Capital markets news | Thu 12 Feb 2026
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Practice Note (PN) 17: Being classified as PN17 immediately puts a company into a formal “financially distressed” regime with extra obligations and the risk of suspension and delisting if it cannot fix its condition.
Equity
- ACE Market-bound TeamStar IPO oversubscribed by 4.2 times Edge
- Tune Talk establishes employee share trust scheme ahead of planned IPO Edge
- Bursa teams up with Teraju to encourage Bumiputera IPO participation Edge Star
- Foreign fund interest set to continue Star
- MSCI maintains Malaysia index constituents, deletes 4 from small-cap Edge Star
- Funds rush to bet on China-Hong Kong stock link after 27% return Yahoo
- India’s Fractal Analytics USD314m IPO fully subscribed on final day of bidding Yahoo
- Goldi Solar said to consider USD350m India IPO Edge
- Urban migration in India sets stage for record property IPO year Edge
- The AI-fuelled software meltdown is overblown Yahoo
- Software selloff is disrupting some M&A and IPO deals, US bankers say Yahoo
- Historical data-driven AI trading bots falter in unfamiliar conditions Coindesk
- Equal Parts raises USD23m to expand insurance platform Yahoo
Debt
- Underperforming cooperatives to be denied new financing Edge
- Targeted measures to boost high-value Bumiputera firms NST
- State-owned infrastructure financier SMI seals green finance Star
- China’s streamlined refinancing set to boost technology funding Star
- Shenzhen govt drafting USD11.6b rescue package for China Vanke Edge
- China’s years-long retreat from US treasuries flags bigger risks Edge
- Banks backing green steel fund ‘false solutions’ Edge
- Credit card debt hits record USD1.28t Yahoo
Digital assets
- BNM onboards 3 projects on ringgit stablecoins, tokenised deposits Edge Mail Star
- Maybank launches tokenised deposits, cross border payments Edge NST Star
- CIMB partners with BNM to pioneer bank-grade tokenisation in Malaysia Edge Star
- Hong Kong committed to digital assets, feels UAE competition Coindesk
- Why crypto VCs at Consensus Hong Kong are playing a 15-year game Coindesk
- South Korean lawmakers grill Bithumb CEO over ‘ghost bitcoin’ Edge
- BlackRock says 1% crypto allocation in Asia could unlock USD2t new flows Coindesk
- Bitcoin slides below USD67k as crypto diverges from stocks Edge Coindesk
- Bitcoin whales are buying again as other investors retreat Edge
- Top Bitcoin traders refuse to turn bullish despite 14% rebound Cointelegraph
- Phantom Chat under scrutiny after USD264k address poisoning loss Cointelegraph
- JPMorgan bullish on crypto as institutional flows set to drive recovery Coindesk
- Ondo, Securitize execs say utility will drive tokenisation’s next phase Coindesk
- Gen Z fuels USD100t crypto derivatives boom in response to broken system Coindesk
- Institutional crypto platform BlockFills halts withdrawals, restricts trading Coindesk
- US DOJ hits Paxful for USD4m in prostitution, money laundering case Coindesk
M&A
- UEM Edgenta seeks 6 Mar extension for privatisation deal independent advice Edge
- Seal Incorporated acquires 20% stake in Mutiara Waterfront Habitats Star
- Acquisitive Reliance Industries buys India’s Southern Health Foods Yahoo
- Activist investor Ancora opposes Netflix-Warner Bros deal, backs Paramount Yahoo
- Cerity makes institutional convergence play with Verus merger Yahoo
- Kodiak acquired by QXO: a strategic USD2b-plus leap in building products Yahoo
- Mattel buys NetEase’s stake in gaming ops for USD159m Edge Star
- YouTube’s MrBeast buys Gen Z fintech app Step Mail Cointelegraph
- Kraft Heinz halts split, new CEO says problems are ‘fixable’ Edge
- GIC mulls selling 80% stake in European data centre JV for up to EUR1b Edge
- Creditors offer to take over ailing French supermarket chain Edge
- Distressed Paris office towers set to be sold at discounted price by lenders Edge
- Google secures EU antitrust approval for $32 billion Wiz acquisition Yahoo
Malaysia
- Capitation Grant Bill to raise state allocations tabled for first reading Edge
- Domestic demand set to remain resilient this year Star
- National Gas Roadmap to overhaul gas policy, coal phase-out by 2044 Edge
- MRMA urges continuation of REIT tax framework to sustain sector growth Edge Star
- Over 1b e-invoice transactions recorded, involving 200k taxpayers Edge NST
- Competition Appeal Tribunal upholds RM367m fine over chicken feed cartel Edge
- MACC exchanging info with UK SFO over IJM’s RM2.5b overseas investments Edge
- Petronas kicks off Malaysia Bid Round 2026 with 9 exploration, 6 DROs Edge NST
- 38 projects worth over RM1.65b set to boost development in Perlis NST
Other markets
- Temasek-backed CapitaLand’s profit dives 70% on China woes Edge
- World Bank trims Thailand’s 2026 GDP growth outlook to 1.6% from 1.7% NST
- Ho Chi Minh City pushes to close investment gap Star
- Is China hoarding gold so yuan becomes global reserve? Cointelegraph
- China’s factory deflation eases despite drag on prices from demand Edge NST Star
- China’s top chipmaker warns rushed AI capacity could sit idle Edge
- Yen carry trade a ‘ticking time bomb’, warns BCA Research Edge
- OpenAI, Samsung and SK Telecom to start building Korea data centres in Mar Edge
- India’s USD500b US imports draw scepticism, risks widening trade deficit Edge NST
- Australia central bank again says inflation rate is too high Star
- Australian dollar hits 3-year peak on rate-hike bets NST Star
- Option traders see payrolls cementing 2 or 3 cuts in 2026 Edge
- US budget deficit to grow to USD1.853t in FY2026, CBO says Edge
- US job growth accelerates in Jan, unemployment rate falls to 4.3% Edge
- Meta announces plans to build 1GW Indiana data centre as part of AI build-out Yahoo
- UK Supreme Court ruling on patents and AI is boost for innovation Yahoo
- Dutch court orders Nexperia investigation, upholds decisions Edge Mail
- French AI firm Mistral invests EUR1.2b in Sweden data centres Mail
- Kenya’s central bank cuts key lending rate Yahoo