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Highlights of the Annual Results for the Year Ended December 31, 2025:
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 1 April 2026 – Ingdan, Inc. (“Ingdan” or the “Company,” Stock Code: 400.HK; together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”), an innovative technology services platform group, today announced its audited consolidated results for the year ended December 31, 2025 (“2025” or “the Year”). The results reflect a landmark year of performance, further cementing the Company’s position at the core of the AI industry value chain. The Group serves as an ecosystem services platform anchored in AI chips, with a strategic focus on AI computing power centers and AI smart terminals. The Company is dedicated to building an AI industry connector with broad industrial linkages. Its core positioning is to bridge upstream AI chip technology with the needs of downstream innovation enterprises. The Group has established deep partnerships with world-leading chip manufacturers including NVIDIA, Xilinx, Intel, AMD, and SanDisk. Leveraging chip distribution as its gateway, the Group provides customers with an integrated, full-chain service covering technology solutions, supply chain services, technical training, and after-sales operation and maintenance — connecting the ecosystem service chain from chip supply to end-application deployment, and empowering the industrialization of AI technology.
2025 Full Year Financial Highlights
Benefiting from continued robust AI computing power demand and a significant uptick in chip requirements across AI technology-related industries, the Group’s revenue for the year reached approximately RMB15,206.7 million, comprising 62.6% from technology solutions, 37.0% from distribution business, and 0.4% from proprietary products — representing a year-on-year increase of approximately 50.1% from RMB10,129.1 million in 2024. The Group’s gross profit was approximately RMB1,104.2 million, up 24.1% year-on-year. Operating profit was approximately RMB532.4 million, up 24.4% year-on-year. Net profit after tax was approximately RMB310.2 million, up 13.4% year-on-year. Profit attributable to equity shareholders of the Company was approximately RMB214.8 million, up 13.1% year-on-year.
As at December 31, 2025, the Group’s cash and bank balances (including pledged deposits) amounted to RMB1,264.3 million, bank loans stood at RMB2,628.0 million. The total number of issued ordinary shares was 1,644,262,732 shares, with basic weighted average shares of 1,582,928,000 shares.
Deepening AI Computing Power Supply Chain: Comtech Continuously Empowering Industry Innovation
In the current strategic growth phase of the global semiconductor industry, the synergistic evolution of AI, cloud computing, and IoT technologies — combined with breakthroughs in humanoid robotics — is driving exponential growth in global computing power demand. This trend is not only spurring iterative demand for high-performance computing chips such as GPUs and ASICs, but also accelerating technological upgrades across the entire industry chain, including high-speed storage chips and intelligent networking equipment.
Against this backdrop, the Group’s core business unit, Comtech (“Comtech”) — a technology services platform for the chip industry — serves as a core supplier in the AI computing power supply chain, and is deeply engaged in the development of global computing power networks, with its service coverage spanning data centers, AI servers, AI switches, optical modules, and a wide range of AI application sectors. Comtech collaborates closely with leading global chip manufacturers, acting as an authorized distributor for over 80 core suppliers, including NVIDIA, Xilinx, Intel, AMD, and SanDisk, and many leading domestic chipmakers.
Leveraging years of deep market expertise, Comtech has accumulated extensive technical experience and industrial resources, enabling it to provide chip application solutions and supply chain management services to tens of thousands of downstream clients. Utilizing proprietary AI technologies, large language models (LLMs), and specialized knowledge bases, Comtech delivers intelligent and automated solutions in chip selection, hardware design, software development, and system integration, significantly enhancing product performance and reliability.
Comtech’s proprietary product line is entering a new era of AI acceleration. The Company holds multiple proprietary intellectual property rights in AI chip applications and intelligent supply chain, including an intelligent algorithm library, industry-specific large language models, an intelligent hardware design platform, an adaptive system architecture, and a broad portfolio of innovative technology patents. Its subsidiary, Kepler Lab, has successfully developed SOM-level proprietary products based on core chips including NVIDIA Jetson and Xilinx FPGA. Benchmarked against international advanced standards, these domestically developed AI edge computing products have achieved mass shipments to customers including customs authorities and banks, and are being actively expanded into emerging sectors such as robotics, medical devices, and autonomous driving. With high gross margins and a customer base that naturally overlaps with the Company’s traditional distribution business, this proprietary product line is poised to establish a second growth curve — marking the Company’s strategic transformation from a supply chain service provider to a technology value-added service provider, and opening compelling new possibilities for the Group’s long-term value creation.
As at December 31, 2025, Comtech’s adjusted distribution cost (“ADC”) inventory amounted to approximately RMB772.0 million. For the year ended December 31, 2025, ADC inventory turnover for Comtech was approximately 21 days.
