Capital markets news | Tue 7 Oct 2025
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Housing consistently accounts for the largest share of household assets across income groups, and especially for B40 and M40. For B40, the next largest asset is usually EPF (Employees Provident Fund) savings.
Equity
- Powertechnic starts taking orders from investors for ACE Market IPO Edge NST Star
- HHRG plans 2-for-5 bonus issue of warrants Edge
- Malaysia saw RM577m net foreign inflow last week Edge Mail NST Star
- Thailand to ease IPO, foreign listing rules in market revamp Edge
- Philippine water company Maynilad files preliminary prospectus for IPO Edge
- Tata Capital takes orders for India’s largest IPO of 2025 Edge
- LG’s India IPO said to attract Abu Dhabi, Norway, Singapore wealth funds Edge
- US to take 10% stake in Trilogy Metals to unlock Alaska mining Yahoo
- AI chipmaker Cerebras withdraws plans for US stock market debut Yahoo
- IPO revival unlikely to reverse 3-decade slide in stock exchange listings Yahoo
- Nasdaq has become the market of choice for dubious penny-stock IPOs Yahoo
- London’s IPO drought breaks with test from trio of British firms Edge
- British lender Shawbrook unveils IPO in needed boost for LSE Edge
- Ottobock set for biggest German IPO in more than a year Edge
Debt
- ORIX Leasing and ORIX Credit AA2, P1 ratings affirmed RAM
- Cagamas’ ratings affirmed MARC
- Malaysia bond sale draws weakest demand of 2025 on rates, supply Edge Star
- Auditor general urges govt to monitor borrowings as RM490b due in 5 years Edge
- UOB Malaysia prices RM455m green SRI sukuk for Exsim Edge Star
- Banking sector gains traction as loan growth picks up post-OPR cut NST
- Agrobank urges continued support for SJPP in Budget 2026 Star
- Sime Darby provides RM34m shareholders advances to Battersea NST Star
- Yen, bonds selloff as Takaichi win spurs bets of fiscal easing NST Yahoo
- Adani Green gets USD250m in first offshore loan since probe Edge
- Goldman sees Japan bond shocks spilling over to Treasuries Yahoo
- US online holiday spending expected to rise 5.3%, fuelled by debt Edge
Digital assets
- Bitcoin’s weekend rally fuelled by record bets in options markets Edge Coindesk
- 3 bitcoin charts bulls are watching after weekly all-time high close Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin options market now big enough to move spot prices Coindesk
- Digital asset funds record USD5.95b inflows, AUM climbs to all-time high Yahoo
- Stablecoin surge could trigger USD1t exit from emerging market banks Coindesk
- Figure is a blockchain pioneer in credit markets Coindesk
- Crypto’s meteoric rise could make or break Africa Cointelegraph
M&A
- Ta Win ends sale of pharma business stake as buyer can’t secure funding Edge
- Wisma HELP up for sale by tender, agents say it could fetch up to RM60m Edge
- IGB Commercial-REIT explores new acquisitions Star
- IHH’s Fortis takeover bid unlikely to succeed, says CIMB NST
- Indonesia transfers seized assets to state tin miner as crackdown intensifies Edge
- Toyota industries USD31b buyout plan faces antitrust delays Edge
- Fifth Third buys Comerica for USD10.9b to create ninth largest US bank Yahoo
- Greenspring, Wealthstream merge to create USD10b employee-owned firm Yahoo
- Centersquare acquires 10 data centres in USD1b expansion Yahoo
- Edelman Financial Engines buys Wisconsin RIA Hasenberg Financial Group Yahoo
- SportsMed Physical Therapy expands with WeCare Medical acquisition Yahoo
- Ondo Finance acquires Oasis Pro to expand US tokenised securities platform Yahoo
- US-based DoorDash finalises USD3.8b takeover of UK’s Deliveroo Yahoo
- Ardian to buy Irish utility Energia in deal valued at USD3b Yahoo
- Adnoc offers EU remedies in EUR12b Covestro deal probe Edge
Malaysian
- SC eyes RM2b assets under single family office scheme by end-2026 Edge Star
- Govt gazettes zero-tax rule for family offices in Forest City NST
- Jho Low and associates misappropriated multi-billion dollars from 1MDB Edge
- Witness insists Jho Low not behind fund transfers into Najib’s accounts Edge
- Durian exports to China hit RM6.37b from 2018-2025 Edge
- Bioeconomy Corp, South Korea’s Polaris Bio to invest RM700m in palm WTE Edge
Other markets
- Vietnam’s footwear exports to US fell 27% in Sep amid Trump tariffs Edge
- Better policies, deeper markets help emerging economies weather shocks Edge
- Japan’s Takaichi could tolerate another central bank rate hike by Jan Edge
- Argentines blow billions abroad, fan peso crisis Star
- Top fund managers urge BOE to halt gilt sales as over high borrowing costs Mail
- ECB’s Guindos and Lane signal little urgency to change rates for now Edge
- Net-Zero Banking Alliance folds after mass exodus by members Edge