-  Custody provided by Fidelity Digital Assets 

-  Authorised by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC)

-  Administrators: Sigma Asset Management (Guernsey) Limited

-  Fund Architecture/Consultancy: Midshore Consulting Limited

LONDON, Oct. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobi Asset Management  has received approval to launch the world's first tier one Bitcoin ETF. The Jacobi Bitcoin ETF is a centrally cleared crypto-backed financial instrument, authorised by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) and with custody provided by Fidelity Digital Assets^SM. It is Jacobi's intention to list the Jacobi Bitcoin ETF on Cboe Europe, one of the largest pan-European equity exchanges, subject to Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) listing approval.

Launched in May 2021 to shape the future of digital asset management, Jacobi brings together decades of expertise from Banking, Regulation, and Fintech to shape the future of digital asset management by designing, issuing and managing institutional crypto products and funds connected to digital assets.

Jacobi is spearheaded by CEO Jamie Khurshid, a former Goldman Sachs investment banker and pioneer of regulatory transparency in financial markets. Jamie was named by Financial News as one of the top 40 under 40 in European trading and technology and ranked in the 'Exchange invest' Top 1000 most influential people in global financial markets. He has appointed a team with extensive financial services, regulatory and crypto asset expertise.

CEO Jamie Khurshid said: "We are excited to be launching a new secure, transparent and accessible product to track the performance of Bitcoin. We are de-risking investments in crypto by removing the technology risk associated with the physical asset and the counterparty risk associated with traditional funds or tracker products that are unregulated leveraged debt instruments. We are proud to collaborate with Europe's leading regulated firms for a truly tier 1 offering to service market demand, subject to the necessary regulated approval. This is an exciting moment for Europe as regulatory approval comes ahead of those waiting for a decision from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission."

"The Jacobi Bitcoin ETF will finally bring digital assets wholly into the mainstream investment infrastructure with the support of the leading firms we are working with. It will provide investors with the opportunity to participate directly in physically-settled Bitcoin. This new ETF provides simple, secure, accessible investing into one of the world's most exciting asset classes via some of the world's leading regulated entities," commented Roy McGregor, Chairman of Jacobi Asset Management and former CEO of Credit Suisse Channel Islands.

Jacobi Bitcoin ETF investors will benefit from the security of Fidelity Digital Assets' enterprise-grade custody and execution services, designed to enable institutional investors to safely secure, trade and support investments in digital assets. Chris Tyrer, Head of Fidelity Digital Assets^SM in Europe, commented: "Greater diversity of investor interest has created significant demand for additional vehicles for exposure to help provide broader access to digital asset markets. While safekeeping of assets is a top priority for investors and asset managers in all asset classes, the highly technical nature of digital assets places even more emphasis on this and underscores the need for institutional-grade custody solutions like ours."

The Jacobi Bitcoin ETF was developed to meet regulatory standards by Christopher Jehan, Head of Fund Architecture and former Chair of the Guernsey Investment & Funds Association (GIFA). Christopher led the team at Midshore Consulting in designing the Fund with legal work performed by Collas Crill led by Partner Wayne Atkinson and Senior Associate Gareth Morgan.

Prior to FCA listing approval, Jacobi Bitcoin ETF investments will be facilitated through Sigma Asset Management (Guernsey) Limited ("Sigma"), the fund manager providing management and administration. Fund consultancy support will continue through Midshore Consulting.

For further information visit Jacobiam.com

For enquiries about Jacobi Asset Management, please contact:

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Jacobi Asset Management
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Email: Geneva@jacobiam.com

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AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Oct. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Kalkine Pty Limited plans to launch its 'Real Estate Research', providing an elite opportunity to consider property and infrastructure markets in Australia and New Zealand.

The recent housing price boom in Australia lurked investors underpinned by the government's support schemes and low-interest rate regime. Capex spend on buildings and structures gained steam, and increased government spend on public infrastructure added a silver lining.

With an inclination towards stable returns and dividend yields over medium to long-term, the research provides insights on the businesses with decent fundamentals covering diversified segments including building materials, residential and commercial property developers, infrastructure developers, toll operators, REITs, and property management firms.

Growing Market Opportunity

The gross value added by the construction sector in Australia, outgrew all-industry average growth rate of 3.1% in the past decade to 2020 (as per the Australia Benchmark Report in June 2021 by Australian Trade and Investment Commission). Besides, the Reserve Bank of Australia is expecting housing credit to peak at an annualized rate of about 11% in the early next year. In a recent update, the Western Australian government plans to allocate an additional $875 million towards social housing. Similarly, New Zealand housing markets turned red hot during the pandemic as prices nearly doubled over the last seven years, while affordability remains a key concern.

