Capital markets news | Mon 4 Aug 2025
Do you know?
- Structured warrants have a limited lifespan, usually 6 months to 2 years. As they approach expiry, their time value erodes, and so the price can fall even if the underlying price doesn’t change.
Digital assets
- Bitcoin pulls back to 3-week low after record-breaking Jul Edge
- 3 reasons traders are in risk-off mode Coindesk
- Wall Street is buying crypto quietly and that’s bullish Coindesk
- Wall Street rewrites bitcoin trading rules Star
- Crypto ETFs see record USD12.8b inflows in Jul Coindesk
- USD3.5b LuBian bitcoin theft went undetected for nearly 5 years Coindesk
- The token is dead, long live the token Cointelegraph
- 5 countries where crypto is tax-free in 2025 Cointelegraph
- Banks have invested over USD100b in blockchain infrastructure Coindesk
- SEC’s crypto task force will tour US to hear from small startups Coindesk
- Genius Act sets new stablecoin rules but vague on foreign issuers Cointelegraph
- UK regulator to allow retail investors access to crypto ETNs in Oct Coindesk
- China’s crypto liquidation plans reveal its grand strategy Cointelegraph
M&A
- Exit signs for highway players Edge
- Axis REIT acquires warehouse in Port Klang for RM80m Edge NST Star
- HCK Capital acquires 2 plots of land in Selangor for RM38.6m Edge
- BWYS to dispose of Banting industrial properties for RM67m Edge Star
- AYS Ventures’ associate company acquires more than 90% of CosmoSteel Edge
- Inari, China’s Sanan acquire Netherlands’ Lumileds for USD239m Edge NST Star
- KNM gets EUR19.5m offer from Swiss-German firms for Italian unit Edge Star
- Singapore’s GIC leading bidding for stake in Spanish broadband joint venture Edge
- Hong Kong watchdog accepts China Mobile’s HKBN acquisition commitments Edge
- Japan’s Dai-ichi Life eyes M&A in Southeast Asia for growth Edge
- Australia’s BlueScope leads consortium in push for Gupta’s Whyalla plant Yahoo
- Goldman Sachs poised to buy into ice cream maker Froneri at USD17b valuation Edge
Malaysian
- Malaysia agrees to reduce tariffs on over 98% of US import items Edge NST
- Jul PMI shows further improvement in manufacturing conditions Edge NST Star
- Ex-MMM executive fails in bid to review Court of Appeal decision Edge
- Continuation of fiscal prudence and economic development in 13MP RAM Edge
- 5-year plans should be retired altogether, focus on rules instead Edge
- EPF reviewing proposed monthly pension payout Edge
Other markets
- Singapore factory activity enters contractionary phase Star
- Jitters over Jakarta’s land seizure Star
- Vietnam manufacturing rebounds in Jul Star
- Vietnam’s proposed property gains tax alarms investors Star
- China’s manufacturing activity shrinks as exports drag Edge Star
- Rebalancing China’s economy Star
- Hong Kong GDP expands 3.1%, faster than forecast Star
- South Korea factory activity shrinks for sixth month on tariff concerns NST
- Asia’s factory activity worsens as US trade uncertainty bites NST Star
- Fed board should assume control if Powell won’t lower interest rates Edge NST
- US Fed’s Bowman, Waller link their policy dissents to job market concerns Edge
- Weak US jobs data challenge Fed’s cautious stance Star Yahoo
- Have we seen Powell’s last rate cut as US Federal Reserve chair? Star
- US manufacturing extends slump, factory employment lowest in 5 years Edge
- US job growth slows sharply in Jul, unemployment rate rises to 4.2% Edge NST Yahoo
- Full list of US tariff rates announced by Trump on trading partners Edge NST
- Trump’s 40% penalty for tariff dodging still missing key details Edge
- BOE rate cuts cost households billions Star
- Eurozone inflation holds at ECB target, supporting case for steady rates Edge
- Eurozone manufacturing approached stability in Jul as PMI hits 3-year high Edge
- Hydrogen projects to lift demand for insurance NST