Capital markets news | Tue 29 Jul 2025
Do you know?
- Structured warrants can be call or put warrants. You profit from call warrants if the underlying asset’s price goes up. You profit from put warrants if the price goes down. This lets investors take leveraged positions in both rising and falling markets.
Equity
- Berjaya Food plans 1-for-2 bonus warrants Edge
- Jakel to take up 10% of Pharmaniaga via share placement Edge
- MMC Port lines up cornerstone investors, aiming for Oct IPO Edge NST Star
- 2 Bumi companies targeted for listing on Bursa by end-2025 Edge Star
- Local retailers extend buying streak on Bursa for third week Edge NST Star
- Smile-Link Healthcare reprimanded for Leap Market listing breach Edge NST
- Great Eastern to issue bonus ordinary shares and Class C shares Edge
- Do not opt for Class C shares, says Great Eastern’s group CFO Edge
- Vietnam’s new tax plan likely to discourage investment Star
- SoftBank-backed Lenskart plans to file USD1b Indian IPO Edge
- India’s Milky Mist Dairy files for IPO Yahoo
- Figma targets USD18.8b valuation in US IPO after bumping up price range Yahoo
- Firefly Aerospace seeks USD5.5b valuation in IPO as US space race heats up Yahoo
- Nasdaq-listed Upexi secures USD500m to expand solana treasury Coindesk
- Mill City Ventures announced USD450m private placement for SUI treasury Yahoo
Digital assets
- DeFi sector TVL hits 3-year high of USD153b Coindesk
- Trump eyes moving US economy further into crypto Coindesk
- Stablecoin-focused Plasma draws USD373m in token sale Coindesk
- Bitcoin mining profitability climbed over 5% in Jun Coindesk
- Tether Gold rides bullion boom Cointelegraph
- Wrench attacks drive crypto investors to centralised custodians Cointelegraph
- Centralisation crisis threatens data privacy Cointelegraph
M&A
- Ekovest-Knusford RM450m merger lapses after deadline expires Edge
- BWYS to dispose of Penang land to boost liquidity Edge
- Kee family could be exiting Apex Healthcare Edge
- McDonald’s to sell USD153m in Hong Kong store space Edge
- Baker Hughes nears USD13.6b deal to buy Chart Yahoo
- Ferrero acquires WK Kellogg for USD3.1b Yahoo
- CK Hutchison to bring Chinese strategic investor into Panama ports deal Mail NST
- Marex to buy Winterflood Securities for GBP103.9m Yahoo
- Adnoc’s EUR12b Covestro deal hit by EU subsidy probe Edge
- Ceconomy enters talks with China’s JD.com for potential takeover Yahoo
Malaysian
- Foreign funds tiptoe back as ringgit recovers NST
- Capital market masterplan aligns with 13th Malaysia Plan, NETR Edge Mail NST Star
- BNM revises 2025 growth forecast to 4%-4.8% Edge Mail NST Star
- Producer price index down 4.2% in Jun Edge Mail Star
- Median monthly wage for formal sector rises to RM3k in 1Q Edge NST
- Why Malaysia needs a vacancy tax and how to make it work NST
- 3-horse race for JB autonomous rapid transit Edge
- JB-Sg RTS project hits milestone with structural completion of ICQ complex NST
Other markets
- Singapore set to hold policy as economy shows tariff resilience Yahoo
- Philippine central bank on track for 2 more rate cuts in 2025 NST
- BOJ may paint less gloomy view, signal rate-hike resumption NST
- Hedging by Australia’s pension funds set to boost local currency Star
- US to unveil chip import probe findings in 2 weeks Mail
- US senator wants Starlink blocked from Southeast Asian financial fraud groups Edge
- EU’s pledge for USD250b of US energy imports is delusional Star