The infrastructure sector comprises of telecom, power, railways, irrigation, water utilities, sanitation, airports, oil & gas pipelines, storage facilities etc. The government's austerity $110 billion infrastructure investment program over the next ten years to better connect roads and transport will be the top growth lever for the sector as per the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications.

Given this backdrop, Kalkine provides insights on companies with rich dividends, solid corporate governance, consistent financial performance, stable ROE, predictable cash flows, and favourable technical indicators evaluated alongside associated risks.

The real-estate sector gained traction during the pandemic as home prices in regional areas scaled new heights due to work from home culture. In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 Real Estate posted returns of ~95.86% in the past ten years, outpacing S&P/ASX 200 Index by ~20.41% (till October 12, 2021, REFINITIV).

To Summarize, Kalkine's 'Real Estate Research' aims to provide actionable insights which are easy to comprehend, covering diverse sub-sectors after assessing global demand and supply, fundamental analysis, outlook, valuation, technical parameters, and risks, etc.

New financing led by NEA fuels international expansion, growth of its AI community, and development of new AI innovations.

WILMINGTON, Del., Oct. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Clarifai, the leading AI platform for unstructured image, video, text, and audio data, announced that it closed a $60 million Series C funding round. This funding round was led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), with participation from existing investors Menlo Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Lux Capital, LDV Capital, Corazon Capital, NYU Innovation Venture Fund, and new investors CPP Investments, NextEquity Partners, SineWave Ventures, and Trousdale Capital. Andrew Schoen, Partner at NEA, will join the Board. The amount raised brings the company's total funding to $100 million and will be used to expand its sales, marketing, and engineering teams.

Clarifai's deep learning AI platform accelerates model development for developers, business operators, and data scientists at the world's largest organizations by automating every step of the AI lifecycle. Clarifai has expanded significantly beyond Computer Vision and launched essential new capabilities for Natural Language Processing, Audio Recognition, and multiple new products, including Spacetime Search, Scribe Automated Data Labeling, and Flare Edge AI since the company's Series B in 2016. Scribe was launched last year and enables developers to use AI to automatically label data, which can then be trained at the click of a button using Clarifai's collection of state-of-the-art model architectures. Most recently, Clarifai started working with customers to deploy its Edge AI capabilities, where AI is layered on top of data streams using different kinds of local hardware ranging from high-power server systems to low-powered devices like camera sensors and drones.

Clarifai also makes it easy for developers to manage all of their AI resources. The same way that a data lake enables seamless data management, Clarifai's AI Lake allows users to control inputs, concepts, models, workflows, applications, and more, all in one place. Having a consistent and reproducible way of accessing all enterprise AI resources and managing access to these greatly improves governance and increases innovation.

"AI is unleashing enormous value across all industries and will unleash new use cases for years to come, but it cannot realize its full potential until developers of all skill levels can infuse AI into their applications," said Dr. Matthew Zeiler, founder and CEO of Clarifai. "At Clarifai, we have been building on our deep learning AI platform for nearly a decade now, which empowers over 130,000 global users. We are at the forefront of a new era, Software 2.0, where AI is augmenting and replacing software. With this new round of funding, I am thrilled to continue our strong momentum by growing our incredible team and expanding our AI capabilities to continue to be the Software 2.0 platform of choice."

The Series C funding will allow Clarifai to fuel its international expansion by hiring more team members in its global sales, marketing, and engineering departments, augmenting its longstanding commitment to bringing AI to developers worldwide. The funding follows a banner year for Clarifai. In 2020, Clarifai more than doubled its revenue.

"Clarifai's AI stack stands out as the platform of choice for the world's most demanding and agile developers," said Andrew Schoen, Partner at NEA. "Clarifai empowers anyone (not just data scientists) to utilize machine learning and to unlock the value of unstructured data. We were inspired by Clarifai's vision to make AI available to the world's 50 million developers and are thrilled to partner with the Clarifai team to catalyze the adoption of machine learning."

Clarifai will announce a series of innovations at Perceive 2021, Clarifai's annual AI conference, held on October 20 and 21, and is gearing up to be Clarifai's most significant launch event in its history. To register for the event, visit https://www.clarifai.com/perceive-2021.

About Clarifai
Clarifai offers a leading computer vision, NLP, and deep learning AI lifecycle platform for modeling unstructured image, video, text, and audio data. It helps both public sector and enterprise customers solve complex use cases through object classification, detection, tracking, geolocation, visual search, and natural language processing. Clarifai offers on-premise, cloud, bare-metal and classified deployments.

