Capital markets news | Fri 20 Feb 2026
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Equity
- Jentayu MD in court to block EGM seeking to oust entire board of directors Edge
- EPF buys over 40m Sunway shares weeks after IJM takeover bid NST
- VentureTech invests RM28m in Delta Spike and IX Telecom Edge NST
- S&P says reviving investor confidence is key for Indonesia’s sovereign support NST
- SBI Funds targets draft IPO filing next month Yahoo
- Foreign buying of US stocks jumps 134% in 2025 Star
- Berkshire cuts Amazon stake, makes bet on New York Times Edge
- Meta cuts stock awards by 5% for most employees Yahoo
- OpenAI funding on track to top USD100b in latest round Edge Star
- Saudi AI firm Humain invests USD3b in Elon Musk’s xAI Mail Yahoo
- Cristiano Ronaldo puts USD7.5m into Herbalife health platform Edge NST
- Figure debuts tokenised stock with upsized USD150m offering Coindesk
Debt
- Wahdah eyes RM40m as Malaysia ramps up tech champion push NST
- Singapore-based bitcoin miner Bitdeer plans USD300m convertible notes Coindesk
- Indonesia bond auction weak but not distressing Edge
- Japan PM faces challenges selling ‘proactive’ fiscal policy to bond vigilantes NST
- Treasuries head for worst run in a month on inflation fears Edge
- Fed minutes downplay Trump mortgage buying effect on housing affordability Edge
- Mortgage rates drop to lowest level in nearly 4 years Yahoo
- Blue Owl limits investor withdrawals, stirring private credit concerns Yahoo
Digital assets
- UAE sits on USD344m unrealised profit from its bitcoin mining operations Coindesk
- Bitcoin steadies near USD67k as traders pay for crash protection Coindesk
- Mike McGlone softens bitcoin downside target to USD28k after backlash Coindesk
- Why bitcoin’s rare oversold RSI crash signals a long, slow grind ahead Coindesk
- Google searches for ‘bitcoin going to zero’ at highest since 2022 Cointelegraph
- Treasury bills seen as primary driver of bitcoin’s price Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin bottom signal that preceded 1,900% rally flashes again Cointelegraph
- White House favours some stablecoin rewards, tells banks it’s time to move Coindesk
- Fed’s Neel Kashkari calls crypto ‘utterly useless,’ dismisses stablecoins Coindesk
- Anchorage Digital offers non-US banks correspondent banking stablecoin Coindesk
- Illicit networks accounted for USD141b of stablecoin volume in 2025 Coindesk
- US Federal Reserve researchers sing praises of prediction markets Coindesk
M&A
- Ge-Shen sees 4% stake traded off-market at discount ahead of EGM Edge
- Bina Puri to exit Latar with stake sale to partner Mohamed Raffe Edge NST Star
- Nestlé Malaysia mulling sale of ice cream business to Froneri Edge Mail NST Star
- IHH unit moves to block Daiichi Sankyo from obstructing Fortis acquisition Edge
- Inox Green to acquire Wind World India’s IPP and O&M assets Yahoo
- Hims & Hers buys Australian digital health firm Eucalyptus Yahoo
- Netflix has ample room to increase its offer in battle for Warner Bros Yahoo
- Susquehanna-backed Blockfills up for sale after USD75m lending loss Coindesk
- BDO UK and Ireland merger moves forward after partner vote Yahoo
Malaysia
- SC appoints Abdulkader Thomas as first Sultan Nazrin Shah Fellow Edge Star
- First social exchange operator kicks off with 6 non-profit organisations Edge
- Headline inflation steady at 1.6% in Jan Edge NST Star
- Economists say slight but manageable rise in inflation this year Edge Star
- BNM could set stronger 2026 growth outlook after robust 2025 performance NST
- First services trade surplus since 2011, total trade hit RM3t last year Edge NST Star
- EcoCeres commissions USD500m Johor sustainable aviation fuel facility Mail NST
- Sarawak’s cascading power could generate 1,970MW, draw RM25.6b NST
- MAHB seeks new concession to build new terminal in Istanbul Edge
Other markets
- New OCBC investors flock to gold and silver Star
- Indonesia holds rates steady as currency pressure lingers Edge NST Star
- Indonesia, US firms sign USD38.4b in trade, investment deals Edge Mail NST
- Philippines cuts rate as graft fallout hampers growth Edge
- IMF keeps China 2026 GDP forecast at 4.5% but warns of risks to growth NST
- IMF warns China’s economic policies are ‘causing damage to others’ Edge
- Japan’s CPI cools to slowest pace in 2 years on distortions Edge
- Ambani joins Adani, Tata with plans to invest USD110b in AI Edge
- Australia’s soaring fiscal spending ‘unsustainable’, report says Edge
- Australia’s jobless rate stays low, hiring firm Star
- New Zealand’s central bank done easing policy but risks are on both sides NST
- Fed officials voiced concern inflation persists above 2% target Yahoo
- Minneapolis Fed’s Kashkari: ‘We’re pretty close to neutral’ on rates Yahoo
- With policy in a good place, Fed is probing AI’s economic impact, Daly says Yahoo
- US notches one of its biggest annual trade deficits since 1960 Edge
- US weekly jobless claims fall more than expected amid labour market stability Edge
- Illinois governor to halt data centre tax perks Star
- UK retailers’ labour cost fears jump after reforms, survey shows Edge
- ECB’s Lagarde signals no imminent exit as politics and central banks collide Edge