Capital markets news | Wed 28 May 2025
Equity
- Critical Holdings charts path to Main Market NST
- Hong Kong bourse could start zero-day options trading in 2026 Edge
- Sony to make case for finance arm spin-off Edge Yahoo
- HDFC unit nears SEBI nod for USD1.5b India IPO Edge
- Top Indian exchange’s valuation jumps 60% with IPO looming Edge
- IndiGo’s co-founder raises USD1.4b from upsized stake sale Edge
- US markets have about USD7t in firepower for Nvidia earnings Edge
- US fund managers put on notice by USD65b Dutch investor Edge
- Samsung in talks to invest in US medical device firm Exo Edge
- Stablecoin giant Circle files for IPO on NYSE Coindesk Yahoo
- Slide Insurance files for IPO on Nasdaq Yahoo
- Trump Media issuing USD1.5b stocks, USD1b convertible notes Edge Coindesk Cointelegraph
- Strive closes USD750m investment deal for bitcoin strategy Coindesk
- SharpLink raises USD425m for ether treasury strategy Coindesk
Debt
- Hong Leong Financial Group and banking entities ratings affirmed RAM
- PTP’s sustainability sukuk framework assigned Gold impact assessment MARC
- PTP’s sukuk programme AA rating maintained on proposed upsize MARC
- Sunsuria’s RM500m sukuk programme A+ rating affirmed MARC
- Japan’s MOF sounding out market on bond sale amounts Edge Yahoo
- Japan auction of 40-year debt in focus for signs of sovereign fiscal stress Yahoo
- Wall Street giant Cantor debuts bitcoin lending business Coindesk
- US 30-year yield falls most since Mar as investors lured back Yahoo
- Wall Street braces for more bond turbulence over deficits Yahoo
- Widow maker bond-ETF trade delivers fast gains for dip buyers Yahoo
- Long munis suffer on tariff and tax fear as short bonds gain Yahoo
- Germany ends Japan’s 34-year run as world’s top creditor nation Edge Mail NST
- Global bonds rally as Japan looks to stabilise its debt market Edge
- BIS urges governments to curb relentless rise in debt Edge Yahoo
Digital assets
- Bitcoin momentum easing but traders still expect USD150k Cointelegraph
- Quantum computing could easily break bitcoin-like encryption Coindesk
- MARA’s Fred Thiel says US should mine bitcoin to fill strategic reserve Coindesk
- Wall Street can’t beat Michael Saylor’s runaway crypto engine Edge
- IMF to ensure El Salvador doesn’t accumulate more bitcoin Coindesk
- Veteran capital in crypto is shaping South Korea’s elections Cointelegraph
- Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund adds to bitcoin ETF position Yahoo
M&A
- Sentral REIT to buy UEM Sunrise’s Mont Kiara retail assets for RM70m Edge Star
- Navis sells entire stake in Vietnamese seafood company Edge Star
- Analysts recommend investors accept FGV’s takeover offer Edge NST Star
- Raksul to acquire Marutama to bolster packaging capabilities Yahoo
- Cerberus eyes Darwin Port, Australia reviews Chinese control Edge
- Retailers pummelled by Trump’s trade war entertain more take-private offers Edge
- Motorola agrees to acquire radio maker Silvus for USD4.4b Yahoo
- Limerston acquires UK-based CyberCrowd Yahoo
- Intesa CEO rules out any deal taking national savings out of Italian hands Edge
Other markets
- Fed debating whether Trump tariff inflation will be transitory Yahoo
- Kashkari favours maintaining US Fed rates until more tariff clarity Edge
- US tariffs could fall below 10%, says Trump adviser Yahoo
- IMF warns UK to keep budget in check or risk market revolt Edge
- HSBC cut dozens of analyst jobs in investment banking overhaul Edge
- US warns Pirelli risks restrictions due to Chinese investor Edge
- European power firms rush to hedge against acute wind drought Edge