Capital markets news | Fri 12 Sep 2025


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Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI) Sukuk can fall into green, social or waqf categories, or a hybrid of them.

Equity

  • JS Solar’s ACE Market IPO oversubscribed 48 times Edge NST Star
  • Singapore set for second-largest 2025 IPO with REIT listing Edge
  • China’s USD4.5t flows mark tipping point in market opening Edge
  • South Korean shares hit record high as president scraps tax hike plan Edge
  • Blockchain lender Figure soars 30% after Nasdaq debut Yahoo
  • Blackstone-backed Legence raises USD728m in US IPO Yahoo
  • LB Pharmaceuticals raises USD285m in first major biotech IPO since Feb Yahoo
  • Crypto exchange Gemini prices IPO above range to raise USD425m Yahoo
  • Forward Industries closes USD1.65b deal to build solana treasury Coindesk
  • Avalanche eyes USD1b raise to fund crypto treasury companies Coindesk
  • US charges fired Two Sigma quant researcher with fraud Yahoo
  • Swedish specialist lender Noba Bank plans USD3.7b Stockholm IPO Yahoo

Debt

  • Al-Salam REIT to establish RM3b sukuk programme Edge Star
  • Malaysia Debt Ventures to give RM300m energy transition financing Edge NST
  • Indonesian yield curve steepest since 2023 on fiscal fears Edge
  • Indonesia’s new finance chief moves fast with USD12b plan Edge
  • China mulls helping local governments with USD1t of bills Edge
  • Alibaba to raise USD3.2b via convertible bond to fund cloud growth Edge NST
  • Chinese data centre firm Zdata seeks USD500m private loan Star
  • Saudi oil giant Aramco raises USD3b from Islamic bonds Edge
  • India central bank plans to give lenders key power to recover small loans Edge
  • US subprime auto lender to immigrants to liquidate Star
  • Mortgage rates drop again, hitting 11-month low Yahoo
  • Rising G7 debt back at centre of bond market storm NST

Digital assets

  • Hong Kong’s central bank plans to ease rules on banks’ crypto holding Coindesk
  • StanChart-backed crypto custodian Zodia ends Japan venture with SBI Edge
  • Reserve Bank of India says crypto rules risk legitimising sector Cointelegraph
  • Kyrgyzstan introduces state crypto reserve concept in new bill Cointelegraph
  • SEC chair says most tokens are not securities, backs super-app Cointelegraph
  • BlackRock weighs tokenised ETFs in push beyond Treasuries Coindesk
  • Franklin Templeton partners with Binance on digital assets Yahoo
  • Kraken launches product to tap into USD515b perpetual crypto futures market Yahoo
  • Yield hunters flock to HyperLiquid to farm Kintetiq’s airdrop Coindesk
  • Crypto bull market still has room to run Coindesk
  • Regulated multicurrency stablecoins will end dollar’s crypto monopoly Cointelegraph
  • Crypto ETF trends Coindesk

M&A

  • Vantage buys Johor data centre as part of USD1.6b investment Edge NST Yahoo
  • Classita’s RM34m price for lingerie business stake illustrative, not final Edge
  • FACB Industries privatisation offer extended to 10 Oct Edge
  • Aman Cove acquires 69.95 acres of land at Kulim Hi-Tech Park for RM67m Edge
  • Unique Fire buys industrial land in Kota Kemuning for RM15.5m Edge NST Star
  • Jasa Kita’s new owners launch 38 sen takeover after buying 40% stake Edge Star
  • Gamuda JV places top bid of RM3.3b for mixed-use site in Singapore Edge NST Star
  • Backers of Indonesian coffee unicorn Kopi Kenangan said to mull stake sales Edge
  • Indonesia’s Pertamina to merge refinery, shipping, retail operations Edge
  • Carlyle, EQT, HongShan among final bidders for Starbucks China Edge
  • Evergrande liquidators get bids for unit from state-owned firms Edge
  • Statkraft sells 49% stake in Indian hydropower JV Yahoo
  • Citi CEO sees more dealmaking with US recession unlikely Edge
  • Magnum CEO dismisses Ben & Jerry’s sale talk as listing nears Edge Star
  • Pinnacle’s merger with Synovus isn’t Truist 2.0 Yahoo
  • DHL to buy US healthcare courier SDS Rx Yahoo
  • Vimeo to be acquired by Bending Spoons in USD1.38b all-cash deal Yahoo
  • Barrick hands Hemlo Gold Mine to new owner in USD1.09b deal Yahoo
  • UniCredit’s merger push leaves mark on Commerzbank Star
  • Adnoc finalising EU remedies for Covestro deal Star
  • Singapore’s GIC could raise stake in Blackstone’s Spanish hotels Edge

Malaysian

  • BNM to keep OPR unchanged at 2.75% Edge Star
  • Success of Islamic finance lies in lives transformed, not just asset size Edge
  • Factory output grows faster than expected in Jul Edge NST
  • July manufacturing sales up 3.5% at RM162.5b Edge NST
  • Jul industrial gains unlikely to last amid tariff risks, global headwinds Edge
  • Services sector to support hiring as unemployed count rises since Sep 2024 Edge
  • Consumer spending shifts to essentials amid rising costs, tax pressures NST
  • Auction for sale of green power to Singapore sees significant interest Edge
  • OCBC commits over RM10m investment annually for AI-ready workforce Edge

Other markets

  • Thai consumer confidence at lowest in over 2 years in Aug Edge NST
  • Taiwan approves special funds for ships, drones to deter China Edge
  • Bank of Korea board member says need to cut interest rates more NST
  • India’s IT sector nervous as US proposes outsourcing tax Edge
  • Australia’s energy link to Asia to focus on local data centres for now Edge
  • JPMorgan to ramp up corporate banking hiring in Apac growth push Edge
  • Sticky inflation report unlikely to keep Fed off course for rate cut next week Yahoo
  • US tariff revenue neared USD30b in Aug Yahoo
  • US consumer prices increase more than expected in Aug Edge
  • US weekly jobless claims increase as labour market softens Edge
  • Trump asks court to pause order letting Cook stay at Fed Yahoo
  • Mexico plans 50% tariff on Chinese cars before US, Canada talks Edge Star
  • Merck scraps GBP1b London hub in fresh blow to UK Edge
  • EU unlikely to hike tariffs on India, China to pressure Putin Edge
  • ECB holds rates unchanged, still in a good place Edge Yahoo
  • Swiss lawmakers push back on anti-money laundering law Edge
  • Turkey’s central bank cuts interest rate for second straight meeting Yahoo

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