Capital markets news | Fri 17 Apr 2026
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Goldman’s AI report
Workers displaced by automation are not always located near the industries or regions where new AI-related jobs are created. The report notes that retraining alone does not guarantee re-employment if geographic mobility, industry access, or local economic conditions limit opportunities. As a result, some displaced workers face prolonged unemployment or underemployment despite overall job creation elsewhere in the economy.
Equity
- Golden Destinations’ shares retreat after 9% rise in ACE Market debut Edge NST Star
- Fashion retailer Panda Eyes seeks ACE Market listing for expansion, working capital Edge
- Solar firm Gading Kencana eyes Bursa Malaysia IPO by 4Q next year Edge
- Auditor flags Rimbunan Sawit on going concern as liabilities exceed current assets Edge
- Mi Technovation sees material unit’s Singapore listing this year Edge
- Taiwan market cap tops USD4t on AI boom, overtaking UK Edge
- Wealthy Asians chasing returns pour USD25b into AI startups Edge
- Madison Air prices largest US industrial IPO in 27 years Star
- SpaceX moves up vesting schedule for employee shares before IPO Yahoo
- Relaxation of US day-trading rules opens door to YOLO trading, higher risk Edge
- Drift gets USD148m funding from Tether and partners Coindesk
Debt
- Kimanis Power Dua’s RM580m sukuk assigned final AA1 rating RAM
- China to keep ultra-long special bond tenors at 20-, 30-, 50-year, sources say Edge
- Japan sees private credit as a policy pillar despite overseas market turmoil Edge
- IMF says Treasuries losing premium, warns on debt management Edge Star
- Former Treasury Secretary warns ‘vicious’ bond crash coming soon Yahoo
- Google, CoreWeave fuel AI funding frenzy with USD6.7b bonds Yahoo
- Goldman’s rates trading desk loss drags earnings Star
- Mortgage rates fall to 4-week low as war worries fade Yahoo
- Portugal issues its first offshore renminbi bond for EUR249m Edge
- IMF chief says 12 or more countries seeking loans to cope with energy shock Edge
- Sovereign borrowers launch platform to boost their voice Star
Digital assets
- China could launch yuan stablecoin within 3-5 years as currency race heats up Coindesk
- South Korea to test blockchain deposit tokens for government spending in 4Q Coindesk
- Bitcoin slides back below USD74k as breakout to higher levels fails again Coindesk
- Bitcoin’s quantum fix is a hard fork that can’t save Satoshi’s coins Coindesk
- Bitcoin funding rates hit most negative since 2023, history suggests bottom is in Coindesk
- Why JPMorgan says the US crypto rulebook is ‘close to completion’ Coindesk
- Forget stablecoin yield, how does the CLARITY Act treat DeFi? Cointelegraph
- Tokenisation’s evolution Coindesk
- Why the UK’s new crypto rules could catch some firms off guard Coindesk
- French minister says new measures are coming after crypto kidnappings Cointelegraph
M&A
- Careplus sells off property development unit Centro Heights Edge
- The bid for IJM: Jeffrey Cheah voices his frustration Edge
- Evergrande liquidators said to pick state-owned tourism firm for exclusive sale talks Edge
- AmEx to buy Altman-backed Hyper in push for AI-powered expense tools Edge
- Sazerac bids USD15b for Brown-Forman NST Star
- UK tells Shutterstock to sell its editorial business prior to Getty deal Edge
Malaysia
- Malaysia’s richest tycoons add nearly 30% to their wealth — Forbes Edge Star
- Robert Kuok is Malaysia’s richest; wealth surges 19pct to USD13.6b NST
- Vincent Tan, Danny Tan have USD1.79b combined wealth NST
- PMB Investment declares 2.39 sen distribution for Shariah Dividend Fund Edge NST Star
- Bank Rakyat declares 18% dividend for FY2025, highest in a decade Edge NST Star
- MIER warns of near-term impact from Middle East conflict NST
- MIER: SMEs to feel the brunt of US-Iran conflict Star
- MIER: US-Iran conflict to impact business performance over the next 2-3 months Star
- Consumer demand likely to hold firm in 2026 Star
- Malaysia well-positioned to capture tech relocation amid Middle East tensions Edge
- Malaysia’s halal exports up 11% y-o-y to RM68.5b in 2025 — HDC Edge
- MIER calls for fuel subsidy realignment, SST cut to ease business cost pressures Edge
- Malaysia on track to achieve AI nation status by 2030 — Gobind Edge
- High Court throws out Victor Chin’s bid to testify in trial remotely on safety fears Edge
- Bersatu received RM5m in party account from construction company businessman Edge
- Ramanan refutes Bloomberg report on new foreign worker recruitment system Edge
Other markets
- Singapore business lobby rejects US claims in manufacturing, forced labour probe Edge
- Singapore dollar may outperform peers as yuan link deepens Edge Star
- Indonesia arrests chief ombudsman on bribery charges after only 6 days in office Edge
- Thailand central bank cuts 2026 growth, no limits to worst-case scenarios Edge NST
- Foreign investors exit Thai assets at fastest pace since 2024 Mail NST
- China’s economy revs up despite war as growth tops forecasts Edge NST Star
- Iran war exposes cost of Asia’s fossil fuel reliance Edge
- Fed’s Miran says inflation picture has deteriorated, favours multiple rate cuts Yahoo
- Fed’s Williams warns war is already driving up inflation pressures Edge Yahoo
- US weekly jobless claims decline as labour market remains stable Edge Star
- Iran war puts US companies in wait-and-see mode, Fed report says Edge
- Mohamed El-Erian says US economic survival not enough to avoid hardship Yahoo
- Billionaire investor Ken Griffin warns of recession Yahoo
- Trump says deal with Iran looking very good amid ceasefire Yahoo
- Trump tries economic reset as Republicans fret over high gas prices Yahoo
- US manufacturing output dips in Mar Edge
- Americans have never been this gloomy about the economy Yahoo
- UK economy surged ahead of Iran war, but energy shock to test resilience Edge
- ECB officials leaning towards Apr rate hold Edge
- Eurozone inflation in Mar quicker than thought at 2.6% Edge
- Nigeria inflation rises to highest level in more than 2 decades Yahoo
- New Zealand’s finance minister says Iran war has made ‘whole world poorer’ Edge
- Leading economists urge windfall profit taxes on energy firms amid price surge Mail
- IMF warns of tough global economic times ahead if war drives oil prices higher Mail
- World Bank has stark message on Strait of Hormuz Yahoo