Capital markets news | Fri 28 Mar 2025
Equity
- Oasis Home gets MIDF to underwrite ACE Market IPO Edge NST Star
- Southern Score sets sights on transfer to Main Market Edge
- RHB Bank subscribes for RM51m Boost Bank shares NST Star
- Capital A seeks extension of PN17 regularisation plan circular issuance Edge NST Star
- Financial influencers will be regulated from 1 Nov Edge NST Star
- Malaysian stocks record longest outflow streak since Jun 2018 Edge Star
- MAS proposes rules for retail private market investment funds Edge
- China’s tea chain Chagee files for Nasdaq listing Mail
- Ex-Goldman analyst’s fund eyes USD55m windfall on Japan bet Yahoo
- Australia’s USD1t market draws UK fund manager Coller Capital Edge
- US Fed urged to explore hedge fund bailout tool for basis trade Edge Yahoo
- Circle, Near invest USD14m in remittance app Abound Coindesk
- OpenAI close to finalising USD40b SoftBank-led funding Edge
- Olympus Partners Fund VIII raises USD3.5b Yahoo
- Madison Dearborn seeks USD3b for newest fund Yahoo
- Vanguard met with Blackstone, Carlyle on private markets product Yahoo
- Asker jumps in Swedish debut after Europe’s biggest 2025 IPO Yahoo
Debt and money markets
- Petronas raises USD5b from first dollar bond in 4 years Edge NST Star
- Petronas’ bond issuance spikes demand, cheaper to raise funds Edge
- China banks ramp up bad property loan disposals to boost economy Yahoo
- China’s central bank says debt level rising, easing on track Edge
- Goldman, BNP see Korean convertible boom as shorting to resume Yahoo
- US banks finance their own competition up to USD1t Edge Yahoo
- Bond markets draw rush of issuers before Trump’s tariffs hit Edge
- BC Partners set to raise USD1.4b for private credit fund Yahoo
- Unlocking private credit’s potential with tokenisation Yahoo
- UK to sell more off-the-run gilts in new bond sale strategy Yahoo
- Germany got EUR1t for free Edge
Digital assets
- Gamestop investors disapprove bitcoin acquisition plans Coindesk
- Bitcoin price rally stalls as gold nears record USD3.1k Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin price prediction markets bet no higher than USD138k in 2025 Cointelegraph
- Is bitcoin’s future in circular economies or national reserves? Cointelegraph
- What are crypto payment gateways, and how do they work? Cointelegraph
- ICE explores new products with Circle’s stablecoin, tokenised fund Coindesk
- Vara focused on consumer protection for tokenisation efforts in Dubai Coindesk
M&A and property
- Flexidynamic plans acquisition of glove former maker Edge Star
- Muhibbah Engineering raises stake in Master-Pack to 31% Edge NST Star
- KPJ to inject two hospital assets into Al-Aqar Healthcare REIT Edge NST Star
- Keyfield sells accommodation workboat to Mumbai firm for RM55.4m Edge NST Star
- Widjaja family offers to privatise Sinarmas Land in USD986m deal NST
- Blackstone-backed software firm ISN mulls USD6b sale Yahoo
- Blackstone’s USD427m offer for London’s Can of Ham rejected Edge
- Buyout firms circling Nestlé’s EUR5b water business Edge NST
Malaysian financial market news
- Producer price index rises by 0.3% in Feb NST Star
- Malaysia’s electronics, rubber, furniture exports most at risk from tariffs Edge
- Air passenger traffic up 6.9% in Feb Edge NST Star
- LTAT to pare strategic assets to 35% of holdings in 3 years Edge NST Star
- Ekuinas to be under PNB’s purview Edge
- Internet traffic climbed exponentially in 2024 NST
Asian financial market news
- Singapore factory production fell 1.3% in Feb, breaking 7-month streak Star
- Thailand to give market regulator more power to prevent frauds Edge
- Indonesia’s Jan palm oil inventories rise by 14% as exports drop Edge
- Indonesia to use 1m African weevils to spur palm output Edge
- Vietnam plans financial boost for SMEs Star
- China pauses deals with Li Ka-shing’s family following Panama ports sale Edge
- SK Hynix says some customers brought forward orders ahead of US tariffs Edge
- South Korea to unveil emergency measures for automakers in Apr Edge
- Japan warns of significant impact from US tariffs NST
- Japan’s PM won’t rule out countermeasures against Trump’s car tariffs Edge
- Trump’s auto tariffs reduce likelihood of BOJ rate hike in May Yahoo
- Citigroup hiring dealmakers in Japan with fee pool seen reviving Yahoo
Other financial market news
- Uncertainty is the Fed’s new favourite word Yahoo
- Bank bosses call for softer rules, Trump-nominated regulators listen NST
- Trump’s SEC pick faced senate hearing Coindesk Cointelegraph Yahoo
- Republicans divided on spending cuts as they deal with Trump’s tax cuts Edge
- Trump’s 25% car tariff ignites international criticism Edge
- Trump warns EU and Canada of larger levies if they ally Edge Yahoo
- Fed’s Collins says it is clear tariffs will drive inflation up near term Yahoo
- US economy grew 2.4% last quarter, faster than previous estimate Edge
- IMF says US economy slowing but counts out recession Edge
- Tariffs have quite clearly increased recession odds Yahoo
- Fed survey shows small businesses’ sales growth under pressure Edge
- US beef sales to China skid after Beijing lets export registrations lapse Edge
- Microsoft abandoned data centre projects Edge
- Canada vows retaliation as Carney blasts Trump’s car tariffs Mail
- Banxico readies second-straight half-point rate cut Yahoo
- Walmart bets USD6b on Mexico even as economy slows Edge
- Ex-UBS trader Tom Hayes manipulated Libor to boost profit Edge
- UK won’t escalate trade wars after Trump car tariff Mail
- Sterling may be vulnerable to foreigners’ gilt trip Star
- France calls Trump’s auto tariffs bad news as EU prepares to retaliate Mail
- Porsche, Mercedes face USD3.7b hit from Trump tariffs Edge
- Ferrari plans to raise US prices up to 10% after tariffs hit Edge
- Norway delays rate cut on stronger-than-expected inflation Edge Yahoo
- US seeks to control Ukraine investment, squeezing out Europe Edge Yahoo
- Europe races to secure critical minerals as global supply tensions mount Yahoo
- Chery Auto’s partners to invest USD1b in 200k car capacity Türkiye plant Edge
- Goldman sees Türkiye raising main interest rate to calm markets Yahoo