Capital markets news | Mon 23 Feb 2026
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Practice Note (PN) 17: A company listed on the Main Market is classified as a PN17 issuer if the auditors highlight a material uncertainty related to going concern or qualify the issuer’s ability to continue as a going concern in the latest audited financial statements and consolidated shareholders’ equity is 50% or less of share capital (excluding treasury shares).
Equity
- Jentayu declares EGM called by 15 individuals invalid, plans legal action Edge NST
- CIMB Securities constructive on Malaysian equities in 2026 NST
- Domestic investors more bullish than foreign funds NST
- Earnings concerns keep foreign investors underweight on Malaysia, says CIMB Edge
- Pay for planet: ESG tied to executive bonuses NST
- Indonesia faces record share sales to meet free-float goal Edge
- Indonesia fines company, individuals for alleged stock manipulation Edge
- Thai hotel empire weighs USD1b REIT, unit IPO to cut debt Edge
- Chinese AI start-ups surge after holiday in rotation from Big Tech Edge
- Temasek, ADIA plan to invest in Clean Max’s India IPO Edge
- Private equity hits a sixer in India Star
- BofA says US stocks draw lowest share of global flows since 2020 Edge
- From ‘buy America’ to ‘bye America’, Wall Street exodus gathers pace Edge Mail
- Nvidia close to investing USD30b in OpenAI’s mega funding round Edge Mail
- London Stock Exchange to host new private share platform transaction Edge
- Finding equity value beyond the obvious Star
- Crypto capital rotates from tokens to stocks as new launches struggle Cointelegraph
Debt
- Aeon Credit raises RM100m via 12th senior sukuk NST Star
- Foreign inflows into Malaysian bonds hit RM951.9m in Jan Edge NST Star
- Japan’s SBI to issue JPY10b onchain bond with XRP rewards Coindesk
- Dubai’s top bank accelerates Asia push as flows surge Edge
- Asia bonds for diversification Star
- Tariff ruling fuels USD30t bond-market angst by hitting US deficit Star
- Bond market momentum shifts bears’ way as sell signals flash Yahoo
- Blue Owl’s woes expose private credit risks for retail investors Edge
- HSBC cuts 10% of US debt capital markets team amid overhaul Edge
Digital assets
- Bitcoin’s USD1t identity crisis hits from every direction Edge
- Bitcoin see-saws around USD68k, tariff uncertainty weighs on risk assets Coindesk
- Bitcoin USD150k price calls are ‘drying up,’ which is healthy Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin miner Bitdeer dumps entire reserves, holdings drop to zero Cointelegraph
- Satoshi and the USD440b in bitcoin threatened by quantum computing Coindesk
- Blue Owl liquidity crisis could mean bitcoin’s next bull run Coindesk
- Stablecoin A7A5 grows parallel system for sanctioned companies Cointelegraph
- Specialised AI detects 92% of real-world DeFi exploits Coindesk
M&A
- Cili Kampung buys 50% of Dotty’s for RM11.96m Edge Mail NST
- Jollibee agrees to buy Korean hot pot chain for USD87m Edge
- What to know about the SpaceX-xAI merger before the SpaceX IPO Yahoo
- Netflix has ample room to raise bid for Warner Bros Edge
- Boaz Weinstein’s Saba, Cox launch tender offer for Blue Owl BDCs Star
- Aston Martin to sell F1 branding rights as it warns of bigger loss Edge
- Bitcoin miner MARA buys majority of AI data centre Exaion Coindesk Cointelegraph
Malaysia
- High Court bins duo’s appeals over unlicensed capital market activities Edge
- Inflation seen stable at 2% in 2026 NST
- Exports up 19.6% in Jan on demand for manufactured goods Edge Mail NST Star
- Analysts mixed on export outlook after Jan surprise Edge NST
- Strong Jan trade driven by E&E to boost 1Q current account Edge NST
- Broadening Malaysia’s trade Star
- Malaysia assessing developments after Trump’s global tariffs struck down Edge
- Rafizi vows to sue govt if not charged over Arm deal corruption allegations Edge
- MPC leads productivity push to meet 3.6% growth target under 13MP Edge
- Closing the gap between productivity and wages Edge
- Graduate wages reveal a deeper economic fault-line Edge
- Labour market to hold steady amid challenges Star
- Multi-dimensional poverty index 2024 reduced to 0.0025 — DOSM Edge NST
- HRD Corp suspends 3 more management team members Edge
- China’s Longda commits RM900m aerospace investment in Johor NST
Other markets
- Singapore to seek clarity from US over new 15% global tariff Edge
- AI poised to reshape accounting in Singapore Star
- Trump, Prabowo finalise trade deal slashing tariff rate to 19% Edge Mail NST
- Indonesia Q4 current account deficit at 0.7% of GDP NST
- Trump meets Vietnam leader, vows to remove Hanoi from restricted lists Edge
- Vietnam’s banks use tech to attract low-cost capital source Star
- Japan’s CPI cools to slowest pace in 2 years on distortions Edge Mail NST
- India postpones US trip to finalise trade pact on tariff ruling Edge NST
- IDFC First Bank probes USD65m fraud in accounts of govt entities Edge NST
- Australia says weighing all options after ‘unjustified’ tariffs Edge
- Americans are using AI for financial advice more than you think Yahoo
- US personal consumption expenditures inflation heats up in Dec Edge
- US economic growth slows sharply in 4Q2025 Edge
- US Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s global tariffs Edge
- Supreme Court’s tariff ruling may unravel US trade deals Mail
- US tariff revenue at risk in Supreme Court ruling tops USD175b NST
- How to get refunds after US Supreme Court rejected Trump’s tariffs Edge Mail
- Trump signs 10% global tariff in bid to salvage trade agenda Edge NST
- Trump boosts new tariff rate to 15% a day after announcing 10% Edge Mail Star
- Very little is known about Trump’s USD33b Ohio gas project Edge
- JPMorgan closed Trump accounts after attack on US Capitol in 2021 NST
- Rising UK youth unemployment tests government over wage pledge Edge
- UK businesses and consumers show signs of recovery in early 2026 Edge
- UK retail sales grow fastest in 20 months Edge
- UK posts biggest ever budget surplus as tax revenue surges Edge
- Eurozone business activity up on German manufacturing revival Edge
- Germany is about to find out whether its recovery is real Yahoo
- French business activity held back by manufacturing dip Edge
- EU may freeze US trade deal approval over Trump’s tariff ‘chaos’ Edge
- Lagarde’s ‘baseline’ is to finish term as ECB president Edge
- ECB’s Lagarde renews call for cooperation to save global order Edge
- Lagarde says US tariff moves risk upsetting equilibrium with EU Yahoo
- ECB fines JPMorgan USD12.2m for misreporting risk, largest penalty to date Mail