Founded in 2013 by Matt Zeiler, Ph.D., Clarifai has been a market leader in AI since winning the top five places in image classification at the 2013 ImageNet Challenge. In 2019, Clarifai was named a leader in Forrester's New Wave Computer Vision Platforms report, the only startup to receive a differentiated rating. Clarifai is headquartered in New York City with more than 100 employees and offices in New York City, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and Tallinn, Estonia. For more information, please visit www.clarifai.com.

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HANGZHOU, China, Oct. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- On Oct. 11^th, 2021, CellOrigin Inc. released data about its second generation of iPSC-CAR-Macrophage which has a genetically integrated secondary signal to confer controlled CAR-iMac polarization, in the 5^th International Conference of IGC China, 2021, Beijing.

Recently, CellOrigin Biotech, a company committed to iPSC-derived innate immune cell therapeutics, has announced a new round of investment by Kunlun Capital. The investment will be used for the CMC development for its current pipeline of iPSC-derived innate immune cells such as iPSC-CAR-Macrophage and rationlly designed iPSC-NK cells. Before, CellOrigin have also acquired investment from Shulan Health and Nest. Bio Ventures.

CellOrigin Biotech has a long term focus on iPSC-derived innate immune cells and its applications in new cancer immune cells. Dr. Jin Zhang, the scientific co-founder of CellOrigin used to be trained as a research fellow at the Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Now, his team worked closely with clinicians at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, and for the first time his team reported the induced pluripotent stem cell or iPSC-derived CAR-macrophages (CAR-iMac), and its applications in cancer immunotherapies.

CellOrigin Biotech holds the domestic and global patents for iPSC-derived CAR-Macrophage, and the engineering for polarization. With this proprietary platform, they are collaborating with research groups in genome engineering and synthetic biology worldwide to fully unleash the potential of iPSC-derived immune cells, which are highly editable, expandable and clonal. Eventually, they would like to achieve a goal of bring more effective, universal and safe immune cell products to cancer patients, especially for those with solid tumors. The investigator initiated trials has been initiated at the First Hospital of Zhejiang University. The core proprietary technology platform and the core patents including the engineered macrophages from pluripotent stem cells has been authorized and is in the process of entering different countries worldwide.

To support the CMC of its pipeline products, on Oct 1^st, CellOrigin has announced the launch of its 3000 square feet GMP facility at Hangzhou, China.

About Kunlun Capital

Founded in 2015, Kunlun capital is committed to long-term value investment, establishing long-term partnership with entrepreneurs, and focusing on investing in enterprises with high technical barriers, excellent founding team and explosive growth potential. In recent years, Kunlun capital has successively invested in KEYA Medical, EdiGene, Cytek (NASDAQ:CTKB), Hui-Gene Therapeutics, OBiO, Okeanos, Ucell Biotech, CellOrigin, Soonsolid, Inke (HK:03700), Dada (NASDAQ:DADA), Dreame, Bamboocloud, Pony.ai, PingCAP, Leyan Technologies.

ZURICH, Oct. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Geneva Association and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) co-hosted a high-level conference on 12 October 2021, Future-Proofing Technological Innovations for a Resilient Net-Zero Economy, with the aim of providing input for the discussions that will take place at COP26 in Glasgow in November. The strategic, multi-stakeholder conversation brought together CEOs and senior officials from the insurance industry, financial sector, engineering community, government, United Nations, OECD, World Economic Forum, and World Business Council for Sustainable Development.

Geneva Association conference on the role of insurers in reaching net zero

An unprecedented transformation across society and economic sectors is needed to achieve ambitious net-zero targets over the next few decades. Expanding and deploying technological innovations will be critical. "The confluence of post-pandemic reconstruction, the climate crisis and social imbalances from technology and globalisation, is a historic opportunity for shaping a technological and institutional revolution that can unleash a smart, green and fair golden age for all," said Professor Carlota Perez, world-renowned expert on technological revolutions.

There are myriad risks associated with the deployment of untested technologies. As the world's risk managers and a significant source of investment capital, the role of insurers will be essential to scaling up technological solutions. Jeffrey Schlagenhauf, Deputy Secretary-General of the OECD, said "The successful transition to a net-zero economy will require a complete transformation of the technologies used across all sectors of the economy. Insurance regulators and supervisors have a critical role to play in creating an enabling environment that facilitates insurance companies' capacity to support this transition as underwriters, risk managers, and providers of the needed capital investment."