Ingdan Technology Accelerates Strategic Positioning: AI Servers and Talent Development Advancing in Tandem
AI Computing Center Business: Precisely Capturing Domestic Computing Power Demand
In view of accelerating global AI technological advancement and sustained growth in domestic computing power demand, universities, medical schools, and research institutions have an increasingly urgent need for self-controllable, high-performance AI computing power. The Group’s intelligent computing power technology and services platform Ingdan Technology (“Ingdan Technology”), is capitalizing on the import-substitution opportunity by strategically deploying its AI server business and making large-scale investments in AIDC (AI Data Center) computing power center operations and proprietary product development.
Through deep collaboration with Huawei and leveraging the Ascend 910 chip, Ingdan Technology has launched the DeepSeek all-in-one workstation to precisely address the core computing power needs of scientific researchers. The DeepSeek all-in-one workstation features stable computing performance, robust data security, and full technological autonomy — achieving a distinctive competitive advantage through the combination of leading manufacturer endorsement and customized services.
Ingdan Academy: Talent Development Surges More Than Fourfold, Supporting National Semiconductor Strategy
Leveraging the Group’s extensive resources and technological expertise in the chip industry, Ingdan Academy introduces world-leading chip application technologies and is dedicated to developing talent in chip application and AI. To date, Ingdan Academy has cumulatively trained over 9,000 chip application engineers — surpassing the previous milestone of 2,000 by more than fourfold — serving over 1,200 enterprises and supplying a large number of high-quality professionals to the chip and AI industries. Through continuous talent training and technical support, Ingdan Academy is working to help Shenzhen become a global center for chip application and AI, contributing to the development of the nation’s semiconductor industry.
Chief Executive Officer’s Outlook
Mr. Jeffrey Kang, Chairmanand CEO of Ingdan, Inc., commented: “2025 has been a year of profound milestone significance in the Company’s development journey. Building on the substantial investments made in large-scale AI computing power and proprietary products throughout 2025, we are confident that our revenue growth trajectory will accelerate in 2026.The astonishing growth in AI computing power demand has fully validated the Group’s forward-looking strategic positioning across the AI chip application value chain.Looking ahead, we anticipate significant performance improvement driven by robust and sustained growth in demand for AI chips, GPUs, and storage networking chips. Supported by a robust bank financing framework, we expect sales to major customers to grow substantially — injecting powerful momentum into the Group’s exceptional performance growth in 2026 and laying a solid foundation.
We are full of confidence in the Group’s future development, and we extend our sincere gratitude to every shareholder, customer, and business partner for their continued trust and support.”
Cautionary Statement
The information contained herein has not been independently verified. No representation, warranty or undertaking, express or implied, is made as to, and no reliance should be placed on, the fairness, accuracy, completeness or correctness of the information or the opinions contained herein by the Company or any of its affiliates, advisers or representatives. The information contained herein should be considered in the context of the circumstances prevailing at the time and is subject to change without notice. The Company does not undertake to update the information contained herein to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date hereof.
This document is not intended to provide, and you should not rely upon it for, a complete or comprehensive analysis of the Company’s financial or operating condition or prospects. Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates, advisers or representatives shall have any liability whatsoever (in negligence or otherwise) for any loss howsoever arising from any use of this document or its contents or otherwise arising in connection therewith.
This document may contain forward-looking statements that reflect the Company’s current intentions, beliefs and expectations regarding future events as of the dates indicated herein. Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are based on numerous assumptions regarding the Company’s present and future business strategies and the environment in which the Company will operate in the future, and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The Company and its affiliates, advisers and representatives undertake no obligation and make no commitment to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the relevant date.
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Ingdan, Inc. (Stock Code: 400.HK) is an ecosystem services platform anchored in AI chips, with a strategic focus on AI computing power centers and AI smart terminals. The Company is dedicated to building an AI industry connector with broad industrial linkages. Its core positioning is to bridge upstream AI chip technology with the needs of downstream innovation enterprises. Leveraging chip distribution as its gateway, the Company provides customers with an integrated, full-chain service covering technology solutions, supply chain services, technical training, and after-sales operation and maintenance — connecting the ecosystem service chain from chip supply to end-application deployment, and empowering the industrialization of AI technology.
Headquartered in Shenzhen, the Group operates offices and branches across major cities in China, including Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Wuhan, Chengdu, Nanjing, Hangzhou, and Xi’an, as well as representative offices in Singapore and Japan. The Group’s core businesses are Comtech — a technology services platform for the chip industry; and Ingdan Technology — a platform providing intelligent computing power technology and services.
