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