Capital markets news | Fri 26 Sep 2025
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Equity
- Cheeding’s ACE Market IPO oversubscribed over 40 times Edge
- SEG International plans 1-for-2 bonus warrants Edge
- Ireka to be suspended on 3 Oct, risks delisting after extension rejected Edge Star
- IPO momentum builds ahead of MMC Port NST
- Centurion’s REIT spinoff gains 11% in Singapore’s second-largest listing of 2025 Edge
- China national team fund makes USD50b from stock rescue Edge
- Chery Automobile shares soar 11.2% in Hong Kong trading debut Edge NST Star
- Horizon Robotics raises USD821m via Hong Kong top-up share placement Yahoo
- Carlyle-backed Orion shares jump 129% after USD156m Tokyo IPO Edge
- Top Japanese fund eyes small, mid caps on improving valuations Yahoo
- US, Asian investors turn to European and Mideast hedge funds Edge
- Google eyes another crypto mining stake in AI data centre rush Edge
- US government eyes 10% share in lithium giant Yahoo
- Goldman Sachs’ Petershill to delist from London Edge
- Chip cooling startup Corintis raises USD24m Edge
- AI fuels boom in robo-advisory market Edge Mail Star
Debt
- Northern Gateway’s AA1 issue rating affirmed RAM
- UK Export Finance eyeing railway project segments in Malaysia Edge Star
- CIMB to step up infrastructure, ESG financing in Asean Plus Three Edge NST Star
- Thailand’s new govt pledges economic fixes as Fitch cuts outlook Edge Star
- China bond sell-off deepens as booming stocks lure investors away Edge
- China’s central bank unveils steps to boost yuan bond market in Hong Kong Edge
- New World gets USD508m loan, missing top-end of target Edge
- HSBC wants Hang Seng Bank to clean up bad Hong Kong property debt Edge
- Japan’s 40-year bond yield drops to over a month low after strong auction NST
- Oracle raises USD18b in second-biggest bond sale this year Edge Yahoo
- Lenders scramble to rescue First Brands amid debt turmoil Mail
- Global debt hits record of nearly USD338t Edge
Digital assets
- Malaysia’s SC to liberalise digital asset listing process Edge
- Malaysia aims to monetise digital assets NST
- Australia unveils crypto fines in proposed rules for industry Edge
- European banks to launch euro stablecoin in bid to counter US dominance Edge NST
- Cloudflare unveils US dollar stablecoin for AI-powered internet economy Coindesk
- Stablecoin market could reach USD4t by 2030 Coindesk
- Cryptoasset drop deepens ahead of USD22b options expiry Edge Coindesk
- Bitcoin crumbles below USD109k, but data shows buyers stepping in Cointelegraph
- Centrifuge launches tokenised S&P 500 index fund Coindesk
- SharpLink Gaming set to tokenise its equity on ethereum Coindesk
- Securitize debuts on Sei with Apollo’s USD112m tokenised credit fund Coindesk
- Onchain asset management is booming Coindesk
- KuCoin faces USD14m Canadian action in registration, money laundering Coindesk
M&A
- Gagasan Nadi gets nod for partial purchase of hostel management concession Edge
- Agrobulk’s takeover offer for NuEnergy turns unconditional Edge Star
- EcoWorld, SD Guthrie complete RM573m Negeri Sembilan land deal Edge Star
- F&N to sell PJ property asset for RM180m to fund dairy farm business Edge NST Star
- CapitaLand REIT taps Viko for first India sale since listing Edge
- HSBC to sell Sri Lanka retail banking business to Nations Trust Bank Edge NST
- Trump signs TikTok executive order Edge NST Yahoo
- Merger opens new chapter in Italian banking Star
Malaysian
- Growth pace to further soften in 2026 as exports weaken Edge
- EPF to raise excess savings threshold from 2026 NST
- A strategic shift towards compliance Star
- EU hopes to reach free trade deals with Malaysia, other Asean nations Edge NST Star
- Malaysia, US seek trade deal before Trump’s Oct visit Edge
- Washington flags no issues with Malaysia’s transshipment role NST
- US treads cautiously on semiconductor supply chain NST
- Johor powers Asia-Pacific’s data centre surge NST Star
Other markets
- Indonesia’s INA, Export Development Canada in USD600m partnership Edge
- US says no new tariffs if Asean deals reached NST Star
- Canada strikes Indonesia trade deal, eyes 95% duty-free exports Mail
- China opens digital yuan hub in Shanghai to boost global use Edge
- China unveils measures to boost services exports Star
- Some Bank of Japan policymakers called for future rate hikes Edge
- Fed’s Miran says US economy’s vulnerability calls for rapid cuts Edge
- Fed’s Daly says more cuts likely needed, though timeline unclear Yahoo
- Fed’s Schmid says rate cut was right move to offset job market risks Yahoo
- Fed’s Logan calls for overhaul of central bank rate control toolkit Yahoo
- US economy grows at fastest pace in nearly 2 years on consumer spending Edge
- US weekly jobless claims fall, but labour market softening Edge
- US existing-home sales edge down as high costs stymie buyers Edge
- White House tells agencies to prepare for job cuts in shutdown Edge
- US taxes imports of pharma, kitchen cabinets, furniture and heavy trucks Yahoo
- US opens tariff probes into medical equipment, robots, machinery Edge NST Star
- Swiss regulator says UBS emergency plan still needs work Edge
- Swiss National Bank keeps interest rate at zero, warns of tariff impact Edge NST