Capital markets news | Fri 13 Feb 2026
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Practice Note (PN) 17: A company listed on the Main Market is classified as PN17 if its consolidated shareholders’ equity is 25% or less of its share capital (excluding treasury shares) and that equity is less than RM40 million. A listed business trust becomes a PN17 Business Trust if its consolidated unit holders’ fund is negative (excluding non‑controlling interest).
Equity
- Kee Ming more than doubles in ACE Market debut Edge NST Star
- IT infra firm OGX launches ACE Market IPO at 35 sen to raise RM79m Edge Star
- Maxland plans 1-for-1 rights issue to raise RM32.07m Edge
- Large banks have dividend upside with capital management as key driver Edge
- What Bursa says about minimum public shareholding spread Edge
- Sabah targets 60% stake in state O&G activities NST
- VC firm Hartamodal invests in Sarawak start-up NEUON AI Edge
- Jakarta rout draws attention to free-float thresholds Edge
- New owners of Pakistan International Airlines plan IPO Edge
- Fuel wholesaler Arko Petroleum raises USD200m in US IPO Yahoo
- Wall Street’s new trade is dumping any stock in AI’s crosshairs Star Yahoo
- Former karaoke company drags logistics into the AI scare trade Yahoo
- Real estate stocks sink as worries about AI risks spread Yahoo
- Markets sense opportunity as erratic US spurs ‘middle powers’ into action Edge
Debt
- YTL Hospitality REIT’s senior, perpetual notes assigned issue ratings RAM
- DUKE 3’s sukuk assigned final rating of AA- MARC
- UEM Sunrise completes RM500m sukuk issuance with 12-year tenor NST
- Norway’s wealth fund raises exposure to Malaysian bonds Edge
- MBSB Bank allocates RM1b to support rail SMEs through Maric collaboration Star
- KWAP rolls out Jana MyPesara to boost pensioners’ income NST Star
- Digital banks’ potential hinges on bold, visionary leadership NST
- One Strategy launches AI-powered One Credit Edge Star
- UAE joins Hong Kong debt network to boost access to Chinese assets Edge
- Japanese investors stay wary Takaichi will spur another bond crash Edge
- Investors pour another USD4b into US high-grade bond funds Edge
- Fed moves to drop some prior demands on US banks to fix flaws Edge
- Treasuries fall as strong jobs curb Fed-cut bets Edge Star
- American households are piling up debt at historic levels Yahoo
- UK digital bonds to be issued using HSBC blockchain platform Edge
Digital assets
- Pakistan’s Bilal Bin Saqib says crypto is a necessity, not a luxury Coindesk
- Asia leapfrogging the West in onchain retail, hubs lead on stablecoin rules Coindesk
- Crypto industry experts see Asian institutions pivot toward stablecoins Coindesk
- Bitcoin tumbles back near last week’s lows over AI fears Coindesk
- Bitcoin hovers at USD65k as investors frustrated over disconnect with gold Yahoo
- Ark Invest’s Cathie Wood says bitcoin will thrive amid deflationary chaos Coindesk
- Standard Chartered sees bitcoin sliding to USD50k before recovery Coindesk
- Crypto markets won’t fly without more credit Cointelegraph
- Gate founder says banks have lost the war against stablecoins Coindesk
- Bank push to slow crypto trust charters until GENIUS rules clarified Cointelegraph
- The digital assets exchange-traded product landscape Coindesk
- Solana’s 2026 plan is all about the application layer Coindesk
- Deel taps MoonPay to roll out stablecoin salary payouts in UK, EU Cointelegraph
M&A
- Hextar Industries buys 51% of llaollao’s master franchisee Edge NST Star
- Cili Kampung acquires 50% stake in Dotty’s for RM23.9m Star
- Oriental Kopi firms up deal to buy head office for RM23m Edge Star
- Mercuria buys back minority stake from Chinese state-backed fund Edge
- Toyota extends USD35b deal deadline at 9% short of goal Edge
- Captrust acquires USD3.8b West Coast wealth management firm Yahoo
- Rezolve Ai buys fintech firm Reward in USD230m deal Yahoo
- Brighthouse Financial stockholders approve Aquarian merger Yahoo
- Waldorf Astoria’s Chinese owners plan to sell iconic NYC hotel NST
- Couche-Tard shares soar after sidelining M&A Star
- CK Hutchison warns Maersk of legal action if it takes over Panama Ports Edge
- Schroders agrees USD13.5b sale to Nuveen as family sells out Edge Yahoo
- Deutsche Boerse to buy General Atlantic’s stake in ISS STOXX for USD1.31b Edge
Malaysia
- PUC receives conditional LFSA approval for Labuan banking licence Star
- 4Q GDP likely higher than expected at 5.9% on strong domestic demand Edge NST
- Labour demand up 1.8% to 9.21m jobs in 4Q2025 Edge
- Job market to stay stable, unemployment forecast at 2.9% NST Star
- BMI expects Malaysian household spending to grow 4.1% in 2026 Edge
- MUFG turns bullish on ringgit, sees potential for 3.70 by end-2026 Edge Star
- LC Wakaful Digital to operate first social exchange platform Edge NST Star
- Putrajaya to consider GST return only when median income hits RM4k Edge
- Population hit 34.3m in 4Q2025 as growth slowed Edge
- Anti-cartel law amendments to be tabled at next parliamentary session Edge
- Malayan Flour Mills unit to challenge RM70m MyCC fine in High Court Edge
Other markets
- AI jolts are coming for Singapore’s white-collar workers, warns expert Star
- Indonesia aims for 5.6% GDP growth in first quarter Star
- Thailand moves to seize USD420m assets linked to scammers Edge
- Commercial viability, committed offtakers vital for Asean’s green energy Edge
- China’s yuan firms past 6.9 per dollar for first time in 33 months Edge
- China’s trade surplus misleads its Western critics Edge
- Critical shift seen in China demand levers Star
- US, Taiwan finalise deal to cut tariffs, boost purchases of US goods NST
- Japan’s wholesale inflation slows, weak yen pressures import costs Edge NST
- DHS shutdown nears as Senate fails to cut deal, heads to recess Yahoo
- Citigroup rates desk says markets too calm about US inflation Edge
- Inflation preview: New data to show how much prices rose to start 2026 Yahoo
- US pushes AI funding, fisheries tech at Apec amid China rivalry Edge
- US, Japan zero in on energy and chips for USD550b fund Edge
- US home resales fall most in 4 years despite lower rates Edge
- US weekly jobless claims fall less than expected Edge
- A year in, it’s official: Americans, not foreigners, are paying for Trump’s tariffs Yahoo
- US House defies Trump and votes to end his Canada tariffs Edge
- Trump privately weighed quitting trade pact he signed with Canada, Mexico Edge
- Britain’s economy ekes out mere 0.1% growth in 4Q Edge
- Four partners leave EY after potential breaches of Shell audit Edge
- ECB to extend its longest interest rate pause since below zero days Edge
- How to create jobs for the world’s 1.2b new workers Star
- Only 5% of companies see AI improving profit, McKinsey China chairman Coindesk