Capital markets news | Thu 24 Jul 2025
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- Malaysia Co-investment Fund (MyCIF) promotes greater adoption of Islamic financing risk-sharing solutions (Musharakah and Mudharabah) via ECF and P2P platforms by investing on a first-loss basis and at 0% financing rate.
Equity
- Evergreen Max Cash secures RM40m funding for Islamic pawnbroking Edge
- CapitaLand Malaysia Trust raises RM250m from private placement Edge NST Star
- Evergreen Cahaya raises RM40m from DPK Private Equity Star
- JPMorgan, BofA subpoenaed by US lawmakers over CATL IPO Yahoo
- Korean EV charging operator Chaevi files for IPO Yahoo
- Publisher McGraw Hill raises USD415m in US IPO Yahoo
- Insurance marketplace Accelerant, backers raise USD724m in US IPO Yahoo
- Fund giants put faith in Trump put to keep stock rally rolling Star
- Iberdrola starts EUR5b capital hike to boost power networks Edge
Debt
- Malaysia on track to cut debt-to-GDP to 60% NST
- CGC targets mid-tier companies to provide ease of access to bank loans Star
- Indonesia to issue kangaroo bonds next month Star
- China’s long bonds join global drop as US trade tensions ease Edge
- HK builder Lai Sun seeks more bank support for loan refinancing Edge
- Japan 40-year bond auction sees weakest demand ratio since 2011 Edge
- Deutsche Bank sees US 30-year yield jump soon Star
- ESG reforms key to restoring trust in sustainable finance Edge
Digital assets
- Goldman, BNY team up to launch tokens tied to money market funds Edge Coindesk
- Joe McCann closes fund after shifting away from liquid trading Coindesk
- Tim Draper on bitcoin’s gravitational pull Coindesk
- Bitcoin grabs bid liquidity as price dip targets include USD113k Cointelegraph
- The future of digital asset infrastructure in Latin America Coindesk
- How benchmark rates unlock DeFi’s potential Coindesk
- Crypto entrepreneurs were fleeing America Cointelegraph
M&A
- PHB buys Kedah, Johor industrial assets for RM247m Edge Star
- Astra to acquire Mega Manunggal Property Star
- India’s Gen Z billionaires bored with business Star
- IQ-EQ to buy fund platform Gordian Capital Yahoo
- Private equity bids for Forward Air rolling in Yahoo
- Compass Group to acquire Vermaat from Bridgepoint Yahoo
- Canal+ gets antitrust approval for USD3b Africa deal Edge
Malaysian
- OPR cut is supportive of economic growth Star
- Inflation to tick up to 1.7% in Jul, full-year at 2% NST
- Asean research unit cuts 2025 GDP growth forecast to 4.2% Edge
- Economy stays resilient in 2025 amid global uncertainty NST
- Financial fundamentals draw IMF praise Edge NST Star
- Bintulu’s power capacity to hit 1GW by 2035 Edge
Other markets
- Singapore’s core inflation rises at the same pace as last month Edge Star
- Marcos meeting with Trump yields 19% tariff for Philippines Edge NST
- The evolving face of South Korea’s bank governance Star
- BOJ paints gloomy view on economy, signalling go-slow on rate hikes NST
- BOJ sees trade deal as raising chance of meeting inflation goal Yahoo
- Japan’s factory activity slips into contraction in Jul Star
- Trump strikes tariff deal with Japan, auto stocks surge Edge NST
- RBA seen cutting 3 more times by early 2026 Star
- Trump says tariffs will range from 15% to 50% for trade partners Yahoo
- Morgan Stanley’s client-screening faces deeper FINRA probe NST
- Tom Hayes wins UK Supreme Court bid to overturn Libor conviction Edge
- ECB to keep rates steady as trade conflict clouds economic outlook Yahoo
- China’s yuan undervaluation fuels eurozone trade deficit Edge
- Credit Suisse’s fine slashed in EU’s foreign exchange probe Edge