Capital markets news | Tue 9 Dec 2025
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Equity
- Johor-based tiles retailer BMS slumps 20% on first day of trading Edge NST Star
- More than half of 2025 IPOs in the red post-debut NST
- Lim Seong Hai tops 2025 IPO performance leaderboard NST
- DKSH shares to be suspended this morning pending announcement Mail
- High Court approves Capital A capital reduction for share distribution Edge NST
- Foreign buyers return to Bursa, purchasing RM11.6m last week Edge NST Star
- SC will help fix sustainability reports, but punish rule-breaking Edge NST Star
- China chip IPOs covered almost 3k times for retail after Moore Yahoo
- Baidu mulls Hong Kong spin-off of Kunlunxin chip unit Yahoo
- HashKey launches Hong Kong IPO seeking up to USD214.7m Yahoo
- South Korean retail traders livid over won slide blame game Edge
- SoftBank, Nvidia in talks to fund Skild AI at USD14b valuation Yahoo
- Pye Finance raises USD5m seed round led by Variant, Coinbase Coindesk
- Canada needs IPOs to reverse shrinking count of stocks Yahoo
- UK watchdog shakes up retail rules to boost British investing Edge
- Unilever’s Magnum Ice Cream Co valued at EUR7.8b in debut Edge Mail Star
Debt
- RCE Marketing’s Tranche 11 sukuk assigned final ratings RAM
- Perak Transit plans RM1.5b sukuk to fund capex, refinance facilities Edge Star
- PHB secures upgrade to Gold1 sustainability rating RAM
- JCorp’s sustainable finance framework assigned “Gold” impact assessment MARC
- Set policy priorities for energy transition before mobilising private capital Edge
- 3Q2025 bank profitability edges up on lower loan provisions RAM Star
- Moody’s downgrades Genting and 2 subs over debt, earnings recovery Edge
- Fitch affirms Malaysia’s sovereign rating at BBB+ Edge
- Chinese property firm Wanda seeks to delay payment on USD400m bond Edge
- Vanke bondholders meet regulators ahead of extension plan vote Edge
- Coreweave shares fall on USD2b convertible note deal Edge Coindesk Yahoo
- Altice seeks cooperation agreement from creditors Star
- Europe nears deal on Russian assets after talks in London Yahoo
Digital assets
- Crypto exchange Binance gains regulatory win in Abu Dhabi Edge
- Bitcoin treads water near USD90k, Bitfinex warns of vulnerability Coindesk
- BlackRock’s bitcoin ETF investors came late to the crypto party Yahoo
- BlackRock files for staked ethereum ETF Coindesk
- Digital assets to shift from disruption to integration in 2026 Coindesk
- CFTC allows bitcoin, ether, USDC as collateral in derivatives markets Coindesk
- US regulator pushes back on resistance to crypto bank charters Coindesk
- 40% of Canadian crypto users flagged for tax evasion risk Coindesk
- Argentina’s central bank to allow banks to provide crypto services in 2026 Coindesk
M&A
- Gagasan Nadi Cergas’ hostel concessionaire purchase turns unconditional Edge Star
- DRB-Hicom completes acquisition of Spirit AeroSystems Edge Mail NST Star
- Down to 3 bidders for Axiata’s stake in Edotco Edge
- Apex Healthcare’s minority shareholders should accept buyout offer Edge Star
- SMRT buys 37.5% of Singapore digital infra firm Novus for RM22.48m Edge NST Star
- Private equity firm Creador buys 7% stake in India’s La Renon Healthcare Edge Star
- Bain Capital weighing options for Singapore-based Bridge Data Centres Edge
- Robinhood to buy Indonesia brokers to join retail investing boom Edge Yahoo
- Brookfield, Singapore’s GIC to buy National Storage of Australia for USD2.7b Edge
- Sembcorp is in discussions to buy Australia’s Alinta Energy Edge
- Trump warns Netflix-Warner deal may pose antitrust problem Edge NST Star
- Paramount makes USD108.4b hostile bid for Warner Bros Discovery Edge Yahoo
- Mars wins unconditional EU nod for USD36b Kellanova deal Edge Yahoo
- IBM accelerates cloud drive with USD11b Confluent deal Edge NST Star Yahoo
- Boeing completes USD8.3b Spirit AeroSystems acquisition Yahoo
- ProAmpac to acquire TC Transcontinental Packaging for USD1.5b Yahoo
- Arkansas bank to broach Tennessee in USD150.1m deal Yahoo
- Sugarfina acquires Caffe Luxxe in all-stock deal Yahoo
- Kloeckner & Co shares rise on takeover talks with Worthington Steel Yahoo
- TotalEnergies secures leading stake in new UK energy powerhouse Yahoo
- BNP Paribas hives off AG Insurance stake to Ageas for EUR2b Edge
- Swiss insurers Helvetia and Baloise announce merger completion Yahoo
- Danish FSA approves Sydbank’s acquisitions Yahoo
Other markets
- China pledges to expand demand with more proactive polices in 2026 Edge Star
- China’s trade surplus tops USD1t after exports rebound Edge Mail NST
- China Nov exports up 5.9%, imports rise 1.9% NST Star
- China funnelled USD80b into overseas cleantech in past year Edge
- Japan confirms deeper GDP decline, backing Takaichi’s stimulus Edge NST Star
- India sees new nuclear bill spurring projects worth USD214b Edge
- India targets USD45b space economy driven by private firms Edge
- US consumer inflation expectations hold steady in New York Fed survey Edge
- ECB’s Schnabel rather comfortable on bets next move to be hike Edge
- Will central banks have to reverse course in 2026? Yahoo