Capital markets news | Fri 6 Feb 2026
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Equity
- Bentley Music eyes 11 Feb listing on LEAP Market Edge
- Farm Price eyes Main Market transfer by 1H2026 Edge Star
- TP TEC proposes 1-for-1 bonus issue Edge
- Bursa CEO says focus is on larger IPOs this year Edge Star
- Govt may rethink preferential withholding tax for mature REIT sector Edge NST Star
- MBSB lifts 2026 local equities outlook on stronger ringgit, fund flows Edge NST
- Singapore Exchange highlights growing IPO pipeline Edge NST Star
- Singapore Exchange seeks China, Asean listings to boost pipeline Edge
- MSCI pressure mounts on billionaire-held Indonesia shares Edge Star
- Indonesia’s moment of truth sets scene for India-style market rally Star
- Syngenta targets up to USD10b Hong Kong listing in 2026 Edge NST
- Eikon Therapeutics nets a USD381m IPO amid burst of biotech offerings Yahoo
- SpaceX opens IPO pitching to non-US banks Star Yahoo
- Preparing for the AI IPO Boom: OpenAI vs. Anthropic vs. SpaceX-xAI Yahoo
- OpenAI could pull IPO amid vibe shift, Trump proximity, revenue Yahoo
- Wall Street’s favourite trades collapse as market selloff deepens Yahoo
- Traders pile into tech hedges as rout in software stocks deepens Edge
- Big Tech CEOs seek to quell AI worries hammering software stocks Yahoo
- Google goes from AI laggard to leader as it pulls ahead of OpenAI Edge Mail NST
- Tether buys USD150m Gold.com stake to boost tokenised gold distribution Coindesk
- Tether invests USD100m in US crypto bank Anchorage at USD4.2b value Coindesk
Debt
- OSK Property partners RHB to launch green financing scheme Edge
- UK govt launches Climate Finance Accelerator for Malaysian businesses Edge NST
- Wall Street’s private credit giants try to calm AI fears Yahoo
- UK yield curve hits steepest since 2018 on political jitters Edge
- Nippon Steel considering USD3.2b convertible bond sale NST
- Sovcombank is first Russian bank to offer bitcoin-backed loans to public Coindesk
Digital assets
- BNM received 30-35 stablecoin, digital asset applications for sandbox Mail NST Star
- Bitcoin spirals toward USD60k to worst 1-day drawdown Edge Star Coindesk
- Bitcoin ETFs hanging in there despite plunge Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin’s rising leveraged position may not yet signal price bottom Coindesk
- What industry veterans are saying as bitcoin tumbles below USD70k Coindesk
- Bitcoin RSI is oversold, upside could be next Coindesk Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin less volatile relative to gold, make it more attractive in long term Coindesk
- Corporate bitcoin holding strategies must evolve or face stagnation Cointelegraph
- US Treasury’s Bessent calls out nihilists resisting market structure bill Coindesk
- Solana Foundation’s Liu says crypto should focus on finance Coindesk
- Polymarket, Circle partner in shift to native USDC settlement Cointelegraph
- Gemini to exit UK, EU and Australia, focus on US and prediction markets Coindesk
M&A
- Timberwell gets takeover offer at 90 sen Edge NST
- Sunview to acquire two solar power plants for RM125m NST
- KJTS says Malakoff Utilities purchase deal has officially lapsed Edge
- Billionaire clan is said to weigh USD2b Thai Summit sale Edge
- Elliott raises Toyota Industries stake in push to block buyout Edge
- Trump says he’ll stay out of corporate fight over Warner Bros Edge Star
- KKR buys Arctos Partners in in USD1.4b deal Edge Yahoo
- Dains strengthens UK footprint with acquisition of Hurst Yahoo
- Rio Tinto abandons GBP190b mega-merger with Glencore Yahoo
- Canadian pension funds to exit UK’s Associated British Ports in USD13b deal NST
- TenneT to divest 25.1% stake in German unit for USD3.9b Yahoo
- France stalls MARA acquisition of EDF data arm over sovereignty concerns Yahoo
- Sullivan & Cromwell, Kirkland & Ellis top consumer M&A charts in 2025 Yahoo
Malaysia
- CMP3: Progress made, but key gaps remain Edge
- Reinvigorating Malaysia’s capital market Edge
- SC’s 1.5% levy applies only to revenue from regulated capital market activities Edge
- Global investors betting on rising star Malaysia as foreign cash piles in Edge Star
- Amir Hamzah sees further upside to ringgit, 2026 GDP forecast Edge Star
- Services producer price index up 1% in 4Q Edge Mail NST Star
- Domestic property transactions seen topping RM250b in 2026 Edge Star
- Malaysia key beneficiary of trade diversification Star
- Penang attracted RM16b Chinese investment over past decade, RM4.2b in 2025 Edge
- Johor-Singapore SEZ draws USD17.3b in investments in 2025 NST
Other markets
- Billionaire doctor in boardroom key to OCBC’s new CEO ambitions Edge
- Moody’s cuts Indonesia outlook to negative on governance concerns Edge NST
- Indonesia posts fastest economic growth rate in 3 years Edge Mail NST Star
- Indonesia layoffs increase for fourth straight year Star
- Thai Jan headline CPI drops 0.66%, below forecast NST
- Map data exports USD136b risk for South Korea Star
- Dubai’s financial hub posts record growth on hedge fund boom Edge
- US inflation isn’t subsiding, it’s heating up again Star
- Fed’s Cook says she is focused on inflation risks NST Star
- Trump says Warsh would have lost Fed if he pledged rate hike Edge Mail
- US job openings drop to lowest since 2020, layoffs edge up Edge
- US companies announce most job cuts for a Jan since 2009 Edge
- US jobless claims top all estimates in a week affected by weather Edge
- Alphabet says capex may double to USD185b Edge NST Star
- Amazon says it will spend USD200b this year on AI build-out Edge
- China to pause Panama deals after ports operation nulled Edge
- Bank of England votes narrowly to hold rates but signals reduction ahead Edge Yahoo
- HSBC to cull underperformers as some bankers face zero bonuses Edge
- ECB keeps rates unchanged, takes dollar weakness in stride Edge NST Star Yahoo
- German factory orders unexpectedly rise most in 2 years Edge