Capital markets news | Mon 6 Oct 2025


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B40 households are those with a monthly household income below RM4,850. M40 earn RM4,851 to RM10,959. T20 earn RM10,960 and above. 25 % of household borrowers have debt service ratio (DSR) exceeding 60%.

Equity

  • THMY gets Rakuten buy call ahead of ACE listing NST
  • Plytec shelves Main Market listing transfer Edge
  • Fortune Frontline subscribes for 18.8% of SC Estate Builder via placement Edge
  • Bursa rejects KNM’s regularisation plan Edge Star
  • Reliance is said to hold talks with banks for record Jio IPO Edge
  • Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley to lead Beta Technologies’ IPO Yahoo
  • Blackstone explores USD10b IPO or sale of Ancestry.com Yahoo
  • US eyes stake in Greenland rare earths firm to counter China’s dominance Mail
  • UK turns to Goldman Sachs to help rescue London’s IPO market Yahoo
  • The big AI trade in Europe is all about data centres and power Edge
  • Why fears of a trillion-dollar AI bubble are growing Edge

Debt

  • PLNG2’s AAA rating affirmed MARC
  • TTM SPV’s AAA rating affirmed MARC
  • Southern Power’s sukuk AA- rating affirmed MARC
  • TSH’s sukuk AA- rating affirmed MARC
  • Ringgit bonds stay resilient Star
  • Weststar secures RM1.3b from MBSB for aviation expansion Edge Mail Star
  • Zelan seeks court protection to pursue scheme of arrangement NST
  • GIC sees hype bubble in AI ventures, risk of bond selloffs Edge
  • Vietnam central bank says will prioritise growth, sees big credit expansion Edge
  • Brazil and China team up to create new investment fund Edge
  • India central bank proposes to ease foreign borrowing rules for firms Edge
  • Emerging markets on a roll Star
  • Bond traders dare to go longer before 4% yield disappears Yahoo
  • Rich world puts its public-finance quagmire on show Edge
  • Rich pickings in Nordic market Star

Digital assets

  • Bitcoin nears record over debasement trade Edge Mail NST Coindesk Cointelegraph
  • Bitcoin corrects from USD125k: Where will price bottom? Cointelegraph
  • Bitcoin at historic highs: 3 critical levels to watch now Coindesk
  • Bitcoin’s key trends suggest price still has plenty of room to run Coindesk
  • Bitcoin set for quick run to USD135k and beyond Coindesk
  • Solana is the new Wall Street Coindesk Cointelegraph
  • Speculative retail trading is good for financial markets Coindesk
  • What SWIFT’s blockchain means for stablecoins and global banks Coindesk
  • The internet’s most important real estate is being left behind Cointelegraph

M&A

  • IHH gets regulatory nod for Fortis Deal, ending 7-year hold-up Edge
  • GIP nears deal to buy Aligned Data Centers for about USD40b Edge
  • Uber buys data labelling startup in push to sell AI services Edge
  • Activision officials must face claims over Microsoft takeover Edge
  • Space tech firm  Firefly buys security tech firm SciTec for USD855m Yahoo
  • Geotab buys commercial operations of Verizon’s Connect telematics business Yahoo
  • OpenAI acquires AI-powered personal investing app Roi Yahoo
  • Workday completes acquisition of candidate experience agent Paradox Yahoo

Malaysian

  • Short-term interbank rates end steady on BNM’s operations NST
  • Deficit target to narrow to 3.4% under 2026 Budget NST
  • Court bars Tarek Obaid from trading his Palantir stock in 1MDB freeze order Edge
  • Malaysia climbs 2 spots to 35th in global economic freedom index NST
  • Malaysia sets regional example on GovTech, says World Bank Edge NST
  • Malakoff secures 30-year PPA for 100MW solar plant in Bintulu Edge NST Star
  • Leader Energy to develop 100MW solar farm in Sarawak NST Star
  • Solarvest-Press Metal JV to develop RM380m solar plant in Mukah NST Star

Other markets

  • Singapore banks to impose 24-hour cooling off period Edge
  • Inflation up 2.65% on rising gold prices Star
  • Vietnam economy grows 8.22% in 3Q, despite US tariffs Edge NST
  • Fractured crossroads: How Southeast Asia is splitting in 2 Edge
  • China urges Trump to lift security curbs in push for deals Edge
  • BOJ’s Ueda warns of global uncertainty, keeps markets guessing on next hike Edge
  • Takaichi win as Japan leader may delay, not derail, BOJ rate hikes Yahoo
  • Japan’s USD1.8t pension fund puts impact investing on the agenda Yahoo
  • Indian regulator denies reports on family offices oversight Edge
  • RBI bid to globalize rupee to test India’s market depth Edge
  • Iran approves plan to slash 4 zeros from currency Mail
  • Fed’s Miran wants aggressive rate cuts Edge
  • Maybe the Fed shouldn’t be cutting interest rates Edge
  • Fed’s use of balance sheet wasn’t unconventional Edge
  • US banks expect victory in capital requirements as regulators revamp rules Edge
  • Goldman CEO expects US economy, dealmaking to accelerate Edge
  • US services sector stalls as new orders slow to a crawl, employment weak Edge
  • US initial jobless claims edge up to 224k in Goldman analysis Edge
  • US job growth is slowing even without government data to show it Edge
  • UK business activity grows at slowest pace in 5 months Star
  • French PM plans new tax on people earning over EUR250k a year Edge
  • 2/3 of Swiss fear impact if UBS were to exit country Edge
  • Eurozone services growth picked up slightly in Sep Edge
  • ECB’s Lagarde calls for non-banks to face tougher scrutiny Edge
  • ECB’s Schnabel says financial markets may be getting complacent Edge

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