Capital markets news | Tue 2 Sep 2025
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Equity
- MMC Port’s IPO might be delayed Edge
- Prawn farmer Camaroe launches ACE Market IPO at 14 sen Edge Star
- M&E engineering services provider Kee Ming plans ACE Market IPO Edge
- Sunway proposes to list healthcare division by 1Q26 Star
- New World’s Cheng family weighs capital injection by year end Edge
- Japan’s pension fund trims investments Star
- Bitcoin proxy’s chief seeks a funding fix Star
- Billionaire Ambani targets Reliance Jio IPO by Jun 2026 Edge
- Tencent-backed Uzbek fintech unicorn Uzum eyes Eurobond, IPO Edge
- Rolls-Royce denies report of IPO plans for small nuclear reactor unit Edge
Debt
- Malaysia Airports’ sukuk rating withdrawn upon maturity RAM
- CIMB Thai’s AA2 financial institution rating affirmed RAM
- Terengganu’s sub-sovereign AA- rating affirmed MARC
- Edotco Malaysia’s AA+ rating affirmed MARC
- Putrajaya Bina’s sukuk rating affirmed MARC
- Putrajaya Holdings’ sukuk ratings affirmed MARC
- SAJ’s AA- rating affirmed MARC
- Business lending, bonds drive Malaysia’s Jul gross loan growth to 5.5% Edge
- BlackRock favours Indonesia’s long bonds, unfazed by protests Edge
- Chinese state bank takes Shimao legal challenge to Hong Kong Edge
- SoftBank’s hybrid bond has Japan’s highest coupon this year Edge
- SoftBank, Rakuten tap retail demand for bonds Star
- Asian bonds ride the swell Star
- US corporate leverage poised to rise with USD1t deals deluge Star
- Will AI debt bubble over? Star
- Dutch headache is coming for Eurobonds Star
Digital assets
- Crypto finds gateway into Australia’s USD2.8t pension pot Edge Star
- BNM in talks with industry experts to explore the use of tokenisation Edge
- Techno-utopia rises in USD100b Forest City Edge Star
- Tokenised gold market tops USD2.5b Coindesk
- Bitcoin hovers around USD107k as weakest month for crypto begins Coindesk
- Bitcoin risks sliding to USD100k after 6% monthly drop Coindesk
- Bitcoin’s realised capitalisation climbs to record high Coindesk
- Bitcoin token protocol BRC20 enables EVM-style smart contracts Coindesk
- Solv, Chainlink bring real-time collateral verification to SolvBTC pricing Coindesk
- Sonic community approves USD150m issuance for ETF, Nasdaq PIPE Coindesk
M&A
- AlRajhi family seeks buyer for Wisma Mont Kiara, revises asking price Edge
- 5 companies said to be bidding for SK ecoplant’s 30% stake in Cenviro Edge
- Chin Hin Group Property buys 55% of Nilai developer from Chiau family’s firm Edge
- KSK’s ambitious project 8 Conlay forced to sell after legal battles Edge
- GuocoLand sells Johor Bahru hotel to YTL for RM150m Edge
- Crescendo sells industrial land in Kota Tinggi for a gain of RM109m Edge Star
- PNB confirms ongoing talks on highway assets, process still at early stage Edge Star
- Bain is said to draw Chinese bidders for USD4b data centres Edge
- Elliott recommended as Citgo buyer in USD5.9b court proposal Star
Malaysian
- BNM likely to hold rates at next meeting Star
- BNM to maintain OPR at 2.75% on Thu Edge Star
- EPF’s 1H shows 5.5% dividend in hand, 6% possible with better 2H Edge
- Official reserve assets at USD121.28b at end-Jul Star
- Malaysians tightening purse strings despite earning more Edge
- Tariffs cast a challenging path ahead for GDP growth RAM
- MACC probes 14 companies for abusing import permits, bank accounts frozen Edge
- China’s Rianlon Corporation to invest RM820m for R&D centre in Johor Edge Star
Other markets
- Indonesia’s Jul trade surplus above expectation, inflation slows Star
- Philippines reports Aug inflation at 1.2% Star
- China manufacturing activity shrinks for fifth straight month in Aug Edge
- China factory activity grows fastest in 5 months Star
- Hedge funds boost options bets for yuan to strengthen Star
- Core inflation in Japan’s capital slows but stays above BOJ target Edge
- South Korea’s exports register 1.3% yearly rise in Aug Star
- Prosecutors seek 15-year sentence for billionaire Kakao founder Edge
- North Korea posts fastest growth in 8 years in 2024, driven by Russia ties Edge
- Asian factory activity shrinks as US tariffs bite, China bucks trend Edge Star
- Fed’s Waller sees rate cuts over next 3- to 6 months, starting Sep Edge Star
- Fed’s Daly signals openness to interest-rate cut in Sep Edge
- US reports solid Jul consumer spending, core inflation firmer Edge Star
- Economists see slow US growth, stubborn inflation well into 2026 Edge
- Most Trump tariffs are illegal, US appeals court rules Edge
- US goods trade deficit widens sharply in Jul Edge
- Canada’s GDP shrinks in 2Q as tariffs choke exports Edge
- German unemployment tops 3m for first time in a decade Edge
- France marks manufacturing sector growth Star