Capital markets news | Fri 21 Mar 2025
Equity
- WTEC inks underwriting with Alliance Islamic for ACE Market IPO Edge Star
- Pharmaniaga’s RM653.52m cash call gets shareholder nod Edge NST
- Unit trust funds still hold largest slice of Malaysia’s investment schemes pie NST
- 21 equity applications worth RM21.39b approved in 2024 NST
- Foreign investors boost presence, trading share surges 36.2% in 2024 Star
- Indonesian chain Fore Coffee launches IPO for global expansion Yahoo
- Hong Kong plans IPO margin loan cap amid heated retail demand Edge
- Japan’s Trende secures USD7.1m for renewable energy expansion Yahoo
- AI cloud hosting firm CoreWeave launches USD2.7b IPO Edge Yahoo
- Discord CEO discusses IPO rumours Yahoo
- France to launch EUR450m defence fund amid growing security concerns Edge
- US backlog pushes European unicorns to eye local IPOs Yahoo
- Copper hits USD10k fuelled by tariff threats Star
Debt and money markets
- SC, Khazanah to introduce tokenisation of bonds, sukuk in 2025 Edge Star
- Malaysia issues RM124.15b corporate bonds, sukuk in 2024 NST
- Iskandar Waterfront City to convert debt into equity, issue shares Edge
- Boost, CGC partner to empower MSMEs with RM130m funding Edge NST Star
- Lenders to ride on solid capital buffers, asset value Star
- ETD market hits 3-year high in 2024 amid global uncertainties NST
- Thai central bank eases loan rules to help struggling property sector Edge
- Chinese banks hold their benchmark lending rates for fifth month Edge Star
- Australia awards AUD814m to green hydrogen project Star
- Tether ranks among top buyers of US Treasuries in 2024 Coindesk
- US mortgage rates remain near 6.7% as Fed flags growing uncertainty Yahoo
Digital assets
- Crypto will expand dominance of US dollar Coindesk
- Bitcoin miners feel squeeze as hashprice erases post-election gains Coindesk
- Bitcoin long-term holder behaviour shift signals market dynamic Cointelegraph
- Ether spot ETFs saw USD358m outflows in 11-day stretch Coindesk
- As Congress talks up crypto bill, regulators are already at work Coindesk
- SEC says proof-of-work mining does not constitute securities dealing Cointelegraph
- Crypto industry has turned into a global memecoin casino Cointelegraph
- Pakistan aims to be crypto capital of South Asia Yahoo
M&A and property
- ICT Zone Asia exit offer not fair and not reasonable Edge
- Greatech sees long-term growth with newly acquired Manz Slovakia Edge Star
- Lagenda acquires freehold land in Senawang for RM60.2m Edge Star
- BlackRock fund’s forfeited China towers to be sold at 40% loss Yahoo
- Couche-Tard, Seven & i solicit US store interest by end of Mar Edge NST
- Crypto exchange Kraken to buy NinjaTrader for USD1.5b Edge Coindesk Yahoo
- Beacon agrees to QXO’s USD11b buyout Barrons
- Citadel to buy assets from Paloma Natural Gas in USD1b deal Yahoo
- Atlanta-area banks to combine in USD206m deal Yahoo
- Partners Group to acquire energy assets worth USD2.2b in California Yahoo
- SoftBank seals USD6.5b deal for chip designer Ampere Edge Star
- Lloyd’s Register to sell modern tower and return to Victorian HQ Edge
- Engie acquires 157MW renewables operating portfolio in UK Yahoo
- FTV Capital acquires maritime AI company Windward Yahoo
- Xeinadin acquires Raffingers Yahoo
- Sanofi to buy autoimmune drug from US company for USD1.9b Edge
Malaysian financial market news
- Capital market rises to RM4.2t in 2024 Star
- Islamic capital market expanded 8.5% to RM2.63t NST
- Capital markets raised RM138.9b in 2024 Edge
- Investment management AUM exceeded RM1t for first time Edge NST Star
- Capital markets poised to strengthen with family offices Edge
- SC to introduce new fee structure to increase revenue in 2026 Edge Star
- GLICs urged to invest RM120b over 5 years for economic growth Edge
- Practice of maintaining unprofitable firms in GLCs must end Edge
- Malaysia’s trade performance registers 5.9% growth to RM223.89b Mail Star
- MOT drafts action plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from ships, ports Edge
- Microsoft’s cloud push to drive USD10.9b economic boost Mail NST
Asian financial market news
- Economists maintain Singapore’s economic growth forecast at 2.6% Star
- Singapore resident employment rebounds in 2024 on positive sentiment Star
- Indonesia’s self-inflicted economic wounds multiply Star
- Vietnam allows some banks to have up to 49% foreign ownership Edge
- China seeks foreign capital old and new to bolster changing economy Edge
- China’s youth jobless rate rises to 16.9% in Feb Mail
- South Korean vehicle exports surge 18% in Feb Yahoo
Other financial market news
- Fed to shrink balance sheet at slower pace until debt-ceiling deal reached Edge
- Gold signalling international dollar issues Yahoo
- South Korea’s OCI plans USD265m solar cell plant in Texas Edge
- Toyota’s Hino Motors pleads guilty to US emissions fraud, fined USD1.6b Mail
- Mercedes-Benz urges US, EU to scrap car tariffs as Trump threatens new duties Mail
- Apollo’s Rowan to be first defence witness at Javice fraud trial Edge
- UK home buying surges amid cheaper borrowing Star
- Santander UK to axe a fifth of branches, around 750 jobs at risk Edge
- Deutsche Bank plans to cut 2k jobs with significant branch reduction Edge
- South Africa set to hold rates until dust settles Star
- Global music business raked in USD29.6b in 2024 NST