Capital markets news | Mon 27 Jan 2025
Equity
- ICT Zone Asia approved for ACE Market transfer Edge Star
- Maybank issues 4 CPO futures structured warrants Edge Star
- China’s new rules to inject USD138b into market Edge Star
- 5 key charts to watch in global commodity markets this week Yahoo
- Lightspeed’s USD2b Anthropic deal cements firm’s AI ambitions Yahoo
- Appetite for IPOs is strong, but watch those valuations Star Yahoo
- LNG exporter Venture Global raises USD1.75b in US IPO Yahoo
- Global investor bias toward US could shift with Europe’s recovery Star
Debt and money markets
Digital assets
- Surge in new tokens making evaluations harder Edge Cointelegraph Yahoo
- Analysts argue oversupply could end altcoin season Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin traders see limited upside after digital asset stockpile twist Cointelegraph
- Semler Scientific issues convertible notes to buy bitcoin Coindesk
- Musk exploring blockchain use to curb US government spending Cointelegraph
- SEC withdraws controversial crypto financial reporting bulletin Coindesk
- Congressional Republicans investigate Biden-era’s crypto debanking Coindesk
- Crypto venture capital funding to rise this year Coindesk
- Trump token frenzy drives Solana stablecoin supply to USD10b Coindesk
- Solana-based DEX Jupiter acquires majority stake in Moonshot Cointelegraph
- XRP expected to rise another 120% Yahoo
- 3 cryptocurrencies that could predict the future of money Yahoo
M&A and property
- Chin Hin raises Ajiya stake to 66.4% for RM54.2m Edge Star
- Acceptance of MAHB takeover offer reaches 92.82% Edge Mail NST Star
- Scientex buys Melaka land from Genting for RM333m cash Edge NST Star
- Solid Automative acquires 2 land parcels in Klang for RM33m Edge
- AmanahRaya REIT terminates Cyberjaya building sale Edge NST Star
- Axis REIT in hot pursuit of industrial deals Edge NST Star
- A mockery of takeover rules Star
- OCBC CEO met key Great Eastern deal holdouts on USD1b bid Edge
- Japfa family makes offer to take poultry firm private Star
- Nissan-Honda deal faces big problems in China Edge
- Mitsubishi Motors won’t join Honda, Nissan tie-up Edge NST
- Trump discussing TikTok purchase with multiple people Edge NST
- TikTok’s possible buyers, from Elon Musk to MrBeast Edge
- Billionaire McCourt says open to teaming up on a TikTok bid Edge
- Perplexity AI revises TikTok merger proposal Yahoo
- Nearly half of investors expect Fannie, Freddie privatised by 2028 Star
- Abu Dhabi developer buys stake in new Citadel London tower Edge
- Bankers give cold shoulder to suitors in Davos Star
Asian financial market news
- Singapore eases monetary policy for first time in 5 years NST Star
- US-Singapore subsea cable worth USD760m gets approval Edge
- China extends CNY holiday to boost spending Mail
- DeepSeek R1 shatters long-held assumptions about AI Cointelegraph
- Bank of Japan raised short-term policy rate to 0.5%, highest in 17 years NST Star
- Japan’s JERA to expand US LNG purchases Yahoo
- Saudi pledges USD600b in trade with US Mail
- Louisiana’s Argent LNG sets deal with Bangladesh Yahoo
Other financial market news
- Wall Street sees rates unchanged despite Trump’s demand Yahoo
- How the US Federal Reserve plans to navigate rate cuts, inflation Mail
- Deregulation to boost US banks Yahoo
- Trump’s order on the global tax deal is a relief to tech companies Yahoo
- US existing-home sales pick up at end of worst year since 1995 Edge
- Meta to spend up to USD65b on AI this year Edge Mail Star Yahoo
- Trump’s week one ends with a heap of climate rollbacks Edge
- Trump’s return-to-office mandate triggers anxiety at US FTC Mail
- Trump target of lower oil prices may be harder to achieve Yahoo
- US oil and gas rig count falls to lowest since Dec 2021 Yahoo
- Trump’s high-wire act to transform US power grid won’t be easy Star
- Amazon layoffs prompt Canada to review government deals Edge
- Rolls-Royce wins GBP9b UK nuclear submarine contract Edge NST
- Currency volatility set to wipe out emerging-market carry trades Yahoo
