Capital markets news | Tue 5 Aug 2025
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Equity
- Kimlun proposes RM40m private placement to boost working capital Edge
- Jiankun issues 274.5m shares for debt settlement exercise Edge
- Palm oil firm FGV to be delisted on 28 Aug NST
- Local retailers contribute net equity inflow of RM114.4m last week Edge NST Star
- Thai Airways resumes trade with USD8b market valuation Edge
- China aviation giant mulls spinoff of 2 financial units Edge
- Hong Kong’s new listing rules seen as helping hot market to stay hot Edge
- Foreign money returns to South Korean equity markets Star
- Singapore’s GIC to take 25% stake in Spanish broadband venture Edge NST
- Blockhain-based lender Figure files confidentially for IPO Coindesk Yahoo
- Crypto firm Bullish to raise USD629m in New York share sale Coindesk Yahoo
- Heartflow prices IPO, aiming to net about USD180m Yahoo
- Firefly Aerospace lifts IPO price range, targets USD6b valuation Yahoo
- Miami International targets USD1.7b valuation in rare exchange IPO Yahoo
- Armis hits USD300m in annual revenue on IPO path Yahoo
- Carlyle raises USD9b for US real estate bets Edge
Debt
- Visionary Insurance’s LECA rating affirmed RAM
- Northport’s RM1b sukuk programmes assigned final ratings MARC
- AmBank grants RM222.8m financing for Northern TechValley in Penang Edge Star
- Consumer credit commission explores setting interest rate limits Edge
- China to tax bond interest income after decades of exemption Edge
- South Korea expects USD350b US fund to be less than 5% equity Edge
- US Treasury rally pauses with USD125b of bond sales due Edge
- Treasury yields hit 3-month low in aftermath of jobs report, Fed resignation NST
- Intel’s credit rating downgraded by Fitch on demand challenges Yahoo
- Fitch uplifts Pemex’s rating by 2 notches Star
- UK lenders rally after huge win in motor finance court ruling Edge
- UBS plans SRT deal out of programme inherited from Credit Suisse Edge
- UBS pays USD300m to settle Credit Suisse mortgage case Edge Mail
Digital assets
- Bitcoin still on track for USD140k this year, but 2026 will be painful Coindesk
- Bitcoin risks deeper slide to USD100k Coindesk
- Is bitcoin repeating path to USD75k? Cointelegraph
- French MPs float plan to mine bitcoin with surplus nuclear energy Coindesk
- Citigroup, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs lead TradFi’s blockchain charge Cointelegraph
M&A
- IJM, AFA Prime vying for PNB’s highway assets Edge
- MISC, Bumi Armada call off merger proposal Edge NST Star
- Farm Price’s acquisition of Johor-based grocer Hong Yun hits legal snag Edge
- Puncak Niaga subsidiary to dispose of 3 loss-making units for RM3 NST
- Kim Hin minority shareholders advised to reject 85 sen offer Edge NST Star
- Tex Cycle acquires Meridian World for RM42.8m NST Star
- Ajiya sells industrial land for RM52m Edge Star
- South Korean battery-maker SK On to merge with SK Enmove Yahoo
- China’s Ant Group to exit India’s Paytm Edge
- British Columbia Supreme Court approves Alkane’s acquisition of Mandalay Yahoo
- Blade, Joby strike USD125m deal on helicopter ridesharing business Yahoo
- Descartes buys e-commerce inventory management platform for USD40m Yahoo
- Nightfood to acquire 2 California hotels for USD80m Yahoo
- Amphenol buys CommScope’s broadband, cable unit for USD10.5b Yahoo
- Machinify to acquire Performant Healthcare for USD670m Yahoo
- Xoma strikes deals to buy struggling biotechs HilleVax, Lava Yahoo
- Major waste companies spent USD659m on M&A in 2Q Yahoo
- Duplo acquires UK’s Bar Graphic Machinery Yahoo
- Allianz, BlackRock and T&D wrap up EUR3.5b acquisition of Viridium Yahoo
- Phinia acquires Swedish Electromagnet Invest for USD47m Yahoo
- EssilorLuxottica acquires Belgium’s Automation & Robotics Yahoo