Capital markets news | Thu 6 Nov 2025
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Special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in Malaysia: After Sona’s failure in 2016, no new SPACs were filed and the framework became dormant. In Mar 2022, the SC officially suspended the SPAC framework citing the lack of market interest and their need to review the relevance of the framework.
Equity
- ETFs activity quietly picking up, need more efforts to sustain momentum Edge
- AmInvest, Bursa launch SRI-qualified ETF Edge Star
- Pimpinan Ehsan proposed regularisation plan under ministerial review Edge
- Destini files annual report ahead of trading suspension deadline NST Star
- RM2.7b foreign outflow ends brief market inflow NST
- Singapore-based Video Rebirth raises USD50m for AI video platform Edge
- Global private equity funds consider return to China as investors pivot from US Edge
- Chinese luxury vehicle maker Seres falls in Hong Kong debut Edge Yahoo
- Nasdaq-listed WeRide loses 13.7% ahead of Hong Kong dual listing Yahoo
- Uzbekistan’s first tech unicorn Uzum eyes pre-IPO funding in Hong Kong Yahoo
- Baby Shark creator prices South Korean IPO at top of range Edge
- Insurance tech firm Exzeo raises USD168m in US IPO Yahoo
- SoftBank’s PayPay US listing review stalled by government shutdown Edge
- Armis raises USD435m pre-IPO round at USD6.1b valuation Yahoo
- OpenAI is not working on an IPO yet Yahoo
- Singapore’s central bank joins chorus of tech stock warnings Edge Star
- Norway suspends wealth fund divestment of Israel-linked tech firms Edge
- Global chip sell-off erases USD500b in value as fears mount Edge
Debt
- Yinson’s proposed RM2b sukuk assigned A1 rating RAM
- Yinson’s proposed RM2b sukuk assigned preliminary A+ rating MARC
- Lenders to chart steady expansion path ahead Star
- Exim Bank extends USD70m financing to Berjaya Okinawa Edge Mail NST Star
- Indonesia raises USD1.69b from regular bond auction NST
- Indonesia’s high-speed rail operator to get state support with debts Edge
- Private credit has a public confidence problem Edge
- Bank of England wants lenders to remove extra capital buffers in growth drive Edge
- Reeves must run surpluses to stop UK debt surge Star
- Global banks step up financing to companies behind deforestation Edge
Digital assets
- Hong Kong charges 16 in USD205m JPEX crypto fraud probe Yahoo
- Crypto hit by bitcoin whales dumping USD45b in bets Edge
- Bitcoin bulls’ last stand? USD95k Coindesk
- Bitcoin is infrastructure, not digital gold Cointelegraph
- Crypto’s retail era rattled with ETFs facing USD89,600 pain point Edge
- US govt shutdown stretches to 36 days, risking derailing crypto bill Coindesk
- Citi, DTCC say tokenised collateral works, regulators must keep pace Coindesk
- Ripple’s RLUSD to power Mastercard credit card settlements Coindesk
- Balancer releases post-mortem report after USD116m hack Cointelegraph
- Canada begins march toward stablecoin regulations Coindesk
M&A
- Crescendo sells Johor Baru land for RM4m Star
- YTL Power wins AUD284m tax dispute linked to ElectraNet disposal Edge
- Google clears DOJ antitrust hurdle for USD32b Wiz deal Edge Yahoo
- Unilever ice cream spinoff pushed to Dec on US shutdown Edge
- Precision Concepts expands packaging portfolio with Comar purchase Yahoo
- UPS concludes Andlauer Healthcare acquisition Yahoo
- Ooma to acquire FluentStream for USD45m in cash Yahoo
- Spain’s Cerealto marks US entry with stake in Fresca Foods Yahoo
- Global Payments celebrates M&A regulatory wins Yahoo
- TriMas to sell aerospace segment for USD1.45b Yahoo
- Ovintiv to acquire Canada’s NuVista Energy in USD2.7b deal Yahoo
Malaysian
- Maintaining OPR at 2.75% provides better predictability Star
- Heavy task awaits GLICs on US investment commitments Edge
- BNM urges collaboration, creativity against financial crimes Edge Mail NST Star
- Stronger cross-border collaboration urged to fight financial crime Edge
- Economy remains resilient, supported by global tech demands NST Star
- Govt considers carbon tax at RM15 a tonne to cut pollution Edge Star
- Penang’s Silicon X makes breakthrough with first Malaysian FPGA chip Mail
Other markets
- Singapore rejected 3% of 1,300 family office applications in past 3 years Edge
- Protests, sluggish demand dampen Indonesia’s growth to 5% Edge Star
- Global supply chain shifting towards Southeast Asia amid trade disruptions Edge
- Premier Li says China’s economy to surpass USD23.9t in 5 years Edge Mail Star
- China’s services gauge extends growth streak even as economy slows Edge
- China bans foreign AI chips from state-funded data centres Edge NST
- Japan regulator urges companies to deploy mounting cash piles Edge
- Japan’s top currency official sees some yen moves deviating from fundamentals Edge
- New Zealand jobless rate hits 5.3%, highest since 2016 Star
- Fed’s Miran says reasonable to cut interest rates again in Dec Yahoo
- US services activity expands at fastest pace in 8 months Edge
- US companies added 42k jobs in Oct Edge
- What is a K-shaped economy, and what’s causing the divide? Yahoo
- Supreme Court hears arguments over legality of tariffs Edge Yahoo
- Executive who defrauded JPMorgan Chase sentenced to 5 years in prison Yahoo
- Brazil pitches new forest fund at COP30 Mail
- UK consumers bracing for higher taxes from budget Edge
- UK savers pulling cash from pensions ahead of budget Edge