Capital markets news | Wed 12 Mar 2025
Equity
- Niche Capital plans 1-for-2 bonus issue, RM36.9m private placement Star
- Capital A’s logistics arm Teleport seeks private funds ahead of IPO Edge
- Pharmaniaga shares slide amid cash call exercise Edge
- Bursa rejects FGV’s public spread extension application Edge
- Thailand offers tax incentives to bolster slumping stock market Edge
- Vietnamese bourse to start new trading system in May Edge
- Big Chinese share sales are luring back long-term investors Edge
- Citi downgrades US stocks, raises China as America first fades Edge NST Yahoo
- Hedge funds unwinding risk as in early days of Covid Edge Mail
- Security startup Chainguard raising USD350m at USD3.5b value Yahoo
- Celestial AI raises USD250m as it looks to speed up links between AI chips Yahoo
- Voice AI startup Cartesia raises USD64m Series A Yahoo
- Arda raises USD3m to transform real estate with blockchain technology Yahoo
- Fears of US contagion spur traders to find hedges across world Edge
Debt and money markets
- Telekosang Hydro One’s sukuk, bonds downgraded RAM
- GuocoLand lodges RM500m medium-term notes programme with SC Edge
- Ministry of Finance injects RM1.1b to settle Sapura Energy’s debts Edge NST Star
- Fitch removes Adani Energy from rating watch negative Edge
- Reserve Bank of India ask lenders to report all offshore swap trades Edge
- Rio Tinto to raise USD9b for Arcadium Lithium buyout Yahoo
- Credit traders jolted awake by Wall Street’s white-knuckle ride Edge Yahoo
- Bond yields just flashed the biggest recession warning since the election Yahoo
- Trump’s trade threats are starting to hit Canadian credit market Edge
- Firms that issue green bonds better at tackling emissions Yahoo
Digital assets
- More pain to come in crypto, bitcoin headed to USD73k Coindesk
- Ukraine ceasefire sends markets into green, bitcoin retakes USD83k Coindesk
- Mt. Gox moves another USD930m bitcoin as payout deadline looms Coindesk
- Ether whale prevents USD340m liquidation with last minute deposits Coindesk
- Texas lawmaker seeks USD250m cap for state’s bitcoin purchases Cointelegraph
- Utah’s Senate passes bitcoin bill but scraps key provision Cointelegraph
- Coinbase gets FIU registration for India comeback Coindesk
Malaysian financial market news
Asian financial market news
- Singapore’s credit card debt crosses USD6b Star
- VinFast plans to install EV charging stations across Indonesia Edge Yahoo
- Call for increased use of hydrogen energy in Vietnam Star
- China’s Xpeng may invest USD13.8b in humanoid robots Yahoo
- China’s Manus follows DeepSeek in challenging US AI lead Edge
- Beijing to tackle green trade barriers Star
- Japan’s trade minister fails to win tariff exemption assurance from US Edge
- Japan downgrades 4Q GDP, US tariffs cloud outlook Star
Other financial market news
- Australia business confidence falls in Feb despite interest rate relief NST
- Will tariffs push the US economy into recession? Star
- JPMorgan ups recession odds to 40% Cointelegraph
- Stagflation concerns on the rise ahead of Feb’s CPI print Yahoo
- Fed’s next cut will likely be motivated by labour market weakness Yahoo
- Bank of America eliminates some investment banking roles Edge
- Volkswagen touts US spending in face of Trump’s tariff threats Edge
- Tariffs force US factories to pay more for metal than overseas rivals Edge
- Oil CEOs back Trump’s energy agenda as crude hits 6-month low Edge Star Yahoo
- Solar and storage accounted for 84% of new US power added in 2024 Yahoo
- Canada’s Ontario hits US with 25% electricity tax NST
- Panama Canal weighs pipeline to move gas, with eye on Asian clients NST Yahoo
- Renault cuts 300 jobs at van factory as European market slows Edge
- Volkswagen to lay off 1,600 staff at Cariad software unit Edge
- Onsemi to lay off 170 staff in Czech Republic Edge
- The rise of the gig economy Edge