Capital markets news | Thu 13 Nov 2025
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Equity
- Farmiera closes slightly higher on ACE Market debut Edge NST
- Auditor doubts survival of Advance Information Marketing Edge Star
- SC seeks feedback on market segmentation review Edge NST Star
- Bursa launches ThoughtStream to encourage independent research Edge Star
- Innolight is said to pick banks for one of Hong Kong’s biggest listings Edge
- New World’s talks with foreign investors stall over concessions Edge
- TSMC stock caps hinder funds worth USD100b from cashing in Edge
- Red flags emerge in world’s best stock index as volatility soars Edge
- Groww parent jumps in trading debut after USD749m India IPO Edge Yahoo
- Adani flagship prices USD2.8b rights issue at 24% discount Edge
- India markets regulator plans wide-ranging reforms to woo foreign investors Edge
- Kim Kardashian’s Skims valued at USD5b in new funding round Edge
- Ex-Twitter CEO’s AI search startup Parallel raises USD100m Yahoo
- White House exploring rules that would upend shareholder voting Edge
- Self-driving truck firm Einride to go public via USD1.8b SPAC deal Edge Yahoo
Debt
- Abraj’s Amanah Raya guaranteed sukuk assigned AAA(s) rating RAM
- UOB Malaysia’s AAA, P1 ratings affirmed RAM
- SD Guthrie’s RM2.1b sukuk refinancing to lift FY26 earnings by RM42m NST Star
- Fitch warns of Vietnam bank risks as state pushes loan growth Edge
- India’s RBI shields currency and bond markets as US tariffs bite Star
- Australian home loans soar to record, reinforcing RBA pause Edge
- NY Fed’s Perli encourages use of standing repo facility for liquidity needs Yahoo
- Trump’s 50-year mortgage loses steam as industry questions costs Edge Mail
- Sallie Mae joins forces with private equity giant KKR Yahoo
- Russia to sell its first yuan-denominated domestic bonds on 8 Dec Edge
- Investors now see some companies as safer bets than governments Edge
Digital assets
- Cambodia’s Prince Group denies link to global crypto scam Edge Mail
- New US strike force targets overseas pig butchering, Myanmar hit Coindesk
- China accuses US of orchestrating USD13b bitcoin hack Edge
- Dubai court freezes USD456m linked to Techteryx bailout Coindesk
- Crypto exchange Coinbase to reincorporate in Texas, exit Delaware Edge
- JPMorgan deposit token jolts digital asset push Star
- Bitcoin plunges below USD102k Coindesk Cointelegraph
- A USD25b bitcoin bet frays as doubt hits big buyers Yahoo
- Bybit finds 16 blockchains with power to freeze user funds Cointelegraph
- Rise of digital asset treasury companies Coindesk
- Crypto investor Dan Tapiero sees AI-blockchain fuelling next big wave Coindesk
- US SEC chief says clarity coming on crypto tied to investment contracts Coindesk
- SEC chair pledges no lax enforcement on crypto Cointelegraph
- Did Bank of England stablecoin blunder just spook USD2b Coinbase deal? Yahoo
M&A
- YNH Property extends Desa Sri Hartamas land sale deadline to mid-2026 Edge
- M&A Equity buys 60% of stock market data analytics firm for RM2.03m Edge
- Indonesia government backs planned merger of Grab and GoTo Edge
- Pertamina gears up to merge key business arms by year-end Star
- Dayforce shareholders back Thoma Bravo’s USD12.3b take-private deal Yahoo
- Sonoco finalises sale of ThermoSafe to PE firm Arsenal for USD725m Yahoo
- Clearlake to double assets with nearly USD1b deal Yahoo
- United Capital acquires USD4b Texas advisory firm Yahoo
- Judge denies FTC’s bid to block USD627m Surmodics buyout Yahoo
- Managed logistics provider BlueGrace acquired 3PL peer STB Freight Yahoo
- Packaging company Sealed Air in talks to go private Yahoo
- Equinor completes USD2.33b sale of 40% stake in Peregrino field Yahoo
- Costa Coffee attracts takeover interest from backer of China’s Luckin Edge
- RadNet acquires healthcare management solutions provider CIMAR UK Yahoo
- CDP opposes Nexi’s sale of majority stake in digital banking unit to TPG Yahoo
- BasicNet inks deal to acquire Woolrich Europe from L-Gam Yahoo
- Putin gives green light for sale of Citibank’s Russian operations Edge
Malaysian
- SC’s new fee structure expected to take effect on 1 Jan 2026 Edge
- Capital gains tax on unlisted shares nets RM162m in first year Edge
- Compromise plan crucial Star
- Former CFO charged with wrongful transfer of company funds Edge Star
- Consumer spending data paints upbeat picture of domestic demand Edge
- Construction sector expands 10.6% in 3Q, work value hits RM45.4b Edge
- Project performance below expectations, must improve ahead of 13MP Edge
- Malaysia, Indonesia, India leading Asia’s data centre growth Edge Star
Other markets
- Palm oil set to soar as Indonesia’s biofuel push tightens supply Edge
- Indonesia’s housing finance scheme hits 63% of annual target Star
- PBOC forces rethink of rate-cut path as Goldman sees longer halt Edge
- Japan’s finance chief issues fresh FX warning as yen nears 155 Edge NST
- KDI signals South Korea’s economic growth bottoming out Star
- 2 Federal Reserve officials oppose an interest rate cut in Dec Star Yahoo
- Fed’s Barr calls for guardrails as financial sector adopts AI Yahoo
- Anthropic to invest USD50b to build data centres in US Yahoo
- China declines to invest in Brazil’s tropical forest fund Edge
- Traders bet on UK rate cuts to support weakening economy Yahoo
- Bank of England claims money-printing spree saved GBP125b Yahoo
- UK business wants Reeves to swerve more tax Star
- ECB faces inflation risks from EU carbon delay Star
- The EU should let a thousand Chinese joint ventures bloom Star