RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS	10. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS *Personal Guarantees by Directors* As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, a director of the Company had provided personal guarantees amounting to approximately $500,000, to secure external loans from financial institutions for AEI and the consolidated entities. *Sale of Investment in Vivacitas to DSS* On March 18, 2021, the Company sold equity investment in Vivacitas, a U.S.-based biopharmaceutical company, equalling to 2,480,000 shares of common stock and a stock option to purchase 250,000 shares of Vivacitas common stock at $1 per share at any time prior to the date of a public offering, to a subsidiary of DSS for $2,480,000. Chan Heng Fai, CEO and the founder of our Company, holds a director position on both Vivacitas and DSS. After this transaction, we do not own any investment in Vivacitas. Our original cost of common stock and stock option of Vivacitas was $200,128. We did not recognize gain or loss in this transaction. The difference of $2,279,872 between the selling price and our original investment cost was recorded as additional paid capital considering it was a related party transaction. *Purchase of stock in True Partners Capital Holding Limited* On March 12, 2021, the Company purchased 62,122,908 ordinary shares of True Partners Capital Holding Limited for $6,729,629 from a related party. The fair market value of stock on acquisition date was $10,003,689. The difference between purchase price and fair market value of $3,274,060 was recorded as equity transaction on Company’s consolidated statement of stockholders’ equity. *Notes Payable* Chan Heng Fai provided an interest-free, due on demand advance to LiquidValue Development Pte. Ltd. and its subsidiary LiquidValue Development Limited for the general operations. As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the outstanding balance was approximately $830,243 and $823,823, respectively. Chan Heng Fai provided an interest-free, due on demand advance to Alset EHome International for the Company’s general operations. The advance was paid back during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the outstanding balance was $0 and $178,400, respectively. Chan Heng Fai provided an interest-free, due on demand advance to SeD Perth Pty. Ltd. for its general operations. As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the outstanding balance was $13,450 and $14,379, respectively. On August 20, 2020, the Company acquired 30,000,000 common shares from Chan Heng Fai in exchange for a two-year non-interest bearing note of $1,333,429. During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company paid back $1,321,600 and as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 the amount outstanding was $11,829 and $1,333,429, respectively. On March 12, 2021, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “SPA”) with Chan Heng Fai, the founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, for four proposed transactions, consisting of (i) purchase of certain warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase 1,500,000,000 shares of Alset International Limited, which was valued at $28,363,966; (ii) purchase of all of the issued and outstanding stock of LiquidValue Development Pte Ltd. (“LVD”), which was valued at $173,395; (iii) purchase of 62,122,908 ordinary shares in True Partners Capital Holding Limited (HKG: 8657) (“True Partners”), which was valued at $6,729,629; and (iv) purchase of 4,775,523 shares of the common stock of American Pacific Bancorp Inc. (“APB”), which was valued at $28,653,138. The total amount of above four transactions was $63,920,129, payable on the Closing Date by the Company, in the convertible promissory notes (“Alset CPNs”), which, subject to the terms and conditions of the Alset CPNs and the Company’s shareholder approval, shall be convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock (“AEI Common Stock”), at par value of $0.001 per share, at the conversion price of AEI’s Stock Market Price. AEI’s Stock Market Price shall be $5.59 per share, equivalent to the average of the five closing per share prices of AEI Common Stock preceding January 4, 2021 as quoted by Bloomberg L.P. AEI’s stock price was $10.03 on March 12, 2021, the commitment date. The Beneficial Conversion Feature (“BCF”) intrinsic value was $50,770,192 for the four convertible promissory notes and was recorded as debt discount of convertible notes after the transaction. On May 13 and June 14, 2021 all Alset CPNs of $63,920,128 and accrued interests of $306,438 were converted into 2,123 shares of series B preferred stock and 9,163,965 shares of common stock of the Company. On May 14, 2021, the Company borrowed S$7,395,472 Singapore Dollars (equal to approximately $5,545,495 U.S. Dollars) from Chan Heng Fai. The unpaid principal