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In addition, Linklogis has always placed shareholder interests at the core of its corporate governance, rewarding investors’ trust through sustained and tangible actions. In August 2025, the Board approved a new share repurchase program of no less than US$80 million to be implemented over a one-year period. Under this repurchase program, the company has cumulatively repurchased shares totaling HK$365 million (approximately US$47 million), demonstrating its confidence in its long-term value through concrete actions.
Focusing on Core Business, Accelerating Business Structure Optimization
In 2025, Linklogis remained focused on its core business and accelerated the optimization of its business structure. The total volume of supply chain assets processed by its technology solutions reached RMB508.1 billion, up 27% year-on-year. With a market share of 22%, the company ranked first in the industry for the sixth consecutive year. The number of anchor enterprises served increased to 3,145, including 54 of China’s Top 100 enterprises and 151 of China’s Top 500 enterprises, while the number of financial institution partners reached 428, further improving the efficiency of industry-finance collaboration.
Linklogis’ supply chain finance technology solutions include Anchor Cloud, which consists of Multi-tier Transfer Cloud, AMS Cloud and Treasury Cloud, as well as FI Cloud, which consists of ABS Cloud and eChain Cloud. In 2025, the total volume of supply chain assets processed by Anchor Cloud reached RMB369.6 billion, representing a year-on-year increase of 31%. The total volume of supply chain assets processed by Multi-tier Transfer Cloud reached RMB304.2 billion, surging 47% year-on-year, with its contribution to the group’s total asset volume rising from 52% in 2024 to 60% in 2025. The total volume of supply chain assets processed by AMS Cloud, however, was RMB65.4 billion, down 13% year-on-year due to the continued decline in issuance volume in the supply chain asset securitization market.
The total volume of supply chain assets processed by FI Cloud reached RMB128.9 billion, up 20% year-on-year. Both ABS Cloud and eChain Cloud recorded solid double-digit growth in transaction volume, contributing to a 25% year-on-year increase in FI Cloud revenue. In the ABS Cloud segment, the total volume of supply chain assets processed reached RMB69.1 billion, rising 28% year-on-year. In the eChain Cloud segment, the total volume of supply chain assets processed reached RMB59.7 billion, increasing 13% year-on-year.
Linklogis focused on six key industries, including infrastructure and construction, new energy and advanced manufacturing, and worked with its subsidiary Bytter Technology to deepen targeted cross-selling, achieving breakthroughs in high-quality customer acquisition. Leveraging its one-stop comprehensive industrial-finance solutions and innovative scenario-based applications, Linklogis worked with a number of central and state-owned enterprises and leading private enterprises, including Shougang Group, China Coal Mine Construction Group Corporation and JA Solar Technology, to launch integrated industrial-finance platform projects. At the same time, it provided targeted support to 17 high-quality enterprises, including Shanghai Construction Group, Yunnan Construction and Investment Holding Group and Luzhou Laojiao, covering scenarios such as order financing, bill collateral, and supply chain bill transfer, supporting coordinated growth in both scale and value creation.
Building the “Second Growth Curve”, Unlocking Global Trade Finance Potential
2025 marked a pivotal year for Linklogis’ international business as the company embarked on a new chapter and accelerated the development of its “second growth curve.” During the year, Linklogis officially launched a comprehensive rebranding of its international business, introducing “Unloq” as its new identity for the global market, reflecting its vision of unlocking the potential and efficiency of global trade finance. Guided by a core strategy centered on cross-border trade corridors, scenario-based finance and technology-driven risk management, Unloq is committed to building a globally connected digital supply chain finance platform with strong local execution capabilities.
In line with its core strategy, the company has leveraged its cloud-native technology to launch the innovative “SC+ Platform”, designed to connect global real-world trade with digital finance. The “SC+” signifies its core function of connecting smart contracts with compliant digital payment instruments, forming a technology-enabled solution for global trade finance. The platform is dedicated to building the next-generation digital infrastructure for global trade finance and addressing systemic challenges in cross-border trade, including credit verification, fund turnover, and clearing and settlement efficiency. Through the platform, funders can utilize various compliant payment methods to purchase trade receivables.
To date, Unloq has completed the deployment of the core architecture of the SC+ Platform. Working with multiple commercial partners, Unloq has advanced the rollout of innovative applications leveraging compliant digital payment methods. In 2025, Linklogis successfully secured the bid for a Web3.0-based supply chain finance platform project for a leading central state-owned enterprise, marking a new milestone in its technological capabilities and industry recognition in the field of digital trade infrastructure.
In its international business, Unloq accelerated the expansion of cross-border trade services. In addition to traditional B2B goods trade, cross-border e-commerce and online travel agencies, it also expanded into cross-border logistics, bringing the total number of platform customers to 1,550, representing a net year-on-year increase of 451. With the deeper penetration of the SC+ Platform in cross-border trade finance, the continued expansion of its global localized service network, and the accelerated integration of solutions supporting Chinese enterprises’ overseas expansion, Linklogis’ cross-border and international business is expected to enter a phase of exponential growth in both asset volume and revenue in 2026, embarking on a new chapter of high-quality and sustainable development.
