Capital markets news | Mon 8 Dec 2025
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Bursa Malaysia Derivatives (BMD): Market participants include (1) hedgers, e.g. plantation companies, fund managers and banks, (2) speculators who trade to profit from price movement, and in return, they provide liquidity to the market, (3) arbitrageurs who exploit price differences between the futures and physical markets, and (4) proprietary traders and market makers who use algorithmic, quant or other strategies, and add liquidity to the market.
Equity
- Geohan slips below IPO price on Main Market debut Edge NST
- SC gives nod to Sunway Healthcare’s Main Market listing Edge Star
- Hong Leong Investment Bank launches e-IPO application service Edge
- Magma proposes RM50m private placement Edge
- Fernandes expects Capital A to exit PN17 status by year end Edge Mail Star
- Greater corporate involvement needed to hasten startup growth Star
- GEAR-uP needs a transparency tune-up Star
- Chinese chipmaker Moore Threads soars 502% after USD1.1b IPO Edge NST
- Temasek-backed Fullerton winds down China hedge fund business Edge
- Baidu’s AI chip unit worth USD3b eyeing Hong Kong IPO Edge
- Asia’s strong equity deals pipeline to be tested by AI bubble concerns in 2026 Edge
- Bitcoin treasury firm ProCap closes SPAC merger deal Coindesk
- SpaceX to offer insider shares at record-setting valuation Edge Yahoo
- Musk denies reports of SpaceX seeking USD800b valuation Edge Star
- BofA’s Hartnett warns dovish Fed rate cut imperils stock rally Edge
- Big money, few deals as crypto venture funding dries up Cointelegraph
Debt
- DRB-HICOM’s sukuk programme ratings affirmed MARC
- Point Zone’s AA(cg) rating affirmed MARC
- MMC Port Holdings’ sukuk AA- rating affirmed MARC
- Genting lodges RM5b programme, issues RM1.3b for GenM takeover Edge Star
- Evergreen Max Cash secures RM50m revolving credit line from Bank Islam Edge Star
- Banking sector ends 2025 on solid footing with steady loan growth Mail NST
- Shariah compliance aspects of BNPL need deeper examination NST
- Buy now, pay later – friend or foe Edge
- Stable credit lights up Asia Pacific Star
- China’s risky shadow banks back in spotlight after Xi’s debt crackdown Edge
- Bond traders defy Fed and spark heated debate on Wall Street Yahoo
- US regulators relax leveraged-lending guidance for banks Edge
- Wall Street races to cut its risk from AI’s borrowing binge Edge
- Investors turn to EMs Star
Digital assets
- Japan’s higher rates put bitcoin in crosshairs of yen carry unwind Coindesk
- Trump’s national security strategy ignores bitcoin and blockchain Coindesk
- Stablecoin adoption is exploding Coindesk
- Small Texas lender Monet joining field of crypto-focused banks Coindesk
- Crypto recovery ahead as liquidity improves, Fed rate cut Coindesk Cointelegraph
- Crypto has reinvented and re-platformed the middle man Coindesk
- Euro stablecoin market cap doubles in year after MiCA Coindesk
- French banking giant BPCE to launch crypto trading for 2m retail clients Coindesk
M&A
- Ancom Nylex sells 50% of Maxlive to Thai firm for RM77m Edge NST Star
- Catcha Digital buys digital media operator Maxoom for RM6.1m Edge
- Bintai Kinden sues vendor over RM9.1m Johnson Medical profit guarantee Edge
- MUI Properties to buy Ijok land for RM605m Star
- Nextgreen, IOI to jointly acquire land in Pekan for pulp production facility Edge
- Gadang sells Selangor land for RM2.5m Star
- What would an imaginary merger of DBS and Standard Chartered look like? Edge
- Biocon fully integrates Biocon Biologics in USD5.5b agreement Star
- British American Tobacco looks to sell down India’s ITC Hotels stake Edge
- Netflix to buy Warner Bros in USD72b cash, stock deal Edge Mail Yahoo
- Netflix’s USD5.8b breakup fee for Warner among largest ever Edge
- DigitalBridge soars 45% on SoftBank merger buzz Yahoo
Malaysia
- International reserves steady at USD124.1b as at 28 Nov Edge NST Star
- Ex-Goldman banker Roger Ng loses bid to overturn 1MDB conviction Edge
- PNB, GLICs to develop 10 Bumiputera champion firms by 2030 Edge Mail NST Star
- E-invoice exemption threshold raised to RM1m Edge Star
- RM1mil e-invoice exemption threshold eases MSME’s compliance costs NST
- 200k more SMEs to benefit from new e-invoicing exemption threshold Edge NST
- Compliance-cost target matches global standards NST
- Salary increments, bonuses set to rise again for workers in 2026 Edge NST
Other markets
- Singapore steps up semiconductor, AI focus in SGD37b 5-year R&D budget Edge
- Indonesia’s FX reserves rise slightly to USD150.1b at end-Nov NST
- Vietnam’s trade surplus with US hits record as exports surge despite tariffs Edge
- Philippine inflation slows more than expected in Nov NST
- China’s forex reserves rise less than expected in Nov NST
- China pledges to boost imports, sign more trade deals in next 5 years Edge NST
- China set to stick with export-driven growth as it shakes off tariff scare Edge
- China, 5 years on Star
- Japan’s central bank likely to hike this month, stay open to more moves Edge
- India central bank cuts rate after inflation hits record low Edge
- Divided US Fed set for contentious interest rate meeting NST
- Data drought, labour weakness push Fed toward cut Mail Star
- Economists see 2 Fed rate cuts in 2026 following Dec move Edge
- Morgan Stanley says jumped the gun, reverses Dec Fed rate call to 25bps cut Edge
- US consumer spending moderates in Sep Edge
- Reeves’ budget relies on British consumers splashing their cash Edge
- Volkswagen to invest USD186b through 2030 Star
- Macron calls for rethink on ECB approach to monetary policy Yahoo
- JPMorgan CEO says Europe has a real problem Yahoo