Capital markets news | Wed 30 Jul 2025
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Equity
- Oxford Innotech surges on ACE Market debut Edge NST Star
- Camaroe’s ACE Market IPO underwritten by M&A Securities Edge NST Star
- Ekuinas-backed Orkim files for Main Market IPO to expand tanker fleet Edge
- Kraken seeks USD500m funding at USD15b valuation Yahoo
- AI chip startup Groq nearing new fundraising at USD6b valuation Yahoo
- Is Stripe the most anticipated IPO since Coinbase? Yahoo
- Medtech IPOs spur talk of broader US healthcare listing revival Yahoo
Debt
- Mercedes-Benz’s RM3b MTN programme AAA(s) rating affirmed RAM
- Bank Islam issues ninth tranche of RM1b senior sukuk murabahah Edge Star
- Federal govt debt hit RM1.3t in Jun at slower pace of accumulation Edge
- US credit conditions deteriorate following tariffs Edge
- ECB to consider climate factor when lending to banks Edge
- Global ESG sukuk poised to top USD60b by 2026 NST
Digital assets
- Bitcoin slides below USD117.5k amid further price drop warnings Cointelegraph
- Crypto traders fool themselves with price predictions Cointelegraph
- SEC approves in-kind redemptions for crypto ETFs Coindesk Cointelegraph
- EToro plans to tokenise US stocks on ethereum Coindesk
- Hong Kong releases guidance on strict rules for stablecoin issuers Coindesk
- New ether treasury firm emerges with USD425m funding Coindesk
- Big brands are sleepwalking when it comes to stablecoins Cointelegraph
M&A
- Paramount buys 28% of Envictus from JAG for RM126m Edge NST Star
- United Malacca gains full control of Indonesian plantation unit for RM42m Edge Star
- Felda succeeds in second bid to privatise FGV at same price Edge NST Star
- Saudi insurers Buruj and Medgulf enter binding merger agreement Yahoo
- Union Pacific to buy Norfolk Southern in USD85b deal Edge Yahoo
- Warner Bros gets studio business, Discovery to house news, sports Edge
- Berkshire Hathaway seeks up to USD1.25b for VeriSign stake Edge
- NiCE signs deal to acquire Cognigy Yahoo
- Live Nation to speed up purchase of additional 24% Ocesa stake Yahoo
- Torex Gold Resources to acquire Prime Mining Yahoo
- Temasek builds 10% stake in Zegna in boost for expansion plans Edge
- Iveco confirms talks to sell defence, commercial businesses Edge
Malaysian
- Boosting investor sentiment Star
- Planned carbon tax could add nearly RM1b to govt coffers annually Edge Star
- Plan for luxury goods tax ditched, 2 years after it was first proposed Edge
- BMI maintains positive outlook for consumer spending in 2025, 2026 Edge NST Star
- IMF raises real GDP growth forecast to 4.5% in 2025, 4% in 2026 Star
- Capital formation surges to RM352.3b in 2024 Mail
Other markets
- Singapore directors liable for USD654m after Ponzi scheme Edge
- Indonesia’s FDI drops 6.95% in 2Q, biggest fall since 2020 NST
- ANZ raises Vietnam’s 2025 GDP growth forecast to 6.8% from 5.5% NST
- Hidden hurdles behind building Southeast Asia’s USD100b supergrid Edge
- Asean needs trillions in green investment to hit 2050 goals NST
- China’s central bank finds consumer mood turning darker Edge
- China’s record-breaking trade hits first big speed bump since May Edge
- China’s social spending hits highest level in nearly 2 decades Edge
- Bank of Korea board members saw more interest rate cuts necessary NST
- Fed rates are going nowhere fast on inflation signals Star
- Federal Reserve likely to air divisions as it keeps rates unchanged Yahoo
- US consumer confidence rises on outlook for economy, job market Edge
- US job openings fall to 7.44m after back-to-back jumps Edge
- US goods trade deficit narrows thanks to broad drop in imports Edge
- JPMorgan nears deal to take over Apple’s credit card programme Edge
- UBS orders bankers to scale back sale of complex currency products Edge
- Sweden’s economy weaker than expected in 2Q NST
- Loss of central bank independence could lead to instability Yahoo