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TREE NEWS update: GF Fund has announced it will lower the management and custody fees for its GF SSE STAR Market 50 Component ETF (ticker: STAR 50 ETF GF) and its feeder fund, GF STAR 50 ETF Feeder, effective September 28, 2026. The company said the move covers both the on-exchange ETF and the linked feeder vehicle. No revised fee levels were disclosed in the announcement.

TREE NEWS update: Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing will discuss with market participants the possibility of extending stock trading hours, Securities and Futures Commission CEO Julia Leung said Wednesday at a press conference. The consultation would cover whether to lengthen the trading day for Hong Kong-listed equities.

TREE NEWS reports: Nasdaq 100 index futures touched their intraday low and were down 0.2%. The move marks a modest pullback in the tech-heavy futures contract during the session.

TREE NEWS update: Xiaomi partner and group president Lu Weibing said at the company’s September 23 launch event for the Xiaomi 18 Pro series that first-sale retail volume of the Xiaomi 18Fold rose 300% year-on-year compared with the previous generation of large foldables. The figure covers the foldable’s opening sales period.

TREE NEWS reports: Apple’s job posting for a head of Apple Pay financial product strategy lists familiarity with stablecoins, tokenized deposits and blockchain as a preferred qualification, alongside the role’s focus on Apple Card and Apple Cash. The posting does not specify any application, technology or timeline, so it is not evidence that stablecoins will be integrated into Apple’s payment services. Third parties already connect crypto to Apple Wallet and Apple Pay via payment cards and on-ramps.

TREE NEWS update: Dongxing Securities said the Shanghai Stock Exchange accepted its application for voluntary delisting of its A-shares on Sept. 23, 2026. The move follows shareholder and China Securities Regulatory Commission approval of a share-swap merger under which CICC will absorb both Dongxing Securities and Xinda Securities.

TREE NEWS update: Zhongji Innolight bought back 856,980 of its own shares on September 23, spending 795 million yuan (7.95亿元) on the repurchase. The Shenzhen-listed optical module maker disclosed the transaction in a filing, without giving further details on the buyback’s purpose or pricing.

TREE NEWS update: Multiple early buyers of the newly launched iPhone 18 Pro series have reported green patches or halos appearing in photos and videos, while the camera preview and live video look normal. Asked about the issue, Apple customer service said it had not received user feedback on the problem and that no notice had been posted on the official website, urging customers to refer to the site for information.

TREE NEWS update: Shanghai miHoYo Network Technology completed equity custody registration with the Shanghai Equity Custody Registration Center on September 23, 2026, under custody code T00307. A person associated with the company said the registration is a routine corporate-governance arrangement for a non-listed joint-stock company, and that miHoYo currently has no plan to list or raise funds.

TREE NEWS reports: Zhong Shanshan’s stake in Nongfu Spring’s H-shares rose from 64.36% to 64.37% on September 18. The 0.01 percentage point increase was reported in the exchange’s latest ownership records.

TREE NEWS update: Kalshi has filed a proposed rule change with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to add Chapter 14 to its rulebook and list perpetual securities futures with no fixed expiry date. The contracts would use periodic funding rates between longs and shorts to anchor prices near the spot price of underlying U.S. stocks or ETFs, and would be cleared by Kalshi Klear. Underlyings must have more than 20 million deliverable shares, a market cap of at least $100 billion and six-month average daily volume of at least $450 million; most contracts would be sized at 100 shares.

TREE NEWS reports: Brookfield is in talks to acquire software company Actimize for $2 billion. No further terms of the potential deal were disclosed. Actimize provides financial crime and compliance software used by banks and brokerages.

TREE NEWS reports: Citigroup raised its price target on Micron Technology to $1,300 from $1,150. The US chipmaker’s shares are covered by the bank’s equity research team. No other details of the note, including rating or earnings estimates, were disclosed.

TREE NEWS reports: OPPO’s Find X10 series drew 53% of its pre-orders from 16GB memory variants, a higher share than the previous Find X9 generation, according to supply-chain sources cited by Chinese tech outlet Tiantianhou Keji. The figure points to continued demand for larger-memory configurations in the flagship line. No pricing, launch date or unit volumes were disclosed.

TREE NEWS reports: Barclays lowered its price target on Nike to $48 from $52. The move marks a downward revision to the bank’s valuation of the sportswear maker. No other details of the rating change were disclosed.

TREE NEWS reports: A periodic transaction report from the US Office of Government Ethics shows accounts held in President Donald Trump’s name bought Strategy (MSTR) stock on July 24 and July 27, in amounts of $1,001 to $15,000 and $50,001 to $100,000 respectively. The same accounts sold $1,001 to $15,000 of MSTR on July 8. MSTR shares have risen about 83% since July 24. The White House says the trades were made by third-party managed discretionary accounts.

TREE NEWS reports: SoftBank-backed Southeast Asian used-car platform Carro is considering an initial public offering with a dual listing on the Nasdaq and the Singapore Exchange. No timetable, size or valuation for the potential offering was disclosed. Carro is a used-car marketplace operating across Southeast Asia.

TREE NEWS update: Dongfeng Peugeot and Dongfeng Citroen, brands under Shenlong Motor, launched the 2027 model-year 5008, 4008 and Tianyi SUVs in China on Sept. 23, priced from 169,700, 159,700 and 139,700 yuan respectively. The powertrains carry over unchanged, retaining twin-scroll turbocharged engines paired with an Aisin 8-speed automatic transmission.

TREE NEWS update: VeriSilicon executive vice president and general manager of its custom chip platform division Wang Zhiwei plans to sell no more than 0.0059% of the company’s total share capital via centralized bidding, with the disposal window running from Oct. 23, 2026 to Jan. 22, 2027. The filing cites Wang’s own personal funding needs as the reason for the sale.

TREE NEWS update: Seres vice president and board secretary Shen Wei said at an investor online reception for listed companies in Chongqing that AITO is committed to high-end overseas expansion and has the product foundation to enter the global premium market. The current focus is completing adaptation and certification of its products to target-market standards, Shen said.