Advancing the “AI-powered Industrial Finance” Strategy: From Internal Empowerment to Industry Value Co-Creation
Linklogis remains committed to its “AI-powered Industrial Finance” strategy and continues to promote the deep integration of AI with supply chain finance across the entire value chain. Built on years of technological expertise and scenario-based refinement, its AI capabilities have evolved from internal productivity tools into a sophisticated intelligence engine that empowers the entire industrial ecosystem. By deeply integrating leading domestic large language models with its proprietary supply chain finance scenario knowledge graph and multimodal business elements, the company has systematically advanced the ongoing iteration and capability enhancement of its self-developed vertical model, LDP-GPT. Building on this foundation, Linklogis has developed the “BeeLink AI Agent” product matrix, covering more than ten core scenarios including intelligent trade document checking, intelligent PBOC registration, intelligent KYC, and intelligent risk management.
In 2025, BeeLink AI Agent continued to deliver breakthroughs in market penetration and commercialization. The number of customers served rose to 42, including domestic and overseas financial institutions and industry leaders such as Standard Chartered Bank, Bank of Hangzhou, and China Electrical Equipment Finance. Processing efficiency improved by 20 times, while accuracy in key processes reached 99%. As AI continues to evolve toward an agent-based paradigm, Linklogis will take “AI Agent+” as a strategic lever to comprehensively upgrade BeeLink AI Agent from functional tools to intelligent collaboration. It will prioritize breakthroughs in advanced capabilities such as cross-system task coordination, natural-language interactive decision-making, and adaptive workflow optimization, enabling customers to move from point intelligence to enterprise-wide intelligence, and from business insights to intelligent decision-making, thereby delivering end-to-end value across the entire value chain.
Linklogis actively responded to China’s “dual carbon” strategy and high-quality development agenda by embedding ESG principles into product innovation and the entire service lifecycle, leveraging technology to advance green finance, inclusive finance, and sustainable development. In 2025, the volume of sustainable supply chain assets served by the company exceeded RMB66.8 billion, representing a year-on-year increase of 80%, with its share of total serviced assets rising from 9% in 2024 to 13% in 2025. During the year, SMEs that obtained financing through Linklogis Supply Chain Multi-tier AR Transfer Platform benefited from an average financing cost of only 2.85%. The company continued to deepen its presence in four key sectors—renewable energy, rural revitalization, environmental protection, and public health—while further expanding into sustainable sectors such as the new energy vehicle supply chain, green buildings, and the circular economy. Through these initiatives, it directed financial resources more precisely to key segments that generate both green and low-carbon benefits and strong social impact, gradually building a broader and more influential sustainable development ecosystem that integrates industry and finance.
Expanding Full-scenario Deployment, Enhancing the Smart Industrial Finance Treasury Product Matrix
Through the acquisition of Bytter Technology, Linklogis made a strategic entry into the corporate treasury management sector. By synergizing management teams and business operations, the company successfully established the Treasury Cloud product line, providing diverse customers with end-to-end treasury management services covering settlement operations, cash planning, financing management, risk monitoring, and intelligent decision-making. As a key component of Linklogis’ “Smart Industrial Finance Treasury” strategy, Treasury Cloud is anchored by a dual-engine approach powered by AI and data, and has established a comprehensive product matrix, including the F1 treasury management system and T6 cash management system for anchor enterprises, the bank treasury system for financial institutions, and the Yingzilian SaaS platform for SMEs.
Since September 11, 2025, Bytter Technology has been consolidated into the group’s financial statements. The integration of the Treasury Cloud business has been fully completed. Linklogis will continue to deepen resources integration and business collaboration between Treasury Cloud and the group’s other supply chain finance technology businesses in areas such as product R&D, channel expansion and customer service. The company will accelerate the development of an integrated, intelligent and scalable Smart Industrial Finance Treasury platform, providing customers with one-stop digital solutions covering treasury management and industrial-finance collaboration.
