Capital markets news | Tue 17 Jun 2025
Do you know?
- ETF is a low-cost approach to investing as opposed to purchasing the individual underlying securities.
Equity
- IOI Properties poised for REIT listing in 2H2026 Star
- Perkeso could emerge as substantial shareholder of Pharmaniaga Edge
- Local institutions buy RM620.6m equities last week Edge NST Star
- RHB Asset Management eyes RM100m sales from new shariah fund NST
- Hong Kong bourse woos Southeast Asia, Middle East firms NST Star
- US IPO shares doubling on their first day at fastest pace since 2021 Yahoo
- US stocks risk 20% drop in high inflation scenario Edge
- SoftBank seeks to raise USD4.9b in T-Mobile share sale Yahoo
- Tron will go public via merger with Nasdaq-listed SRM Entertainment Coindesk
- Nvidia, Samsung back USD4.5b robotics startup Skild AI with USD35m Yahoo
Debt
- MBSB gives RM180m financing to MAG for halal aquaculture expansion NST
- OCBC gives RM351m financing for strategic developments in JS-SEZ Edge NST Star
- SME Bank, BSN join forces to boost local entrepreneurs NST Star
- Thai Airways to exit debt restructuring programme Edge Star
- Chow Tai Fook Jewellery offers USD1b convertible bond Edge
- Japan’s bond chaos heralds more volatility in global markets Edge Yahoo
- Bangladesh bad loans hit record as regulator unveils hidden data Edge
- Foreign demand for Treasuries is showing cracks Yahoo
- Treasury sell-off from Israel-Iran tensions is likely to linger Edge
- Investors shun long-term US bonds as hopes for aggressive Fed rate cuts fade Edge
- Bitcoin-backed loans open the real estate market to crypto-rich Cointelegraph
- US Exim Bank considers USD120m loan for Greenland rare earths project Edge
Digital assets
- Bitcoin buyer Metaplanet is now bigger than chipmaker Kioxia Edge
- Bitcoin tops USD108k on JPMorgan crypto filing Coindesk
- Bitcoin mining costs soar as hashrate hits records Coindesk
- Donald Trump’s Truth Social files for dual bitcoin and ether ETF Coindesk
- Ballooning government debt may make bitcoin the world’s reserve currency Yahoo
- ETF filings explode in 2025, heating hopes of an altcoin summer Cointelegraph
- Gemini, Coinbase expected to secure EU licenses under MiCA Cointelegraph
M&A
- TotalEnergies acquires interest in Malaysian offshore blocks from Petronas Edge Star
- Deleum buys oilfield service assets from Thailand’s MPC Future Edge NST Star
- Paradigm REIT kicks off with 3 malls, plans to add 4 more assets Edge
- Felda dispatches offer documents for FGV privatisation plan, closing 7 Jul Mail
- Nissan plans to reduce stake in Renault Edge
- Mitsubishi in advanced talks to buy Aethon for USD8b Edge
- Australia’s Santos backs USD18.7b Adnoc takeover bid Edge Mail NST
- Brazil regulator suspends shareholder meeting on Marfrig-BRF deal Yahoo
- Brazil tycoon Tanure enlists Rothschild & Co for negotiations in Braskem bid Yahoo
Malaysian
- PublicInvest says OPR cut likely in 3Q NST
- Attention on monetary policy decisions, regional data Edge
- Maybank projects Malaysia’s growth to slow in 2Q and beyond Edge
- Malaysia jumps 11 spots in world competitiveness ranking NST
- Trade openness index rises to 149 in 2024 Star
- First phase of halal roadmap contributed RM149b to GDP Edge NST
Other markets
- BOJ to weigh slowdown in bond buying cuts after volatility rises Star
- RBA leans towards publishing policy votes Star
- Asia-Pacific needs USD90t in energy investments to meet net zero goals Edge
- Many exporters no longer want dollars Edge
- One way a prolonged Israel-Iran conflict could accelerate Fed rate cuts Yahoo
- Dire UK data ramp up pressure on BOE to keep cutting rates Yahoo
- ECB has learned its lesson about ills of easy money NST