Capital markets news | Tue 18 Nov 2025
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Equity
- Geohan launches Main Market IPO at 55 sen to raise RM72.6m Edge NST Star
- Chubb Malaysia, local unit of US insurer, files for Main Market listing Edge
- Coffee and tea powder manufacturer Butterfield files for ACE Market listing Edge
- IOI Properties’ REIT listing expected to unlock value Star
- PTT Synergy proposes RM56m private placement for construction, property Edge
- Net foreign inflow RM476m ending Bursa’s 5-week selling streak Edge Star
- Indonesia plans 25% free-float level to deepen market Edge
- China’s Unitree Robotics completes pre-IPO tutoring for onshore listing Yahoo
- L’Oréal buys second Chinese skincare stake as locals gain market share Edge Star
- India’s IPO boom masks uneven returns for investors Edge
- JPMorgan says tech deals backlog is biggest in years in Asia Pacific Edge
- SEC faces IPO backlog, packed regulatory agenda after shutdown Yahoo
- Peter Thiel’s fund sells off entire Nvidia stake in 3Q Edge
- Strategy sells USD136m in preferred stock, adds 8,178 bitcoin Yahoo
- EQT billionaire Salata takes on Wall Street titans Star
- Sofinnova closes EUR650m healthcare fund for early-stage ventures Yahoo
Debt
- Zamarad’s Tranche 2, 3, 5, 8, 9 and 10 sukuk ratings affirmed RAM
- Bank Rakyat issues RM600m sukuk Edge
- Court of Appeal orders Halim Saad, Hektar Premier to pay RM62.03m to MBSB Edge
- Setback at ChemOne’s USD5.3b Pengerang project Edge
- Fiscal fears push more Japanese bond yields to multi-decade highs Edge
- Nomura said to probe if profits inflated at India bond desk Edge
- Amazon raises USD15b in first US bond sale in 3 years Edge Yahoo
Digital assets
- Singapore Exchange to launch bitcoin and ether perpetual futures Edge
- Trump’s Maldives hotel will be a tokenised real estate project Coindesk
- Bitcoin humbles Wall Street faithful after USD600b fall Edge
- Bitcoin slips below USD93k as crypto worsens, local bottom could be near Coindesk
- Bitcoin price under pressure, self-fulfilling prophecy puts 4-year cycle in focus Yahoo
- Fear engulfs bitcoin traders betting on free fall to USD80k Yahoo
- Crypto ETPs see biggest weekly outflows as investors pull USD2b Cointelegraph
- Crypto’s riskiest coins plummet to lows not seen since pandemic Edge
- DappRadar shuts down, citing financially unsustainable market Coindesk
- CoinMarketCap, Reserve launch index token offering top 20 crypto exposure Yahoo
- ECB warns USD300b stablecoin market could trigger global financial crisis Yahoo
M&A
- Govt, Semantan to update court on assessment for compensation Edge
- Petronas ropes in Jefferies for sale of non-core assets Edge
- Carlsberg may sell some Asia operations, Sapporo in talks Edge
- OTR Solutions, TruckSmarter fintech merger transforming freight Yahoo
- Sealed Air agrees to sell to private equity firm for USD6.2b Yahoo
- J&J to buy Halda Therapeutics in USD3.05b cash deal Edge
- Family offices merge to create USD10b wealth manager Yahoo
- JBS US venture buys Hickman’s Egg Ranch Yahoo
- FERC approves NRG Energy plan to buy 12.9GW of gas-fired generation Yahoo
- TransAlta acquires 310MW natural gas portfolio in Ontario Yahoo
- TotalEnergies to buy stake in EPH power assets for EUR5.1b Edge Yahoo
- DKSH said to bid for Swiss drug distributor Swixx Biopharma Edge
Malaysian
- Expectation of stable OPR in 2026 boosts ringgit Edge
- EPF 3Q net investment income grows 27% Edge Mail NST Star
- Armizan touts Sabah sovereign wealth fund if GRS wins state polls Edge
- HSBC sees Malaysia exceeding govt forecast as momentum builds Edge NST
- Yearly growth to hit upper forecast range Star
- OCBC flags gradual cooling of Malaysia’s economy next year NST
- Main manufacturing sectors under NIMP 2030 attract RM29.2b investments Edge
- Transport ministry studying Trans Borneo Railway, findings by mid-2026 Edge
- Selangor eyeing nuclear energy adoption within next 5 years Edge
Other markets
- Thai 3Q GDP growth 1.2%, weakest in 4 years Edge NST Star
- China pulls back govt spending by most in over 4 years Edge Yahoo
- US sanctions propel China AI prodigy to USD23b fortune Edge
- Japan’s GDP shrinks, backing Takaichi’s case for fiscal stimulus Edge NST Star
- Slow Kiwi population growth hampers recovery Star
- Fed’s Waller calls for Dec rate cut, while Jefferson wants to move slowly Yahoo