Capital markets news | Tue 22 Jul 2025
Do you know?
- Malaysia Co-investment Fund (MyCIF) was set up as part of Budget 2019 to co-invest in micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and social enterprises alongside private investors via equity crowdfunding (ECF) and peer-to-peer financing (P2P) platforms.
Equity
- Oxford Innotech’s ACE Market IPO oversubscribed 3.42 times Edge NST Star
- Local retailers extend purchases on Bursa for 2 consecutive weeks Edge NST
- MyCIF exceeds RM1b co-investments to help grow MSMEs NST Star
- Singapore taps JPMorgan, others in plan to lift stock market Edge Star
- India’s securities regulator allows Jane Street to resume trading Edge
- Ether Machine to raise over USD1.6b in Nasdaq debut Edge
- Wise co-founder slams fintech’s plans to move listing to US Edge
- Strategy to raise USD500m for bitcoin with new preferred series Coindesk
- SPAC TLGY, SC Assets to merge into StablecoinX to buy ENA token Coindesk
- BitGo files to go public as crypto market surges past USD4t Coindesk
- Avalara confidentially files for US IPO Yahoo
- Universal Music confidentially files for US listing Yahoo
- Finra to loosen pattern day-trading restraints under proposed rule change Star
- London Stock Exchange Group weighs 24-hour trading Edge
Debt
- SK Nexilis’ ratings withdrawn RAM
- Heliosel’s RM150m guaranteed IMTN assigned AA3(bg) rating RAM
- Maybank grants USD150m sustainability-linked loan to AT&S NST
- Malaysian govt succeeds in reducing new debt NST
- Indonesia’s kangaroo bond sale a tricky call for local funds Edge
- Dollar rethink is pushing emerging world to sell euro debt Edge
- DOJ investigating CLO investors’ collusion during LIBOR transition Edge
- BOE urged to hold back long-dated bonds from market Star
Digital assets
- Malaysian blockchain infrastructure to be fully operational by year end Edge
- Bitcoin’s quantum countdown has already begun Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin rich list revealed Cointelegraph
- Solana soars as DeFi amasses 999,999 SOL tokens on its balance sheet Yahoo
- Decentralised crypto exchanges hit record market share in 2Q volume Coindesk
M&A
- FACB Industries gets privatisation offer at RM1.60 per share Edge Star
- Governance lapses in Felcra’s RM241m plantation acquisitions Edge
- Atlan sells United Industries for RM175m NST
- Apex Healthcare says Kee family in exploratory talks, no firm deal in place NST
- Relaxed foreign equity rules may spur M&A interest in smaller Malaysian banks NST
- Polymarket will acquire CFTC-licensed exchange QCX for USD112m Coindesk
- Sibanye-Stillwater to acquire metals recycler Metallix for USD82m Yahoo
- Chevron completes USD53b acquisition of Hess Yahoo
- Blockstream acquires Swiss crypto firm Elysium Labs Coindesk
Other markets
- China leaves benchmark lending rates unchanged, as expected Edge NST
- China says Wells Fargo banker under exit ban involved in criminal case Edge
- Goldman finds China enduring worst wage growth outside Covid Edge
- New Zealand annual inflation quickens but below economists’ forecast NST
- Bessent says Fed needs exhaustive review of non-monetary policy operations Yahoo
- Trump tax law to add USD3.4t to US deficits Yahoo
- Brazil to investigate suspected FX insider trading on US tariffs Yahoo
- UK consumer sentiment suffers first big fall in nearly 3 years Edge NST
- ECB expected to hold rates as Trump tariff uncertainty lingers NST Star
- Germany’s top firms kick off EUR100b investment push Edge