Capital markets news | Thu 6 Feb 2025
Equity
- YTL’s SGX-listed unit NSL gets 4-month extension over public spread Edge
- Global investors turn even more cautious on China Edge
- CATL to file for Hong Kong listing in coming weeks Edge
- Slower growth expected for China’s gold market this year Star
- South Korean tech services firm LG CNS drops in market debut Edge NST Yahoo
- Tokyo’s first listing of the year soars in trading debut Edge
- OpenAI’s Altman to stop in Abu Dhabi for MGX fundraising talks Edge
- Sector rotations fuel options volatility in 2025 Yahoo
- Gold demand hits record levels as central banks buy at eye-watering pace Yahoo
Digital assets
- Bitcoin-gold ratio at 12-week low as physical gold deliveries soar Coindesk
- Bitcoin to hit USD500k by 2028 as ETFs ease access, volatility drops Coindesk
- Bitcoin ETFs attract USD1.1b as global tensions rise Yahoo
- Blackrock plans to launch a bitcoin ETP in Europe Coindesk
- FTX’s Bahamas arm to repay first creditor group on 18 Feb Cointelegraph
- Altseason to return if bitcoin dominance passes 70% Cointelegraph
- Ondo tokenisation platform brings stocks, bonds, ETFs onchain Coindesk
- MegaETH defies airdrop farming craze, dives headfirst into NFTs Cointelegraph
- FDIC reevaluates supervision, Senate committee probes debanking Coindesk
- CFTC is ending regulation by enforcement Cointelegraph
- US wants to bring stablecoins onshore Cointelegraph
M&A and property
- CapitaLand buys 3 Senai industrial properties for RM72m Edge Star
- Khazanah completes transfer of MAHB shares to takeover vehicle Edge
- EFishery backers weigh options such as buyout or liquidation Yahoo
- Honda-Nissan deal thrown into doubt Edge Mail NST Star
- SoftBank nears deal to acquire chip designer Ampere Yahoo
- Colombia calls for sale of Ecopetrol fracking operations in US Yahoo
- JD.com revives interest in buying German retailer Ceconomy Edge Yahoo
Malaysian financial market news
Asian financial market news
- Indonesia’s economy grew 5.03% in 2024 Mail Star
- Thai industry braces for influx of Chinese goods after US tariff Edge
- Thai PM adviser joins chorus for further rate cuts Star
- China considers probe into Apple’s policies and App Store fees Edge
- China launches WTO dispute over Trump tariffs Yahoo
- Chinese chip makers, cloud providers embrace DeepSeek Yahoo
- China’s Caixin services PMI slipped to 51.0 Star
- South Korea plans USD23b fund to support battery and biotech Edge
- South Korea’s inflation picks up on higher energy, food cost Star
- Japan may see LNG demand up if renewables are slow Yahoo
- Japanese workers’ pay growth hits 27-year high Star
- BlackRock plans to hire 1,200 people for ramp-up in India Edge
Other financial market news
- Australian sovereign fund returns 12.2% amid stock gains Edge Star
- New Zealand jobless rate rises to 4-year high Star
- Fed officials say they won’t be rushed amid Trump tariff turmoil Yahoo
- Federal Reserve vice-chairman calls for cautious rate moves Star
- Morgan Stanley revises US Fed rate cut forecast amid tariff uncertainty Edge
- 3 things Trump could be doing instead of tariffs and deportation Yahoo
- US, Mexico, Canada and China trade Star
- Ex-Google engineer faces new charges over AI espionage Edge
- Panama mulls cancelling Hutchison Ports contract to appease Trump Edge
- Temu, Shein targeted as EU cracks down on unsafe e-commerce imports Edge
- Europe urged to negotiate LNG free-trade deal with US Yahoo
- Supply risk in Russia is causing concern in oil markets Yahoo
