Capital markets news | Wed 11 Mar 2026
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Iran war and global oil supply
To bypass the Strait of Hormuz, Saudi Arabia and the UAE utilise the East-West and Habshan-Fujairah pipelines, though their combined capacity currently handles less than 40% of the region’s total exports.
Equity
- Sunway Healthcare’s Main Market IPO oversubscribed 5.57 times Edge NST Star
- Oiltek prepares for secondary listing on Bursa Edge
- Bursa Malaysia to break down nominee accounts for better clarity Edge
- Samsung, SK to cancel USD14b treasury shares in reform push Edge
- Bain Capital nears final close of record USD10.5b Asia fund Edge
- CFOs and private equity sponsors diverge on IPO timing and approach Yahoo
- Bill Ackman files for dual IPOs of Pershing Square, new fund Edge Yahoo
- Elon Musk’s SpaceX weighs Nasdaq listing after seeking early index entry Edge
- Nvidia to make ‘significant investment’ in Thinking Machines Labs Yahoo
Debt
- Malaysia 15-year sukuk auction draws RM8b bids for RM3.5b offer NST
- Telekosang Hydro One’s sukuk, bonds placed on negative rating watch RAM
- Singapore bourse to offer bond futures for India, Southeast Asia Edge
- Sembcorp seeking USD2b loan to back purchase of Australia’s Alinta Edge
- Asia private credit chases gains as stress mounts for US peers Edge
- Amazon returns to debt market with jumbo cross-border bond sale Edge Yahoo
- Bond market gets EUR21b deal rush as credit risk eases Edge
Digital assets
- Orbital data centre company to start mining bitcoin in space Cointelegraph
- Bitcoiners celebrate as the network produces its 20 millionth coin Cointelegraph
- Senators try to unlock Clarity Act with compromise on stablecoin yield Coindesk
- Crypto shouldn’t ‘die on the hill’ of stablecoin yield Coindesk
- Republican opposition to CBDC holds up housing affordability bill Cointelegraph
- Internet labour markets will drive crypto’s next wave of adoption Coindesk
- DeFi lending platform Aave sees USD27m liquidations after price glitch Coindesk
- Stablecoin boom could eat into traditional banks’ profits Coindesk
- Why banks are moving beyond single-provider stablecoin payment rails Coindesk
- Stablecoin market hits USD312b with banks, card networks embrace Coindesk
- DeFi insurance is the final frontier of onchain finance Cointelegraph
M&A
- West River unit to acquire 95% of ACE Hydropower Edge NST Star
- IGB secures govt approval for RM215m Johor Bahru land deal Edge
- Reyes looks to acquire 5 more markets from RNDC Yahoo
- Jito acquires and revives SolanaFloor following USD27m exploit Coindesk
- Epiroc signs agreement to acquire Eventspec in South Africa Yahoo
Malaysia
- Enhancing the capital market ecosystem Star
- Jan industrial output rises 5.9%, beats forecasts Edge Star
- Manufacturing sales rise 7.1% to RM169.4b in Jan 2026 NST Star
- Economists maintain upward industrial production growth projection in 2026 Edge
- Malaysia’s industrial production seen cooling in 2026 NST
- Police freeze MMAG, NexG Bina’s bank accounts since end-2025 Edge
- NexG Bina says 16 bank accounts frozen by police AMLA unit Star
- MMAG Holdings’ bank accounts frozen by police, AMLA unit Star
- Muhyiddin trial: RM19.3m in cash cheques banked into Bersatu account Edge
- CIMB flagged suspicious transactions in Bersatu’s accounts to regulator Edge
- What happened after Bloomberg exposé of MACC and Azam Baki Edge
- Investigator becomes subject of investigation Edge
- MACC chief’s shareholding to be reviewed by Public Service Department Edge
- Penang ranks third with RM22.4b in 2025 manufacturing investments Mail Star
- JS-SEZ: semiconductor ‘queen bee’ expected to create new ecosystem NST
Other markets
- Bank Indonesia to defend rupiah amid volatile oil Edge
- Yuan advances as PBOC strengthens fixing by most since Jan Edge
- China’s exports turbocharge into 2026 after record-breaking year Edge Star
- HSBC scraps work from home for client-facing staff in Hong Kong Edge
- Japan’s economy grew 0.3% in 4Q as Takaichi urges investment Edge NST
- Japan deepens rare earths ties with Lynas as world seeks supply Edge
- India’s RBI steps up support for rupee, bonds as oil swings Edge
- India’s cabinet said to ease rules that curbed Chinese investment Edge
- Saudi Arabia to redirect oil exports ‘within days’ to avoid Strait of Hormuz Yahoo
- Senior bankers quit for rivals as Asian talent fight intensifies Edge
- Trump administration estimates cost of Iran war’s first 2 days at USD5.6b Edge
- US small-business optimism declines on weaker sales outlook Edge
- US existing home sales unexpectedly increase in Feb Edge
- Citadel Securities sees markets mispricing Fed, ECB rate paths Edge
- AT&T to spend USD250b in 5 years to expand its networks Edge
- Legal fight over Trump’s low-value tax reopens Star
- USD130-a-barrel oil could send economy into a recession Yahoo
- JPMorgan’s shocking Iran forecast could change oil’s next move Yahoo
- UK consumer sentiment plunges amid Iran war Star
- ECB’s Muller says rate-hike chances higher but urges calm Edge
- European companies using AI are hiring more workers, not cutting them Yahoo
- German exports record sharpest decline since May 2024 Edge
- HSBC raises 2026 oil forecast to USD80 per barrel Edge
- Brent to trade above USD95 for next 2 months on Iran war, EIA says Yahoo
- Economic fallout from the US-Israel-Iran war Edge