Capital markets news | Fri 19 Sep 2025
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Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (MUIS) issued SGD35m sukuk musharakah for the re-development of an old mosque in Bencoolen Street, Singapore. The sukuk were subscribed by institutional investors. The profit rate was set at 3.5% per annum, and the profit was paid out of rental income from leasing the apartments to Ascott Investments Pte Ltd.
Equity
- Camaroe IPO mostly oversubscribed ahead of ACE Market listing Edge NST Star
- Hengyuan gets shareholders’ nod for RM300m rights issue Edge NST
- FBG plans rights issue to raise RM150m for Medi-City project land Edge Star
- Higher foreign fund inflows likely Star
- Temasek’s global unit to seek big deals, ditch smaller holdings Edge
- Zijin Gold seeks USD3.2b in world’s biggest IPO since May Yahoo
- Logistics provider GLP preparing to list China business in 2026 Edge
- SoftBank Vision Fund to lay off 20% of employees in shift to bold AI bets Yahoo
- SEBI dismisses Hindenburg allegations against Adani Group Edge
- SMBC to purchase additional 4.2% stake in India’s YES Bank Yahoo
- Fed rate cut gives green light to eager US IPO candidates Yahoo
- Cybersecurity firm Netskope climbs 21% after USD908m IPO Edge
- Five Point-backed WaterBridge jumps 14% in NYSE debut Edge
- Nvidia bets big on Intel with USD5b stake, chip partnership Edge NST Yahoo
Debt
- SEP’s AA1 sukuk rating affirmed RAM
- BNP Paribas Malaysia’s AA1 rating affirmed RAM
- Malaysian Life Reinsurance assigned AA3 insurer financial strength rating RAM
- YNH’s BB rating affirmed with negative outlook MARC
- Malaysian sovereign bonds face year-end corporate supply risk Edge Star
- AEON Credit issues 10th senior sukuk worth RM600m Edge
- GXBank launches Jaguh Niaga to boost 10k MSMEs Star
- KNM secures Court of Appeal order to restrain creditor actions Edge
- Vietnam credit growth to exceed government’s target Star
- Not all upgrades are welcome: Moody’s still labels SoftBank junk Edge
- Foreigners snap up Asian bonds in Aug after 2-month hiatus Star
- Moody’s flags risk in Oracle’s USD300b of recently signed AI contracts Edge
- Bank of England slows pace of bond rundown and keeps rates on hold Edge
Digital assets
- Smart money is betting on DePIN across emerging markets Cointelegraph
- 7 reasons why bitcoin mining is a terrible business idea Cointelegraph
- DBS, Franklin Templeton, Ripple team up on tokenised money market fund Edge
- Shift secures backing from Cointelegraph Accelerator Cointelegraph
- Coinbase adds USDC lending with Morpho and Steakhouse Financial Coindesk
- Arca CIO on why crypto’s 2025 rally isn’t a true bull market Coindesk
- PayPal’s USD1.3b stablecoin expands to 9 new blockchains Coindesk
- Plasma to launch mainnet beta blockchain for stablecoins next week Coindesk
- RCMP seizes USD56m in crypto, shuts down TradeOgre Coindesk
M&A
- Independent adviser tells NuEnergy shareholders to accept offer Edge Star
- Magna Prima’s shareholders buy stake, trigger takeover offer at 73 sen Edge
- Kimlun Corp buys land for RM3.65m Star
- Sunway buys MCL Land for RM2.4b from Hongkong Land Edge NST Star
- Malaysian Pacific Industries buys Infineon’s Thai factory for USD77.95m Edge Star
- Deleum scraps RM60m Thai-based oilfield deal over unmet conditions Edge
- Thai retailer’s shares plunge on plan to sell Italy business Edge
- Roche to acquire liver drug developer 89bio for up to USD3.5b Edge Yahoo
- Toll Brothers sells apartment platform to Kennedy Wilson Yahoo
- South Korea’s HD Hyundai Heavy in talks to buy US shipyard Edge
- UPS terminates plan to buy Mexico’s Estafeta Yahoo
- IonQ completes USD1.07b acquisition of Oxford Ionics Yahoo
- EU review of Mars-Kellanova deal restarts as Dec deadline set Yahoo
Other markets
- Indonesian parliament committee approves budget, deficit at 2.68% of GDP Edge
- Thai government says will work with central bank to tackle baht’s strength Edge
- China leaves policy rate unchanged after Fed rate reduction Edge NST Star
- Taiwan central bank raises growth forecast, leaves rate unchanged Edge
- Japan central bank to keep interest rates steady over tariff, US slowdown risks Edge
- Fed signals 2 more cuts in 2025, raises GDP forecast for the year Yahoo
- Federal funds rate over the past 50 years Yahoo
- Fed’s Powell says there are no risk-free paths now Star
- Summers says Fed policy on loose side, inflation top issue Yahoo
- US House advances stopgap bill to avert govt shutdown Edge
- US initial jobless claims drop by most in almost 4 years Edge
- Brazil central bank holds interest rate at 15% as inflation inches down Star
- Argentina central bank defends peso as Milei faces setbacks Star
- Bank of England holds main UK interest rate at 4% Yahoo
- UK touts USD205b US investment as King Charles fetes Trump Edge Mail
- Bank of England raises alarm over new tax raid Yahoo
- Reeves gets no help from Bank of England with her nightmare Budget Yahoo
- ECB’s Guindos says risk of inflation undershoot is not big Edge
- Norway central bank cuts policy rate, sees smaller easing ahead Edge NST
- US Fed starts easing path, other major central banks on hold Yahoo