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CGS International Retains ASEAN’s Leading Broker Position in the 2026 Extel Asia Local Broker Survey

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Ranked the #1 overall broker in Malaysia, and among the top three brokers overall in Thailand, Indonesia and Retained its position as ASEAN’s Top Broker in Trading & Execution, reaffirming its excellence in execution services across the region.Among the 24 industries and macro categories surveyed, CGS International has 156 ranked positions[1] throughout the region, including 10 analysts ranked #1 across 15 sectors. Separately, the firm’s Fitch Rating for Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) and Shareholder Support Rating have been upgraded to ‘BBB’ and ‘bbb’ respectively, with a Stable Outlook

SINGAPORE, July 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — CGS International Securities Pte. Ltd. (“CGS International”) has retained its title as the top ASEAN broker in the 2026 Extel Asia Local Broker Survey for the second year running. The survey is widely regarded as the region’s benchmark for excellence in sell-side equities research and brokerage performance. This year, top local firms and analysts across 11 Asia-Pacific countries and regions were ranked based on votes from more than 3,000 investment professionals at 826 institutions.

Strong Performance Across ASEAN Markets

CGS International delivered outstanding results across key ASEAN markets, achieving 1st overall in Malaysia, and top three overall finishes in Singapore, Thailand, and Indonesia. The firm also demonstrated clear strength across its core franchise, ranking #1 in Trading & Execution in both Singapore and Malaysia, as well as #1 in Sales and Research in Malaysia. This was accompanied by several #2 positions across Corporate Access, Sales and Trading & Execution in the key markets. (see appendix for full results)

Overall, CGS International had 156 ranked positions across 43 unique analysts, with 10 #1-ranked positions across 15 sectors such as Chemicals, Oil & Gas, Property, Sustainability, Gaming & Lodging, Technology, and Industrials.

This ASEAN strength placed CGS International among the leading local brokers across the wider Asia-Pacific region, with the firm ranking in the top 10 of Extel’s pan-Asia Local Broker Leaders’ Table.

Fitch Ratings Upgraded

Separately, Fitch Ratings has also upgraded the Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) and Shareholder Support Rating of both CGS International Securities Pte. Ltd. and CGS International Securities Singapore Pte. Ltd. to ‘BBB’ and ‘bbb’ respectively, with a Stable Outlook. CGS International Securities Thailand Co., Ltd’s National Long-Term Rating was upgraded to ‘AA-(tha)’ from ‘A+(tha)’ and the National Short-Term Rating at ‘F1+(tha)’ was affirmed. Overall, the upgrades reflect growing confidence in the Group’s strategic positioning, financial trajectory, and integration within the broader China Galaxy Securities (CGS) franchise.

Lim Siew Khee, Group Head of Research, CGS International, said: “The Extel results this year are an affirmation of our strengths in ASEAN, where we have built deep expertise and enduring relationships with clients and partners. We see this as an encouragement to keep raising the bar for our clients.”

The survey results rest on a franchise built over more than 45 years in the region. CGS International has one of the most comprehensive coverages of over 600 stocks, with another 2,500 from our research partners globally. Backed by CGS, the firm has positioned itself as a China-ASEAN nexus, facilitating cross-border capital flows and cooperation.

Carol Fong, Group CEO, CGS International added: “These recognitions position us stronger as a trusted gateway between China, ASEAN, and global capital markets. Our deepening integration with CGS and combined strengths in China and ASEAN will take us from strength to strength. We believe that our One CGS approach will bring greater value to clients as Asia rises in prominence.”

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About CGS International Securities

CGS International Securities Pte. Ltd. (“CGS International”) is an award-winning and market leading integrated financial services provider, ranked among the top securities houses in Asia.

CGS International taps on its wealth of global and ASEAN insights to offer equities trading, leveraged products, wealth management, investment banking, equities research, Shariah-compliant financing, fixed income, currency and commodities, structured products and prime brokerage services in over 15 countries and regions.

Along with its parent organisation China Galaxy Securities, a leading securities house in China, CGS International is trusted by over 18 million customers globally.

Find out more at www.cgsi.com.

Appendix: Detailed Results by Market

The survey aggregates buy-side votes across Research, Sales, Corporate Access and Trading & Execution to determine overall country rankings. CGS International’s placements across its key markets were as follows.