The discussion focused on the technological innovations necessary to accelerate decarbonisation and achieve climate targets and the key role of the insurance industry in supporting those innovations. Charles Brindamour, CEO of Intact Financial and Chairman of The Geneva Association, said: "Insurers play a key role in enabling innovation and prosperity in all areas of the economy. We can be a key agent in de-risking the transition towards a sustainable future, by leveraging our strengths and expertise in data analytics, pricing, risk management and prevention. Governments also have a powerful role to play. They can send strong signals by establishing a focused agenda, setting consistent climate priorities and supplying new capital to accelerate clean tech growth."

Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Conventions on Climate Change (UNFCCC) referred in her keynote statement to decarbonisation and achieving net zero as the most significant economic transformation in our history, and called for the insurance industry to redirect underwriting and investments to decarbonise the economy in alignment with the Paris Agreement.

Maryam Golnaraghi, Director Climate Change and Environment at The Geneva Association, stressed: "The role of insurers in assessing, pricing and managing the untested risks associated with new technologies and processes will be fundamental for large-scale implementation and raising private capital. This conference is the launch point for The Geneva Association's exciting new research initiative on 'innovating insurance solutions for de-risking climate technologies towards net zero'."

The full webcast of the Geneva Association-OECD conference is available at:

www.genevaassociation.org/GANetZeroConf-recording

Key points from conference discussions:

• Insurers play a vital role in assessing, pricing and managing risks related to untested technologies for sectors to transition to net-zero emissions. Innovations in insurance products and services are needed to support adoption and large-scale deployment, where market conditions allow.

• Governments can provide the enabling environment to incentivise market development and boost demand for technological innovations in energy, transportation, food and water systems and other carbon-intensive sectors – as well as the greening of the public infrastructure.

• Enhanced coordination of public and private investments, aligning investors' risk/return profiles and de-risking could enable more sustained financing for the commercialisation of climate technologies,. 

• Deeper cross-sectoral partnerships can fast track the de-risking and adoption of new technologies, particularly between insurers, carbon-intensive industries, technology and engineering companies, the financial sector and governments.

About The Geneva Association

The Geneva Association is the only global association of insurance companies; its members are insurance and reinsurance CEOs. Based on rigorous research conducted in collaboration with its members, academic institutions and multilateral organisations, The Geneva Association investigates key risk areas that are likely to impact the insurance industry, develops corresponding recommendations and provides a platform for stakeholders to discuss them. In total, the companies of Geneva Association members are headquartered in 25 countries around the world; manage USD 17.1 trillion in assets; employ 2.4 million people; and protect 1.8 billion people.

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-  Transaction values Okada Manila at an enterprise value of $2.6 billion and an equity value of $2.5 billion.

-  Universal Entertainment, the parent company of Okada Manila, is rolling 100% of its equity in the company. 26 Capital Acquisition Corp. to provide up to $275M of cash to the business.

-  Okada Manila, located in Entertainment City, where the casino gaming market grew 24% annually from 2013-2019, is the largest integrated resort in the Philippines in terms of gross floor area and gaming floor area, and amongst the largest casinos in the world. Okada Manila is the only Japanese owned and operated integrated resort in the world. 

-  Okada Manila is expected to have tremendous future growth by tapping into significant pent-up demand after the easing of travel and hospitality restrictions. This transaction allows the company to expand in the Philippines and look outside its current market to other growth markets.

-  The 26 Capital Acquisition Corp. team is led by Jason Ader, who has an extensive track record in the gaming and hospitality industries, including with Las Vegas Sands Corp. – where he served as an independent director from 2009-2016 – IGT, The Stars Group and Playtech.

MANILA, Philippines and MIAMI and TOKYO, Oct. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Tiger Resort, Leisure and Entertainment Inc., operating as Okada Manila, one of the premier destination casino resorts in Asia and the largest integrated resort in the Philippines, along with Miami-based publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, 26 Capital Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: ADER), announced today that they have entered into a merger agreement, which will result in Okada Manila becoming a publicly traded company listed on Nasdaq. The transaction implies an enterprise value for Okada Manila of $2.6 billion and is anticipated to provide Okada Manila with up to $275 million in cash. Upon closing of the transaction, the publicly traded company will have its common stock listed on the Nasdaq through an American Depository Receipt program.

The transaction includes significant strategic alignment as Jason Ader, head of 26 Capital Acquisition Corp., intends to leverage his renowned expertise in gaming, gaming technology, lodging, entertainment, and internet commerce for the benefit of Okada Manila. Having 26 Capital as a partner will allow Okada Manila to leverage 26 Capital's expertise in those areas to help unlock value and drive growth opportunities for the company. 

