Capital markets news | Fri 11 Jul 2025
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- Environmental Social Governance (ESG): The global ESG focus on indirect (Scope 3) emissions is expanding, but US-based companies may delay or scale back such disclosures. However, firms with international operations must still meet EU and UK requirements. The result: American companies increasingly face divergent ESG standards depending on geography and market exposure.
Equity
- Enproserve’s ACE Market IPO oversubscribed 0.43 times Edge NST Star
- Gas detector One Gasmaster files draft prospectus for ACE Market listing Edge Star
- Jasa Kita advises on trading suspension ahead of announcement Edge
- Sarawak Cable delisting on 15 Jul over regularisation plan Edge NST Star
- Propel Global proposes placing out 10% of shares for working capital Edge
- MUI Properties in preference shares deal Star
- Japanese firm Remixpoint raises USD215m for bitcoin treasury Cointelegraph
- Fintech iCapital valued at over USD7.5b in latest fundraise Yahoo
- AI-chip startup Groq discusses USD6b valuation Edge
- Binance founders’ USD10b fund backs US crypto listing bid Yahoo
- Inshur receives USD35m from PE firm Trinity Capital Yahoo
- Mulberry raises GBP20m to accelerate turnaround strategy Yahoo
Debt
- Affin Group’s AA3 financial institution ratings affirmed RAM
- Malaysian bond outflows may prove short-lived after rate cut Edge Star
- Mah Sing’s RM250m sukuk done Star
- BNM’s policy-rate cut to hurt smaller banks most Edge Star
- Japan’s NTT sells USD17.7b of foreign bonds in record Asian deal Edge
- Nissan set to pay its highest coupon on USD4b bond sale Edge
- US Treasuries settle mixed after solid auction of 30-year bonds Yahoo
- Banks start pitching USD4.25b in debt for Boots buyout Edge
Digital assets
- Bitcoin hits new all-time high at USD116k Coindesk
- Bitcoin experts explain why it’s set to rally to USD200k this year Yahoo
- US SEC clarifies tokenised securities are still securities Cointelegraph
- Fed’s Waller says stablecoins could lower payment prices Yahoo
- Jack Ma-backed Ant to add Circle’s stablecoin to global net Edge Coindesk
- Japanese real estate firm Gates to tokenise USD75m Tokyo property Coindesk
- German NRW.BANK issues EUR100m blockchain bond on Polygon Coindesk
- Malta’s MiCA licensing comes under scrutiny from EU regulator Cointelegraph
- What’s next for decentralised governance? Coindesk
- Digital markets will power frontier economies’ development Coindesk
M&A
- NexG acquires Petaling Jaya property for RM28.5m Edge Star
- Avaland buys 3.2-acre KL land from Tan Chong for RM148m Edge NST Star
- Mitratel considers reviving USD5.5b merger with Tower Bersama Edge
- Richard Li’s China expansion stalls amid backlash to father’s port sale Edge NST
- Posco sells Chinese steel plant at USD291m value Yahoo
- Mitsui Sumitomo to buy Japan’s Time Machine Underwriters Yahoo
- Manipal Hospitals to acquire majority stake in Sahyadri Hospitals Yahoo
- Jahez to acquire 76% stake in Qatar’s Snoonu for USD245m Yahoo
- Private-equity firm buys majority of Australian dairy supplier Procal Yahoo
- Power firm AES explores options amid takeover interest Star
- Merck shells out USD10b in bid to diversify Star
- EnergyX to acquire Daytona Lithium in USD26m deal Yahoo
- Autodesk weighs takeover of engineering software firm PTC Yahoo
- Triple Flag completes USD305m Orogen acquisition Yahoo
- JMG Group acquires London-based Profile Insurance Services Yahoo
- BP to divest Netherlands-based retail and EV businesses to Catom Yahoo
- Wabtec to acquire Frauscher Sensor Technology for EUR675m Yahoo
Other markets
- Singapore unveils grant to help firms weather tariff challenges Edge NST
- Xi signals China may finally move to end deflationary price wars Edge
- South Korea signals near-term rate cut over US tariffs uncertainty Edge NST
- Fed’s Daly says 2 rate cuts remain on the table for this year Yahoo
- Waller says Fed is too tight, can consider Jul rate cut Yahoo
- Fed’s balance sheet drawdown likely can continue for some time Yahoo
- US jobless claims fell a fourth week during 4 Jul holiday Edge Star
- Norway’s Jun core inflation slightly higher than expected NST
- Swedish GDP shrinks 0.2% in May from Apr NST