Capital markets news | Mon 1 Dec 2025
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Capital Market Masterplan (CMP) 4: CMP4 promotes modernised market infrastructure, streamlined regulation, and improved corporate governance to speed up capital-raising and enhance transparency. These reforms aim to reduce friction, improve efficiency, and strengthen investor confidence in Malaysia’s capital-market ecosystem.
Equity
- Foodie Media debuts with an 18% premium on ACE Market Edge NST Star
- Geohan’s Main Market IPO oversubscribed 7.78 times Edge NST Star
- Eye on SkyeChip’s valuation Star
- Hibiscus Petroleum in talks for new substantial shareholders Edge
- E&O working to restore shariah status amid sharp decline in stock price Edge
- Boutique fund fee revision needs rethink Star
- China plans to expand REIT market as Vanke woes spark concerns Edge
- Temasek eyes stake in Quest Global at USD4.6b pre-India IPO price Edge
- SPAC stocks are back in the US Star
- Databricks in talks to raise capital at USD134b valuation Yahoo
- StubHub IPO lawsuit could bring investor pain, potential fan gain Yahoo
- US private equity turns to old playbook Star
- Norway wealth fund to back call for Microsoft human rights report at AGM Edge
Debt
- Tanjung Bin Energy’s RM4.5b AA3 sukuk rating affirmed RAM
- Bank Pembangunan’s AAA, P1 ratings affirmed RAM
- Batu Kawan’s AA1 sukuk rating affirmed RAM
- KLK’s AA1 sukuk ratings affirmed RAM
- Penang assigned AAA sub-sovereign rating MARC
- Cellco’s Issue 2 rating withdrawn MARC
- Private sector credit growth slowed slightly in Oct, says BNM Edge Star
- Moody’s upgrades Malaysian power sector outlook to positive Edge
- S&P downgrades China Vanke as its onshore bonds hit record lows Edge
- Japan to issue more short-term debt to fund Takaichi’s stimulus Edge NST
- Amazon, Flipkart take aim at India’s banks with new consumer loan offerings Edge
- Sumitomo Mitsui accelerates India expansion after USD5b buying blitz Edge
- India plans more incentives for aircraft leasing in tax oasis Edge
- Asian markets set to remain key hotspot for adaptation finance Edge NST
- Banks in talks to lend USD38b to fund sites for OpenAI Edge
- Lower bonuses await US corporate debt traders on tariff sell-offs Star
- São Paulo to pilot blockchain-based microloans for farmers Coindesk
- Kenya turns to China for USD1.5b highway expansion NST
- Central bank body BIS warns of hedge fund leverage in govt bond markets Edge
Digital assets
- Popular crypto exchange founder sued after users lose over USD200m Yahoo
- China’s central bank vows crackdown on virtual currencies Edge NST Yahoo
- Experts doubt China will lift bitcoin mining ban despite excess energy supply Yahoo
- Kazakhstan prepares for potential USD300m crypto investment Yahoo
- Bitcoin hasn’t seen such asymmetric risk-reward since Covid Cointelegraph
- What mNAV really tells you about bitcoin treasury companies Coindesk
- Is the bitcoin digital asset treasury model broken? Coindesk
- Bitcoin ETFs are now BlackRock’s top revenue source Coindesk
- Ethereum developers prep for Fusaka, second upgrade of 2025 Coindesk
- Most Ethereum valuation models indicate ETH is undervalued Cointelegraph
- Arthur Hayes warns Monad could crash 99%, high-risk VC coin Cointelegraph
- Brazil just closed a major crypto loophole Yahoo
- Stablecoins drive 90% of Brazil’s crypto volume, tax authority data shows Coindesk
- How Brazil’s Méliuz turned to bitcoin to escape a treasury trap Coindesk
- Tether shuts down Uruguay mining operations over energy tariffs Coindesk
- UK budget confirms new crypto reporting rules from 1 Jan Yahoo
- European asset manager Amundi debuts tokenised share class Coindesk
M&A
- UEM Group to privatise UEM Edgenta at RM1.10 a share Edge NST Star
- More growth ahead for Cloudpoint Star
- SMJ Energy acquires 20% stake in North Sabah production sharing contract Edge
- An Affin-ity for assets Star
- DBS makes a second go Star
- JF Tech formalises Singapore-based Transcend acquisition Edge
- E&O may sell its last UK asset, Lincoln Suites, if price is right Edge
- US judge authorises sale of Citgo parent’s shares to Elliott affiliate Edge
- The Economist stake draws interest as deadline approaches Edge Mail
- Delivery Hero investors said to push for sale, divestments Edge
Malaysia
- BNM’s international reserves stand at USD123.8b as of end-Oct NST Star
- BNM says markets influenced by US easing hopes, lower tariff risks NST
- Stronger governance needs more than regulatory push Star
- CME Globex platform restored, derivatives trading to resume today Edge NST Star
- CPTPP a catalyst for drawing FDI into Malaysia NST
- Oct exports due to winning multi-market strategy NST
- Bumiputera priority policy not affected in reciprocal trade agreement with US Edge
- Johor debuts Maharani Freeport, targets RM144b investments Edge Mail NST Star
- TNB eyeing 5,000MW capacity by 2035 to support data centre drive Edge
Other markets
- Bank Indonesia says looking for room to further cut key rate Edge
- Capital-hungry Indonesia to reduce hurdles for foreign investors Edge
- China’s factory activity shrinks again in Nov, services cool Edge NST
- Tokyo inflation beats forecast, keeping BOJ on rate hike path Edge
- Japan finance minister says yen’s rapid fall not driven by fundamentals Edge NST
- Micron to invest USD9.6b in Japan memory chip plant Edge NST
- India’s economy surges ahead of full US tariff hit Edge
- Adani to invest USD5b in Google data centres in southern India Edge
- CME restarts most operations after hours-long outage Edge
- Trump frees former GPB Capital CEO after Ponzi scheme sentence Yahoo
- US job cuts surged 183% in Oct to a record 153k, end of no hire no fire? Yahoo
- Kevin O’Leary blasts Trump’s USD2k tariff dividend as a silent tax Yahoo
- Republican senator says US can’t afford Trump’s USD2k tariff checks Yahoo
- Almost half of Britons view budget as unfair Edge
- Eurozone inflation near 2% to seal deal on ECB rate hold Edge Yahoo
- Eurozone growth, inflation on benign path, keeping rate cut bets muted Edge
- US tariffs push more German firms to move production abroad NST
- Soft Norway GDP supports easing case Star
- Swiss reject millionaire inheritance tax fearing wealth exodus Edge