Okada Manila, the only Japanese owned and operated casino in the world, is the largest (in terms of gross floor area and gaming floor area) and most luxurious integrated resort in the Philippines and amongst the largest in the world.

Okada Manila resort sits on over 50 acres of prime waterfront real estate in Entertainment City, Manila. The resort currently boasts nearly 35,000 square meters of gaming space and has the capacity to operate 599 gaming tables and 4,263 electronic gaming machines. Upon full completion of construction in 2022, Okada Manila will have licensed capacity to operate 974 gaming tables and 6,890 electronic gaming machines. When fully completed, Okada Manila will feature two towers with 993 luxury hotel rooms, a retail boulevard with capacity for more than 50 shops, Cove Manila night club and indoor beach club, more than 25 dining options, and one of the world's largest multicolor dancing and musical fountains. The Okada Manila resort cost $3.3 billion to construct and began to progressively open throughout 2019 following the completion of its first hotel tower. In 2022, following full construction completion, the property will be able to operate at full capacity for the first time.

Okada Manila has the leading gaming operating capacity in Entertainment City, a market that grew by 24% annually between 2013 and 2019 and achieved gross gaming revenue (GGR) in 2019 of over $3.3 billion. In addition to being a major tourist destination and one of the fastest growing gaming markets in Asia, the Philippines provides a very favorable environment for gaming businesses relative to competing geographies due to competitive labor costs, no corporate tax for gaming revenue, and gaming licenses that are coterminous with PAGCOR, the local gaming regulator, with a franchise that is renewable indefinitely. In addition to significant future growth expected from domestic and tourist gaming visitors, Okada Manila will also benefit from the newly regulated online domestic gaming market, the opportunity to potentially expand through utilization of excess land in the Philippines, and potential participation in a future integrated resort development in Japan.

Following the expected closing of the merger, Okada Manila will continue to be led by President Byron Yip, CFO Hans Van Der Sande and its world class leadership team. Universal Entertainment Corporation, Okada Manila's parent company and the current owner of 100% of its equity, will retain all of its current holdings in Okada Manila in the newly publicly traded company.

Commenting on today's announcement, Byron Yip said: "Okada Manila is at the heart of the gaming and hospitality business in Asia. We are fortunate to operate the most luxurious integrated resort in the Philippines, and excited to realize the full potential of this state-of-the-art facility for gaming, entertainment, and hospitality as a public company and in partnership with Jason Ader of 26 Capital."

"Okada Manila is the future of the gaming market in Asia and poised for tremendous growth," said Jason Ader Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of 26 Capital Acquisition Corp. "With its beautiful new facility, a desirable location in one of the fastest-growing gaming markets in the world, and potential for industry-leading margins and cash flow conversion, I believe the Okada Manila is an extremely compelling investment."

Jun Fujimoto, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Universal Entertainment Corp. said: "Today marks an exciting milestone for Okada Manila and for Universal Entertainment. Universal Entertainment has always taken great pride as the owner and developer of Okada Manila, and we are extremely pleased to partner with Jason Ader and 26 Capital to introduce Okada Manila to the public markets. We look forward to continuing our strong support for the business and to a path of immense growth ahead."

Transaction Overview
The business combination values Okada Manila at an enterprise value of $2.6 billion and at an equity value of $2.5billion. 26 Capital Acquisition Corp. is anticipated to provide up to $275 million of cash held in 26 Capital's trust account from its initial public offering in January 2021. Okada Manila intends to use 26 Capital Acquisition Corp.'s available cash for growth opportunities and general corporate purposes.

Universal Entertainment Corp. will roll 100% of its equity in the transaction and is expected to own approximately 88% of the combined company at closing, assuming no redemptions by shareholders of 26 Capital Acquisition Corp. This is subject to dilution if further capital is raised as part of the transaction prior to closing.

The Boards of Directors of both 26 Capital Acquisition Corp. and Okada Manila have unanimously approved the proposed transaction. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2022 and is subject to approval by 26 Capital stockholders and other customary closing conditions.

Investor Conference Call Information
Okada Manila and 26 Capital Acquisition Corp. will host a joint investor conference call to discuss the proposed transaction on Monday October 18, 2021, at 8:30 a.m. EDT. Interested parties may listen to the webcast found on 26 Capital's IR website or by dialing 1-877-407-0789 (US) or 1-201-689-8562 (international). In addition, a recording of the call will be posted to 26 Capital's IR website at https://www.spac26.com.

Additional information about the proposed business combination, including a copy of the investor presentation, will be provided in a Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed by 26 Capital Acquisition Corp. with the SEC and available at www.sec.gov. The investor presentation can also be found on 26 Capital Acquisition Corp.'s website at https://www.spac26.com.

