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

Asia

  • BOJ likely to end bond purchase cuts next year Star
  • BOJ’s Ueda signals readiness to raise rates if growth re-accelerates Yahoo

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

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