Charles Song, founder, Chairman and CEO of Linklogis, said: “The year 2026 marks the tenth anniversary of Linklogis. As we stand at the threshold of a new decade, we will remain firmly committed to a core strategy of being technology-driven and globally connected, while steadfastly advancing our dual-engine approach of deepening domestic industrial finance and expanding global digital trade. We will seize opportunities amid transformation and strengthen our competitive advantages through innovation. In the domestic market, we will continue to advance the “AI-powered Industrial Finance” strategy. Anchored by the comprehensive upgrade of BeeLink AI Agent, we will accelerate AI’s evolution from scenario-based enablement to ecosystem-level collaboration. At the same time, leveraging our full-stack capabilities in Smart Industrial Finance Treasury solutions, we will continue to refine our integrated one-stop solutions, consolidate our market leadership, and ensure the steady growth of our core business. In international markets, we will accelerate the expansion of global cross-border digital trade networks through Unloq and roll out the SC+ Platform along key global trade corridors. We aim to become a key builder and connector in the ongoing digital and intelligent transformation of global trade finance. The future is already unfolding. Only the adaptable can prevail, and only the persistent can go the distance. With technology as our oar and industry as our vessel, Linklogis will continue to join forces with our partners, embarking together on the magnificent journey toward a digital and intelligent future for global industrial finance.”
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The adviser search points to a shift in how school systems with substantial reserves are treating their balance sheets. What might once have been handled more conservatively through deposits and internal oversight is now increasingly being managed with the same disciplines used by foundations, family offices and other long-horizon institutions. In ESF’s case, the task appears especially significant because the group’s endowment is no longer a marginal reserve but a material financial resource that can influence scholarships, strategic projects, property decisions and resilience during periods of market or enrolment volatility.
ESF’s own disclosures show why the mandate matters. In its 2023/24 annual report, the foundation said its endowment includes both a residential property portfolio and investments held in ESF Investments Limited. It reported that the fair value of investments held in that vehicle rose 13.4% to HK$587.7 million from HK$518.2 million a year earlier, while finance and investment committees continued to focus on asset performance monitoring and strategic asset allocation. The same report said three companies had been set up to restructure the holding of residential assets within the ESF endowment, with a new operating model expected to launch in the first half of 2025.
That helps explain why an external adviser would be attractive now. Once a fund reaches this scale, the main challenge is not simply preserving capital. It is deciding how much risk an education group should take, how liquid the portfolio needs to be, whether alternative assets belong alongside traditional holdings, and how to align returns with liabilities such as campus upgrades, technology spending and support programmes. For a school operator, there is also a reputational dimension: parents and staff expect prudence first, even when boards are under pressure to extract higher returns from idle capital.
ESF’s finances show both stability and constraints. The group reported total operating income of HK$2.85 billion in 2022/23, with tuition fees accounting for 84.3% of operating income and government grants 5.3%. It also said the long-running phase-out of government subvention, which began in 2016/17, was continuing, with the phase-out for secondary schools having started in 2022/23. By 2023/24, ESF said strong interest income had allowed it to seed a HK$10 million scholarship fund and a HK$30 million development fund, including support for a project researching the use of AI in teaching and learning.
Those figures matter because they show that investment income is becoming more relevant to the group’s strategic flexibility even as tuition remains the dominant revenue line. They also suggest that endowment governance is no longer peripheral to education policy inside ESF. A stronger investment framework could help smooth cyclical swings in income, but it could also expose the group to debate over mandate design, manager selection and tolerance for drawdowns in volatile markets. Educational institutions globally have wrestled with that trade-off for years: conservative portfolios can struggle to keep pace with inflation and capital needs, while more ambitious allocations can attract scrutiny when markets turn.
The Hong Kong backdrop adds another layer. Authorities are trying to reinforce the city’s appeal as an asset and wealth management centre, with proposed tax reforms aimed at making it easier to attract managers and capital. The Securities and Futures Commission said total assets under management in Hong Kong’s asset and wealth management business rose 13% to HK$35.1 trillion at the end of 2024, while the number of firms licensed for asset management increased 4% to 2,212. That means ESF is seeking advice in a market that is both deep and actively competing for institutional mandates.
Founded by ordinance in 1967, ESF occupies an unusual place in Hong Kong’s education landscape: a statutory body with a large footprint, significant fee income and a legacy of government support that is being phased out over time. Its latest public materials describe a group with more than 18,500 students and a broad mix of Hong Kong permanent residents and overseas passport holders, reflecting its role as a major English-medium provider in the city. That scale means any change in how it manages long-term capital is likely to be watched closely by school operators, fund managers and policymakers alike.
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Blackstone has opened talks with investment banks over a possible Mumbai listing of AGS Health that could raise as much as $500 million, according to reports on Tuesday, putting another sizeable healthcare-linked offering on the radar even as the primary market remains more selective than it was a year ago. The discussions are at an early stage, and the proposed float has yet to move into formal filing territory, but people familiar with the matter have said the firm is considering a mix of fresh shares and secondary sales and is seeking a valuation of as much as $3 billion.
