Capital markets news | Tue 23 Dec 2025
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Repurchase agreement (repo): A repo is a short‑term, collateralised loan disguised as a sale and later repurchase of securities. The borrower gets cash today, agrees to buy the collateral back later at a slightly higher price, and that price difference is the repo interest.
Equity
- Foreign outflow continues on Bursa for second week at RM363.3m Edge NST Star
- Whole of nation push to lure foreign funds back NST
- PNB turns up pressure on investee companies to lift returns NST
- Chinese chipmakers race to IPO after back-to-back listings surge Edge
- Chinese AI chip maker Biren Technology plans USD623m Hong Kong IPO Yahoo
- Hong Kong is world’s No 1 fundraising venue with USD35.4b from 106 listings Yahoo
- Emerging markets bring optimism for 2026 after stellar year Edge
- Seven & i’s IPO of US arm hinges on faster turnaround Edge
- Radiopharmaceutical specialist Aktis seeks an IPO Yahoo
Debt
- MRCB’s RM5b sukuk programme AA- rating affirmed MARC
- IOI Properties’ RM3b sukuk programme AA rating affirmed MARC
- Khazanah’s RM1b ICP programme assigned MARC-1 final rating MARC
- AmanahRaya REIT completes RM390m issuance from RM2b programme NST Star
- Brighton Management’s LECA1 rating reaffirmed RAM
- China to scrub small overdue debts from credit records to help spur lending NST
- China Vanke’s bondholders approve extending grace period, reject extension Edge
- Fed to inject USD6.8b into markets in first repo since 2020 Yahoo
- Netflix refinances part of USD59b loan for Warner Bros bid Edge Yahoo
- AI boom brings flood of debt to ultrasafe market Star
- Fitch pushes Gabon’s rating deeper into junk Star
Digital assets
- Hong Kong plans new crypto, infrastructure rules for insurers Edge Yahoo
- JPMorgan mulls crypto trading for institutional clients Edge Coindesk Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin slips below USD88k as traders brace for USD28.5b options expiry Coindesk
- US bipartisan lawmakers draw up tax bill with stablecoin and staking relief Coindesk
- Klarna partners Coinbase to accept stablecoin institutional funding Cointelegraph
M&A
- Japan’s Amova poised to buy out AHAM Asset Management shareholders Edge
- Valiram family buys Lendlease’s The Exchange TRX stakes for RM1.1b Edge Mail
- Catcha Digital exercises call option to lift stake in WeirdKaya owner to 80% Edge
- Apex Healthcare takeover becomes unconditional Star
- Minorities move to block DKSH’s buyout bid Edge
- Southern Score offers to take over LEAP Market-listed Nova Pharma Edge NST Star
- ITMAX acquires 70% of AI firm Tapway for RM5.6m Edge NST
- AME Elite sells 5 Johor industrial properties to CapitaLand Edge NST Star
- Kim Loong buys 75% stake in 52-hectare Sarawak palm oil mill site Edge Star
- Emkay puts office building in Damansara Perdana on the market Edge
- Daiwa revives M&A hiring to boost global status, ride Japan wave Edge
- Record USD350b deals boom fuels rosy Japan M&A outlook Yahoo
- Warner Bros and hot M&A market has dealmakers working through holidays Yahoo
- Larry Ellison to personally back Paramount bid for Warner Bros Edge Yahoo
- Permira, Warburg agree to buy Clearwater Analytics for USD8.4b Edge Yahoo
- Coinbase buys prediction markets startup The Clearing Company Coindesk Yahoo
- Alphabet buys data centre developer Intersect Power for USD4.75b Yahoo
- CACI expands space, defence footprint with USD2.6b ARKA buy Yahoo
- India’s Cyient Semiconductors buys majority stake in Kinetic Technologies Yahoo
- Laird Superfood grows health and wellness portfolio with USD39m acquisition Yahoo
- Workplace products maker Cintas bids for uniform supplier UniFirst Yahoo
- UK asset manager Janus Henderson being taken private in USD7.4b deal Yahoo
- Nexi rejects EUR1.2b TPG bid for digital banking solutions unit Yahoo
- Alpha Bank announces Altius Insurance-Universal Life merger in Cyprus Yahoo
Malaysia
- USD200m added to reserves by mid-Dec, a fresh 11-year high Edge NST Star
- Consumer inflation a tad faster in Nov, data show Edge NST Star
- Global GDP shows resilience NST
- MSME optimism rises, SME sentiment index hits 56.8 NST Star
- Is the middle class trapped in middle class? Edge
- RM370.5b in investments approved, exports hit RM1.5t in 2024 NST
- Bank Negara probes Agrobank system issue Edge
- MACC to bring back 1MDB-linked artwork worth USD30m Edge
Other markets
- Changes to CPF from next year Star
- China leaves benchmark lending rates unchanged for seventh straight month NST
- Yen wallows near record low to euro as BOJ keeps cautious tone after rate hike NST
- Japan top currency diplomat says concerned about FX moves NST
- South Korea’s chip sector masks weakness in other exports Edge
- Easy money defined Asia in 2025 but it is getting harder now Star
- Fed risks recession without more interest rate cuts, says Miran Edge
- UK economy slowed to show 0.1% growth in third quarter Star
- UK saving ratio dips to 9.5% as households hit by tax hikes Edge
- European investment banks fail to capitalise on Trump tariff turmoil Edge