Capital markets news | Thu 12 Mar 2026
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Iran war and global oil supply
Japan and South Korea, allies of the US, account for 27% of oil that moves through the Strait of Hormuz, some 70-75% of each country’s crude imports. Another major importer is China, which Iran is giving preferential treatment to. India, a major importer from the region, has received US approval to purchase Russian oil.
Equity
- Penang-based contract manufacturer Emits files for ACE Market listing Edge Star
- Cabinet orders detailed probe into ‘corporate mafia’ allegations Edge
- Where fines and public reprimands might help advance corporate governance Edge
- AI ‘godfather’ raises USD1b for start-up Star
- Oracle’s stake in TikTok US joint venture is worth roughly USD2b Yahoo
- Once you start fooling shareholders, you will soon believe your own baloney Yahoo
- Blackstone, Blue Owl team up for new private equity bet Yahoo
- Ontario Teachers fund posts first private equity loss since 2009 Star
Debt
- Fitch forecasts stable growth for Malaysia’s debt capital market NST
- Banks still have fuel left despite slower lending NST
- Moody’s warns oil price spike could strain Malaysia’s subsidy framework Edge Mail
- Zetrix AI, INCEIF University to develop next-gen Islamic finance AI Agent NST Star
- Singapore’s Princeton Digital to raise USD5b in debt for Asian data centres Edge
- Trump’s economy exploded the national debt before his USD1b-a-day war Yahoo
- US mortgage rates climb to 6.19% in biggest gain since Sep Edge
- Cliffwater’s private credit fund to see 7% redemptions Star
- Private credit alarm bells echo 2007 subprime warnings Edge Star
- Private credit and the Blue Owl canary in the coal mine Edge
- Pimco blames sloppy underwriting for private credit ‘reckoning’ Edge
- JPMorgan marks down private credit portfolios Edge
- Amazon looks to borrow almost USD50b through bond sales Edge
- Salesforce’s USD25b debt sale draws weak demand on AI worry Yahoo
- Occidental’s USD1.2b debt tender and covenant changes Yahoo
- Mubadala’s EUR1b award pushes trust linked to Signa’s Benko into insolvency Edge
Digital assets
- South Korea sells USD21.5m in recovered bitcoin after custody breach Cointelegraph
- Hong Kong family offices plan more crypto, private market exposure Edge Star
- Ripple targets Apr for Australian financial licence via acquisition Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin holds USD70k, relative strength versus stocks, software, gold Coindesk
- Bloomberg strategist doubles down on USD10k bitcoin Coindesk
- All 21m bitcoin is at risk from quantum computers Cointelegraph
- SEC, CFTC in deal for combined crypto oversight Coindesk
- Stablecoins won’t get deposit insurance under GENIUS Coindesk Cointelegraph
- AI agents choosing denationalised money Coindesk
- Crypto-friendly fintech Revolut gains full UK banking license Coindesk
- ECB unveils tokenised finance plan to bolster EU’s financial autonomy Coindesk
M&A
- GLICs hold combined 45% equity interest in IJM as of 30 Jan Edge
- Ann Joo’s JV sells industrial plot in Gurun for RM117.8m Edge NST Star
- Knusford to sell Setapak land for RM7m to fund working capital Edge Star
- Ondas expands defence footprint with strategic Mistral merger Yahoo
- Papa John’s surges on report Irth Capital preparing new bid Yahoo
Malaysia
- SC, SSM to enhance data-sharing to drive MSME growth NST Star
- Aizo’s 60%-unit gets remittance services licence from BNM Edge NST Star
- New Incentive Framework to ensure inflows of high-quality investments Edge
- Dewan Negara approves RM8.4b supplementary budget for additional opex Edge
- Jobless rate holds steady at 2.9% in Jan, youth unemployment eases Edge NST
- CEOs navigate uncertainties with reinvention, regional opportunities NST Star
- MyCC wants High Court to enforce financial penalty on poultry feed mills Edge
- Singapore appeals court dismisses bid to sue banks over pre-2018 1MDB deals Edge
- Jana Wibawa: RM6m deposited into Bersatu’s AmBank account in 2022 Edge
- CIMB branch can’t close Bersatu account without HQ approval Edge
- NexG Bina denies wrongdoing after accounts frozen, warns projects at risk Mail
- Cabinet approves development of third Port Klang terminal on Carey Island Edge
- ZDATA to launch RM8b GreenRE platinum data centre in Johor Edge NST Star
- Carbon tax looms over high-emission sectors Star
Other markets
- Singapore banks, investment platforms gear up for new MAS guidelines Star
- OCBC sees regional transaction banking growth outpacing Singapore Edge
- Indonesia panel backs interim financial chiefs to deliver reforms Edge
- Indonesia lawmakers grill candidates for top regulator jobs after market turmoil NST
- Vietnam fuel prices rise despite govt tapping stabilisation fund NST
- Vietnam set for USD115b mega urban projects Star
- Chinese companies hedge against swinging yuan Yahoo
- Foreign trade lifts prospects for growth Star
- China curbing OpenClaw AI use at banks, state agencies Edge
- Morgan Stanley hires contract staff in Hong Kong as deals surge Edge
- Taiwan insurers face billions in value declines under new accounting standards Edge
- Japan’s investment targets include AI, quantum computing Edge
- Global banks push back on India’s offshore FX reporting plan Edge
- Saudi Aramco seeks dual Gulf, Red Sea buyer plans amid Iran crisis Edge
- Citi, StanChart evacuate Dubai offices, HSBC closes Qatar branches Edge
- War wrecks chances for Asian rate cuts Star
- Australia passes long-fought tax on richest retirement savers Edge Star
- More economists expect RBA to raise rates next week NST Star
- US consumer prices increase moderately before Iran conflict Edge
- Trump administration pursues new avenues for imposing tariffs Yahoo
- US tariff revenue dropped by USD1b in Feb Yahoo
- Tim Cook says Steve Jobs advised him to ‘Never ask what I would do’ Yahoo
- Musk says X Money to enter early public access next month Edge
- Musk unveils joint Tesla-xAI project ‘Macrohard’, eyes software disruption Edge
- US to get new oil refinery with backing from India’s Reliance Edge Mail Yahoo
- Paul Krugman spots terrible economic risk in Trump’s Iran war Yahoo
- IEA to release stocks in response to oil price surge Edge Mail NST Star Yahoo
- Diesel markets, upended by conflict, threaten global economic slowdown NST Yahoo
- Scaling next generation AI is making it riskier, not better Cointelegraph