Capital markets news | Thu 15 May 2025
Equity
- Signature ‘s ACE Market IPO priced at 62 sen Edge NST Star
- Cuckoo revising down IPO price Edge
- Year-end listing for Sunway’s healthcare arm Star
- MOF may end up with 33% in Sapura Energy with restructuring plan Edge
- Investors seek probe into firm linked to RM80m in losses NST
- Yinson fixes DRP share price at RM2.29 Star
- CATL guides IPO price at top end in world’s biggest listing of 2025 Edge
- Pony AI to confidentially file for Hong Kong listing Edge
- EToro surges 29% on first day of trading Coindesk Yahoo
- a16z Crypto leads USD7m seed round in KYD Labs Coindesk
- Goldman Sachs says investors return to neutral position on US Yahoo
- Trump favours USD40-USD50 oil Edge
Debt and money markets
- UniTapah’s AAA issue rating affirmed RAM
- BPMB to provide RM33.9m for Lundu Resort Phase 2 development in Sarawak Edge
- Sapura Energy targets PN17 exit, to slash nearly RM11bil debt by half NST Star
- Pfizer returns to euro market joining record spree of US issuers Edge
- Brazil central bank to sign currency swap deal with China’s PBOC Edge
Digital assets
- CoKeeps, Maybank Trustees sign MOU for blockchain solutions Star
- Crypto platform FalconX partners with StanChart Star
- Top asset managers say bitcoin close to become full-fledged asset class Coindesk
- Pantera’s Dan Morehead sees decades of bitcoin upside ahead Coindesk
- Bitcoin remains unmatched as a global inflation hedge Cointelegraph
- Miners halt sales as bitcoin gains 20% since Hash Ribbons buy signal Cointelegraph
- Danger signs for bitcoin as retail abandons it to institutions Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin builders defend venture capital’s role in layer-2 growth Cointelegraph
- Stablecoins bring meaningful innovation for global payments Coindesk
- Banks exploring stablecoin amid fears of losing market share Coindesk
- Brave adds Cardano blockchain support to browser and Web3 wallet Cointelegraph
- Trump still on track to sign crypto legislation by Aug Coindesk
Malaysian financial market news
- SC signs IOSCO’s MOU to strengthen market integrity Star
- Economists dial back Malaysia’s 2025 growth forecast Mail NST Star
- Malaysia still prime location for supply chain diversification Star
- US sanctions firms for disguising Iranian oil as Malaysian crude Edge
- France a viable benchmark for Malaysia’s nuclear energy ambitions Edge
- TNB, Malakoff front runners in new gas power plant tender Edge
- Kuala Lumpur real estate market shows broad resilience across sectors Edge
- U Mobile targets 80% coverage in a year for second 5G network Edge
Asian financial market news
- Singapore Changi Airport breaks ground on fifth terminal Edge Star
- Indonesia raises CPO export levy to 10% from 17 May Edge
- Thai monetary policy capable for handling risks Star
- Thai minister says US trade pitch gets positive response Edge
- Vietnam PM orders crackdown on trade fraud, counterfeit goods Edge
- VietJet set for financial reckoning as court denies payment stay Edge
- How China’s chip equipment manufacturing sector stacks up Edge
- PBOC daily yuan support below estimates for first time this year Edge
- Forecast of less stimulus from Beijing on US truce Star
- Taiwan opens door to restart atomic power plants in reversal Edge
- Trump’s tariff push seen as pressure tactic on South Korea, Taiwan Mail
- Sony sees USD700m tariff hit on underwhelming outlook Edge Star
- Japanese carmakers face USD19b hit from Trump’s tariffs Yahoo
- India’s RBI reviews some e-wallets after taxi app goes bust Edge
- US close to letting UAE import millions of Nvidia’s AI chips Yahoo
Other financial market news
- Weaker dollar not part of US tariff negotiations Yahoo
- Trump to rewrite AI chip curbs reviled by Nvidia and US allies Edge Mail
- US warns that using Huawei AI chip anywhere breaks its rules Edge
- Rogue communication devices found in Chinese inverters NST
- Trump scraps Biden-era plan to limit sale of Americans’ personal data Yahoo
- Nvidia-backed CoreWeave plans USD23b capital expenditure Yahoo
- Carrier to invest USD1b to boost US production Yahoo
- US soybean exports risk 20% drop without improved China deal Yahoo
- Lula says Brazil unafraid of US retaliation over China ties Edge
- Chile’s Copec sees China pulp market challenging with US tariffs Yahoo
- Burberry to cut about 20% of global workforce in turnaround drive Edge Star
- Swiss court rules Credit Suisse bonus cuts were unlawful Edge
- NATO sketching out plan for 5% of GDP on defence Edge Star
- Sweden to propose EU membership of CPTPP Edge
- EV sales to stay on fast track despite tariff tensions Mail Star
- Hapag-Lloyd CEO sees huge surge in volume last few days Edge
- China-US container bookings soar 277% Yahoo