Capital markets news | Thu 5 Feb 2026
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Equity
- Kee Ming IPO 54 times oversubscribed ahead of 12 Feb listing Edge NST Star
- Teamstar fair value set at 32 sen by PublicInvest NST
- Indonesia unveils new draft market regulations after USD80b rout Edge
- Hair loss biopharma firm Veradermics raises USD256m in IPO Yahoo
- Nasdaq mulls new fast entry rule ahead of big IPOs like SpaceX Edge
- Anthropic plans employee tender offer at USD350b valuation Edge
- Anthropic AI tool sparks rout in software, finance, asset management Edge Yahoo
- Nvidia’s Huang dismisses fears AI will replace software tools Edge Mail
- Wall Street’s rotation into value has a warning like dot-com bust Edge
- AMD plunges as disappointing forecast fails to calm investors Edge Star Yahoo
- Tether retreats from USD20b funding ambitions after investor pushback Edge Yahoo
- Opinion raises USD20m as prediction markets draw capital Coindesk
- Judge rejects Elon Musk’s bid to dismiss SEC’s Twitter case Mail
- Drone maker WB Electronics eyes Poland IPO towards end of the year Edge
Debt
- MCIS Life’s insurer financial strength ratings downgraded to A2 RAM
- Malaysian Islamic banks under deposit war pressures as financing speeds up Edge
- Islamic banking sector set for steady expansion Star
- Indonesian bond demand hits 1-year low after MSCI kerfuffle Edge
- Automakers in China roll-out longer-term financing plans to spur demand Edge
- BOJ won’t come to the rescue of a Takaichi-driven bond rout Edge
- Indian central bank mulls new approach to lender supervision Yahoo
- Khans secure record loan for Jacksonville Four Seasons Star
- Global watchdog flags risks in USD16t govt-backed repo market Edge
Digital assets
- Nomura limits Laser Digital short-term volatility Coindesk
- South Korea gets rich from crypto, North Korea gets weapons Cointelegraph
- US won’t bail out bitcoin, says Treasury Secretary Bessent Cointelegraph Yahoo
- Bitcoin-led crypto rout erases nearly USD500b in a week Edge
- Bitcoin falls back to USD74k as AI jitters shake tech sector Coindesk Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin’s correlation with troubled software stock sector is growing Coindesk
- Bitcoin’s thinnest price zone hints at USD70k-USD80k extended stay Coindesk
- Wall Street giant CME Group is eyeing its own CME Coin Coindesk
- True tokenization demands asset composability, not wrapped bubbles Cointelegraph
- Europe’s role in the next wave of tokenisation Coindesk
- Spain’s BBVA joins EU banks’ stablecoin venture to challenge digital dollars Coindesk
M&A
- Bintulu Port transfer to Sarawak in final stage, valuation set at RM1.8b Edge
- Oasis Harvest: Chef Wan retains 20% stake in restaurant and café operator Edge Star
- PNB to independently assess Sunway’s takeover bid for IJM Edge NST Star
- IOI Properties sells Banting land to data centre developer for RM741m Edge NST Star
- KKR, Singtel confirm USD6.6b acquisition of STT GDC stake Edge Star Yahoo
- Musk’s xAI-SpaceX merger bets on sci-fi future of space data centres Edge
- NJ banks to merge in USD597m deal Yahoo
- Texas Instruments strikes USD7.5b deal for Silicon Labs Yahoo
- VivoPower sells Ripple Labs stake to South Korea’s KWeather Yahoo
- CK Hutchison seeks damages via arbitration on Panama Ports Edge Mail
- Zurich Insurance reaches USD11b deal to buy UK insurer Beazley Yahoo
- Nestle adds Deutsche Bank for water business stake sale Edge
- Henkel to buy coatings company Stahl in USD2.5b deal Yahoo
- Bitwise deepens yield strategy with Chorus One acquisition Yahoo
Malaysia
- Ringgit could reclaim 3.80 level vs US dollar by Dec Edge
- EPF expected to announce dividend distribution of 5.5-6.3% NST
- Govt expects fiscal deficit to shrink to 3.5% in 2026 Star
- Fiscal calculations follow global standards, recognised by rating agencies Edge
- Court rules that petrol station canopies, halide lights are capital allowances Edge
- Malaysia’s 0.7% global share belies bigger economic story NST
- Malaysia-US trade deal only kicks in after exchange of written notices Edge
- Agrobank lost over RM200m in online fraud, 3 charged over mule accounts Edge
- Fraud reaches tipping point in Southeast Asia NST
- Melaka CM touts RM9b data centre investment by Hong Kong firm in Jasin Edge NST
Other markets
- Singapore’s GIC, Temasek revamping dealings with hedge funds Edge
- Global investors shun Thailand as election overhang hits assets Edge
- Boeing predicts 5k planes needed over next 2 decades in Southeast Asia Mail
- BofA joins Goldman Sachs to boost yuan forecast Edge
- China services gauge expands at faster rate despite frail demand Edge
- Hedge funds revive yen-weakness trades ahead of Japan vote Edge
- Japan’s services activity hits fastest growth in nearly a year NST
- TSMC plans 3-nanometre chip production in Japan with USD17b investment Yahoo
- South Korean firms plan to invest USD186b in regional cities over 5 years Edge
- Abu Dhabi’s USD160b endowment-style fund eyes bolder bets Edge
- Saudi Arabia to invest USD2b in Turkish solar projects Edge
- World’s first tightening cycle in the works Star
- Australia warns USD3.2t pension fund industry to lift systems investment Edge NST
- Australia weighs minerals price floor to lure overseas funds Edge
- Kevin Warsh’s Fed governor tenure shaped by inflation, credibility Yahoo
- Morgan Stanley delivers blunt verdict on Fed pick Warsh Yahoo
- US services sector treads water in Jan as new orders slow Edge
- US private payrolls increase modestly in Jan Edge
- Eurozone inflation rate falls to lowest in more than a year Edge
- German engineering orders down 5% in Dec Edge
- Russia’s budget deficit may almost triple this year as oil revenues decline NST