Capital markets news | Thu 20 Nov 2025
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Tokenisation of equity: A blockchain-based smart contract defines the token’s supply, transfer rules, voting rights, dividend logic, and compliance restrictions. It acts as the digital share registry, enforcing the equity’s economic and governance features automatically.
Equity
- Aquawalk rallies to close almost 23% higher on first day of trading Edge NST Star
- Ekuinas-backed Orkim prices Main Market IPO at 92 sen Edge NST Star
- HE Group to move to Main Market on 21 Nov Edge
- RHB values BMS at 15 times PER Star
- Capital market outlook strengthens Star
- Singapore woos growth firms with easier SGX-Nasdaq dual listing Edge
- Vietnamese stock market poised for boost with new IPO wave Star
- Abu Dhabi’s Lunate eyes more deals after spending USD13.5b Edge
- Crypto exchange Kraken submits confidential US IPO filing Cointelegraph
- xAI in advanced talks to raise USD15b at USD230b valuation Edge NST Star
- Goldman’s Waldron says market bias suggests more downside coming Edge
- US charges ex-investment banker, 7 others in global insider-trading scheme NST
- LSEG CEO on UK IPO pipeline Yahoo
Debt
- reNIKOLA Solar’s ASEAN Green SRI Sukuk AA3 rating affirmed RAM
- Cagamas’ ratings affirmed RAM
- OSK unit’s sukuk, multi-currency MTN ratings affirmed MARC
- Tadau Energy’s sukuk assigned AA final rating MARC
- Accessibility, connectivity and innovation to lift Islamic finance Star
- Indonesia’s Danantara taps banks for USD1b credit line Edge
- Vietnam raises USD350m in govt bond auction, highest amount in 6 months NST
- China smashes bond sale records with over USD234b of bids Edge
- AI bubble, growth fears hit US credit markets Star
- Private credit becomes core as JPMorgan rethinks 60/40 model Edge
- US mortgage activity declines as borrowing costs edge higher Edge
- Public debt situation may get much worse in major advanced economies Edge
Digital assets
- RM4.57b in power stolen for crypto mining since 2020 Edge Star
- Crypto bank Amina gets Hong Kong license for institutional trading Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin rebounds after falling below USD90k, a 7-month low NST
- Bitcoin slips back below USD90k, crypto correction among worst since 2017 Coindesk
- BlackRock leads USD3b bitcoin ETF exodus with USD523m outflows Cointelegraph
- New Hampshire awaits bitcoin bond buyer to get first state effort rolling Coindesk
- Crypto ETFs mature as IRS, SEC actions drive product expansion Coindesk
- AI agents need identity and zero-knowledge proofs are the solution Coindesk
- Coinbase debuts DEX trading in Brazil as everything app vision grows Coindesk
- How euro stablecoins could address EU’s dollar concerns Cointelegraph
- Stablecoin boom forces Basel Committee to rethink punishing bank rules Yahoo
M&A
- Ibraco to gain RM22m from RM35.4m Kuching land disposal Edge Star
- SD Guthrie sells JS-SEZ land for RM815m to JV with state, EcoWorld Edge NST Star
- Stronger plantation balance sheets boost dividends and M&A potential NST
- LEAP Market-listed RTS Technology acquires Work At Cloud Star
- Boyu Capital could bring Tencent, GIC into Starbucks China deal Edge
- Palo Alto Networks to buy Chronosphere for USD3.35b Yahoo
- Adobe to buy marketing platform Semrush in USD1.9b deal Edge
- PE firm GTCR to acquire USD34b Fiduciary Trust Company Yahoo
- Beacon Pointe acquires USD1.2b Virginia wealth management firm Yahoo
- Paramount says report of USD71b Warner bid is inaccurate Edge
- Why private equity is buying restaurant franchisees Yahoo
- Apex to buy London-based broker dealer Globacap for US tokenisation push Yahoo
- Plenitude buys 760MW Neoen portfolio in major French renewables deal Yahoo
- Chevron joins race to buy Lukoil assets Star
Malaysian
- BNM wants Malaysians to control how banks share their data starting 2027 Edge
- SMEs urged to begin carbon reporting as global buyers tighten standards Edge
- Exports up 15.7% in Oct, higher trade with countries other than US Edge NST Star
- Economists lift 2025 export forecasts after strong Oct surge Edge
- Water supply to data centres only 21% to 28% of initial requests Edge
Other markets
- Temasek says dollar’s drop makes some deals harder to justify Edge
- GIC, Franklin Templeton keep the faith on dollar dominance Edge
- Bank Indonesia holds key rate again but signals openness to cuts Edge Star
- Indonesia still a bright spot in troubled world economy Star
- Asean cross-border QR payment surges to 12.9m transactions in 1H Edge Mail Star
- Asean must tighten rules of origin, close loopholes to manage tariff fallout Mail Star
- Death sentence for New China Life Insurance ex-chairman for corruption Edge
- South Korea antitrust regulators inspect Arm’s office in Seoul Edge
- Big inflation misses put India’s forecasts under scrutiny Star
- Australian wage growth steadies in 3Q driven by public sector gains Edge
- US trade deficit narrowed in Aug after global tariffs set in Edge
- Fed rate cut odds plunge further on jobs data delays Coindesk
- Fed minutes show strongly differing views about cutting rates in Dec Yahoo
- Fed minutes show support for ending quantitative tightening Yahoo
- Trump urges Treasury Secretary Bessent to take Federal Reserve job Yahoo
- Trump’s semiconductor tariff plan likely delayed Yahoo
- UK consumer price inflation eases to 3.6% in Oct Edge
- UK pay settlements rise to highest in 2025 NST
- Moody’s sees global GDP growth slowing to 2.5% in 2026, 2.6% in 2027 Edge
- HSBC CEO sees fragmented world with more strategic assets Edge Star
- ECB reduces capital requirements for banks after stress test results Yahoo
- Companies are warming up to saying AI is the reason for job cuts Yahoo
- West must match China to triple nuclear capacity Star