Capital markets news | Fri 17 Oct 2025
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Budget 2026: Significant allocations are earmarked for Sabah (RM6.9 billion) and Sarawak (RM6 billion), plus big rural infrastructure: clean water, non-revenue water programmes, rural roads, and broadband expansion in remote areas.
Equity
- Powertechnic ACE Market IPO oversubscribed 46 times Edge NST Star
- Mudajaya plans 5-to-1 share consolidation Edge
- Pimpinan Ehsan faces delisting as Bursa rejects time extension Edge NST Star
- Bursa onboards NewParadigm Securities as Islamic participating organisation Edge
- KWAP launches RM2b Dana Iklim+ for climate-focused investments Edge NST Star
- Selangor Life Sciences Accelerator 2025 welcomes 21 promising startups Edge
- China’s rebound in household savings poses risks for stock rally Edge
- Daylight raises USD75m to build decentralised solar Coindesk Cointelegraph
- SharpLink raises USD76.5m to expand ether holdings Coindesk Yahoo
Debt
- Great Eastern Life Malaysia assigned AAA, P1 insurer financial strength ratings RAM
- Zetrix AI’s AA- rating affirmed MARC
- BNM will transition to transaction-based benchmark market rates Edge Star
- PNB launches sustainability-linked Islamic financing Edge NST Star
- Tradeview Capital, Funding Societies launch wholesale private credit fund Edge NST
- ChemOne seeks USD600m private loan for chemical plant in Malaysia Edge Star
- Moody’s places Genting on downgrade watch over debt-funded acquisition Edge
- Thai banks face lending income hit as weak economy persists Edge
- US, China still committed to global debt efforts NST
- US banks tap Fed repo facility as overnight rates climb Edge
- Treasury rally stalls with 2-year yields near Apr lows Star
- Meta to get USD30b financing for Louisiana data centre Yahoo
- JPMorgan’s USD20b EA financing to be split among banks Yahoo
- Wall Street credit worries intensify after Dimon’s cockroach warning Yahoo
- US buys more Argentine pesos, working on USD20b debt facility Edge NST
Digital assets
- G20 risk watchdog warns of significant gaps in global crypto rules Edge
- Emerging cockroaches in TradFi sting bitcoin Coindesk
- Bitcoin tumbles below USD109k due to tightening liquidity conditions Coindesk
- Bitcoin fear index hits yearly low Cointelegraph
- Rise and fall of PIPE model in bitcoin treasury strategies Coindesk
- US Fed’s Barr catalogues dangers in future stablecoin regulations Coindesk
- Stablecoins can cut cross-border payments cost by 99% Coindesk
- Wealth managers must adapt to the greatest capital transfer in history Cointelegraph
M&A
- Farm Price completes acquisition of Johor grocer after court lifts injunction Edge
- Lianson finalises terms of purchase for Vietnam port operation Edge NST
- Binance finalises South Korea’s Gopax acquisition after 2-year delay Yahoo
- Abu Dhabi’s top listed firm creates USD33b investing giant Edge Yahoo
- Ripple buys treasury software firm GTreasury for USD1b Coindesk Yahoo
- Figment acquires blockchain analytics firm Rated Labs Coindesk
- Kraken buys CFTC-regulated Small Exchange for USD100m Yahoo
- Railroads set shareholder vote on transcontinental merger Yahoo
- First Citizens to acquire 138 BMO branches Yahoo
- Chengtun Mining signs agreement to acquire Loncor Gold Yahoo
- DoorDash completes USD3.9b acquisition of UK’s Deliveroo Yahoo
- Bavarian Nordic’s shareholders and board in standoff amid takeover offer Yahoo
Malaysian
- Highlights of BNM’s 1H2025 financial stability review Star
- FIMM reprimands 2 ex-consultants for falsifying documents NST
- Appellate court reinstates director’s CBT, money laundering charges Edge
- Sapura founder applies to revoke gift of 14.85m shares to son Edge Star
- Lestari Tenaga Hijau, China Energy in RM3.5b Kedah solar park project Edge Star
- BNM flags tough outlook for business from cost pressures, global uncertainties Edge
- Growth likely slowed in 3Q as US tariffs temper export momentum Edge
- Malaysia falls 11 spots in global property rights index NST
Other markets
- UBS ramps up scrutiny of Asia clients after Singapore scandal Edge
- Singapore’s DBS, Banque Saudi Fransi boost payment flows across Asia Edge
- Singapore wealth fund accuses EV maker Nio of inflating revenue Edge Mail
- IMF official urges China to shift fiscal focus away from industrial policy Edge
- Bessent says yen will find its own level if Bank of Japan follows proper policy Edge
- Bank of Japan chief signals need for more data in deciding Oct move Yahoo
- IMF upgrades Asia’s growth forecast, warns of risks Edge
- Australian unemployment hits 4-year high, rate cut back in play Edge Star
- Bank of America, BNY sued over alleged financial ties to Jeffrey Epstein Edge
- US budget deficit falls 2% to USD1.775t in fiscal 2025 Yahoo
- UK needs billions in buffer to end tax hikes Star
- Ikea reports very low consumer confidence across 63 markets Mail