Capital markets news | Fri 26 Dec 2025
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Repurchase agreement (repo): For central banks, repos are a primary tool for injecting or draining reserves. Lending reserves to banks against collateral via repo increases the money supply temporarily, while reverse repos absorb reserves, directly steering the quantity of central bank money in the system.
Equity
- LEAP Market-listed Jishan proposes transfer to ACE Market in a year’s time Edge
- Borneo Oil’s associate Verde Resources plans Nasdaq listing Edge NST Star
- Foreign funds set to U-turn into Bursa Star
- AI bubble unlikely to pop in 2026 Star
- HashKey Capital’s blockchain fund raises USD250m in first round Coindesk
Debt
- Malaysia’s AAA sovereign rating affirmed MARC Edge NST Star
- UEM Edgenta’s AA rating affirmed MARC
- Cerah Sama’s AA- rating affirmed MARC
- STM Lottery’s MTN programme AA- rating affirmed MARC
- Samalaju’s AAA(s) sukuk rating affirmed RAM
- Bintulu Port’s AAA rating affirmed RAM
- Petros’ AAA rating affirmed RAM
- Golden Agri’s AA2(s) issue rating affirmed RAM
- Poseidon’s Fifth Tranche Senior MTN assigned AA1 rating RAM
- Vietnam credit growth expected to reach 20% Star
- Japan plans USD189b new bond issuance NST Star
- Bank of America trader warns India state debt deluge will worsen Edge
- India bonds rally on RBI’s shock-and-awe cash-injection plan Edge
- Higher corporate bond yields push issuers to delay debt sales to next quarter Star
- First Brands trade financier seeks to halt its use of some cash Edge
Digital assets
- Hong Kong regulators target 2026 for virtual asset dealer, custodian rules Coindesk
- Bitcoin treasury crackdown, Asia embraces stablecoins Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin misses out on Wall Street cheer to stall near USD87k Edge
- Bitcoin nears breakout from USD85k-USD90k range with options expiring Coindesk
- Bitcoin ETFs lose USD825m in 5 days as US becomes biggest seller Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin’s USD70k-USD80k zone highlights gap in historical price support Coindesk
- Crypto derivatives USD86t in 2025, averaging USD265b per day Cointelegraph
- Circle platform promising tokenised gold, silver swaps is fake Coindesk
- Polymarket points to third-party login tool for account breaches Coindesk
- Sling Money receives approval to offer crypto services in UK Coindesk
- EU’s crypto tax reporting starts in Jan with threat of asset seizure Coindesk
M&A
- NuEnergy hives off 50% stake in warehousing unit, books RM10m gain Edge Star
- Pharmora lifts stake in Apex Healthcare to 91.65% Edge
- Solarvest paid high premium for Solar District stake, analysts say Edge
- Sapura Industrial to sell freehold land in Seremban for RM24.72m cash Edge Star
- Eneos leads bids for Chevron’s Singapore oil refinery stake Edge
- Mercedes-Benz acquires stake in Chinese autonomous driving developer Yahoo
- Japan M&A boom drives Citigroup and Daiwa hiring push Yahoo
- Habib-led bid wins auction for stake in Pakistan flag carrier Edge Mail
- Saudi venture capital firms bet on M&A as listings get tougher Edge
- Nvidia buys inference chip maker Groq for USD20b Edge NST Yahoo
- SiriusPoint expands IMG portfolio through Assist America acquisition Yahoo
- Sanofi buys Dynavax for USD2.2b to boost vaccine line-up Edge Yahoo
- LG Energy Solution to sell US factory assets to Honda Edge NST
- China calls for balanced approach as ByteDance agrees TikTok US transfer Mail
- Crypto M&A hits record USD8.6b in 2025 as regulatory stance spurs deals Coindesk
- BP to sell 65% stake in Castrol to Stonepeak for USD6b Edge Mail NST Star
- Accenture to acquire Italian technology company Cabel Industry Yahoo
Other markets
- Thailand trade deficit widens as imports surge, baht strengthens Edge NST
- Vingroup to withdraw bid for USD67b North-South high-speed railway Edge
- China’s onshore yuan closes at strongest level in 2-1/2 years Edge
- PBOC signals steady support with focus on long-term growth Edge
- China widens foreign investment incentive list to stem falling inflows Edge
- Japan’s Takaichi to unveil record JPY122t budget for FY2026 Edge Mail NST
- Yen bearish voices build for 2026 on cautious BOJ policy path Edge Yahoo
- Won jumps after Korea vows strong determination over currency Edge
- South Korea central bank to assess data before deciding to lower rates NST
- Syria to launch new currency 1 Jan, says central bank governor NST
- Trump’s demands of next Fed chair signals end of central bank independence NST
- US weekly jobless claims unexpectedly fall Edge
- Here’s what big bank CEOs have said about AI’s impact on head count Yahoo
- Japan and US agree to expedite USD550b investment projects Edge
- Tricolor CEO collected USD30m in year before alleged fraud Edge
- Rouble’s world-beating rally poses new risk for Russian economy Edge
- Egypt squeezes in 5th rate cut of year after inflation slows Yahoo