME GROWTH, INCLUSION AND RESILIENCE
PETALING JAYA, June 3 (Bernama) -- Credit Guarantee Corporation Malaysia Berhad (“CGC”) will roll out the BNM-CGC Portfolio Guarantee (PG) and Portfolio Guarantee-i (PG-i) schemes, supporting up to RM10 billion in guaranteed financing for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Building on Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) earlier announcement, the schemes are designed to broaden MSMEs’ access to financing across growth and strategic sectors, with CGC serving as the implementation and risk-sharing platform alongside participating financial institutions.
This marks a shift from direct lending support through non-relief facilities toward a scalable, guarantee-based model that enables participating financial institutions to support viable MSMEs, including first-time borrowers and businesses investing in future growth.
The PG and PG-i schemes are structured around four policy objectives: expanding financial inclusion for underserved MSMEs, supporting climate and sustainability transition, improving productivity, and strengthening business resilience. These objectives translate into targeted support for microenterprises, startups, sustainability-focused businesses, enterprises in emerging and strategic sectors, and MSMEs investing in innovation, productivity and resilience.
President and Chief Executive Officer of CGC, Encik Mohamed Nazri Omar, said: “This signals a move from direct lending support toward a larger, guarantee-based financing model that enables financial institutions to lend with greater confidence to viable MSMEs, including first-time borrowers, smaller businesses, and enterprises investing in future growth. Through our targeted risk-sharing approach with participating financial institutions, we want to change the way they evaluate these underserved market segments to create new opportunities and contribute to a stronger and resilient economy.”
Unlike short-term facilities that primarily address immediate cash-flow and working-capital pressures, the PG and PG-i schemes are designed to support longer-term MSME growth, productivity upgrading, sustainability transition and resilience-building. They complement BNM’s SME Stabilisation Relief Facility (SME SRF), which provides short-term relief of up to RM750,000 in working capital over tenures of up to 5 years, and the earlier RM300 million PG Relief Scheme, which offers targeted relief of RM20,000 to RM500,000, up to 90% coverage, and up to 7 years for affected MSMEs. Together, these initiatives span the full spectrum from immediate relief to long-term growth.
Under the PG and PG-i schemes, eligible MSMEs can access:
• Financing of up to RM10 million per MSME, supporting expansion and long-term investment
• Tenures of up to 10 years, offering flexible and manageable repayment terms
• Guarantee coverage of up to 85%, helping eligible MSMEs with limited collateral improve their access to financing, subject to credit assessment by participating financial institutions
• Guarantee fees from as low as 1%, keeping overall costs affordable
For further details on the schemes, visit CGC’s website at www.cgc.com.my (BNM-CGC Portfolio Guarantee schemes page). Alternatively, MSMEs may contact CGC’s Client Service Centre at 03-7880 0088, email csc@cgc.com.my, or reach out to any of CGC’s branches nationwide.
About CGC
Credit Guarantee Corporation Malaysia Berhad (CGC) was established on 5 July 1972. It is 78.65% owned by Bank Negara Malaysia and 21.35% by the commercial banks in Malaysia. CGC aims to assist Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs) with inadequate or without collateral and track records to obtain credit facilities from financial institutions by providing guarantee cover on such facilities. As of April 2026, CGC has availed over 547,000 guarantees and financing to MSMEs valued at over RM104 billion since its establishment.
On 9 February 2018, CGC introduced imSME, Malaysia’s first MSME online financing/loan referral platform. The imSME serves as an alternative channel for MSMEs to source for financing products, saving them both the time and the hassle of going through time-consuming processes. Since inception, the imSME portal had received more than 3.19 million visits, with more than 144,987 registered MSMEs under the portal.
For more information, please visit www.cgc.com.my and imsme.com.my.
SOURCE: Credit Guarantee Corporation (CGC)
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Name: Azman Idrus
Head of Strategic Management & Communications
Name: Azri Zulfadli Fadil
Head of Branding & Events
Email: ccsr@cgc.com.my
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