Capital markets news | Mon 24 Feb 2025
Equity
- Autopart distributor MSB Global approved for ACE Market IPO Edge Star
- Hartanah Kenyalang approved for ACE Market IPO Edge
- More important things than number of listings Star
- Should warrants be listed? Star
- Singapore rolls out tax rebates, SGD5b to boost stock market Edge
- Bubble tea chain Mixue to raise USD443m in Hong Kong IPO Edge Star
- Taiwan considers lifting weighting cap on ETFs as TSMC surges Edge
- Japan seeks Tesla investment in Nissan Edge Mail
Debt and money markets
- Top Glove issues RM800m sukuk for perpetual bond redemption Edge
- Chinese courts asked to lead debt talks for distressed builders Edge
- China’s local government bond rush worsens liquidity strain Yahoo
- Citi, HSBC, Morgan Stanley and RBC settle UK gilts collusion case Edge
- StanChart pledges to cut emissions linked to oil and gas bonds Yahoo
- BBVA raises sustainable finance target to EUR700b Yahoo
- Climate change fuels cat bonds Star
Digital assets
- The crypto buzz Star
- Hong Kong, Singapore lead race amid crypto bullrun Mail NST
- Hackers steal USD1.5b from Bybit Edge Mail Coindesk Cointelegraph Yahoo
- Bybit withdrawals top US5.3b after record hack Coindesk Cointelegraph
- Ethereum roll back suggestion sparks criticism Coindesk Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin implied volatility nears record lows Cointelegraph
- Coinbase says SEC to drop lawsuit against it Edge Yahoo
- Restaking and rehypothecation are the same but different Cointelegraph
M&A and property
- Master Tec buys 43-acre land in Melaka for future expansion Edge
- Olam sells stake in agri-business unit to Saudi fund Edge Yahoo
- Seven & i picks Bain as preferred buyer in asset sale Edge
- Tokyo Gas to sell US shale gas stake to Shizuoka Gas for USD130m Yahoo
- Australia’s Perpetual ends talks with KKR on sale of wealth, trust units Yahoo
- ConocoPhillips to sell interests in Ursa, Europa fields to Shell Yahoo
- Gene therapy maker bluebird to go private in discounted deal Yahoo
- Hong Kong firm eyes Thames Water with GBP7b takeover bid Mail
Malaysian financial market news
- Jan inflation remains at 1.7% Star
- SC’s proposed fee hike draws interest Star
- Export growth intact Star
- BNM’s international reserves rise to USD117.7b Star
- Chery to invest RM2.2b in Selangor auto industrial park Edge NST Star
- Sarawak to spend RM6b on rural water supply projects by 2030 Edge
- Sarawak aims to become regional power supplier Star
- Melaka waste-to-energy plant construction expected to begin mid-year Edge
- Mudajaya files for winding up of THB Power over RM60.6m debt Edge
Asian financial market news
- Reciprocal tariffs will undermine trade Star
- China’s DeepSeek promises to share even more AI code in rare step Edge
- Japan’s core inflation climbs to 3.2% in Jan, pressure for rate hikes Mail
- India to raise vegetable oil import taxes to support local farmers Edge
- Indian refiners cancel palm oil orders due to price surge Edge
- Trump’s steel tariffs threaten to worsen glut of metal in Asia Edge
- Trump seeks to reshape Asia’s energy supplies with US gas NST Yahoo
Other financial market news
- US Fed’s inflation battle at risk of stalling amid policy uncertainties Mail Yahoo
- Trump proposes new ship fees to challenge China’s maritime might Edge
- Trump’s 10% oil tariff to cost foreign producers USD10b annually Edge Yahoo
- Trump orders tariff retaliation against digital taxes Edge Star Yahoo
- Trump’s tariff wars leave US small business with nowhere to hide Edge
- Trump says Apple shifting to US plants, with specifics unclear Edge
- Cuba opens first of 92 solar parks in bid to tame energy crisis NST
- UK court approves Mastercard deal to end class action claim Edge
- Big German carmakers try to shield themselves against Trump tariffs Edge
- EU sees EUR28b hit from Trump’s steel and aluminium tariffs Edge
- European central bank reports highest loss in history NST
- Google to be hit with EU charges of breaching Big Tech rules Edge
- Tunisian president calls for amendments to central bank law NST
- Trump’s tariff storm leaves WTO powerless Mail