Capital markets news | Wed 11 Feb 2026
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Equity
- Sunway Healthcare to launch Main Market IPO by end-Mar Edge NST Star
- Universiti Poly-Tech, UniKL targeted for Bursa listing within 3 years Edge Star
- Malaysia’s ServAuto secures funding to scale nationwide operations Edge
- FTSE Russell stalls Indonesia index review Star
- Foreigners buy most Thai stocks in 4 years after election Edge
- Takaichi may beat Abe in luring global money to Japan stocks Edge
- India’s gold ETF inflows top equity mutual funds for the first time NST
- US stock turnover tops USD1t a day amid trading surge Edge
- Goldman Sachs CEO calls software rout ‘too broad’ Yahoo
- Stripe valuation set to hit USD140b in new tender offer Edge
Debt
- DUKE 3’s sukuk AA- rating maintained MARC
- Johor Corp creates sustainable finance framework Edge Star
- UOB extends RM600m sustainability-linked loan to RHB Banking Group Star
- Toyota Finance scraps bond issuance, underwriter says Edge
- Japan’s USD1.4t FX reserves under scrutiny as Takaichi hunts for revenue Edge
- Alphabet set to raise almost USD32b debt in intense AI race Edge
- Alphabet taps sterling, Swiss franc markets in mega debt deal Edge Star
- Brazil raises USD4.5b in its first external debt issuance this year Edge
Digital assets
- Bitcoin a tech trade for now, not digital gold, says Grayscale Coindesk
- Bitcoin falls to USD69k as crypto market shows ‘early stages of bottoming’ Yahoo
- Ether resumes plunge, tracking bitcoin slide on risk-off mood Edge
- AI mania is helping cap crypto’s upside, Wintermute says Coindesk
- Banks demand delays as crypto firms push for Fed payment access Edge
- Banks didn’t want to deal in latest White House crypto meeting Coindesk
- Crypto exchange Kraken fires CFO ahead of long-awaited IPO Coindesk
- Citadel backs LayerZero as it unveils Zero blockchain for global markets Coindesk
- Ex-SafeMoon CEO gets 8-year prison sentence for defrauding investors Coindesk
- Fugitive foreigner sentenced in the US to 20 years for USD73m crypto scam Coindesk
- GENIUS Act, MiCA will split stablecoins into cash, shadow deposits Cointelegraph
- Blockchain.com wins UK registration Coindesk
- UK regulator takes High Court action against HTX Cointelegraph
M&A
- Boustead Holdings proposes to privatise BHIC in RM149.6m deal Edge NST Star
- Malaysian pockets RM300m from AI.com sale NST
- KIP REIT doubles down on neighbourhood malls, eyeing RM2b AUM Edge
- Iskandar Waterfront City sells 16-acre Johor Bahru land for RM71.6m Edge NST Star
- Goldman Sachs leads construction M&A deal value for 2025 Yahoo
- Paramount offers to pay USD2.8b breakup fee in Warner deal Edge
Malaysia
- Wholesale and retail sales climb 7.6% in Dec, hit all-time high in 2025 Edge Star
- Industrial production likely to be expansionary Star
- Digital economy ecosystem unpacked for you Edge
- Khazanah’s net assets hit RM105b in 2025 NST Star
- Khazanah doubles dividend payment to govt to RM2b for 2025 NST Star
- Malaysia negotiating terms of MOU on US tariffs Edge
- FIMM reprimands former unit trust, private placement consultants Star
- Najib was aware of his account balances at all times Edge
- Hong Leong Bank’s wealth arm shifts to advisory-led model Edge Star
- Construction begins on Bestari 300MW floating solar project in Selangor Star
Other markets
- Singapore’s richest hold more wealth than bottom 80% combined Edge
- Singapore’s economy grows 6.9% in 4Q, higher than advance estimate NST Star
- Singapore raises 2026 growth forecast on global economic momentum, AI Edge Star
- From GDP to good jobs: Managing AI’s barbell effect in Indonesia Star
- China to prioritise stimulating consumption in 2026 Star
- Hong Kong family offices numbers jump 25% since 2023 in wealth hub boost Edge
- ‘Relentless’ AI demand spurs huge BofA upgrade of Taiwan economy Edge
- Why Japan wage growth matters more than prices Star
- Bangladesh’s tariff down to 19%, exemption for apparel made with US material Edge
- Marriott CEO: We are seeing a K-shaped economy Yahoo
- US retail sales unexpectedly stalled in Dec Edge
- US small-business optimism eases on economic expectations Edge
- US wants firms to commit to new AI data centre compact Edge
- Trump threatens to bar new US-Canada bridge from opening Edge
- Bank of England’s Mann says China raising export prices due to US tariffs Edge
- Work is ‘no longer a route out of poverty’, says UK think tank Star
- Macron urges EU to use ‘Greenland moment’ to push reforms Edge Mail