Advisors
Baker McKenzie Tokyo and Milbank LLP served as legal counsel for Universal Entertainment Corporation and Okada Manila. Schulte Roth & Zabel served as legal counsel for 26 Capital Acquisition Corp.

About Okada Manila
Okada Manila is the premier casino and integrated resort in Entertainment City, Manila. Okada Manila is the largest integrated resort in the Philippines and amongst the largest in the world. Located in one of the fastest-growing gaming markets in Asia, Okada Manila sits on over 50 acres of land, and upon final completion will have licensed capacity to operate 974 gaming tables and 6,890 electronic gaming machines and have nearly 1,000 luxury hotel rooms.

About Universal Entertainment Corp.
Universal Entertainment (TSE: 6425) is a key player in the Asian integrated resorts business through its ownership of the Okada Manila hotel and casino. Universal is also a leading manufacturer of gaming machines in Japan where it designs, produces and distributes Pachinko and Pachislot machines.

About 26 Capital Acquisition Corp.
26 Capital Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: ADER) is a Nasdaq-listed blank check company formed for the purpose of creating stockholder value by identifying an acquisition target with significant growth opportunities that the 26 Capital team can enhance by utilizing its experience and track record of creating and unlocking value, with particular focus in gaming, gaming technology, lodging, and entertainment. 26 Capital is led by Jason Ader of SpringOwl Asset Management. Mr. Ader has over 26 years of experience as an institutional investor, asset manager, and research analyst, with particular expertise in the gaming and hospitality industries. SpringOwl Asset Management has raised more than $1 billion in capital since it was founded in 2013.

Participants in the Solicitation
26 Capital Acquisition Corp. and certain of its directors and executive officers may be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies from 26 Capital Acquisition Corp.'s stockholders with respect to the proposed business combination transaction. A list of the names of those directors and executive officers and a description of their interests in 26 Capital Acquisition Corp. is set forth in 26 Capital Acquisition Corp.'s filings with the SEC (including 26 Capital Acquisition Corp.'s final prospectus related to its initial public offering (File No. 333-251682) dated as of January 14, 2021), and are available free of charge at the SEC's web site at www.sec.gov, or by directing a request to 26 Capital Acquisition Corp., 701 Brickell Avenue, Miami, Florida 33131, attention: Jason Ader. Additional information regarding the interests of such participants will be contained in the prospectus/proxy statement for the proposed business combination transaction when available.

Okada Manila and certain of their directors and executive officers may also be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders of 26 Capital Acquisition Corp. in connection with the proposed business combination transaction. A list of the names of such directors and executive officers and information regarding their interests in the proposed business combination transaction will be included in the registration/proxy statement for the proposed business combination transaction when available.

No Offer or Solicitation
This press release shall not constitute a solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the proposed business combination transaction. This press release shall also not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any states or jurisdictions in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to serve as, and must not be relied on by any investor as, a guarantee, an assurance, a prediction or a definitive statement of fact or probability. Okada Manila's actual results may differ from their expectations, estimates, and projections and, consequently, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Words such as "expect," "estimate," "project," "budget," "forecast," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "may," "will," "could," "should," "believes," "predicts," "potential," "continue," and similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, 26 Capital Acquisition Corp.'s and Okada Manila's expectations with respect to future performance and anticipated financial impacts of the business combination transaction.

These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially, and potentially adversely, from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Most of these factors are outside 26 Capital Acquisition Corp.'s and Okada Manila's control and are difficult to predict. Factors that may cause such differences include, but are not limited to: (1) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against 26 Capital Acquisition Corp. and/or Okada Manila following the consummation of the business combination transaction; (2) the impact of COVID-19 and related regulatory responses (such as local community quarantine and international travel restrictions) on Okada Manila's business; (3) the dependence of Okada Manila's business on its casino gaming license; (4) the inability to maintain the listing of Okada Manila's common shares on the Nasdaq following the consummation of the business combination transaction; (5) the risk that the business combination transaction disrupts current plans and operations; (6) the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the business combination transaction, which may be affected by, among other things, competition, the ability of Okada Manila to grow and manage growth profitably, and retain its key employees; (7) costs related to the business combination transaction; (8) changes in applicable laws or regulations; and (9) the possibility that Okada Manila may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors. The foregoing list of factors is not exclusive. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements concerning 26 Capital Acquisition Corp. or Okada Manila, the transactions described herein or other matters and attributable to 26 Capital Acquisition Corp., Okada Manila or any person acting on their behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements above. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Each of 26 Capital Acquisition Corp. and Okada Manila expressly disclaims any obligations or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in their expectations with respect thereto or any change in events, conditions, or circumstances on which any statement is based, except as required by law.

