Capital markets news | Wed 5 Nov 2025
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Special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in Malaysia: Some of the reasons mentioned by investors and analysts for SPAC’s failure in Malaysia are (1) investors preferred tangible projects like oil and gas (2) strict QA approval and valuation rules made acquisitions very hard (3) 3-year deadline is too short to conclude oil and gas deals and (4) the oil price crash of 2014-2016 spooked investors.
Equity
- Ekuinas-backed Orkim inks underwriting for Main Market IPO Edge NST Star
- CIMB, Maybank underwrite Wasco Greenergy’s Main Market IPO Edge NST Star
- Polymer Link sets ACE Market IPO price at 25 sen Edge NST Star
- Infobip Shift ignites Asia’s startup momentum in Malaysia NST
- Yinson’s offshore unit considers IPO after USD1b funding Edge
- Thailand plans new incentives to encourage more tech IPOs Edge
- Robotaxi firm WeRide raises USD308m in Hong Kong listing Edge
- Top India broker Groww starts taking orders for USD747m IPO Edge
- Adani flagship’s profit jumps 84%, plans USD2.8b share sale Edge
- Beta Technologies ends first day on NYSE in the green and USD1b raised Yahoo
- AstraZeneca wins shareholder backing for NYSE listing in US pivot Edge
- Digital asset treasury firm Strive announces variable rate preferred stock IPO Yahoo
- Tesla’s USD1t Musk award opposed by Norway wealth fund Edge Mail
- Strategy to issue 3.5m euro-denominated preferred shares to buy bitcoin Yahoo
- Norway pauses wealth fund’s ethical divestments Edge
- AI fintech Optasia lists on Johannesburg Stock Exchange Yahoo
Debt
- Konsortium ProHAWK’s AA2 sukuk rating affirmed RAM
- Agrobank’s AAA ratings affirmed MARC
- HSBC gives RM1b non-govt guaranteed financing to LPPSA Edge NST Star
- Loan demand remains firm despite Sep slowdown NST
- Looming debt repayment put Lotte Chemical’s survival at stake Edge Star
- New financial tool spurs tech projects in China Star
- Boyu seeks USD1.4b for Starbucks China takeover Yahoo
- New World, Vanke debt moves shake up China’s property sector Edge
- Alphabet sells USD25b of corporate bonds in US, Europe Edge Star
- Office Properties ordered to mediate with jilted creditors Edge
- Reeves paves way for tax hikes, pledges to cut UK debt costs Edge
Digital assets
- Hong Kong positioned as stablecoin bridge for mainland Chinese firms Yahoo
- Japan’s crypto players jostle for market share on regulatory easing hopes Yahoo
- US sanctions North Korean bankers over crypto laundering Coindesk
- Bitcoin plunges below USD100k as correction worsens Coindesk Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin treasury firm bubble comes full circle as Sequans sells to cut debt Coindesk
- Coinbase gets flak from bankers in push for trust bank charter Coindesk
- Nasdaq CEO outlines 3 ways blockchain can fix finance Coindesk
- Postmortems can’t stop AI-powered crypto fraud Cointelegraph
M&A
- Techbond acquires RM28m worth of industrial plots in Eco Business Park 7 Edge
- China’s MMG hit by EU probe of USD500m Anglo American deal Edge
- Takaichi says Japan still halfway towards achieving stable prices Edge
- Daiwa beats estimates as M&A dealmaking, equity trading jump Edge
- MAI completes Evoke Advisors acquisition, raising AUM to USD65b Yahoo
- Bluespring lands USD1.41b Kestra-affiliated firm Yahoo
- Merit buys USD715m Wisconsin firm in wake of Constellation stake Yahoo
- Millennium Management divests 15% stake to investor group Yahoo
- Kimberly-Clark, Starbucks push deal boom towards USD4t Edge
- Goldman CEO sees tremendous backlog of large M&A deals Edge
- Coeur to acquire New Gold through definitive agreement Yahoo
- Metsera again chooses Novo as bidding war with Pfizer intensifies Yahoo
- Gunvor CEO says deal for Lukoil global assets is clean break Edge
Malaysian
- Ex-banker stands trial in Switzerland to appeal 1MDB fine Edge
- AGC says assets seized in i-Serve-Allan Goh case have been returned Edge
- Malaysia tops Asean in US tariff exemptions NST
- Malaysia secures favourable tariff cuts under ART NST Star
- Economists flag softer demand as manufacturing PMI falls to 4-month low Edge Star
- Govt generates RM7.88b in green investments, creates over 2k jobs in 2024 Edge Star
- AI adoption rises 35% this year NST Star
- Microsoft to build second cloud region in Malaysia under USD2.2b plan NST
- Malaysia to become one of Asia-Pacific’s largest data centre markets Edge Star
- Malaysia takes quantum leap in cybersecurity readiness NST
- ECRL reaches 88% progress with completion of C1B segment Edge
Other markets
- Singapore manufacturing activity slips in Oct Star
- Impact of US tariffs on Asean economies less severe than anticipated Star
- China urges US to avoid 4 red lines after reaching trade truce Edge
- China launches import promotions to address imbalance concerns Edge
- After China’s long retail downturn, CEOs see consumer spending coming back Edge
- Mainland China, Hong Kong to lead Asia in attracting overseas capital Yahoo
- Japan’s Katayama warns on FX after yen hits fresh 8-month low Edge
- Japan’s factory activity falls at fastest pace in 19 months Star
- KKR plans investment expansion for insurance unit in India Edge
- RBA holds key rate as Bullock says board doesn’t have a bias Edge Star
- Daly says Fed should keep an open mind about Dec rate cut Edge
- Fed’s Cook says labour market concerns outweigh inflation risk Edge
- First Brands sues founder Patrick James for fraudulent transfers Edge
- Poll shows 47% of Americans see large US trade deficit as economic emergency Edge
- Nvidia, Deutsche Telekom unveil plans for USD1.1b AI centre NST