Capital markets news | Fri 27 Mar 2026
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Equity
- MTT Shipping seeks RM652m in Malaysia’s largest logistics IPO Edge NST
- Tourism firm Golden Destinations launches ACE Market IPO at 45 sen Edge NST Star
- Indoor systems firm SCA Solutions seeks ACE Market listing Edge NST
- Travel agency Yes plans ACE Market listing amid demand for Europe trips Edge
- Bursa Malaysia pushes for value creation Edge
- KJTS rises following KWAP’s entry into district cooling venture Edge Star
- Singapore fund winds down as USD1.4b student dorm bet sours Edge
- Moonshot mulling Hong Kong IPO as AI stocks flourish Edge
- Hong Kong bourse plans micro futures on Hang Seng, tech index Edge
- Top emerging fund says chip stocks are best hedge for war risks Edge
- Foreigners set to pull record funds from emerging Asia stocks Edge
- SpaceX targeting up to USD75b in blockbuster IPO Edge NST
- SpaceX lines up April investor briefings as IPO questions swirl Yahoo
- T-Rex files for leveraged SpaceX, Anthropic ETFs ahead of anticipated IPOs Yahoo
- OKX won’t rush IPO as exec warns poor listings hurt crypto industry Coindesk
- The NYSE wants blockchain in Wall Street without breaking system Coindesk
- BlackRock’s Kapito warns investors are mispricing Iran risks Yahoo
- Google breakthrough spurs chip selloff despite analyst doubt Edge Yahoo
Debt
- George Kent completes RM132m sukuk redemption Edge NST Star
- Fingular taps Malaysia’s Islamic finance market small financing ops Edge
- CIMB: Islamic finance to drive value-based growth Star
- Singapore bonds show resilience as Iran war roils regional peers Edge
- Bond boom in Indonesia stymied by oil-driven inflation risks Edge
- Ex-Thai PM Srettha wants debt-cap hike to 80% to revive growth Edge
- Vanke seeks bond delay again as it works on restructuring plan Edge
- Japan short-tenor yields rise to decades highs on rate hike bets Edge
- LG Energy launches USD1.6b dollar-bonds issuance, term sheet shows Edge
- Asia moves to calm markets as South Korea buys bonds Edge
- Crypto enters the mortgage market via Fannie Mae-eligible loans Edge Coindesk
- Serious mortgage delinquencies are on the rise as homeowner stress spreads Yahoo
- NY Fed official said central bank bill buying should moderate soon Yahoo
- Fox warns Iran knows war can’t go on indefinitely, US hamstrung by debt Yahoo
- IMF runs scenarios on which nations may need aid due to Iran war Star
Digital assets
- Top Democrat on House committee questions Kraken’s Fed account Coindesk
- SEC is no longer a ‘cop on the beat‘ on crypto, says US lawmaker Cointelegraph
- Big banks are snubbing open ledgers to build their own private blockchains Coindesk
- Bitcoin slips below USD69k as oil rebounds on fading Middle East peace Coindesk
- The evolution of stablecoins Coindesk
- Is Bitcoin’s governance too slow to fend off quantum risks? Cointelegraph
- Brazil passes law turning seized crypto into public-security war chest Coindesk
- Blockchain philanthropy fails Africa’s real-world test Cointelegraph
M&A
- MCOM Holdings offloads RM5m liability-laden units for RM514 NST
- GuocoLand to table privatisation proposal at EGM Edge Star
- Australia’s Macquarie now leading bidder for Axiata’s tower unit Edotco Edge
- ‘We’re using our own cash’, says Idris Jala on IJM deal NST
- Will Sunway sweeten its IJM Corp offer as shareholders vote today? NST
- Sunway makes case for IJM buy Star
- Sunway stands firm on IJM bid citing independent valuations, track record Edge
- M&A Securities says IJM shareholders should ditch Sunway offer Edge
- Sunway shareholders greenlight IJM bid Mail NST Star
- Chun Fai outlines IJM’s defence strategy Edge
- Defending IJM with the promise to expedite unlocking of asset value Edge
- Axis REIT, Ann Joo terminate Penang industrial property acquisition Edge Star
- Warner Bros shareholders to vote on USD110b Paramount merger on 23 Apr Edge
Malaysia
- SC’s FIKRALab to drive development of Islamic capital market products Edge Star
- Expansion of investment options among key highlights of CMP4 Edge
- HSBC sees Malaysia’s economy staying on solid growth path in 2026 NST
- Monthly subsidised RON95 to be capped at 200 litres from 1 Apr Edge Star
- Victor Chin now says RM9.5m wasn’t bribe, but ‘service fee’ to corporate mafia Edge
- Najib to attend 31 Mar decision in SRC civil case against him Edge
- WFH for civil servants to be rolled out, private sector urged to follow Edge
Other markets
- Singapore says China can play bigger role in Asia’s stability Edge
- Philippine central bank holds rate at 4.25% as inflation risks rise Star
- China considers easing bank shareholding limits to boost capital Edge
- BASF opens USD11.6b plant in China as Iran war stokes turmoil Edge Mail
- Hong Kong close to proposing tax cuts to lure asset and wealth managers Edge
- Bank of Japan’s new trend gauge shows inflation exceeding target Edge
- Trump acknowledges Iran’s power to control the Strait of Hormuz Yahoo
- Fed’s Jefferson sees higher inflation from Iran war, signals holding rates Yahoo
- Fed’s Miran favours looking through oil price spike, concern is job market Yahoo
- US cannot meet Iran war-induced LNG shortfall: industry leaders Yahoo
- War hits global economy with OECD seeing 4.2% US inflation Yahoo
- Fed’s Miran lays out path to shrink central bank balance sheet further Yahoo
- Wall Street bonuses surge 9% to record USD49.2b in 2025, NY comptroller says Edge
- US markets see biggest slump since start of US-Israel war on Iran Yahoo
- US weekly jobless claims increase slightly Edge Yahoo
- Trump wants war wrapped up as fuel prices nuzzle up to USD9 a gallon Yahoo
- Iran war is costing US economy 10k jobs a month, Goldman Sachs says Yahoo
- Black Swan author warns fat tails could turn 50-day oil shock into chaos Yahoo
- Mohamed El-Erian warns Iran war economic impacts at tipping point Yahoo
- UK consumer confidence collapses, inflation fears surge Mail
- EU lawmakers approve US trade deal after several delays Edge
- Germany drafting plan to hit US companies in next Trump clash Edge
- WTO chief calls for trade overhaul to meet new world order Edge Mail
- OECD: Iran war erases global growth upgrade, fans inflation Edge
- USD100 oil dampens global growth: European development bank NST