AGS Health sits in a part of the healthcare economy that has drawn strong financial interest: revenue cycle management, the business of helping hospitals, physician groups and health systems handle billing, coding, claims, collections and data-led workflow improvement. The company describes itself as a technology-enabled operator serving major healthcare providers in the United States, with intelligent automation and AI woven into those services. On its website, AGS says it processes tens of billions of dollars in accounts receivable annually and supports clients through a large coding and back-office workforce spread across multiple geographies.
The mooted flotation would fit a broader pattern in which buyout firms are trying to crystallise gains from businesses built around outsourced healthcare administration and software-supported services. AGS had already been seen as a prized asset before Blackstone took control, with deal reporting last year and in 2025 pointing to intense interest from private equity groups in the company as well as in peers serving the same market. That activity underlined how investors view healthcare operations platforms as steadier, more scalable assets than many consumer-facing businesses, especially when they are tied to recurring work for hospitals and insurers.
Blackstone’s interest in AGS also reflects the continuing attraction of cross-border healthcare services models anchored in delivery centres in South Asia and the Philippines while selling into the US healthcare system. AGS says it operates globally and markets itself as a strategic growth partner for provider organisations facing rising administrative costs, denial management pressures and a growing need for automation. Its own recent company material has placed heavy emphasis on AI-powered coding, denial management and compliance support, showing how the pitch to clients has shifted from labour arbitrage alone to a combination of software, analytics and domain expertise.
Whether the listing proceeds on the terms being discussed will depend not only on AGS’s financial profile but also on market mood. Reuters has reported that the domestic IPO pipeline remains active, with large names such as Zetwerk and INOX Air Products advancing plans, yet it has also noted that sentiment has been weaker in 2026 after underperformance in some new-age and technology listings and amid heavy foreign outflows from equities linked to geopolitical tensions and oil-price shocks. That makes valuation discipline more important for sponsors seeking exits through public markets.
Healthcare, however, is one of the areas where issuers still believe they can command investor attention. Reuters reported last week that Manipal Health Enterprises filed for an IPO of up to $1.17 billion, betting on demand for specialised care, consolidation and higher insurance coverage. Against that backdrop, AGS would offer investors a different healthcare angle: not hospitals or pharmaceuticals, but the infrastructure of billing, coding and claims management that sits behind care delivery. For fund managers looking for healthcare exposure without direct clinical risk, that model may prove easier to value, though the dependence on US reimbursement systems and hospital spending cycles will remain a point of scrutiny.
Another factor in AGS’s favour is that revenue cycle management has stayed a live consolidation theme. Reuters reported in 2024 that EQT agreed to acquire GeBBS Healthcare Solutions for more than $850 million, while other reports have highlighted interest from major investors in comparable healthcare outsourcing assets. Those transactions suggest that buyers are still willing to pay for scale, client retention and workflow technology in a sector where providers are under constant pressure to improve cash collection and reduce administrative leakage. If Blackstone can pitch AGS as a business with strong client stickiness and growing automation capability, the company may find a receptive audience despite choppier equity conditions.
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The survey found that 53 per cent of Taiwanese small businesses grew in 2025, slightly below the 57 per cent recorded in the previous survey. Looking ahead, business sentiment strengthened notably. In 2026, 63 per cent of respondents expect their business to grow, while confidence in the local economy also improved, with 61 per cent anticipating economic growth, the highest level recorded since Taiwan was first included in the survey in 2018.
Taiwan’s small and medium‑sized enterprises (SMEs) continue to play a vital role in creating new jobs. In 2025, 31 per cent of SMEs increasing staff numbers, while 44 per cent plan to hire additional employees in 2026.
With rising costs identified as the biggest challenge facing Taiwan’s SME in 2025, many businesses identified cost control as the most positive contributor to business performance last year.
Mr Elic Lam FCPA (Aust.), Honorary Taiwan Advisor at CPA Australia, said Taiwan’s economic fundamentals continue to support small business resilience, “Rising global demand for semiconductors and AI related chips continues to create opportunities for exporters and suppliers across Taiwan’s value chain,” Mr Lam said. “While geopolitical tensions and intensifying competition are adding uncertainty, government support measures for SMEs, including targeted subsidies and tax incentives, together with Taiwan’s resilient domestic demand, are helping to lift business confidence.”
Technology adoption, particularly artificial intelligence (AI), is becoming increasingly widespread among Taiwanese small businesses. The survey found that 33 per cent of small businesses identified AI as the technology they invested in most heavily invested in 2025, up from 29 per cent in the previous year.
Cyber risk among Taiwanese small businesses fell markedly. The share of small businesses reporting losses of time or money due to cyber incidents declined sharply from 59 per cent in 2024 to 27 per cent in 2025, reflecting stronger awareness and the uptake of basic protective measures across the sector.
