Capital markets news | Fri 3 Jan 2025
Equity
- Ecobuilt faces trading suspension over annual report Edge NST Star
- Non-citizen EPF RM1.7b boost to Malaysia’s equity market Edge Mail Star
- SGX chairman calls for bold and decisive actions to solve issues Edge
- Sustainability reporting will pay off for Singapore firms Star
- Vietnam firms suspend stock offer plans Star
- PE deals set to boost IPO market momentum in 2025 Yahoo
Digital assets
- Financial crime unit freezes USD100m illicit USDT Coindesk
- Tether’s market value falls as MiCA kicks in Coindesk
- KuCoin enables crypto point-of-sale payments by QR code Coindesk
- Crypto will see revolution by acceleration Coindesk
- How crypto laws are changing across the world in 2025 Cointelegraph
M&A and property
- Taiwan’s Linco buys Senai Airport City land Edge NST Star
- Fam Chee Way buys 28.79% of Velocity Capital Edge
- Sunway REIT completes Kluang Mall acquisition Edge NST
- Peterlabs buys land for RM7.4m Star
- Li Ka-shing’s Hutchmed sells health unit stake for USD608m Edge
- FalconX in talks to acquire crypto derivatives startup Arbelos Yahoo
- Online ticket marketplace Vivid Seats is exploring a sale Yahoo
- Judge opens bidding for Citgo Petroleum to others Star
- Steelworkers union says Nippon Steel’s offer lacks commitment Edge
Malaysian financial market news
- KSI forecasts economic growth at 4.9% for 2025 Star
- Dec PMI falls to 48.6, costs rise slowest since Jun 2020 Star
- BNM likely to retain OPR at 3% for 2025 Star
- CPO prices RM4,500-RM5,000 in 1Q Edge
- Nov air passenger traffic up 15.8% Star
- High court grants feedmillers temporary stay of RM415.5m MyCC fine Edge
- Pentamaster faces legal action from Ocado over patent infringement Edge
- PTP first container terminal to surpass 12m TEUs throughput Edge NST Star
Asian financial market news
- Singapore economy grows 4% in 2024 NST Star
- Indonesia’s Dec inflation at 1.57% Star
- Vietnam’s nuclear ambitions depend on human resource capacity Star
- Beijing shows resilience, adaptability Star
- Caixin’s China manufacturing PMI down to 50.5 in Dec Star
- South Korea sharply trims GDP forecast after martial law fiasco Star
Other financial market news
- Australian house prices drop for the first time in 22 months Star
- Treasury wins back role in eventual release of Fannie, Freddie Yahoo
- How the Speaker vote could complicate debt ceiling drama Yahoo
- Why Trump is antsy about the coming debt ceiling fight Yahoo
- US considers potential rules to restrict or bar Chinese drones Edge
- Computers of senior US Treasury leaders accessed in hack Yahoo
- New jobless claims data shows labour gradual market slowdown Yahoo
- Constellation inks USD1b nuclear power supply deal with US govt Edge Yahoo
- Wall Street banks exit climate alliance as Trump 2.0 nears Yahoo
- Morgan Stanley to leave sector climate coalition Edge
- US LNG exports soar in Dec, lifting full-year growth by 4.5% Yahoo
- US oil executives expect faster permitting under Trump Yahoo
- Over 13k UK stores closed down in 2024 Mail
- In Norway, nearly all new cars sold in 2024 were fully electric Edge
- Russia and Ukraine end gas transit to Europe Star
- Starved of Russian gas, industry shuts down in Transdniestria Edge
