Capital markets news | Thu 7 Aug 2025
Do you know?
- 59 companies have listed on the LEAP Market, including two companies in 2025: TSIC on 16 May and Ping Edge Technology on 13 June.
Equity
- Uni Wall mulls listing transfer from LEAP Market to ACE Market Edge Star
- Pharmaniaga completes capital reduction, concluding regularisation plan Edge
- Khazanah’s Dana Impak initiative a boost for MTCs Star
- Design agency Dezign Format to raise SGD6.5m in SGX Catalist IPO Star
- Retail trading boom fuels 22% rise in Vietnam’s stock market Edge
- Netflix-style iQiyi said to seek USD300m in Hong Kong debut Edge
- India sees IPO surge ahead of key financial disclosure deadline Edge
- Australian exchange’s naming error sparks share selldown Star
- Firefly raises USD868m in upsized US IPO Yahoo
- Singapore’s Carro preparing for US IPO with over USD3b valuation Edge NST Yahoo
- Sify data-centre unit said to be planning USD500m IPO Edge
- HeartFlow sets sights on USD300m IPO Yahoo
- Seven & i’s North American business IPO to fund quicker growth NST
- Bitcoin asset manager Parataxis in USD400m SPAC deal Coindesk
- OpenAI in talks for share sale at USD500b valuation Edge Mail Star
- Glencore scraps plans for New York move in boost to London Edge
- Germany readies EUR100b fund to invest in strategic assets Edge
- Goldman trader says buoyant stocks are ignoring recession risks Edge
Debt
- Sunway REIT’s AA2 rating, debt facility ratings affirmed RAM
- KLCC REIT’s Midciti sukuk AAA rating affirmed RAM
- Pelaburan Hartanah’s AAA rating affirmed RAM Star
- Third default judgement granted against fruit supplier Carzo over unpaid loan Edge
- BPMB gives RM367m financing for Penang Hill cable car project Edge NST Star
- Yinson completes FPSO Atlanta project loan buyout NST Star
- Indonesia sounds out investors for debut kangaroo bond sale Edge
- State Bank of Vietnam pushes for rate cuts to support growth Star
- China’s policy banks rush to issue bonds before tax deadline Edge
- Lebanese banks seek adviser for potential talks on USD80b of losses Edge
- Corporate debt sales top USD1t at fastest pace since 2020 Edge
- Coinbase plans USD2b debt raise 4 years after previous offering Yahoo
- G-20 needs to fix debt revamp framework Edge
Digital assets
- Malaysia’s tokenised asset market could reach USD43b by 2030 NST
- Philippines SEC cracks down on unregistered crypto exchanges Coindesk
- Bitcoin analyst warns of USD105k danger zone Cointelegraph
- Trump’s Asia tariffs takes a massive hit on bitcoin miners Yahoo
- Babylon introduces trustless bitcoin vaults for BTC staking protocol Coindesk
- Ethereum treasury stocks better buy than ETH ETFs Coindesk
- Ethereum treasury companies could spark DeFi Summer 2.0 Cointelegraph
- Ethereum transaction volumes see year-high amid SEC staking drama Cointelegraph
- Roman Storm guilty of unlicensed money transmitting Coindesk Cointelegraph
M&A
- Japan’s Yomeishu is said to mull going private Edge
- Resolution Minerals gets AUD225m offer for Horse Heaven antimony project Yahoo
- Policy, innovation and market dynamics drive institutional crypto M&A Coindesk
- Blackstone agrees to acquire Enverus in USD6b deal Edge
- Wealth Enhancement expands with acquisition of Arizona RIA Yahoo
- MontClerc acquires minority stake in Polykar Yahoo
- YPF said to be close to buying Total’s Argentina shale assets Edge
- Aksia to acquire majority stake in Fornaio del Casale Yahoo
- Italy to seek guarantees on jobs and know-how as Iveco is sold to Tata Edge
- Macquarie to acquire stake in Portugal’s Luz Saude Yahoo
- Prime Label acquires digital label printing company Arti-Bau Yahoo
Other markets
- Benefits to Japan will determine US investments under trade deal NST
- India holds rates as expected but flags risks from US tariffs Edge Mail
- Trump, Apple announce fresh USD100b US investment Edge Yahoo
- Why Trump’s additional 25% India tariff is surprising Yahoo
- Trump says semiconductors will face 100% tariff unless companies build in US Yahoo
- Fed’s Daly calls for lower rates in coming months as job market has slowed Yahoo