However, the survey also indicates there is room to strengthen the returns from digital investment. Only 40 per cent of respondents reported that their technology investment in 2025 improved profitability, compared with the survey average of 56 per cent.
Mr Lam noted that Taiwan’s SME sector is undergoing a generational transition that is influencing technology adoption patterns, “Many SMEs in Taiwan are moving from first generation ownership to second or third generation leadership, and technology adoption remains cautious and practical,” he said. “The increase in AI investment reflects both external drivers, such as changing customer expectations and government policy support for digital transformation, as well as internal factors, including younger owners’ familiarity with AI tools and rising operating and staffing costs.”
“To improve profitability, SMEs should focus on applying digital solutions in areas with the greatest impact. For example, as rising costs were identified as the most negative factor affecting performance in 2025, investing in ready-to-use and AI enabled accounting or financial management tools can help reduce operating expenses and lift productivity.”
Access to finance is another notable finding. Financing conditions in Taiwan improved significantly in 2025, even as borrowing softened. Two-thirds of businesses (66 per cent) I said it was easy to access external finance, placing Taiwan among the top three surveyed markets and representing a sharp increase from 28 per cent in 2024. Looking ahead, financing conditions are expected to remain supportive, with 63 per cent anticipating easy access to finance in 2026.
Despite the marked improvement in financing conditions, demand for finance was more subdued. In 2025, 54 per cent of SMEs sought external finance, down from 72 per cent in 2024.
“The Taiwan government has expanded inclusive and guaranteed financing mechanisms to support SMEs, including higher guarantee ratios under the SME Credit Guarantee Fund and preferential loans offered through state affiliated banks,” Mr Lam said. “These measures have made bank financing more accessible for small businesses.”
“Even so, many SMEs remain cautious about taking on new debt. In a stable domestic environment, businesses can maintain steady growth, but external uncertainties drive them to take a prudent approach to borrowing. This aligns well with the government’s policy focus on gradual and resilient SME transformation rather than rapid, high risk expansion.”
Lam concluded, “To navigate international uncertainty and intensifying market competition, Taiwan’s small businesses should make better use of government policy support to upskill their workforce through AI adoption, foster innovation, and diversify export markets by strengthening online sales channels.”
The Asia Pacific Small Business Survey 2025–26 gathered views from 4,166 small businesses across 11 markets in the region, including Singapore, Chinese Mainland and Australia. The Taiwan survey sample comprised 311 small businesses.
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A China-Singapore youth dialogue in Singapore has closed with artificial intelligence, innovation and cross-border cooperation at the centre of discussions, as both countries seek to deepen people-to-people links alongside a broader push into advanced technology and digital governance. The two-day event was held on 24 and 25 March and brought together 12 young representatives from the two countries under the theme “Building Tomorrow: Youth Voices United”.
The gathering was co-organised by People’s Daily and Lianhe Zaobao, giving it a media-diplomacy character as well as a youth engagement role. Participants discussed how their generation is navigating technological change, cultural renewal and sustainable development, with one panel focused specifically on how young professionals in robotics, flying cars and data verification see the opportunities and risks of the AI era.
That emphasis matters beyond the symbolism of a youth exchange. Singapore has been working to position itself as a regional hub for trusted AI deployment, regulation and commercialisation, while China continues to expand its technological reach across sectors from advanced manufacturing to data-driven consumer platforms. Against that backdrop, a dialogue framed around youth voices and innovation also functions as a signal that bilateral engagement is moving beyond trade and official diplomacy into talent, technology and narrative influence.
Organisers said the technology segment featured participants working in frontier and emerging fields, including robotics, air mobility and digital verification. Those subjects reflect a wider regional agenda in which governments, universities and companies are trying to balance investment enthusiasm with concerns over safety, labour disruption, misinformation and the standards needed for responsible AI adoption. The inclusion of data verification in the discussion is especially notable at a time when synthetic media, manipulated content and trust in online information have become strategic concerns across Asia.
The event also extended beyond technology. Another strand of the dialogue focused on culture and identity, with participants in wood sculpture, paper arts, jewellery design and cultural reporting arguing that heritage does not have to be sidelined by digital change. That framing aligns with a broader trend in both China and Singapore, where policymakers and institutions increasingly present innovation and cultural continuity not as competing ideas but as parallel pillars of national development and soft power.
For Singapore, the dialogue fits neatly into its longer-standing strategy of maintaining practical, multi-layered ties with China while preserving its distinct regulatory and economic model. Youth exchanges, especially those tied to technology and entrepreneurship, can help widen those ties at a time when regional competition for skilled workers, capital and research partnerships is intensifying. Singapore’s universities and public institutions have also hosted multiple youth-oriented dialogues on China-related themes this year, pointing to a sustained effort to cultivate a new generation conversant in both policy and commercial realities.
