Capital markets news | Fri 10 Jan 2025
Equity
- MPHB suspended from 22 Jan until delisting Edge
- Biggest Philippine fintech company picking banks for IPO Edge Yahoo
- Shein aiming for London IPO by mid-year Edge
- Unisplendour planning Hong Kong IPO to raise USD1b Yahoo
- Defence startup Epirus to raise over USD150m Yahoo
- FTV Capital raises USD4b for 2 growth equity funds Star Yahoo
- Blackstone’s infrastructure fund raises more than USD1b Star
Debt and money markets
- Solid gross loan growth forecast this year Star
- Green Packet gets digital lending licence Edge NST Star
- China’s bond market signals worry over economic downturn Star Yahoo
- Country Garden proposes USD10.3b offshore debt restructuring Edge
- Hong Kong airport makes history issuing USD7b bonds Edge
- Dubai billionaire to get USD20b US data centre financing from banks Edge
- Bond traders see jobs testing hawkish Fed pricing Yahoo
- Bonds under pressure Edge Star
Digital assets
- BidNow unveils $BID, Malaysia’s first regulated utility token NST
- Bitcoin heads to USD90k as crypto selloff gathers steam Coindesk
- Bitcoin ETFs suffer USD582m second-highest net outflow Coindesk
- Deribit-listed options show strong bullish bias for bitcoin Coindesk
- Market fears of possible Silk Road sale is overblown Coindesk
- Historical market cycle chart suggests crypto bull run to last until 2026 Yahoo
- UK judge dismisses USD770m bitcoin landfill hard drive case Cointelegraph
- MicroStrategy’s debt-financed bitcoin-purchase strategy Cointelegraph
- 12 most popular types of cryptocurrency Yahoo
- XRP’s descending triangle pattern suggests 40% surge Coindesk
- Art gallery argues NFT holders can’t sue due to market decline Cointelegraph
- StanChart offers digital assets custody services in EU Edge Cointelegraph
M&A and property
- NPC’s major shareholders considering privatisation Edge NST Star
- SWA faces 25 Feb deadline for RM123.21m PNSL acquisition Edge Star
- Public Bank’s MGO for LPI closes under 50% acceptance Edge NST Star
- Can Gateway Development Alliance help MAHB take flight again? Edge
- Japan’s USD230b M&A boom will get even bigger Edge
- Gabelli pushes Paramount for files in fight over Skydance deal Edge
- Chip designer Arm mulling acquisition of Ampere Edge Yahoo
- GSK close to USD1b deal for biotech company IDRx Edge
Malaysian financial market news
- Affin Bank expects 5.2% GDP growth in 2025 Edge NST
- Malaysia’s growth set to surpass 5% this year Star
- Ringgit on right track Mail
- Improvement in BNM’s reserve adequacy Star
- Malaysia to produce GPU chips in 5-10 years Edge
- 13MP will adopt globalist stance against protectionism, isolationism Edge
- Government will only incentivise value-adding investments NST
- Fully implementing RCEP could position Asean as growth hub Star
- Palm oil could hit RM5k in next few months Edge Star
- Tourist arrivals expected to reach 31m in 2025 Star
- Dialog reached USD235m FID for Baram PSC Edge NST Star
- Petronas reached FID on Indonesia’s Hidayah field Edge Star
- Yinson’s FPSO Atlanta in Brazil hits first oil Edge Star
Asian financial market news
- Indonesia to keep export earnings at home for a year Star
- China paves way for possible EU retaliation as probe ends Edge
- China’s EV exports seen stalling in 2025 Edge
- China growth at risk with inflation at 0.1% in Dec 2024 Mail Star
- European firms say China’s pressure to go local is raising costs Edge
- Hyundai to invest record USD16.7b in South Korea this year Edge NST
- Japan’s base pay rises most in 32 years, helping rate hike path Edge Star
- Brewers demand USD466m from Indian state in payments row Edge Mail
Other financial market news
- Wall Street bonuses to jump by double digits at big banks Yahoo
- Wall Street may lose 200k jobs as AI takes over their roles Edge
- BlackRock seeks to push FDIC bank oversight deadline to Mar Yahoo
- Dec jobs report to show hiring slowdown, steady unemployment rate Yahoo
- US companies announced fewest hires in 2024 in nearly a decade Edge
- US consumer borrowing drops on plunge in credit-card balances Edge
- Mortgage rates jump again, approaching 7% barrier Yahoo
- Fed officials worry Trump policies may lengthen inflation fight NST Star
- Fed’s Bowman said Dec cut was policy recalibration last step Yahoo
- Job seekers reported stagnant US labour market Yahoo
- Volvo to continue with plan for Mexico truck factory Star
- UBS nears settlement over Credit Suisse tax evasion case Edge
- Global air cargo and passenger demand up by over 8% in Nov Edge
