Capital markets news | Wed 13 Aug 2025
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Equity
- Wellness firm Naluri raises USD5m for Southeast Asia expansion Edge
- Evergrande to delist in milestone for China housing crisis Edge Mail NST
- StubHub is once again working on its IPO that could raise USD1b Yahoo
- Billions wiped out as software stocks sink on AI disruption fear Edge
- Heartflow’s IPO raises USD364m Yahoo
- Ex-OpenAI researcher raises fund to back emerging talent Edge
- BitMine Immersion to raise USD20b to buy ETH Coindesk Cointelegraph Yahoo
- ALT5 Sigma to raise USD1.5b for corporate treasury Cointelegraph
- Why a Fed rate cut could lead to bad news for Big Tech stocks Yahoo
- PM Meloni seeks to shrink Chinese holdings at key Italian companies Edge
- Norway’s USD1.9t wealth fund trims big oil stocks Edge Mail
Debt
- Malaysian bond outflows expected to ease on Fed cut bets, weaker dollar Edge Star
- Maybank, Perodua offer flexible vehicle ownership plan for Malaysians NST Star
- Bond market shifts as government sales ease, corporates pick up pace NST
- China offers interest subsidies for loans to boost consumption Edge
- China’s 30-year yields rise to 4-month high on trade optimism Edge
- Spirit Airlines faces huge cash crunch, issues warning Star
Digital assets
- Ether funds draw record USD1b as corporate hoards expand Edge
- Visa’s crypto chief aims to leverage USD2t stablecoin era Edge
- Coinbase revives stablecoin funding program to bolster DeFi liquidity Coindesk
- Crypto trading drove over 90% of eToro’s 2Q revenue Coindesk
- USDC issuer Circle to launch new layer-1 Arc blockchain this year Cointelegraph
- Terraform’s Do Kwon pleads guilty to conspiracy, wire fraud Coindesk Cointelegraph
- Kazakhstan’s Fonte Capital introduces Central Asia’s first spot bitcoin ETF Coindesk
- Crypto helps emerging economies bypass legacy financial constraints Cointelegraph
M&A
- StarHub takes control of MyRepublic’s broadband business in SGD105.2m deal Edge
- China’s aland Health seeking buyers at over USD1.5b valuation Yahoo
- Australia’s Star revives 50% asset sale to Hong Kong investors Edge
- Cardinal Health expands urology focus with USD1.9b Solaris Health deal Yahoo
- Ohio’s First Financial expands Chicago footprint in USD142m deal Yahoo
- Bitcoin miner MARA steps into HPC with majority stake in EDF subsidiary Coindesk
- Cohen & Co buys tax and accounting firm Gioffre Yahoo
- Lazer Logistics expands with Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth acquisitions Yahoo
- Barranco Gold Mining finalises acquisition of mineral claims in Ontario Yahoo
- Mineros to buy remaining 80% stake in La Pepa gold exploration project Yahoo
- MHA completes acquisition of Baker Tilly South-East Europe Yahoo
Malaysian
- Growth to slow in 2H but 4% growth still within reach Edge
- Economy may have grown slower than official estimates in 2Q Edge Star
- Employment trend likely to remain resilient Star
- How small businesses contributed to the economy in 2024 Edge
- Works Ministry seeking higher funding for infrastructure repairs Edge
- Natural rubber production up 5.9% in Jun NST
- First AI bill to be tabled by mid-2026 NST
- Infomina Geolytik launches digital property valuation platform Edge
- First look at Ryt Bank, Malaysia’s first digital bank powered by AI Mail
Other markets
- Singapore upgrades 2025 GDP growth forecast Edge NST Star
- CapitaLand to invest USD2.2b in Mumbai, Pune commercial real estate Edge
- US tariffs may have little impact on Asean inflation NST
- DBS China signs MOU to advance carbon credit trading in China Edge
- Company director charged with cheating in decade-old scheme Edge
- Indonesia eyes sovereign AI fund to drive development Edge
- US, China extend tariff truce by 90 days, staving off surge in duties Edge Mail Star
- Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund is hiring as assets balloon Edge
- India’s inflation eases to 8-year low as food prices fall Edge
- Australia cuts interest rates, signals more to come as inflation slows Edge Star Yahoo
- Australia’s central bank downgrades economic outlook Yahoo
- US consumer prices increase moderately Edge Star Coindesk
- Investors double down on Sep Fed cut after CPI Yahoo
- US small-business optimism rises to 5-month high on economy Edge
- Cash held by US companies halved since 2021 amid high interest rates Edge
- Tariffs bring in record USD27.7b in Jul Yahoo
- Trump rebukes Goldman Sachs’ economics research on tariff impact Edge
- Trump’s choice to lead BLS suggested suspending monthly jobs report Edge
- US budget deficit grows to USD291b in Jul despite tariff revenue surge Yahoo
- UK loses fewer jobs than expected, clouding path to rate cut Edge
- German investor morale falls more than expected in Aug Edge