Malaysia

#1 overall country ranking#1 in Sales, #1 in Research and #1 in Trading & Execution; #2 in Corporate Access#1-ranked analysts in Chemicals; Oil & Gas; Gaming & Lodging; Industrials; Transportation; and Utilities & Alternative Energy24 ranked analysts† across 17 sectors, including Internet, Insurance, Telecommunications, Economics, and Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech

Indonesia

#3 overall country ranking#2 in Corporate Access, Sales and Trading & Execution; #4 in Research#1-ranked analysts in Quantitative Research and Thematic Research19 ranked analysts† across 15 sectors, including Sustainability, Property, Transportation, and Banks & Non-bank Finance

Singapore

#3 overall country ranking#1 in Trading & Execution; #2 in Corporate Access; #4 in Research; #5 in Sales#1-ranked analysts in Chemicals; Oil & Gas; Consumer Staples; Technology Hardware; Technology Semiconductors; and Transportation21 ranked analysts† across 17 sectors, including Autos & Auto Parts, Industrials, Utilities & Alternative Energy, Small & Mid-cap Stocks, and Sustainability

Thailand

#3 overall country ranking#2 in Research; #3 in Corporate Access, Sales and Trading & Execution#1-ranked analysts in Chemicals; Oil & Gas; Sustainability; and Property16 ranked analysts† across 15 sectors, including Strategy, Technology Hardware, Technology Semiconductors, and Banks & Non-bank Finance

South Korea

#6 overall country ranking#3 in Trading & Execution; #4 in Corporate Access; #6 in Research; #8 in Sales#3-ranked analyst in Internet7 ranked analysts† across 7 sectors, including Consumer Discretionary, Telecommunications, Utilities & Alternative Energy, and Basic Materials

Mainland China and Hong Kong

#11 overall in both mainland China and Hong Kong combinedResearch: #9 in mainland China, #12 in Hong Kong, with 1† ranked analyst in the Insurance sectorSales: #11 in Hong Kong, #12 in mainland China; Corporate Access: #12 in Hong Kong, #13 in mainland China

† Top 5 Position

[1] Formally ranked positions received more than 5 independent votes each.

 

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Tripo AI Releases Latest Model Tripo P2.0, Advancing AI 3D Generation with Production-Ready Assets

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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Tripo AI unveiled Tripo P2.0, its latest 3D-native foundation model enabling high-fidelity 3D assets generation with quad topology, marking a major breakthrough in generative 3D.

As an upgrade from Tripo Smart Mesh P1.0, P2.0 brings native quad mesh generation, a first for the AI 3D industry, representing a major advance in AI-powered 3D content creation. The model allows 3D creators to move AI-generated 3D content seamlessly into production, addressing one of the longstanding challenges in AI 3D generation.

Following the release of P2.0 Preview in August, the official launch of P2.0 added two new features: multiple versions generation per prompt and Mesh Edit. The model makes it easier than ever for creators to edit, rig, animate and integrate AI generated characters and props into production pipelines.

“Topology has been the wall between AI-generated 3D and real production: game and film pipelines are built on quad meshes, and until now AI got there only through slow, unstable retopology. P2.0 can quickly generate quad-dominant meshes natively, with clean part separation and the edge flow an artist would lay out manually. Production-ready is today’s bar; the longer-term goal for Tripo is to build models that understand, generate and interact with 3D environments,” says Dr. Yanpei Cao, Chief Scientist of Tripo AI.

The model supports both triangle- and quad-based 3D assets generation, offering up to 50,000 faces for triangle topology and up to 25,000 faces for quad topology. With one single prompt, P2.0 allows generation of a maximum of four versions of the same asset with different face counts, giving creators greater flexibility to produce assets with varying levels of complexity and details.

The newly added Mesh Edit feature gives creators direct control over the result. They can select and regenerate any region of a mesh without altering the rest of the asset. Instead of regenerating the whole asset and hoping for a better outcome, creators can refine the asset more precisely, step by step.

The model offers front, back, left and right views of the generated assets, allowing them to closely match users’ intentions.

P2.0 also supports Smart UV which enables creators to unwrap 3D assets into a 2D layout with a single click, making it easier for texturing and further editing.

Designed for games and interactive experiences, Smart Mesh P2.0 helps 3D artists, technical artists and game developers create assets ready for production. It is particularly well suited to generating game characters, hard surface objects such as vehicles, props and buildings, as well as creating 3D assets at scale.

About Tripo AI

Tripo AI is a global leader in the development of 3D-native foundation models and world models. Founded in 2023 by leading scientists in AI and computer graphics, the company has developed a comprehensive end-to-end product ecosystem, built around its proprietary 3D-native foundation models and world models. With Tripo Studio and Tripo API, Tripo AI has transformed 3D generation. Powered by a world-class AI 3D research team, the company is advancing AI toward understanding, generating, and interacting with 3D environments.

