Capital markets news | Fri 30 May 2025
Equity
- Hartanah Kenyalang’s ACE Market IPO oversubscribed 5.33 times Edge
- ASM Automation prices ACE Market IPO at 17 sen Edge NST Star
- Pertama Digital regularisation plan deadline extended to Oct NST
- Ekuinas committed direct investments up to RM5b for FY24 Star
- Bursa in partnership to facilitate foreign-underlying ETF listings Edge
- Reasons for counters trading below NTA Edge
- Here’s what’s behind China’s IPO crackdown Yahoo
- Hong Kong, Saudi bourses seek deeper ties to spur trading Edge Star
- Canadian digital asset firm Matador to invest in India’s HODL Systems Coindesk
- Saudi Arabia seeks new IPOs to attract foreign investors Edge
- Omada Health targets valuation of over USD1b in US IPO Yahoo
- The medtech IPO window is finally open Yahoo
- Donut raises USD7m pre-seed funding to build agentic crypto browser Coindesk
Debt
- CIMB Group and domestic subsidiaries ratings affirmed RAM
- Bank Islam issues RM250m sukuk Edge
- TWL clinches RM67.6m credit facilities from Alliance Bank Edge NST
- Hong Kong bankers on edge over USD11b New World loan Edge Star
- Japan likely held off US Treasury sales Yahoo
- Aramco boss plans to keep borrowing after USD14b haul Edge
- Pressure on US to follow Japan in debt profile rethink Star
- Companies turn to private credit during tariff turmoil for loans Edge
- Telegram raises USD1.7b in convertible bond offering Cointelegraph
- Global government issuance of US dollar debt tumbling in 2025 Edge
Digital assets
- Bitcoin slides below USD106k, analyst sees Ether breakout looming Coindesk
- Bitcoin can reach USD200k in 2025 after price breakout signal Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin ETFs pull in USD9b as investors ditch gold holdings Edge
- Wall Street giant Cantor Fitzgerald to launch gold-backed bitcoin fund Coindesk
- Vance says US should use bitcoin as an advantage in rivalry with China Edge
- Rain expands stablecoin Visa cards to Solana, Tron and Stellar Coindesk
- Forgd streamlines token launch processes for crypto protocols Coindesk
- Coinbase hack shows the law probably won’t protect you Cointelegraph
- SEC files to dismiss long-running lawsuit against Binance Coindesk
- US House Republicans officially introduce crypto market structure bill Coindesk
- Russia allows financial institutions to offer crypto-linked instruments Coindesk
M&A
- AmanahRaya REIT to buy industrial asset in Selangor for RM39m Edge NST Star
- Sony says financial arm spin-off will secure fundraising capabilities Edge
- NTT Docomo to buy Net Bank for USD2.9b in cut-throat Japanese market Edge
- Wells Fargo signs deal to sell USD4.4b rail assets portfolio Yahoo
- Rocket Lab advances into payload sector with Geost acquisition Yahoo
- BP’s Castrol draws interest from Reliance, Apollo and Lone Star Edge
- Monsson acquires 60MWh battery energy storage system in Sweden Yahoo
Malaysian
- Malaysia says EU’s deforestation risk rating based on old data Edge
- Economists cut Malaysian, Thai growth forecasts on trade turmoil Edge
- Transparency in banking vital to combat fraud, build trust NST
- MACC seizes RM32m assets in MEX II probe NST
- Malaysia emerges as strategic real estate hub amid global trade shifts NST
Asia
- Asean green initiatives can generate additional USD300b by 2030 Edge NST
- Asean private market association set to launch by year end Edge NST
- US suspends engine sales to Chinese planemaker COMAC Edge NST
- South Korea cuts rates to shore up economic recovery Edge Star Yahoo
- JPMorgan sees Asia deals on the horizon in volatile markets Edge
Other markets
- Wall Street fears foreign tax in budget bill may reduce allure of US assets Yahoo
- Fed well positioned to wait for clarity on outlook Edge Yahoo
- US Federal Reserve’s Daly says inflation her main focus right now Edge
- US Fed disbands climate groups studying financial stability risks Edge
- US economy shrinks 0.2% on weaker spending, larger trade impact Edge
- US weekly jobless claims rise more than expected as labour market eases Edge Yahoo
- Appeals court allows tariffs to stay in effect Yahoo
- Goldman says Trump can offset tariff ruling with other tools Edge
- UK plans to force nation’s pensions to invest in private markets Edge