Capital markets news | Thu 5 Mar 2026
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3 hours of e-learning vs 6 hours of classroom: why should both offer 10 CPE points
Outcome-based value (prioritising competency achieved over hours spent sitting) (1) Recognises that modern professionals provide more value through rapid skill acquisition, (2) acknowledges that 3 hours of solo, screen-based concentration is mentally equivalent to a full day of social learning, and (3) aligns with global trends favouring demonstrated proficiency over traditional attendance-based models.
Equity
- OGX IPO oversubscribed by 10.1 times ahead of ACE Market listing Edge Star
- Gold Li gets M&A Securities to underwrite ACE Market IPO Edge NST Star
- Analysts back premium valuation for Sunway Healthcare ahead of IPO Edge
- PublicInvest values Sunway Healthcare at RM1.35-RM1.55, above sector peers NST
- Why Malaysia has not allowed dual-class shares but should with safeguards Edge
- Blackstone talks on USD4b New World deal stall over control Edge Star
- Walmart-backed PhonePe targets up to USD10.5b valuation in India IPO NST Yahoo
- Whoop to expand staff by 75% to spur growth ahead of likely IPO Yahoo
- Markets need couple of weeks to absorb Iran war Mail NST Star
- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang suggests end of OpenAI investments Yahoo
- Stablecoin giant Tether invests USD50m in startup Eight Sleep Coindesk
- Global funds unwind hottest AI trades as oil supply fears mount Edge
Debt
- Proton’s sukuk programmes AA2(s), P1(s) ratings affirmed RAM
- 2025 corporate default and rating transition: stable ratings with positive tilt RAM
- Latest Malaysian states’ implicit strength ratings released RAM
- Ringgit bonds gain from US dollar diversification, equities mixed NST
- Fitch cuts Indonesia credit rating outlook to negative Edge Mail NST Star
- Chinese bank halts Abu Dhabi loan as creditors cut Mideast risk Edge
- Avantus closes financing for solar-plus-storage project in Arizona Yahoo
- Blackstone hit by surge in withdrawals from flagship private credit fund Edge
- Jefferies faces scrutiny over lending to collapsed MFS and First Brands Edge
- Barclays owed about GBP500m by collapsed UK lender MFS Edge
- Inflation biggest risk to debt markets facing big stress test Edge
- Africa clean energy financing surges despite fewer project approvals Yahoo
Digital assets
- Bitcoin rallies past USD73k while US ETFs see inflows Edge Star
- Bitcoin just cleared USD73k, but sceptical traders are bracing for bull trap Coindesk
- Institutional investors buying the dip as traders pour USD1.7b into ETFs Coindesk
- Bitcoin ‘air pocket’ above USD72k could mean quick run to USD80k Coindesk
- Crypto’s new run has legs says analyst Coindesk
- Ray Dalio cautions on bitcoin, says ‘there is only one gold’ Cointelegraph
- Crypto bulls slam Ray Dalio’s ‘tired narratives’ in defence of bitcoin’s future Coindesk
- Bitcoin may face hard fork over any attempt to freeze Satoshi’s coins Cointelegraph
- Trump’s crypto adviser rejects treating yield-bearing stablecoins like banks Coindesk
- Eric Trump calls banks ‘anti-American’ over stablecoin fight Coindesk
- Kraken’s banking arm secures payments account with Fed Edge Cointelegraph
- Trump sends pro-bitcoin Fed chair nomination to the Senate Cointelegraph
M&A
- Thailand’s CP Axtra to buy The Food Purveyor for RM1.7b Edge Mail Star
- Sunway’s ongoing takeover offer for IJM under MACC investigation Edge
- Bedi buys 8.7-acre land in Sabah for future projects Edge Star
- YXPM in RM10m KL land buy Star
- Semantan Estate files discovery application for pre-Merdeka land plans Edge
- Toyota founding family is biggest winner in unit takeover battle Edge
- Hightower Signature acquires USD5b RIA Journey Strategic Yahoo
- Aspen Standard Wealth adds 7th firm since 2024 launch Yahoo
- Gyre Therapeutics to acquire Cullgen in USD300m all-stock transaction Yahoo
- Rallybio to acquire Candid Therapeutics Yahoo
- Semtech expands data centre portfolio with acquisition Investors
- BCI, Norges Bank and Brookfield establish Northview Energy Yahoo
- Luckin Coffee backer Centurium said to be in advanced talks for Blue Bottle Edge
Malaysia
- BNM likely to keep OPR at 2.75% NST Star
- 39% of middle-income Malaysians save RM500 or less monthly NST
- Middle East tensions hit markets, Malaysia’s economy offers buffer NST
- Middle East conflict has minimum impact to Malaysia’s total trade NST Star
- Shafee accuses former SRC director Shahrol of double hearsay Edge
- Charges recommended against Environment Dept DG over e-waste case Edge
- Former minister, ministry sec-gen quizzed by MACC over Arm deal Edge NST
- MACC opens investigation papers on UKM financial irregularities, governance Edge
- TM’s 5G exit puts strain on DNB NST
Other markets
- Gas-reliant Singapore faces higher power bills on Qatar shutdown Edge
- China’s factory data mixed as Iran war clouds export outlook Edge NST Star Yahoo
- AI fuels rise of one-person firms in China Star
- Taiwan indicts 62 over suspected scam centre operator Prince Group Edge
- Bank of Japan chief vows to keep raising rates with eye on Iran conflict Edge NST
- Japan’s Middle East energy dependency — and how it mitigates shocks Edge
- Trump says US will escort, insure oil tankers amid the Iran war Edge Mail Star
- Australia economy picks up speed in 4Q, stretches supply NST
- Fed’s Hammack backs steady interest rates, too early to gauge Iran war impact Yahoo
- Why surging oil prices ‘may bite the hands’ of the Fed Yahoo
- US private payrolls post largest increase in 7 months in Feb Edge
- US manufacturing grew, input costs soared before Iran attack Edge
- US services sector hits 3-1/2-year high, risks loom from Middle East war Edge
- Bessent says Trump’s tariff hike to 15% likely this week Edge NST
- Goldman Sachs predicts AI will eventually displace 6% of US workers Yahoo
- Japan, US to add nuclear power project to USD550b investment package Edge NST
- Merz says EU won’t accept US deal on worse tariff terms Star
- Inflation uptick jolts eurozone economy Star
- AI may be creating instead of destroying jobs for now, ECB blog argues Yahoo
- Swiss inflation barely above zero again keeps pressure on Swiss National Bank Edge