PGIM Real Estate says it is taking a more selective approach to Japanese property acquisitions as higher interest rates raise transaction costs. David Fasbender, head of APAC real estate, said PGIM is now explicitly factoring in higher debt costs and is more selective than two years ago. Narrowed yield premia between JGBs and property—especially in competitive sectors like offices—have raised investment hurdles; in some cases historic spreads have been fully eroded, he said, indicating a need fo

日本本田汽车周三宣布投资美国初创企业Niron Magnetics。该公司正在推进无稀土永磁体的商业化。两家公司均拒绝透露投资金额以及资金具体用途。Niron Magnetics表示，此次投资并不属于其融资轮的一部分。这家总部位于明尼阿波利斯的初创企业不使用稀土元素而是采用铁和氮制造永磁体。

Wanxun Technology launched NOVA2.0, its second-generation Neuromorphic Omniversal Versatile Architecture, and said it is the industry’s first open-world, all-weather, commercial-delivery-grade embodied intelligence architecture. The company said NOVA2.0 has been generalized and deployed across real estate construction, power and energy, transportation, autonomous driving and industrial manufacturing, supporting more than 10 million multidimensional extreme-condition operations.