For China, the event offered another platform to project openness and collaborative intent through younger voices rather than official communiqués. That matters at a moment when Beijing is trying to reassure partners in Southeast Asia that technological cooperation can advance without crowding out local priorities. Using youth representatives, entrepreneurs and cultural figures helps soften what might otherwise appear as a purely state-led message, while also reinforcing the idea that future bilateral ties will be shaped as much by personal networks and innovation ecosystems as by government ministries.
Still, such forums come with limits. Dialogues can build familiarity and create useful connections, but they do not by themselves resolve harder policy questions around data governance, platform regulation, research openness or strategic competition. Singapore has been careful to develop AI frameworks that stress accountability and trust, while China’s model is backed by a far larger domestic market and a different regulatory environment. That means cooperation may expand fastest in applied innovation, education, mobility and selected commercial fields rather than in fully harmonised digital rules.
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Digital Realty has begun providing colocation infrastructure to Samsung Electronics at its ICN10 facility in Seoul, a deal that highlights how large corporate users in South Korea are seeking more resilient, high-density digital infrastructure as artificial intelligence, cloud services and mission-critical enterprise workloads put heavier demands on power, cooling and connectivity. The announcement was made on March 25 by Digital Realty, which said the arrangement would support Samsung Electronics’ enterprise IT operations from its Seoul site.
The ICN10 facility, located in Sangam-dong in Mapo-gu, has been operating since 2022 and is described by the company as South Korea’s first carrier-neutral data centre. Digital Realty says the building has a maximum IT load of 12 megawatts and around 132,000 square feet of space, with high-density power architecture, network connectivity and the resilience needed for large-scale computing environments. Those specifications matter because enterprise clients are no longer looking only for secure rack space; they increasingly want facilities that can handle denser compute loads without compromising uptime.
For Samsung Electronics, the move points to a practical shift in how even large technology groups manage parts of their own internal infrastructure. Rather than relying exclusively on self-operated facilities, major companies are turning to specialist operators for colocation capacity that can be scaled more quickly and managed to global standards. Digital Realty framed the arrangement as support for a large-scale customer environment in Korea, while emphasising stable, high-performance infrastructure for global enterprises. That wording suggests the deal is less about consumer-facing products and more about the backbone systems that keep a multinational company running across data-intensive operations.
The timing is notable because Seoul’s data-centre market is expanding while facing mounting strain over where future capacity can be built and how it will be powered. Cushman & Wakefield said the Greater Seoul Area reached 533 megawatts of capacity in the first half of 2025, with a further 715 megawatts in the development pipeline, alongside land secured for another 250 megawatts. Its later market update said the second half of 2025 saw double-digit year-on-year growth, while AI demand and tighter power-related rules were reshaping development patterns. That combination of growth and constraint is pushing operators and customers alike to value operational certainty.
South Korea’s broader technology push adds another layer to that demand story. Reuters reported this week that Seoul approved a 250 billion won investment in AI chip startup Rebellions, part of a wider effort to strengthen domestic semiconductor and advanced computing capabilities. Reuters also reported that SK Hynix is pursuing a US listing partly to fund major chipmaking investments tied to rising AI demand. Those moves sit outside the colocation market itself, but they reinforce the same structural point: processing power, data movement and digital infrastructure are becoming more strategically important across the economy.
Digital Realty’s position in Seoul also reflects a larger contest among global and regional operators seeking to capture Asia’s enterprise and cloud demand. Market research and adviser reports point to South Korea as one of the faster-growing data-centre markets in the region, driven by digital-first consumers, cloud adoption and increased enterprise modernisation. JLL’s 2026 outlook said the global data-centre sector could nearly double between 2025 and 2030, while other market estimates show South Korea’s colocation and broader data-centre segments expanding strongly through the decade. Forecasts from commercial research firms should be treated cautiously, but taken together with operator activity and land acquisition trends, they show why Seoul has become a closely watched infrastructure market.
The Samsung agreement may not be transformative in size on its own, yet it carries signalling value. When one of the country’s largest technology groups places enterprise workloads with an external colocation provider, it gives weight to the argument that carrier-neutral, high-density facilities are becoming integral to mainstream corporate IT strategy rather than serving only cloud giants and telecom operators. It also strengthens Digital Realty’s credentials in a market where network diversity, reliability and location all matter.
Questions remain over how quickly South Korea can add capacity in and around Seoul without worsening power bottlenecks or pushing new builds further from the capital’s main concentration of corporate demand. Legal and advisory analyses have pointed to the mismatch between the location of generation capacity and the heavy concentration of data centres around metropolitan Seoul. That tension is likely to shape the next phase of expansion, forcing operators to balance geography, power access and customer proximity more carefully than before.
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