Capital markets news | Wed 18 Jun 2025
Do you know?
- ETFs listed on Bursa Malaysia offers a wide range of geographical and asset class exposure from US to China and ASEAN, and from stocks to bonds and gold
Equity
- Pan Merchant slightly overvalued at IPO price Edge
- Yinson secures initial USD300m investment from consortium Edge NST Star
- Foshan Haitian raises USD1.3b in upsized Hong Kong listing Edge
- US stock market’s outperformance is over Edge
- Applied Intuition hits USD15b valuation for AI vehicle tech Edge
- Musk’s xAI in talks to raise USD4.3b in equity funding Edge
- Goldman ditches ban on SPACs as blank-check firms stage comeback Edge
- Autodoc backers seek up to EUR403m in Frankfurt listing Edge
Debt
- Tune Protect’s A2, P1 ratings affirmed RAM
- Bank Islam foresees easing of credit cost after 1Q spike Edge
- DayOne seeks USD1b private credit for data centre expansion Edge
- New World bondholders receive interest payment on dollar note Edge
- BOJ to slow bond market withdrawal after standing pat on rates Edge
- Trump’s latest attack on Fed zooms in on surging debt costs Edge
- Warner Bros wins support from bondholders for debt overhaul Edge
Digital assets
- Bitcoin threatens USD104k rug pull as major move yet to come Cointelegraph
- Agriforce launches gas-powered bitcoin mining site in Alberta Coindesk
- Coinbase seeks SEC approval to offer tokenised stock trading Coindesk
- JPMorgan introduces USD deposit token on Base blockchain Coindesk Cointelegraph
- Latin America oil, gas deal worth USD75m gets tokenised Coindesk
- Tron’s USD100M token deal gives Weike Sun control Coindesk Yahoo
- US Senate passes Genius Act to regulate stablecoins Coindesk Cointelegraph Yahoo
- Why blockchain valuation models are still up for debate Coindesk
M&A
- Chin Hin scraps RM51m data centre acquisition due to unmet conditions Edge Star
- Buyout talk surfaces as Yinson reaps fruits of investments Edge
- SoftBank sells T-Mobile stake for USD4.8b to bet on AI Edge
- KKR buys Australian off-grid power specialist Zenith Energy Edge
- Trump will extend TikTok sale deadline for third time Edge
- TC Energy erases USD199m damages in appeal over Columbia takeover Yahoo
Malaysian
- BNM will ensure ringgit exchange rate does not run too far Edge
- Malaysia, Singapore need robust financial ecosystem for high-tech industries Edge
- Malaysia’s growth to ease in 2025 as global risks mount NST
- SST unlikely to derail domestic growth Star
- Malaysia could become net energy importer within 5 years NST
- Malaysia may miss net zero target without nuclear energy NST Star
- Petronas to channel 20% of capex to decarbonisation projects Edge
- Shell to boost its investments in Malaysia by RM9b Edge
Other markets
- Singapore’s exports unexpectedly fall 3.5% in May NST Star
- Thailand plans finance industry tax cuts to build frontier hub Edge
- China’s oil demand will peak earlier than expected Edge
- DBS to add 100 wealth bankers in Hong Kong as clients trade more Edge
- Investors are about to find out if Fed still wants rate cuts in 2025 Yahoo
- Weak US retail sales, manufacturing output point to softening economy Edge
- US draws ire of France, Canada at meeting of finance regulators Edge
- SNB poised to drop rate to zero and maintain it Star
- ECB mustn’t commit to pause or rate cut Star
- More central banks than ever plan to build up their gold hoards Edge NST
- Citi calls time on gold’s rally due to slumping demand Edge Star