Capital markets news | Wed 12 Nov 2025
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Equity
- Investors snap up Aquawalk IPO shares ahead of ACE Market listing Edge
- ACE Market-bound PSP Energy sets IPO price at 16 sen Edge NST Star
- MTT Shipping & Logistics targets Main Market listing Edge Star
- New fund raising exercise likely for Axis REIT Star
- Solar District Cooling reprimanded over public spread on listing Edge NST Star
- Bursa introduces cyber resilience enhancements for brokers Edge Star
- Private funding in Southeast Asia’s digital economy lags global level Edge Mail NST
- Indian fintech firm Pine Labs’ USD440m IPO subscribed on final day Yahoo
- Asian travel platform Klook is filing for a New York IPO Yahoo
- Genspark becomes newest AI unicorn after winning LG, SBI funding Edge
- Crypto derivatives startup Lighter raises USD68m at USD1.5b valuation Coindesk
- Brian Kahn charged over collapse of USD294m Prophecy fund Star
Debt
- Westports’ AAA sukuk ratings affirmed RAM
- Amanahraya REIT to establish RM2b medium-term note programme Edge Star
- Cape EMS secures financing for expansion plans linked to JS-SEZ Edge
- Applications for personal loans over RM100k need 15-min financial course Edge Mail
- BNM’s FTC policy revision to ensure fairer deals for financial consumers NST
- KKR, Singtel seek USD3.8b loan for STT GDC buyout Edge Star
- China tightens rules for state-owned firms to add foreign debt Edge
- PBOC pushes yuan borrowing abroad to internationalise currency Edge
- Turbo Energy to tokenise clean energy financing Coindesk
- Intain, FIS roll out tokenised loan marketplace for small banks Coindesk
- AI’s USD5t data-centre boom will dip into every debt market Edge Star
Digital assets
- Bitcoin traders are still rattled after USD340b wipeout Edge
- Bitcoin slips toward USD103k Coindesk
- Ethereum is the infrastructure for Wall Street Coindesk
- Brazil’s central bank sets crypto rules, establishes USD7m capital bar Coindesk
- ClearToken wins UK regulator approval for digital asset settlement service Coindesk
- Bank of England proposes GBP20k cap on retail stablecoin holdings Yahoo
- Global securities watchdog says tokenisation creates new risks Edge
M&A
- Vestland largest shareholders’ takeover offer ends with 0.01% acceptance Edge
- LBS Bina sells 2 parcels of Johor Bahru land for RM110m Edge NST Star
- Invalid acquisition, but landowner entitled only to compensation and not land Edge
- Landowner seeks stay order against Kg Jawa land acquisition for WCE project Edge
- Elliott takes Toyota Industries stake, contests buyout price Edge
- TGE to acquire Ritz Carlton hotel in Perth, Australia Yahoo
- Mergers are back but Wall Street’s not buying the hype Yahoo
- Parker-Hannifin to buy Filtration Group for USD9.25b Yahoo
- Lido Advisors to acquire USD1.2b RIA in New Jersey Yahoo
- Wealthspire pens first deal since Madison Dearborn acquisition Yahoo
- B2B payments platform Paystand acquires crypto payroll service Bitwage Yahoo
- Ranger Energy acquires American Well Services for USD90.5m Yahoo
- Canadian insurer creates London unit to manage USD178b Edge
- Coinbase and UK stablecoin startup BVNK call off USD2b acquisition Yahoo
- Feragaia sells majority stake to Isle of Raasay owner Yahoo
Malaysian
- 1MDB asset recovery in final stage, another RM1b eyed Edge
- Govt allocates RM1.97b for Phase 2 SSPA pension adjustments Edge
- Wholesale, retail trade accelerates to 14-month high in Sep Edge Mail Star
- Services sector revenue up 6.3% in 3Q to RM657.7b NST
- Labour market to stay strong through 2026, services sector to lead hiring Edge Star
Other markets
- Garuda’s fleet growth at risk as Danantara trims funding Edge
- China opens state-dominated sectors wider to private investments Edge
- Asia’s wealthy lack succession plans as riches near USD99t Edge
- Dollar carry trades set to trounce world’s booming stock markets Edge
- Bessent deflects inflation concerns, sees better times in 2026 Edge
- US companies shed jobs in late Oct Edge
- CEOs sound least worried about an economic slowdown since 2007 Edge
- US small-business optimism in Oct dips to 6-month low on earnings Edge
- Highest unemployment since Covid lifts chance of BOE rate cut Edge
- US shutdown nears end as Senate passes deal Edge Cointelegraph
- UK retail sales growth slows ahead of Black Friday Edge NST Star
- Google to invest around USD6b in Germany Edge NST
- Microsoft plans to invest USD10b in Portugal AI data hub Edge
- AMD CEO says AI data centre market will be worth USD1t by 2030 Yahoo