Use of data
The data contained herein is derived from various internal and external sources we believe to be reliable. Although we are not aware of any misstatements regarding the external data presented herein, our estimates involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change based on various factors, including those described under "Forward-Looking Statements" above. Any data on past performance or modeling contained herein is not an indication as to future performance, and each of 26 Capital Acquisition Corp and Okada Manila disclaims any obligation, except as required by law, to update or revise the information in this presentation, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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LEWES, Delaware, Oct. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The last two years have been a time of great changes, both in the lives of many people and in business. Owing to the pandemic-related restrictions, some companies suffered losses, while others, on the contrary, found new opportunities for growth and development amid the financial crisis. One may say that the years 2020 and 2021 were quite revealing in many ways. The international marketing company Evorich was among those whose performance had significantly increased over the past year. At the moment, it has almost two million users worldwide, and more than 750 thousand of them are active partners.

Evorich Summit 2021

The mission of the company is to spread the philosophy of the New Economic Evolution of the World (NEEW), which is to be implemented by creating a holistic ecosystem. This ecosystem includes projects such as the financial-and-investment educational web-portal Academy of a Private Investor, the Swiss company UGPay Group AG, the international payment system Global Unit Pay, the cryptocurrency exchange UnitEx, the digital business platform uGain, the marketing company Evorich and others.

Andrey Khovratov, CEO of the Academy of a Private Investor, shared with us his opinion about this system, "What can we achieve by implementing the NEEW? First of all, it can help us stimulate our own economy. When people are co-owners of a particular brand or a producer, then by consuming the goods and services of that producer, they stimulate its development. People can choose what to invest in. Furthermore, each person can participate in projects created under the umbrella of NEEW. I believe that the New Economic Evolution of the World is actually already working in different territories and in different economic systems."

On October 19, Evorich will celebrate the 7th anniversary of the launch of the MLCI Business (Multilevel Crowdinvesting) at a massive event – EVENTI 2021. Traditionally, the anniversary celebration is an occasion to take stock and announce the performance results over the past year. The event will take place in Dubai and will bring together over 500 participants from all over the world. The guests are in for an intensive agenda: training sessions, speeches and testimonials, awarding of Leaders and business networking.

At the celebration attendees will hear the names of the Leaders who have shown rapid growth and impressive teamwork over the past year. According to Andrey Khovratov, "The uniqueness of EVENTI 2021 is that the MLCI Business turns seven years old – this is the period when the new brand of leaders is shaped. Our leaders must be experts not only in multilevel marketing but also in investing. Thanks to this business, a new class of entrepreneurs will emerge in the next 10-20 years: multimillionaires and billionaires."

EVENTI 2021 will become an outstanding event for the entire business community, and even more so for Evorich partners, and the awarded leaders will become living examples for all members of the company.

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- Support for strengthening and promoting the Korean wave culture competitiveness such as K-pop and K-drama.

SEOUL, South Korea, Oct. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- With the rise of the Korean Wave, a Korean Wave Promotion Association, which is a private company, is officially launching for strengthening and promoting the Korean wave culture competitiveness.

Base on the participation of the public institutes and other companies that are related to the Korean wave, the Korean Wave Promotion Association (KWPA) is going to playing the central role to globally spread and promote the Korean Wave through supporting K-culture exchange, cooperating with international culture, and hosting Korean wave festival.

For the main business, there are Policy suggestions for the Korean wave promotion, Research the Korean wave-related government assignment, Global education, Support producing the Korean wave contents, Host global exhibition and conference, Support the Korean wave related Startups. And through these businesses, the KWPA is going to contribute to the spreading of the Korean wave.

Hanryu Bank, which is running Hanryu fandom platform and entertainment business, is going to participate as a president corporate and planned to increase the number of member corporates by encouraging the participation of public institutes and related other companies. Recently, Hanryu Bank has been said that it is promoting NASDAQ listing with its corporate value evaluated as $460 million from the global financing and consulting firm KPMG.

The influence of the Korean Wave is increasing, such as an increase in exports of cultural content-related industries and an increase in the status of the country. The Korean Wave has led to rapid growth in the cultural content industry, and related exports have more than 12 times over the past decade, reaching $11 billion last year. The trade surplus also steadily expanded, hitting a record high of $1.96 billion in the first half of this year alone.