Tripo AI’s models and products have been widely adopted by individual users and enterprises globally, serving industries including intelligent manufacturing, virtual reality, interactive entertainment, and embodied AI, empowering enterprises to unlock new productivity and scale applications of generative 3D.

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Xinhua Silk Road: Chinese solutions for meteorological early-warning help more countries tackle climate challenges

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BEIJING, Sept. 21, 2026 /CNW/ — For millennia, as her believers believe, the traditional Chinese sea goddess Mazu has been blessing safe voyages. Now, Chinese meteorological early-warning solutions named after her are helping more countries prevent meteorological disasters.

“MAZU”, released by the China Meteorological Administration at the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), is a set of China’s homegrown AI-enabled meteorological solutions featuring universal multi-hazard early warning, alerting and zero-gap coverage.

Supporting cloud-based trials in more than 40 countries, “MAZU” has been applied in countries including Pakistan, Ethiopia, the Solomon Islands, Jordan, Sri Lanka, Mongolia and Djibouti, rapidly expanding its global presence.

As the first set of solutions under the UN Early Warnings for All initiative, “MAZU” integrates AI-based meteorological early-warning models, Fengyun meteorological satellite data, multi-source monitoring products and cloud computing power.

In May this year, “MAZU” was recommended by the World Meteorological Organization at the 11th Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals held at UN headquarters in New York.

Unsurprisingly, “MAZU” caters to the demand for both menu-style solution offerings and highly flexible customized solutions to help relevant countries prevent meteorological disasters caused by climate change.

In Pakistan, where monsoons and rainstorms usually cause torrential floods, an early-warning system co-developed by China and Pakistan was formally embedded in relevant platforms of Pakistan’s meteorological authority.

In Ethiopia, Chinese experts leveraged the integration of data from China’s Fengyun meteorological satellites and local meteorological stations to help local weather forecasters generate high-precision nowcasts via the Fenglei and Fengqing AI models.

In Sri Lanka, the meteorological bureau of southeast China’s Fujian Province is assisting the country in achieving high spatiotemporal resolution precipitation and temperature forecasting.

Apart from the application cases of “MAZU”, nearly 1,000 people from more than 100 developing countries and regions have come to China to receive technology training focused on early warning.

As China is a crucial partner of the Early Warnings for All initiative, its platforms, satellites and AI models have helped dozens of countries enhance their early-warning capacities, noted UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the 2026 WAIC.

Such a mode of cooperation, involving technology transfer, joint R&D and local capacity building to help developing countries better protect their people, is exactly what the world needs now, added Guterres.

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Xinhua Silk Road: “My City, My Home” global visual submission campaign kicks off in Fuzhou for World Cities Day

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BEIJING, Sept. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — A global call for “My City, My Home” visual submission campaign for the upcoming World Cities Day has officially kicked off in Fuzhou, southeast China’s Fujian Province, inviting people around the world to submit photos and short videos to share stories of urban development.

World Cities Day, celebrated annually on October 31 since 2014, is the first UN-designated international day dedicated to cities. Fuzhou will host the Global Observance of World Cities Day 2026.

As part of the Observance, the “My City, My Home” campaign aims to enhance the global influence of World Cities Day, encourage greater public participation, and promote the concept of sustainable urban development through a campaign open to everyone.

According to the announcement for the campaign, individuals, families, communities, schools, social organizations and other groups are all welcome to participate. The submissions should closely reflect the annual theme of this year’s World Cities Day — Regenerating the City: Adequate Housing for All.

Participants should form a square frame with the thumbs and index fingers of both hands to frame scenes that showcase the livability and renewal of their cities, and then take photos or short videos. This signature gesture symbolizes houses that shelter people, evokes the outline of early walled cities, and represents a perspective through which to capture the beauty of cities.

Participants are encouraged to start their videos with opening lines such as “This is my city”. They are also encouraged to include in their photos and videos an introduction to the city and the filming location, the reasons why the selected scene reflects urban regeneration or livability, and personal stories related to the city.

The submission period runs from the date of publication until 11:59 p.m. on October 14 (Beijing Time). Photos and videos may be submitted via Douyin or to the designated email address Mycitymyhome@outlook.com .

Photos and videos may be submitted in either 9:16 vertical or 16:9 horizontal format. Each video should be at least 5 seconds long.

Outstanding submissions will be selected for inclusion in the official campaign video, which will be presented at the opening ceremony of the Global Observance of World Cities Day 2026 in Fuzhou on October 31.

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