Capital markets news | Mon 13 Oct 2025
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Equity
- Ipoh-based bus builder Bus Cap files for ACE Market listing Edge
- Ge-Shen plans RM104m placements, partly to raise stake in local EMS firm Edge
- KWAP, Khazanah to increase investment for startup ecosystem to RM750m Star
- GLICs invest RM1b to boost Bumiputera firms NST
- Resilient financial markets reflective of fundamentals Star
- Thai bourse mulls relaxing some rules to boost market liquidity Edge
- Crypto operator HashKey said to mull Hong Kong listing this year Edge
- Securitize weighs USD1b SPAC merger with Cantor Fitzgerald-backed firm Yahoo
- Galaxy Digital raises USD460m to turn bitcoin mine into data centre Cointelegraph
- Investors pour record USD3.5b into space as investors look beyond big names Edge
Debt
- Bermaz Auto closely monitored following significant underperformance RAM
- Hire purchase reform to hit non-bank lenders and banks with high exposure Edge
- Banking sector resilient with ample buffers NST
- Islamic banking continues to power Malaysia’s economic growth NST
- Household debt normalises to pre-pandemic levels at 84.8% of GDP Edge
- Govt increases loan facilities, guarantee for entrepreneurs to RM50b in 2026 Star
- Debt-to-GDP ratio stable as Fiscal Responsibility Act takes full effect Edge NST Star
- Wider government guarantees need tighter oversight Star
- Stress tests show debt could hit 97% of GDP if govt guarantees materialise Edge
- Debt service charges rise slowly in 2025 with long maturities, domestic funding Edge
- Careful borrowing to safeguard Malaysia’s fiscal position Star
- Malaysia’s debt service charges to grow slower in 2026 Edge Star
- Indonesia raises USD2.54b in US dollar, euro bonds Edge
- Mega deals go hybrid Star
- SoftBank seeks USD5b margin loan backed by Arm stock Edge
- UK household debt at 23-year low offers hope of consumer revival Edge
- World economy faces triple risk of tariffs, AI bubble and soaring debt Edge
- Investors may steepen yield curve on fiscal fears Star
Digital assets
- Crypto’s record selloff leaves everyone wondering over who got wiped out Edge
- Third-largest stablecoin briefly loses dollar peg in crypto rout Edge Coindesk
- Largest ever crypto liquidation event wipes out 6,300 Hyperliquid wallets Coindesk
- Why did some altcoins on Binance crash to zero? Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin’s flash crash sees USD7b crypto liquidation Coindesk
- Bitcoin and gold will outlast any other currency Coindesk
- Bitcoin is not an asset class, says UK’s Hargreaves Lansdown Coindesk
- It’s solana’s turn to fill the corporate crypto war chest Cointelegraph
- Citigroup to join banking coalition developing euro stablecoin Edge
- Indian central bank to launch pilot for certificates of deposit tokenisation Edge
- Blockchain will drive the agent-to-agent AI marketplace boom Coindesk
M&A
- Magma, KLCC sell Impiana KLCC hotel for RM315m Edge NST Star
- UOA Development slapped with RM166m additional tax over sale of asset Edge
- China opens antitrust probe of Qualcomm’s Autotalks deal Edge
- Qualcomm admitted to acquiring Autotalks without informing regulator Edge NST
- New Zealand eyes Chorus securities sale to fund projects NST
- Parsons buys Applied Sciences to bolster water infrastructure capabilities Yahoo
- Warner Bros said to have rejected Paramount’s initial offer as too low Edge
- Johnson & Johnson in talks to acquire Protagonist Therapeutics Edge
Malaysian
- Capital market stays resilient, private fundraising up 8% NST
- Capital Market Master Plan 4 to drive just transition, climate mitigation Edge
- GLICs ready to rise to the challenge of backing national growth Edge NST Star
- 2 Islamic digital banks get conditional approval to join Labuan’s sandbox Edge NST
- Inflation averaged 1.4% in 8M2025 NST
- MACC gets court order to freeze USD115.32m in Prince Turki’ Swiss accounts Edge
- US, Singapore probe Megaspeed which set up Malaysia unit to buy Nvidia chips Edge
- Current account surplus to reach RM34.3b in 2025 NST
- Industrial production index up 4.9% in Aug Edge Star
- Manufacturing sector sales hits RM168.3b, up 2.7% in Aug Edge Star
- Unemployment rate steady at 3% in Aug Edge
- Economy set to stay strong in 2026 with 4%-4.5% growth Edge NST Star
- Govt revenue projected at RM1.07t as fiscal reforms stay on track NST Star
- Revenue boost in 2026 to trail economic growth with narrow tax base Edge
- Fiscal consolidation relies more on spending cuts than revenue growth Edge NST
- Fiscal consolidation and spending plans Star
- Labour income shares need more meaningful boost Edge Star
- Trade to hit RM2.99t in 2025, driven by E&E, palm oil exports NST
- Higher infrastructure funding for East Malaysia under Budget 2026 Edge
Other markets
- Singapore expected to keep monetary policy unchanged on firm growth NST
- Indonesia’s waste-to-energy plan may require USD5.5b of investment NST
- Bank of Thailand chief sees room to ease rate after surprise hold Edge
- Japan wholesale inflation holds steady, yen falls add pressure on BOJ Edge
- Australia’s economy is in pretty good spot Edge
- US consumer sentiment remains subdued on job, price concerns Edge
- US weekly jobless claims increased amid government shutdown NST
- Chinese wind turbine maker to invest up to USD2b in Scottish factory Edge
- Options traders are shifting against the euro at a rare pace Edge
- Options risk premiums rising Star
- The USD600t question: Inflate or innovate? Star