Capital markets news | Wed 4 Jun 2025
Equity
- ICT Zone ended flat on ACE Market debut Edge NST
- A1 AK Koh’s ACE Market IPO underwritten by AmInvestment Bank Edge Star
- Enproserve signs ACE Market IPO underwriting with KAF Edge NST Star
- CapitaLand Malaysia Trust plans RM250m private placement Edge
- Local institutions net bought RM876.5m equities last week Edge NST Star
- Philippine fintech GCash to split stocks ahead of possible IPO Edge
- Philippines’ Hotel101, Nasdaq-listed SPAC approved for business combination Yahoo
- Indian bourses’ turf war over derivatives heats up Star
- Saudi digital bank D360 courts investors for Series A funding Star
- Virgin Australia seeks to raise USD442.8m in IPO Yahoo
- Wall Street games out how to profit from Trump tariff flip-flops Edge
- Strategy launched high-yield perpetual preferred shares Coindesk
- NYSE Arca submits filing for listing of Truth Social Bitcoin ETF Yahoo
- AllianzGI first ESG defence allocations likely this year Star
Debt
- MARCWatch Developing on KFH Malaysia extended MARC
- Sapura Resources averted default with injection by Sapura Holdings Edge
- Loan growth eases, but applications pick up NST
- Japan’s bonds pass 10-year supply test as 30-year sale looms Edge Yahoo
- Asia’s top-rated bonds lifted by pullback from US treasuries Edge
- Australian bond auction draws weakest demand in 6 years Edge
- Trump plans to tap Biden’s green bank to make billions Star
- G7 debt is now a pressure point for anxious markets Edge Yahoo
Digital assets
- Bitcoin traders predict larger correction to sub-USD100k Cointelegraph
- US risks being front run on bitcoin reserve by other nations Cointelegraph
- Miner MARA produces 950 bitcoin in May, up 35% Coindesk
- Pump.fun aiming to raise USD1b via token sale at USD4b valuation Coindesk
- Litecoin breaks USD90 barrier as traders watch for sustained momentum Coindesk
- RLUSD approved for use in the Dubai International Financial Centre Coindesk
- Agri-tech firm Dimitra to bring cacao, carbon credits onto blockchain Coindesk
- Centralised infrastructure requires DePIN adoption Cointelegraph
M&A
- Oasis Harvest buys operator of Chef Wan’s chains for RM30.8m Edge
- Ta Win offloads idle factory in Port Klang for RM44.5m Edge NST Star
- Deleum completes acquisition of 70% of Osa Industries for RM31m Edge NST Star
- Petronas explores sale of USD7b Canadian business Edge Star
- Telkom Indonesia weighs sale of healthcare firm AdMedika Edge
- Akio Toyoda plans USD33b buyout bid to tighten grip on Toyota’s founding firm Edge
- Thames Water’s preferred bidder KKR drops out of rescue deal Edge
- UK threatens to sue Roman Abramovich over Chelsea sale proceeds Edge
Malaysian
- Manufacturing PMI slightly higher at 48.8 in May Star
- Fuel retailers’ association urges RON95 subsidy rationalisation postponement Edge
- EPF posts RM18.31b investment income in 1Q, down 13% Edge Mail NST Star
- Manufacturers face headwinds amid weak demand and rising costs Edge
- MACC seizes assets worth RM143m linked to highway sukuk fund misuse Edge
Other markets
- Australian central bank pondered outsized rate cut in May Star Yahoo
- Westpac unit settles probe with Australia’s securities regulator Yahoo
- Fed’s Bostic in no hurry to cut rate, wants more progress on inflation Edge
- Fed likely on track to lower rates after bumpy period Yahoo
- Wells Fargo escapes Fed’s asset cap after 7 years, able to pursue growth Yahoo
- BOE’s Bailey sticks with careful rate cut view as uncertainty deepens Edge
- Pound closes in on 3-year high as concerns over US tariffs mount Yahoo
- Eurozone inflation slows below 2%, backing more ECB cuts Edge Star
- Investors say they’re moving away from ESG as an umbrella concept Edge