amount of the Loan shall be due and payable on May 14, 2022 and the Loan shall have no interest. As of September 30, 2021 the outstanding balance was $4,423,095. Chan Heng Fai provided an interest-free, due on demand advance to HengFeng Finance Limited for the general operations. As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the outstanding balance was $0 and $184,250, respectively. *Management Fees* MacKenzie Equity Partners, owned by Charles MacKenzie, a Director of the Company’s subsidiary LiquidValue Development, has had a consulting agreement with the Company since 2015. Per the terms of the agreement, as amended on January 1, 2018, the Company has paid a monthly fee of $20,000 for these consulting services. The Company incurred expenses of $60,000 and $60,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Company incurred expenses of $240,000 and $180,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, which were capitalized as part of Real Estate on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets as the services relate to property and project management. In June 2021, MacKenzie Equity Partners was granted an additional $60,000 bonus payment. On September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company owed this related party $20,000 and $0, respectively. *Notes Receivable from Related Party Companies* On March 2, 2020, LiquidValue Asset Management Pte. Ltd. (“LiquidValue”) received a $200,000 Promissory Note from American Medical REIT Inc. (“AMRE”), a company which is less than 3.5% owned by LiquidValue as of September 30, 2021. Chan Heng Fai and Chan Tung Moe are directors of American Medical REIT Inc. The note carries interests of 8% and is payable in two years. LiquidValue also received warrants to purchase AMRE shares at the exercise price of $5.00 per share. The amount of the warrants equals to the note principle divided by the exercise price. If AMRE goes to IPO in the future and IPO price is less than $10.00 per share, the exercise price shall be adjusted downward to fifty percent (50%) of the IPO price. As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the fair market value of the warrants was $0. The Company accrued $25,398 and $13,431 interest income as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. On January 24, 2017, SeD Capital Pte Ltd, a 100% owned subsidiary of Alset International lent $350,000 to iGalen Inc. The term of the loan was two years, with an interest rate of 3% per annum for the first year and 5% per annum for the second year. The expiration term was renewed as due on demand after two years with 5% per annum interest rate. As of December 31, 2020, the outstanding principle was $350,000 and accrued interest $61,555. On September 30, 2021, the management of the Company evaluated the financial and the operation results of iGalen and concluded that possibility to repay this loan is not probable, and the principal and accrued interests total of $412,754 was recorded as bad debt expense. As of September 30, 2021, the Company provided advances for operation of $232,124 to HWH World Co., a direct sales company in Thailand of which the Company holds approximately 19% ownership. On April 20, 2021, SeD Capital Pte Ltd entered into Joint Venture Agreement with Novum Alpha Pte Ltd., pursuant to which, each company owns 50% of the joint venture company Credas Capital Pte Ltd. Based on the agreement, SeD Capital Pte Ltd contributed 90% of the initial $150,000 shareholder loan to the joint venture, with the remaining balance contributed by Novum Alpha. The loan carries 0% interest rate and will be repaid on a “first-in first-out” basis, out of the operating profits of the joint venture, with the immediate partial payment of $100,000 of the initial loan to SeD Capital, once the company achieves profitability. As of September 30, 2021, the outstanding balance was $134,718. *Loan to Employees* On November 24, 2020, American Pacific Bancorp. Inc. lent $560,000 to Chan Tung Moe, an officer of one of the subsidiaries of the Company and son of Chan Heng Fai, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, bearing interest at 6%, with a maturity date of November 23, 2023. This loan was secured by an irrevocable letter of instruction on 80,000 shares of Alset EHome International. On November 24, 2020, American Pacific Bancorp. Inc. lent $280,000 to Lim Sheng Hon Danny, an employee of one of the subsidiaries of the Company, bearing interest at 6%, with a maturity date of November 23, 2023. This loan was secured by an irrevocable letter of instruction on 40,000 shares of Alset EHome International. Subsequent to the making of these loans, the Company acquired the majority of the issued and outstanding common stock of American Pacific Bancorp. As of September 30, 2021, both principal and interest, $840,000 and $28,031, of both loans to Chan Tung Moe and Lim Sheng Hong, were fully paid off.

