Capital markets news | Tue 27 May 2025
Equity
- PMCK prices ACE Market IPO at 22 sen Edge NST Star
- Kerjaya Prospek subscribes for Aspen Vision Land equity for RM98m NST
- Foreign investors reverse position with weekly net selling of RM392.3m Edge NST
- Bursa reprimands and fines Jerasia, directors Star
- Goldman Sachs expects stronger yuan to boost Chinese stocks Edge Yahoo
- Trump Media seeks to raise USD3b for crypto purchase Star Coindesk
- Xeinadin gearing up for GBP800m private equity sale Yahoo
Debt
- Cagamas’ CMBS 2007-1-i AAA rating affirmed RAM
- BPMB, Exim Bank finance floating storage and offloading project Edge NST Star
- Asean needs over USD3t investment for energy transition by 2050 Edge Mail
- Country Garden bank creditors warn of deal breaker on debt plan Edge
- China shifts from developing world’s banker to debt collector Edge
- Meiji Yasuda’s paper bond losses jump eightfold as rates climb Yahoo
- India-US yield gap hits 20-year low Star
- Meloni wins hope of Moody’s upgrade to Italy from brink of junk Star
- Long-bond revolt pressures 60/40 comeback in chaotic market Yahoo
- Long-term bond yields surge around the world Star
Digital assets
- KWAP in advanced talks to invest USD12m-USD15m in Fasset Mail
- Bitcoin stalls below USD110k as short-term holders take USD11b profits Coindesk
- Strategy buys 4,020 bitcoin, bringing total stash to over 580k Coindesk
- Ethereum surges 5% to break USD2,550 resistance Coindesk
- Dogecoin extends rally as whale accumulation signals growing confidence Coindesk
- USD3.3b in crypto tokens set to unlock in Jun Cointelegraph
- Decentralised AI could be bigger than bitcoin Cointelegraph
- AI agents are poised to be crypto’s next major vulnerability Cointelegraph
- Is World’s biometric ID model a threat to self-sovereignty? Cointelegraph
- Dubai unveils real estate tokenisation platform on XRP ledger Coindesk
M&A
- Felda tries again to privatise FGV at RM1.30 per share Edge NST Star
- Kerjaya Prospek buys 49% of Aspen Vision Land for RM98m Edge Star
- Menara Worldwide in Bukit Bintang up for sale Edge
- Titijaya acquires properties in Kota Kinabalu for RM105m Edge Star
- China approves Qatar’s 10% stake purchase in ChinaAMC Yahoo
- Denso in talks to buy Dutch seed maker for USD500m Edge
- Genesis buys Laverton Gold Project in Western Australia for USD162m Yahoo
- Australian competition watchdog approves IAG’s acquisition of RACQI Yahoo
- Trump’s Nippon Steel backing comes with big questions Edge Mail NST Star Yahoo
- Four Corners expands portfolio with USD16.9m auto property deal Yahoo
- Suntera Global seals deal to acquire fund administrator Khepri Yahoo
- Clean Energy makes a non-binding offer to a European business Yahoo
Malaysian
- Manufacturing industry capacity utilisation reaches 81.8% in 1Q Edge Star
- Leading index rises 0.6% in Mar, signalling continued growth NST
- RON95 subsidy rationalisation to be implemented in 2H Edge NST Star
- Apex court rules Public Bank must pay damages over NFCorp Edge NST
- SC launches book on sustainability, ethical sales transactions NST Star
Other markets
- Australia, NZ dollars hit new 2025 highs amid more US tariff chaos Star
- Fed’s Kashkari not sure about interest rate moves by Sep Edge Star
- Fed to take in stride another month of tame inflation Yahoo
- US revenge tax bill hits allies that have tax rules Trump doesn’t like Edge
- European asset managers criticise ending IRA incentives Edge Yahoo
- ECB faces greater risk inflation will undershoot 2% Edge
- Lagarde sees opportunities to raise Euro’s global profile Edge Yahoo
- 11 countries demand EU weaken deforestation law further Edge