Particularly, 26 new Korean words such as "Hallyu" and "Hanbok" were newly listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, which has world-class authority, realizing the strong influence of the Korean Wave.

An official person from KWPA said "Based on the global success of not only K-pop and K-drama but also squid games, the influence of the Korean Wave has increased more than ever. To further spread beyond the continuation of the Korean Wave craze to multiple fields, we will gather up the backlash and lead the new Korean Wave craze."

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HONG KONG, Oct. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- StashAway has launched Thematic Portfolios. StashAway's Thematic Portfolios include three themes: Technology Enablers, The Future of Consumer Tech, and Healthcare Innovation. The portfolios feature ETFs from some of the world's top fund managers, including ARK Invest, iShares, Global X, and VanEck.

Since 2018, the amount of assets in thematic funds globally have grown at an annual rate of 37%. In 2020 alone, assets in thematic funds grew by 77%. And not only are thematic investments growing in popularity, but they're also eclipsing traditional equity sectors: thematic portfolios have accounted for nearly 40% of all equity fund net sales since 2017.*

What makes StashAway's Thematic Portfolios different from any other thematic offering available to both retail and institutional investors is its risk management feature: Investors select the downside they're willing to accept in a given year, and then the StashAway platform maximises the thematic exposure as much as possible within those risk constraints. "This gives investors the access to thematic investing without the risk inherent with thematic investing," says StashAway Co-founder and CIO, Freddy Lim. The remaining non-thematic assets in a portfolio are there to manage risk. "We call these non-thematic assets 'balancing assets', and their role in our Thematic Portfolios is just as important as the thematic assets."

"StashAway's Thematic Portfolios expose our clients to exciting investment opportunities in promising innovations. These innovations that aim to shape the future take time to grow and gain mass adoption. So, it's important for investors to have a long-term mindset when investing in these themes," shares Stephanie Leung, Head of StashAway Hong Kong and Group Deputy CIO.

About the themes

Technology Enablers includes subthemes such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, cloud  computing, robotics, and semiconductors - it's technology that consumers don't see but that enables new technologies to transform the world.

The Future of Consumer Technology invests in technology that everyday consumers use: e-commerce, fintech, gaming, Internet, mobility, and social media.

Healthcare Innovation is about investing in the technologies that can not only improve but even change the way people stay healthy, get treatment, and recover. This portfolio gives investors exposure to biotech, genomics, and pharmaceuticals, such as smart beds and software used for genome sequencing.

About StashAway

StashAway is a digital wealth manager that offers investment portfolios and wealth management solutions for both retail and professional investors and operates in Singapore, Malaysia, the Middle East and North Africa, Hong Kong, and Thailand. StashAway HK is licensed by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) in Hong Kong for Type 1 (dealing in securities), Type 4 (advising on securities) and Type 9 (asset management) regulated activities.

As of January 2021, the company surpassed $1 billion USD in assets under management. It achieved this milestone faster than it took the world's largest digital wealth managers, Betterment and Wealthfront, to reach the same milestone. In 2020, StashAway was recognised as a Technology Pioneer by The World Economic Forum and a Top 10 LinkedIn Startup.

*https://www.ftadviser.com/investments/2021/07/30/thematic-investing-grows-by-77-per-cent-in-2020/ 

HONG KONG, Oct. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- ATFX, an award-winning global online CFD broker, is proud to announce the sponsorship of The Duke of Edinburgh Golfing Cup (DoE). This is the fourth consecutive year that ATFX has participated in this event as the main sponsor. The cup aims to raise funds to help young people and children.

In 2020, the ATFX team was invited to compete with world-renowned golf stars and former sporting stars in a game at Hankley Common Golf Club, England.

ATFX recently attended a prize-giving dinner, on 29^th September, which was held at the prestigious Wentworth Golf Club. Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex was in attendance. The ATFX team will also participate in the upcoming Wentworth Golf event on Oct 7^th 2021.

Wei Qiang Zhang, Managing Director of ATFX (UK) commented: "ATFX adheres to the corporate social responsibility (CSR) concept of value growth and giving back to society, and actively helps people in need around the world, from public health to education, from environmental protection to disaster prevention." ATFX charity activities cover UK, The Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, and China.

(https://www.atfx.com/en/duke-of-edinburgh-cup-sponsorship/)

ATFX

ATFX is an award-winning FX/CFD broker with a global presence offering customer support in over 15 languages. With over 200 tradable financial assets, including forex, cryptocurrency, precious metals, energy, indices, and shares traded as CFDs, ATFX is regulated by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) in Cyprus, the Financial Services Commission (FSC) in Mauritius, and the Financial Services Authority (FSA) in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

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