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

10. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Personal Guarantees by Directors

As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, a director of the Company had provided personal guarantees amounting to approximately $500,000, to secure external loans from financial institutions for AEI and the consolidated entities.

Sale of Investment in Vivacitas to DSS

On March 18, 2021, the Company sold equity investment in Vivacitas, a U.S.-based biopharmaceutical company, equalling to 2,480,000 shares of common stock and a stock option to purchase 250,000 shares of Vivacitas common stock at $1 per share at any time prior to the date of a public offering, to a subsidiary of DSS for $2,480,000. Chan Heng Fai, CEO and the founder of our Company, holds a director position on both Vivacitas and DSS. After this transaction, we do not own any investment in Vivacitas. Our original cost of common stock and stock option of Vivacitas was $200,128. We did not recognize gain or loss in this transaction. The difference of $2,279,872 between the selling price and our original investment cost was recorded as additional paid capital considering it was a related party transaction.

Purchase of stock in True Partners Capital Holding Limited

On March 12, 2021, the Company purchased 62,122,908 ordinary shares of True Partners Capital Holding Limited for $6,729,629 from a related party. The fair market value of stock on acquisition date was $10,003,689. The difference between purchase price and fair market value of $3,274,060 was recorded as equity transaction on Company’s consolidated statement of stockholders’ equity.

Notes Payable

Chan Heng Fai provided an interest-free, due on demand advance to LiquidValue Development Pte. Ltd. and its subsidiary LiquidValue Development Limited for the general operations. As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the outstanding balance was approximately $830,243 and $823,823, respectively.

Chan Heng Fai provided an interest-free, due on demand advance to Alset EHome International for the Company’s general operations. The advance was paid back during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the outstanding balance was $0 and $178,400, respectively.

Chan Heng Fai provided an interest-free, due on demand advance to SeD Perth Pty. Ltd. for its general operations. As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the outstanding balance was $13,450 and $14,379, respectively.

On August 20, 2020, the Company acquired 30,000,000 common shares from Chan Heng Fai in exchange for a two-year non-interest bearing note of $1,333,429. During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company paid back $1,321,600 and as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 the amount outstanding was $11,829 and $1,333,429, respectively.

On March 12, 2021, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “SPA”) with Chan Heng Fai, the founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, for four proposed transactions, consisting of (i) purchase of certain warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase 1,500,000,000 shares of Alset International Limited, which was valued at $28,363,966; (ii) purchase of all of the issued and outstanding stock of LiquidValue Development Pte Ltd. (“LVD”), which was valued at $173,395; (iii) purchase of 62,122,908 ordinary shares in True Partners Capital Holding Limited (HKG: 8657) (“True Partners”), which was valued at $6,729,629; and (iv) purchase of 4,775,523 shares of the common stock of American Pacific Bancorp Inc. (“APB”), which was valued at $28,653,138. The total amount of above four transactions was $63,920,129, payable on the Closing Date by the Company, in the convertible promissory notes (“Alset CPNs”), which, subject to the terms and conditions of the Alset CPNs and the Company’s shareholder approval, shall be convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock (“AEI Common Stock”), at par value of $0.001 per share, at the conversion price of AEI’s Stock Market Price. AEI’s Stock Market Price shall be $5.59 per share, equivalent to the average of the five closing per share prices of AEI Common Stock preceding January 4, 2021 as quoted by Bloomberg L.P. AEI’s stock price was $10.03 on March 12, 2021, the commitment date. The Beneficial Conversion Feature (“BCF”) intrinsic value was $50,770,192 for the four convertible promissory notes and was recorded as debt discount of convertible notes after the transaction. On May 13 and June 14, 2021 all Alset CPNs of $63,920,128 and accrued interests of $306,438 were converted into 2,123 shares of series B preferred stock and 9,163,965 shares of common stock of the Company.

On May 14, 2021, the Company borrowed S$7,395,472 Singapore Dollars (equal to approximately $5,545,495 U.S. Dollars) from Chan Heng Fai. The unpaid principal amount of the Loan shall be due and payable on May 14, 2022 and the Loan shall have no interest. As of September 30, 2021 the outstanding balance was $4,423,095.

