Capital markets news | Tue 21 Oct 2025
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Budget 2026: From 2026, Malaysia is moving stamp duty to a self-assessment system, and e-Invoicing will be fully rolled out for businesses earning more than RM500,000 per year in revenue, aiming to reduce tax leakage, improve compliance, and digitalise revenue collection.
Equity
- Berjaya Corp to raise fresh capital via bonus warrants Edge NST Star
- WM Senibong mulls equity fundraising Star
- Data centre operator DayOne aims to raise over USD1b Edge NST
- Hong Kong’s financial chief says about 200 firms planning IPOs Edge
- Hong Kong set for IPO flurry with Sany Heavy Industry leading the charge Yahoo
- Coca-Cola weighs USD1b IPO of Indian bottling unit Edge NST Star
- Digital asset treasury firm Solana Company brings forward PIPE unlock Coindesk
- Evernorth, Armada sign SPAC deal to raise USD1b for XRP treasury Coindesk Yahoo
- Blockchain.com has held talks to go public via SPAC deal Coindesk
- Man Group assets soar to a record USD214b Edge
Debt
- China’s fiscal revenue picks up pace, officials vow early 2026 bond sales Edge
- Meta, Blue Owl seal USD30b private capital deal for AI Edge
- Google backstop adds new twist to data centre financing frenzy Edge
- US bank rout prompts deal speculation as credit worries loom Edge
- Investor Stupin is also tied to USD270m in troubled debt Edge
- France gets debt warning as S&P downgrades in unscheduled move Edge Mail
- Singapore law firm to sue Switzerland over Asia losses on AT1s Edge
- Softer dollar may rattle global credit Star
Digital assets
- Laos plans to pull plug on crypto miners by early 2026 Edge
- China tech giants halt stablecoin plans amid govt concerns Edge NST Cointelegraph
- Japan’s banks may soon hold bitcoin Yahoo
- Crypto miners riding the AI wave are leaving bitcoin behind Edge
- Centralised exchanges are still favourites for crypto money laundering Coindesk
- Binance among crypto firms hit by French money-laundering checks Edge
- Quantum computing is biggest risk to bitcoin Coindesk
- Bitcoin mining profitability declined more than 7% in Sep Coindesk
- What is Bitcoin if not crypto? Rumoured Satoshi Nakamoto weighs in Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin jumps to USD111k as markets stabilise after Oct sell-off Yahoo
M&A
- Takeover rules in the spotlight, again Star
- Axiata said to have revived plan to sell tower firm Edotco Edge
- Capital A, AAX waive Thai regulatory condition for airline consolidation Edge Star
- EcoWorld buys Semenyih land for RM82m Edge NST Star
- Chin Hin buys Segambut land for RM31.74m after YNH deal collapse Edge NST Star
- China’s ANE gets take-private offer from Temasek-backed consortium Edge
- Alibaba, Ant to buy Hong Kong office space for USD925m Edge
- HSBC vows no layoffs after Hang Seng Bank deal Edge
- Blackstone, TPG near Hologic deal for more than USD17b Edge
- Russell AI Labs seeks to acquire Luminar Yahoo
- London-listed Supreme bets on GLP-1 users with SlimFast acquisition Yahoo
- Gucci owner Kering to sell beauty unit to L’Oreal for USD4.66b Edge Mail Yahoo
- Chipmaker Nexperia says ousted CEO spreading falsehoods Edge
- Dutch minister plans talks with China amid Nexperia chipmaker seizure Mail
Malaysian
- Bursa gets SC notification on new annual regulatory fee, derivatives levy Edge
- Understanding Malaysia’s multi-tiered pension system Star
- Penny stock masterminds lose bid to overturn convictions Edge
- Man fails to strike out charge of abetting former Multi-Code MD Edge NST
- MACC freezes Rohas Tecnic accounts over old contract probe Edge NST Star
- Local companies to face financial reporting shake-up by 2027 Star
- Economy grows faster than expected in 3Q Edge Mail NST Star
- Exports outperform in Sep as shipments to US spike Edge Mail NST Star
- China crude imports fall in Sep to lowest since Aug 2023 NST
- Solarvest associate’s 30MW solar farm under CGPP comes online Edge Star
- Singapore signs 3GW green power deals with Malaysia NST
- Malaysia, Singapore to conduct feasibility study for second power link Edge NST Star
- Sarawak-Singapore cable work to start in 2026 Star
Other markets
- Singapore’s swap rates are set to rise from 3-year low Edge
- Singapore’s Sep exports rise 6.9%, much stronger than forecast NST Star
- Singapore, Thailand look into alleged fraud ring targeted by US Edge
- Thailand to speed up USD9.2b investment projects over next 4 months Edge NST
- Indonesia FDI falls in 3Q, but domestic investment surges NST
- Jakarta mulls VAT cut to boost sluggish consumption Star
- Vietnam targets 10% GDP growth in 2026 NST
- Asean inbound FDIs projected to grow to USD370b by 2030 Edge
- China’s economic slowdown highlight structural risks Edge Mail NST Yahoo
- UBS, HSBC hire aggressively in USD8t Taiwan wealth market Edge
- China gangs exploit US gift cards to move stolen cash Edge
- Aussie jobless rate jumps to 4-year high Star
- US, Australia to invest USD2b in critical minerals, advance Alcoa project Edge
- BlackRock’s GIP joins Exxon in backing new CO2 accounting model Edge
- Tariffs are here to stay and US manufacturing can’t keep up Yahoo
- UK launches Sterling 20 club to drum up investment NST
- Italy to raise by 50% flat tax on ultra rich to EUR300k Mail
- Supply chain crunch to cost airlines over USD11b in 2025 NST
- Complacent investors risk sudden market shock Star