Capital markets news | Tue 2 Dec 2025
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Bursa Malaysia Derivatives (BMD): It operates Malaysia’s regulated derivatives market by providing a platform where participants trade futures and options contracts, primarily for hedging and speculation. The products traded are primarily commodity derivatives, i.e. palm oil futures, and financial derivatives, e.g. FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI index futures.
Equity
- Orkim’s Main Market IPO 11.84 times oversubscribed Edge NST Star
- LAC Med’s Main Market IPO 12.64 times oversubscribed Edge Star
- MMC Port’s IPO may be scrapped Edge
- Malpac share trading to be suspended from 9 Dec Edge
- Foreign outflow continues on Bursa at RM484.8m last week Edge Mail Star
- Nova MSC eyes SGX listing for 60%-owned Dex-lab Edge
- Hong Kong’s biggest crypto exchange HashKey wins listing nod Yahoo
- Temasek-backed Atomberg said to plan USD200m India IPO Edge
- Saudi wealth fund plans to more than double investments in Japan Edge
- ASX outage halts company reports for hours in latest snafu Edge
- Nvidia takes USD2b stake in Synopsys as AI deal spree accelerates Edge
- ‘Big Short’ investor Burry targets Tesla after slamming AI valuations Edge Yahoo
Debt
- Al Rajhi Malaysia affirmed at AA1, P1 RAM
- Gulf Investment Corporation’s AAA rating affirmed RAM
- Tadau Energy fully redeems SRI sukuk ahead of maturity RAM
- Penang Port’s AA- rating affirmed MARC
- Sunway Cochrane’s green sukuk framework assigned “Gold” MARC
- Sunway unit to establish RM2b sukuk for working capital, expansion plans Edge Star
- AmBank, Huawei sign RM350m supply chain financing deal Edge Star
- Senate passes Hire-Purchase (Amendment) Bill 2025 Edge
- Over 64k PTPTN borrowers earning above RM8k owe over RM257m Edge
- Backing startups in Singapore crucial in innovation bid Star
- Project bonds set to become Vietnam’s new capital pillar Star
- China Vanke asking for 12 months to pay bond under extension plan Edge
- Japan’s 2-year yield hits highest since 2008 on rate-hike bets Edge
- Merck seeks up to USD8b in US bond sale tied to Cidara deal Edge
- Litigation finance hits a wall after bets on huge gains falter Edge
- UK mortgage approvals dipped in Oct amid tax rise fears Edge
- Ukraine seeks EUR1b more to buy US weapons by year-end Edge
Digital assets
- Hong Kong’s stablecoin momentum takes a hit from China’s crypto ban Yahoo
- Korean tech giants to clash over stablecoins as competition heats up Yahoo
- Countries threatening the US stablecoin plan Yahoo
- Bitcoin plunges to below USD86k in risk-off start to Dec Edge
- Crypto downturn wipes out almost USD1b in levered bets Yahoo
- Digital asset treasuries lead crypto stock sell-off as bitcoin falls to USD84k Coindesk
- Inevitable USD50k bitcoin price crash: 5 things to know this week Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin mining profitability fell for fourth consecutive month in Nov Coindesk
- BofA’s wealth management clients may put 4% of portfolio in crypto Yahoo
- Vanguard opens platform to crypto ETFs in major shift Coindesk Yahoo
- Bitnomial prepares to debut first CFTC-regulated spot crypto market Coindesk
- First Genius Act regulations heading for proposal this month Coindesk
- Kalshi launches tokenised event bets on Solana blockchain Coindesk
- Nasdaq accelerate tokenised stocks as LSEG allocates GBP100m to blockchain Yahoo
- Canada eyes stablecoin rules as Scotiabank flags limited market impact Coindesk
- European authorities seize USD1.51b bitcoin-mixing service Cryptomixer Coindesk
M&A
- Genting ups stake in Genting Malaysia to 73% Edge NST Star
- Catcha Digital’s deal to acquire DS Services falls through Edge
- GPP Resources acquires land in Johor for RM5m Star
- Hong Kong tycoon Henry Cheng seeks sale of some Rosewood Hotels Edge
- India’s Vyapar acquires Suvit for AI-driven accounting automation Yahoo
- Australia-based SolGold rejects Jiangxi Copper’s takeover bid Yahoo
- Goldman Sachs to pay USD2b for ETF issuer Innovator Capital Edge
- Mattress maker Somnigroup seeks to buy Leggett & Platt for about USD1.6b Yahoo
- Targa Resources to acquire Stakeholder Midstream for USD1.25b Yahoo
- Associated Bank to buy Nebraska lender for USD604m Yahoo
- Digital marketing firm Wpromote acquires media company Giant Spoon Yahoo
- Insurer WTW in discussions to purchase pension firm Cushon from NatWest Yahoo
- BHP is said to have offered GBP40b in aborted Anglo bid Yahoo
Malaysia
- Stellar 9M2025 showing boosts EPF dividend prospects above last year’s 6.3% Edge
- Dewan Rakyat passes 2 tax-related Bills Edge
- Global recession unlikely, steady growth for Malaysia expected NST
- Factory activity grows for first time in 18 months Mail Star
- Malaysian businesses among most confident about trade growth Edge Mail Star
- Manufacturers increasingly confident as new orders surged in Nov Edge
- No ART obligation to fulfil USD240b commitments, invest USD70b in US Edge
- China seeks trade MOU with Malaysia amid US deal Edge
- Intel investing additional RM860m to make Malaysia its assembly hub Edge Star
Other markets
- Indonesia’s Oct trade surplus smaller than expected Edge NST Star
- Bank Indonesia will bring rupiah to trade at 16,500 per dollar next year NST
- Bank Indonesia projecting 5.3% economic growth for next year Star
- China’s private factory gauge unexpectedly falls as growth cools Edge NST Star
- China tells stats providers to halt home sales data publication Edge
- Japanese firms scale back investment as tariff headwinds bite Star
- Trump says he has made his choice to lead Fed Edge
- US manufacturing slump deepens in Nov Edge
- Manufacturing weakens in Europe, Asia on faltering demand and tariff Edge
- Credit Suisse hit with laundering charges in Mozambique case Edge