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Equity
- IoT solutions provider SMRT eyes transfer to Main Market by 3Q2026 Edge NST Star
- Malacca Securities halts trading of Malaysian stocks for system review Edge
- Victor Chin claims Mr R acted as corporate mafia middleman Edge
- Victor Chin now urges IGP to act on alleged ‘corporate mafia’ scandal in NexG Edge
- Temasek-backed Manipal Hospitals files for USD1b IPO in India Edge Star
- Foreign investors record USD12.13b outflow in 8 Asian markets Edge NST Star
- SK Hynix eyes up to USD10b from potential US listing Edge
- OpenAI calls out Microsoft reliance as risk in investor document ahead of IPO NST
- NYSE taps Securitize to build its tokenised stock platform Coindesk
- ParaFi defies crypto market downturn with USD125m raise for new fund Coindesk
Debt
- V Systems and PeerHive reinvent supply chain financing with blockchain Edge
- Banks picked for Sembcorp’s AUD3b loan to buy Australia’s Alinta Edge
- China banks eye profit boost as nearly USD8t in deposits to be repriced Edge
- Credit Suisse bond crash fuels leadership crisis at India’s HDFC Star
- Asian corporate bonds rebound after Trump delays Iran strike Edge
- Invesco takes over Superstate’s USD900m tokenised US Treasury fund Coindesk
Digital assets
- Bitcoin may have already bottomed out near USD60k. Here’s why. Coindesk
- Wall Street broker calls bitcoin bottom, keeps USD150k year-end target Coindesk
- Traders say bitcoin due for ‘next leg lower’ targeting USD46k price Cointelegraph
- BlackRock sees AI driving crypto’s next bull phase as altcoin interest fades Coindesk
- BNY CEO says the future of crypto runs through big banks Coindesk
- Wall Street’s crypto push years in the making, says Morgan Stanley Coindesk
- NYSE exchanges remove options limits on 11 bitcoin, ether ETFs Cointelegraph
- Solana taps Mastercard, Western Union, Worldpay for developer platform Coindesk
- Crypto finance is beginning to look at lot more traditional Coindesk
- As mass adoption approaches, crypto has forgotten its roots Cointelegraph
- Tether hires a ‘Big Four’ firm for a full audit of USDT reserves Coindesk
- Federal regulation looms as 11 states go after prediction markets Cointelegraph
M&A
- Stonepeak-backed group near buyout of Yinson Edge Star
- Foodie Media buys 80% of WTM Media for RM250k NST Star
- Yan Ou is no longer a unit of Beshom Star
- OCR sells part of Shah Alam development property to Magna Prima Edge NST Star
- Toyota tender offer for Toyota Industries succeeds Edge
- Sony reported to be close to USD1b deal with TCL Star
- SMFG said to have no immediate plan to take over Jefferies Edge
- Hewlett Packard struggles with asset sale required in antitrust deal Star
- Estée Lauder in talks to buy Puig to create beauty giant Edge NST
Malaysia
- Digital tax incentives Star
- LTAT to gradually tap foreign markets to enhance portfolio returns Mail NST Star
- UBB Amanah denies payout issues amid scrutiny over cash trust schemes Edge
- OSK to provide financial services activities in Australia Edge Star
- IJM: MACC clarified probe targets individuals only, not the group Edge NST Star
- Serba Dinamik’s Abdul Karim in the limelight again over SCIB accounts Edge
- Scam losses rise to RM2.7b in 2025, spike during festive seasons Star
- Cahya Mata Sarawak challenges Malaysian Phosphate Ventures award Edge
- Johor must manage SEZ success or risk strain, says analyst NST
- EPF, SP Setia deny Battersea allegations by former CEO NST
Other markets
- Singapore to tighten policy over price risks, economists say Edge
- Goldman axes Indonesia rate-cut forecasts, flags India hikes Edge Star
- Thai Feb export growth misses forecasts due to Middle East war Edge Star
- Thailand’s imports surge on gold shipments, outpace exports Edge
- Marcos won’t spend all reserves on peso, sees 6% growth by 2028 Edge
- Philippines warns oil price hike could send inflation soaring, slow growth NST
- China got rich by making poor people save half their income Yahoo
- Deputy head of China financial regulator probed for suspected violations Edge
- Talent fight intensifies in Hong Kong’s USD1t wealth hub Edge
- Japan’s core inflation slows below BOJ target, complicates rate path Edge Mail Star
- Japan’s factory activity growth slows in Mar, PMI shows Star
- India’s economic activity slows in Mar on Iran war, PMIs show Edge
- Goldman Sachs slashes India’s economic growth forecast NST
- Iran confronts Trump’s TACO with a partner he can’t bully Yahoo
- NZ central bank warns prolonged energy shock could force rate hikes Star
- First Federal Reserve inflation forecast for Mar is in and it’s not pretty Yahoo
- Trump’s Iran war brings rate hikes back on the table Yahoo
- How Trump exposed America’s Achilles Heel in Hormuz Yahoo
- JPMorgan recruits Bank of America banker in latest senior hire from rival NST
- US business activity slips to 11-month low in Mar amid Iran war Edge
- US 4Q productivity growth revised down, but trend remains solid Edge
- Paul Krugman calls USD580m suspicious oil futures trade treason Yahoo
- US Senator Murphy calls USD1.5b stock trade mind blowing corruption Yahoo
- Economist pinpoints how much oil can rise before economy tips into recession Yahoo
- Why USD100 oil won’t break the American consumer NST
- Soaring fertiliser prices could pressure USD10t agricultural industry Yahoo
- Goldman Sachs reset oil price forecast for the rest of 2026 Yahoo
- Nvidia CEO claims AGI achieved, can create billion-dollar businesses Yahoo
- OpenAI discontinues support for Sora, winds down Disney deal Yahoo
- Mexico in a race to unlock private capital Star
- UK factories see biggest jump in cost pressures since 1992 Edge
- ECB must be vigilant in face of stagflation risks, Vujcic says Edge
- Euro zone economy close to stalling as Middle East war takes its toll Mail
- Norway’s wealth fund moves towards AI-driven decisions with human control Edge
- Iran war starts to hit global economy, business surveys show Edge