Capital markets news | Mon 16 Feb 2026
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Practice Note (PN) 17: A company listed on the Main Market or a listed business trust is classified as PN17 if receivers or managers are appointed over at least 50% of total assets employed on a consolidated basis.
Equity
- Hock Soon Capital falls on Main Market debut Edge NST Star
- RedPlanet files draft prospectus for LEAP transfer to ACE Market Edge
- EPF grants Ekovest 1-year extension to exit Duke highway stake Edge
- Trading of Scientex Packaging shares to be suspended from 27 Feb Edge
- Ireka seeks more time for PN17 regularisation plan NST
- Harvest Miracle invests RM4.4m for 40% stake in Kaw Kaw Malaya Star
- New workgroup to draw growth capital into Singapore Edge
- Prabowo fury on market rout shows growing divisions in Indonesia Edge
- Potential upside for China Star
- Chinese AI app Zhipu plans Shanghai float after soaring 320% in Hong Kong Edge
- HKEX weighs expanding private IPO filings to boost listings Edge
- Indian IT stocks set to lose USD50b in worst week since pandemic on AI fears Edge
- Banks picked for data centre operator DayOne’s USD5b US IPO Edge
- SoftBank’s PayPay gets closer to US IPO in milestone for Japan Edge
- SpaceX weighing dual-class IPO shares to empower Musk Edge
- Why the SpaceX IPO will be good, bad, and ugly for other space stocks Yahoo
- OpenAI rival Anthropic finalises USD30b funding at USD380b value Edge
- Singapore’s GIC pulled USD250m from hedge fund Jain Global Edge
Debt
- Strong GDP, GII auction drive Malaysian bond sentiment NST
- Financial institutions and issuers honoured at 23rd RAM League Awards RAM
- Securing student financing for the long haul Edge
- Stable financing to boost used car segment Star
- Malaysian households walk the debt tightrope Star
- China Jan new loans jump but miss forecasts as weak demand persists Edge
- Traders bet on fewer 2026 rate cuts on strong data Star
- Nvidia to lease data centre funded by USD3.8b of junk bonds Edge
- Captive equity fuels CLO growth Star
- ECB expands repo lines to global banks Star
- EU uses ECB safety net to win allies Star
- Ukraine expects final IMF deal approval in coming weeks NST
Digital assets
- Crypto winter chills Vietnam’s USD100b market, wiping out fortunes overnight Mail
- Hong Kong is trying to build up its crypto regulations Coindesk
- Bitcoin steadies in Asia after Standard Chartered warning Edge
- Elon Musk’s X to launch crypto and stock trading in ‘couple weeks’ Coindesk
- Leverage-driven volatility threatens bitcoin’s narrative Coindesk
- Wall Street remains bullish on bitcoin while offshore traders retreat Coindesk
- Institutions may get ‘fed up’ and fire bitcoin devs over quantum: VC Cointelegraph
- Study suggests WLFI could act as an ‘early warning signal’ in crypto Cointelegraph
- Crypto group counters Wall Street bankers with principles for bill Coindesk
- PGI Global CEO handed 20-year sentence for USD200m Ponzi scheme Coindesk
- US-based DeFi group urges UK FCA to anchor rules to ‘unilateral control’ Coindesk
M&A
- Catcha Digital scraps RM35m acquisition of Theta Service Partner Edge
- Iskandar Waterfront City to sell land in Johor for RM71.55m Star
- GDB enters Sarawak property market with RM32.72m land purchase Edge NST Star
- ByteDance in talks to sell gaming unit Moonton for more than USD6b Edge
- Bangchak buys HK unit of Chevron as it expands in Asia Edge
- Warner Bros weighs reopening sale talks with Paramount Yahoo
- Cineverse announces acquisition of IndiCue Yahoo
- Mercedes to sell part of EUR12b Daimler Truck stake Edge
- Hapag-Lloyd in talks to acquire Zim for USD3.5b Yahoo
Malaysia
- Headline and core inflation averaged at 1.4% and 2% in 2025 Edge
- Inflation to stay moderate in 2026: Bank Negara NST
- Economy beats forecasts as 4Q GDP surges 6.3% Edge NST Star
- Strong domestic demand boosts GDP, narrows fiscal deficit to 3.7% Edge Star
- Growth outperformance signals stronger domestic engine, say economists NST
- Stronger-than-expected growth momentum to carry into 2026, say economists Edge
- OCBC lifts Malaysia’s GDP growth forecast for 2026 NST
- The GDP disconnect Edge
- The pram trap Star
- Current account surplus narrows sharply in 4Q Edge
- External position remains resilient, surplus seen widening in 2026 NST
- Mission heavy, not impossible Star
- Banks race to capture growing affluent market Star
- PUC receives conditional approval for Labuan investment banking licence Edge
- Mayu says RM24m police compound linked to money laundering probe Edge Star
- TNB, Aurora consortium wins 1,400MW Paka power plant Edge NST Star
Other markets
- Key winners from Singapore’s budget 2026 Edge
- Indonesia’s economic growth to exceed target in 2026, president says Edge Star
- China’s yuan set for longest weekly winning streak in 13 years Edge
- WTO chief warns China that USD1.2t trade surplus is not sustainable Mail
- Hong Kong sees 25% increase in family offices Star
- Taiwan hikes 2026 economic growth forecast on AI demand Edge
- BOJ hawk Tamura flags spring as possible timing for rate hike Edge
- Japan’s economy ekes out growth as Takaichi eyes more spending Edge
- Silicon dreams in Visakhapatnam: India’s USD175b bet to close the AI gap Mail NST
- AI adoption leading to moderation in entry-level hiring NST
- Saudi Arabia downscales flagship Red Sea giga-project NST
- Goldman Sachs delivers contrarian take on the economy Yahoo
- US consumer prices rise less than expected in Jan Edge
- Chicago Fed’s Goolsbee says interest rates could fall a fair bit more Yahoo
- BOE on knife edge over rates, awaits pivotal UK inflation data Edge
- UK banks push to manage billions of pounds lying idle Edge
- ECB revamps euro liquidity offer to boost currency’s appeal Edge Yahoo
- ECB yet to see full impact of euro appreciation, Kazaks says Edge
- EU leaders vow to accelerate single market to compete with US and China Edge
- Why ‘firm sovereignty’ is the CIO’s top mandate for 2026 Edge
- AI productivity has an ‘intense’ downside, new study says Yahoo
- Rich world’s growing civil unrest comes with an insurance sting Edge