Chan Heng Fai provided an interest-free, due on demand advance to HengFeng Finance Limited for the general operations. As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the outstanding balance was $0 and $184,250, respectively.

Management Fees

MacKenzie Equity Partners, owned by Charles MacKenzie, a Director of the Company’s subsidiary LiquidValue Development, has had a consulting agreement with the Company since 2015. Per the terms of the agreement, as amended on January 1, 2018, the Company has paid a monthly fee of $20,000 for these consulting services. The Company incurred expenses of $60,000 and $60,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Company incurred expenses of $240,000 and $180,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, which were capitalized as part of Real Estate on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets as the services relate to property and project management. In June 2021, MacKenzie Equity Partners was granted an additional $60,000 bonus payment. On September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company owed this related party $20,000 and $0, respectively.

Notes Receivable from Related Party Companies

On March 2, 2020, LiquidValue Asset Management Pte. Ltd. (“LiquidValue”) received a $200,000 Promissory Note from American Medical REIT Inc. (“AMRE”), a company which is less than 3.5% owned by LiquidValue as of September 30, 2021. Chan Heng Fai and Chan Tung Moe are directors of American Medical REIT Inc. The note carries interests of 8% and is payable in two years. LiquidValue also received warrants to purchase AMRE shares at the exercise price of $5.00 per share. The amount of the warrants equals to the note principle divided by the exercise price. If AMRE goes to IPO in the future and IPO price is less than $10.00 per share, the exercise price shall be adjusted downward to fifty percent (50%) of the IPO price. As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the fair market value of the warrants was $0. The Company accrued $25,398 and $13,431 interest income as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

On January 24, 2017, SeD Capital Pte Ltd, a 100% owned subsidiary of Alset International lent $350,000 to iGalen Inc. The term of the loan was two years, with an interest rate of 3% per annum for the first year and 5% per annum for the second year. The expiration term was renewed as due on demand after two years with 5% per annum interest rate. As of December 31, 2020, the outstanding principle was $350,000 and accrued interest $61,555. On September 30, 2021, the management of the Company evaluated the financial and the operation results of iGalen and concluded that possibility to repay this loan is not probable, and the principal and accrued interests total of $412,754 was recorded as bad debt expense.

As of September 30, 2021, the Company provided advances for operation of $232,124 to HWH World Co., a direct sales company in Thailand of which the Company holds approximately 19% ownership.

On April 20, 2021, SeD Capital Pte Ltd entered into Joint Venture Agreement with Novum Alpha Pte Ltd., pursuant to which, each company owns 50% of the joint venture company Credas Capital Pte Ltd. Based on the agreement, SeD Capital Pte Ltd contributed 90% of the initial $150,000 shareholder loan to the joint venture, with the remaining balance contributed by Novum Alpha. The loan carries 0% interest rate and will be repaid on a “first-in first-out” basis, out of the operating profits of the joint venture, with the immediate partial payment of $100,000 of the initial loan to SeD Capital, once the company achieves profitability. As of September 30, 2021, the outstanding balance was $134,718.

Loan to Employees

On November 24, 2020, American Pacific Bancorp. Inc. lent $560,000 to Chan Tung Moe, an officer of one of the subsidiaries of the Company and son of Chan Heng Fai, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, bearing interest at 6%, with a maturity date of November 23, 2023. This loan was secured by an irrevocable letter of instruction on 80,000 shares of Alset EHome International. On November 24, 2020, American Pacific Bancorp. Inc. lent $280,000 to Lim Sheng Hon Danny, an employee of one of the subsidiaries of the Company, bearing interest at 6%, with a maturity date of November 23, 2023. This loan was secured by an irrevocable letter of instruction on 40,000 shares of Alset EHome International. Subsequent to the making of these loans, the Company acquired the majority of the issued and outstanding common stock of American Pacific Bancorp. As of September 30, 2021, both principal and interest, $840,000 and $28,031, of both loans to Chan Tung Moe and Lim Sheng Hong, were fully paid off.