Capital markets news | Fri 24 Oct 2025
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Equity
- THMY almost triples in best ACE Market debut in 2 years Edge NST Star
- Mercury Securities to underwrite PSP Energy’s ACE Market IPO in Dec Edge Star
- Hengyuan rights issue oversubscribed by 122.8%, raises RM234m Edge Mail Star
- Khee San auditor flags going concern uncertainty with regularisation delayed Edge
- Singapore’s Grab backs May Mobility to advance robotaxi plans Edge
- HKEX CEO says geopolitics and economic uncertainty may dim IPO outlook Yahoo
- Blackstone beats profit estimates on private equity, credit strength Edge
- Blackstone looks to IPOs for investment exits Yahoo
- Polymarket seeks investment at valuation of USD12b-USD15b Coindesk
- Hyperliquid Strategies files to raise USD1b for HYPE purchases Yahoo
Debt
- Edra Solar’s ASEAN sustainability SRI sukuk AA2 rating affirmed RAM
- SkyWorld’s sukuk programmes A(cg), MARC-1 (cg) ratings affirmed MARC
- Johor Port’s AA-, MARC-1 ratings affirmed MARC
- Nature-positive finance poised for expansion Star
- Sunway taps SGD600m term loan for MCL Land purchase Edge Star
- Indonesia changes tack in bid to get banks to lend more, boost growth Edge
- China finds costly new way of extending Xi’s global yuan push Edge
- Emerging Asia’s real yields surge in split with nominal rates Edge
- USD561m municipal bonds for Genting’s hotel sale delayed over merger Edge Star
- SoftBank taps dollar and euro bond markets to raise USD2.9b Edge Star
- Lloyds downgrades guidance as motor finance scandal bites Edge
Digital assets
- Binance’s CZ pardoned by Trump in latest crypto clemency Edge Coindesk
- Bitcoin key volume indicator signals potential sell-off below USD100k Coindesk
- Bitcoin chart is echoing the 1970s soybean bubble Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin climbs to USD111k as whipsaw action in crypto continues Coindesk
- Bitcoin options open interest surges to record USD50b on Deribit Coindesk
- Bitcoin’s institutional test case in digital asset treasuries Coindesk
- Gold token market swells to USD3.9b as CZ calls it a trust me bro asset Coindesk
- The growth of stablecoins Coindesk
- Stablecoin transactions reach USD46t Cointelegraph
- Crypto market maker B2C2 launches instant, zero-fee stablecoin swaps Coindesk
- Swiss crypto bank Amina partners Tokeny in asset tokenisation Coindesk
- Crypto industry must evolve to match real-world security risks Coindesk
M&A
- Magna Prima takeover offer by largest shareholders turns unconditional Edge Star
- Metro Healthcare buys RMC Specialist for RM320k in related party transaction Edge
- Bursa warns MAA to follow rules in sale of KNM’s unit or face action Edge NST
- Kintan Prima completes takeover of Jasa Kita Star
- Japan’s Jera to buy US shale gas assets for USD1.5b, eyes output increase Edge Yahoo
- CenterPoint to sell Ohio gas business to National Fuel for USD2.62b Yahoo
- Alkermes to acquire Avadel for USD2.1b Yahoo
- Georgia-Pacific completes purchase of Anchor Packaging Yahoo
- MJH Life Sciences announces acquisition of BPD Healthcare Yahoo
- Crypto M&A surges 30-fold as niche firms shift to mainstream Edge
- Fireblocks acquires Dynamic to expand on-chain developer stack Coindesk
- DeFi specialist Aave Labs acquires Stable Finance Coindesk
- European firms agree satellite merger to counter Starlink Edge Mail NST Yahoo
- Ipsen to buy French biotech company ImCheck Therapeutics Yahoo
Malaysian
- Foreign reserves steady at USD123.4b as at mid-Oct Edge NST Star
- Inflation forecast to stay mild for rest of the year Star
- Bank officer faces 104 new corruption charges involving nearly RM400k Edge
- Najib’s phone call held no sway over 1MDB’s JV with Petrosaudi Edge
- Upstream O&G investments total RM256b from 2018-2024 Edge Star
- Malaysia on track to achieve renewable energy capacity Edge
- EUDR reclassification as low risk country eyed Edge
- Malaysia potential site for Cathay-Airbus USD70m SAF project NST
Other markets
- Singapore’s core inflation inches up on transport, healthcare Edge
- Ex-Citi banker jailed longest in Singapore laundering case Edge
- Doubts over Bali’s readiness to transform into a global financial hub Star
- Vietnam’s economy aims for 10% annual GDP growth Star
- Asean must move beyond removing trade barriers NST
- China says must vigorously boost consumption after key meeting ends Mail
- Japan’s Takaichi seeks official group to ward off risky foreign investors Edge
- South Korea keeps rates on hold over hot housing market Edge Star
- JPMorgan, Citi wade into Argentine forex to help US halt peso slide Star
- Russia threatens painful response if EU takes its frozen assets Edge