Capital markets news | Mon 23 Jun 2025
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Equity
- Wasco plans spin-off listing of biomass energy unit on Bursa Edge
- PHB offers 300m Amanah Hartanah Bumiputera units for subscription Edge
- Chizu Café owner plans Singapore IPO to fuel Southeast Asian expansion Edge
- Hong Kong stock rally shakes up investor playbook for China Edge
- Stars aligned for Japan hedge funds Star
- Japan’s stocks still under shadow of BOJ unwinding bond holdings Edge
Debt
- Telekosang Hydro One’s senior sukuk A1, junior bonds BBB1 ratings affirmed RAM
- Hong Leong Bank issues RM400m Tier 2 subordinated notes Star
- OCBC commits RM3b more by end-2025 in JS-SEZ Edge Mail NST Star
- Kopmedia, Bank Islam pursue opportunities in cooperative financing NST
- Malaysian banking sector sees mild credit cost uptick Star
- World Bank urges radical debt transparency for developing countries Edge NST
- Asian bonds set to shine as dollar dims Star
- xAI lures investors to sweetened USD5b debt deal Edge
- What’s going on with muni bonds? Yahoo
- US Treasurys’ safe-haven status replaced by these bonds Yahoo
Digital assets
- Bitcoiners split on USD94k or USD114k as bitcoin trades sideways Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin slips below USD100k, hinting oil-led risk-off on Wall Street Coindesk
- Texas governor signs bill adding bitcoin to official reserves Cointelegraph
- Czech govt survives no-confidence vote over USD45m bitcoin donation Coindesk
- Crypto perpetual futures gain momentum in US Cointelegraph
- Probability of Iran blocking strait of Hormuz surges to 52% on Polymarket Coindesk
M&A
- Sondakh’s Rajawali puts sale of Indonesian gold miner Archi on hold Edge
- EnQuest to finalise USD84m Vietnam oilfield acquisition soon Edge NST
- NTT secures backing for USD16.3b deal to take over AI arm Edge
- Apple executives held internal talks about buying AI start-up Perplexity Edge
- Couchbase to be acquired by Haveli Investments for USD1.5b in cash Yahoo
- Jeep maker Stellantis weighs sale among options for Maserati Edge
Malaysian
- Biggest foreign-currency war chest in a decade accumulated Edge NST Star
- Review of e-commerce laws to be completed by Aug Edge
- Anti-dumping duties on cold rolled coil imports maintained Edge
- Exports dip for first time, trade surplus sharply shrinking Edge Mail NST Star
- Analysts predict modest 2025 export growth for Malaysia NST
- Kedah records investments totalling RM4.2b in 1Q Edge
Other markets
- ACMF invites public feedback on ESG disclosure guide for SMEs Star
- Japan’s core inflation hits 2-year high, keeps rate-hike bets alive Edge NST Star
- Central banks in Asia are becoming wary of currency intervention Yahoo
- Fed split on whether to hedge on inflation, or proceed with cuts Edge Mail
- Waller says US Fed could cut interest rates as soon as Jul Edge
- Mild US inflation is backdrop for Fed’s Powell on the Hill Yahoo
- The dollar is hanging on to its haven role by a thread Edge
- Currency traders are ditching dollar for euro on options bets Edge
- BOE’s Bailey raises doubts over digital pound for consumers Edge
- LME sets new rule forcing traders to reduce big metal bets Edge
- Türkiye boosts reserve rules on some deposits to support lira Edge
- Russia’s rouble is overvalued, should be at 100-plus to the dollar Edge