Capital markets news | Tue 24 Dec 2024
Equity
- Capital A to exit PN17 status by 1Q2025 Edge Mail NST Star
- Listed companies must prepare sustainability reporting using IFRS Edge NST Star
- Local investors net bought RM1.05b equity last week Edge NST Star
- EPF, ASB likely to declare commendable dividends for 2024 NST
- After protests, China reverses course on law that hurt shareholders Edge
- Goldman strategist sees limited downside for Chinese stocks Edge
- Japan regulator seeks insider trading charges for former TSE staff Edge
- Sebi suspends trading of Bharat Global shares over fake disclosures Edge
- Investors should refocus on Asia’s economy Edge
- Hedge funds cut exposure to nuclear power stocks Star
- Warren Buffett, “Don’t panic when stocks fluctuate” Yahoo
- Venture capital partners are leaving big firms in droves Yahoo
Debt and money markets
- MYEG’s AA- rating affirmed MARC
- OSK’s upsized RM3.5b programme ratings maintained MARC
- IFC consortium lends USD900m for Yondr’s Malaysia data centre Edge Star
- Bond traders turn to 2025 amid most agonising easing in decades Edge Star
- Catastrophe-bond issuance pushes overall market to almost USD50b Yahoo
- Plan to throttle foreign fossil fuel finance collapses at OECD Yahoo
Digital assets
- Singapore pulls ahead of Hong Kong in race for crypto hub Yahoo
- US crypto industry eyes possible day-one Trump executive orders Star
- Investment advisers top hedge funds in bitcoin ETF holdings Coindesk
- Market expert expects more pain for bitcoin Coindesk
- Traders see sub-USD90k bitcoin price support test Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin suffers bear engulfing on weekly close Cointelegraph
- North Korea hackers force HyperLiquid USD60m USDC outflow Coindesk
- Crypto expert lost USD400k to phishing Coindesk
- Phishing fears as trade in crypto event attendees’ details revealed Cointelegraph
- IRS doubles down on crypto staking taxes Cointelegraph
M&A and property
- Australia’s Lendlease in talks to pare down stake in TRX Edge
- KLCC buys 486 acres from Bandar Malaysia Edge Mail NST Star
- Berjaya looking to sell Seychelles hotels for USD83m Edge
- Nippon Life’s USD12b acquisition spree is just beginning Edge
- Honda and Nissan start merger talks in historic pivot Edge Mail Star
- Xerox to buy printer maker Lexmark in USD1.5b deal Edge
- Founding family to take Nordstrom private in USD6.25b deal Edge Yahoo
- Prosus to buy online travel agency Despegar for USD1.7b Edge
- UK insurer Aviva to cut 2,300 jobs in USD4.7b Direct Line deal Edge
Malaysian financial market news
- Energy Commission finalises 2,000MW LSS5 bids Edge
- Malayan Flour Mills files judicial review of MyCC fine Edge NST
- Latar sues Prolintas for RM46m arbitration award Edge
- ECM Libra pays RM30m to extend KLIA hotel concession Edge
- Malaysia continues to lead regional data centre index Edge Mail Star
- Coastal Contracts wins 15MW Sabah LSS project Edge Star
- SME Bank survey finds MSMEs optimistic about business NST Star
- Bandar Malaysia ends Singapore’s Sim Leisure theme park NST Star
- 1MDB files USD1b suit against Amicorp over USD7b fraud Edge NST Star
- Higher inflation forecast for 2025 Star
Asian financial market news
- Singapore Nov core inflation at 1.9%, lowest in almost 3 years Star
- Chinese firms commit USD7.46b new investment in Indonesia Edge
- Chinese EV makers hit EU wall as tariffs add to import costs Edge Yahoo
- China provided information, documents in Baltic Sea cables inquiry Edge
- Bankruptcies, suicides rise as Japanese struggle with mounting debt Edge
Other financial market news
- New Zealand’s bird flu outbreak should end soon Yahoo
- Americans are less confident about where the US economy is headed Yahoo
- The debt ceiling is back on the table for 2025 Yahoo
- Trump says it could be worth keeping TikTok in US for a little while Edge
- Biden launches new US trade probe into legacy Chinese chips Edge
- The Container Store files for bankruptcy after piling losses Edge Yahoo
- Brazil central bank offers to sell USD3b as real weakens Yahoo
- Chile files environmental charges against Anglo American copper mine Yahoo
- Struggling UK firms call on Starmer to cut EU frictions Star
- UK business morale falls to 2024 low but pay growth still strong Star
- France links first nuclear reactor to grid since 1999 Star
- Europe’s energy taxes are worsening industry woes Yahoo
- Risks stack up for the global economy in 2025 Star
