Capital markets news | Wed 9 Jul 2025
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- Environmental Social Governance (ESG): Anti-ESG sentiment in the US has led companies to scale back public commitments, even if internal sustainability efforts continue. “Greenhushing” is common, with firms avoiding ESG labels to escape political controversy. In red states, ESG-linked investing is being penalised, prompting strategic silence rather than full withdrawal.
Equity
- NPC Resources to be delisted on Fri following privatisation Edge
- Alliance Bank rights issue oversubscribed 55% Edge
- Khazanah eyes AI deals with French, Italian sovereign funds Edge NST Star
- Great Eastern to resume trading after delisting bid fails in Singapore Edge
- Stonepeak in talks to invest in Warburg-backed Princeton Digital Edge
- Shenzhen bourse nudges China firms to speed up IPO applications Edge
- Shein files for Hong Kong IPO to save London listing Edge NST
- Jane Street defends India trading activity, blasts regulator Edge
- India’s small traders lose USD12b in equity derivatives Edge
- Australia pensions shift focus from US Star
- Ego Death Capital closes USD100m fund for bitcoin projects Coindesk Cointelegraph
- Rivian spinoff Also raises another USD200m to build e-bikes and more Yahoo
- LangChain is about to become a unicorn Yahoo
- Meta invests USD3.5b for 3% of Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica Yahoo
- SpaceX valuation to hit around USD400b in share sale Yahoo
Debt
- TM Tech’s AAA, P1 sukuk ratings affirmed RAM
- VS Capital Management’s AA(cg) rating affirmed MARC
- Trusmadi Capital’s Issue 1 MTN and CP ratings affirmed MARC
- Puncak Niaga issues RM255m sukuk Star
- UOB, Maybank lead arrange PBAPP’s RM5b sukuk Edge NST Star
- ChemOne secures USD350m ICIEC cover for Pengerang project NST Star
- OCBC sets loan target of USD4b in expansion plan Star
- Danantara appoints 4 banks to lead USD10b loan Edge
- Nissan shares walloped after planned issuance of convertible bonds Edge NST
- Asia-Pacific banks to invest in AI, eye high returns Star
- BlackRock prefers European government bonds over US Treasuries Edge
- Euro zone bond yields inch higher as traders await tariff news NST
- Banks plough billions into coal as if Glasgow never happened Edge
Digital assets
- Bitcoin bull mulls different kind of corporate treasury strategy Coindesk
- Bitcoin Mayer Multiple shows USD108k price undervalued Cointelegraph
- AAVE dominates soaring USD56b DeFi lending market Coindesk
M&A
- SkyWorld acquires Penang land for RM13b affordable housing project Edge Star
- Glencore to sell Philippine copper smelter to the Villar family Edge
- Aussie asset managers Platinum and L1 Capital to merge Star
- Samsung to buy US healthcare services company Xealth NST
- CRC to buy Lloyd’s managing agency Atrium Underwriting Yahoo
- OpenSea acquires Rally as it continues to pivot to token trading Coindesk
- UK’s Inspired Pet Nutrition seals offshore acquisition with Sopral deal Yahoo
- Blackstone mulls joint bid for French telecom operator SFR Edge
- EU to warn Italy it overstepped on UniCredit’s Banco BPM deal Edge
Malaysian
- BNM may cut rate to shield economy from external headwinds Edge NST Star
- Short-term interbank rates end steady on BNM operations NST
- What Trump’s tariff means for Malaysia Mail NST
- 25% US tariff threatens Penang’s export-driven economy NST
- MDEC rolls out RM2.9m in new grants to drive AI NST
- SC, Durham University ink MOU on Islamic finance NST Star
- YTL Power invests RM10b in AI Edge Mail NST Star
Other markets
- Australia’s central bank stuns markets by keeping rate unchanged Edge Star
- Are Jerome Powell’s days as Federal Reserve chair numbered? Coindesk
- Pay attention America, this isn’t how you lower interest rates Star
- Colombian inflation slows to 4.82% Star
- EU to give final nod to Bulgaria’s eurozone entry next year Edge
- Third of chip production could face copper supply disruptions by 2035 Edge NST