Capital markets news | Wed 22 Apr 2026
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Global supply of memory chips
South Korean giants like SK Hynix and Samsung prioritise HBM3E and HBM4 production, allocating more than 70% of advanced fabs to it for premium AI margins. They get margins of USD50 or more per gigabyte from HBM compared to just USD5 per gigabyte for DDR. This slashes DDR5 and GDDR output by 20-30%, and starves personal computer and server lines amid fixed fab capacity.
Equity
- MTT Shipping underwater in first day of trading on Main Market Edge NST Star
- EI Power unveils ACE Market prospectus, prices IPO at 48 sen per share Edge Star
- KK Mart files draft prospectus for Main Market listing Edge NST Star
- Chin Hin Group Property halts private placement after partial completion Edge
- Uchi Technologies raising capital spending as it keeps close eye on currency swings Edge
- Hata raises another USD8m from Bybit, family offices in Singapore Edge
- CATL share sale’s tightening discount shows China tech momentum Edge
- JPMorgan aims for China approval of active ETF launch this year Edge
- Victory Giant surges after biggest Hong Kong listing this year Edge NST
- Hong Kong bourse plans to start zero-day options in early 2027 Edge
- Sweden’s EQT raises USD15.6b for largest Asian private equity fund Edge
- Musk and insiders to retain voting control of SpaceX after IPO, filing shows Edge
- Elon Musk vacuums up USD1.4b in SpaceX stock from past and present employees Mail
- Revolut targets a USD200b IPO just months after its USD75b share sale Coindesk
- Amazon to invest additional USD5b in Anthropic Edge
- Jeff Bezos nears USD10b funding for AI lab, FT says Edge
Debt
- Malaysia announces RM5b loan facility to support small and medium enterprises Edge NST
- Public Bank may declare special dividends as new Basel rules boost capital headroom Edge
- SJPP guarantee to bolster MSMEs’ capital, exports: Matrade chairman NST Star
- Banking institutions must act as strategic partners to sustain domestic economy Star
- Cost inflation may trigger AmBank strategy review Star
- Thai finance minister says govt is reviewing need for emergency borrowing decree NST Star
- Banks accelerating global expansion Star
- MTR raises USD2.4b from first public Hong Kong dollar bonds Edge Star
- Core Scientific seeks USD3.3b bond sale to further AI data centre pivot Coindesk
Commodities
- BMI maintains average annual palm oil price for 2026 at RM4,300 per tonne Edge
- Over 70% of Malaysia’s depots ready for B15 biodiesel roll-out Edge Star
- Iran war has cost the world USD50b of lost oil supply, so far Yahoo
- How prepared are countries for an oil shock? Edge
- Three ships including Iranian vessel cross Hormuz Strait Edge
- Trump extends Iran ceasefire, maintains blockade as talks falter Yahoo
- Opening Hormuz is the easy part – restoring oil flows isn’t Star
- Oil holds gains as Trump extends truce but maintains blockade Edge Star
- Asia’s largest oil buyers are running low on Hormuz alternatives Edge
- Texas oil pipes are running all-out to supply war-driven overseas demand Edge
- Closure of Strait of Hormuz distorts oil markets Yahoo
Digital assets
- Almost 80% of Japan’s institutional investors plan to buy crypto within 3 years Coindesk
- Crypto’s massive exploit may force big banks to rethink their blockchain plans Coindesk
- Bitget exchange brings pre-IPO tokens to masses starting with SpaceX on Solana Coindesk
- Coinbase advisory board says quantum computing threat is on the horizon Coindesk
- Canton, ZKsync clash over how blockchains enforce rules Cointelegraph
- 39 financial giants demand an emergency fast-track for Europe’s blockchain pilot Coindesk
- Digital finance providers seek EU carve-out from new legislation Edge
- European banks may lose out to rivals with better crypto tools Coindesk Cointelegraph
M&A
- Mixed views on IOIPG’s Singapore tower buy Star
- SpaceX says it has option to acquire startup Cursor for USD60b Yahoo
- Trump wants buyer for Spirit, pans United-American merger Edge Yahoo
- AB Foods to separate its budget fashion chain Primark Edge Mail NST
- Estee Lauder taps JP Morgan to finance Puig takeover bid NST
Malaysia
- Insurers restrict agents from cash trust schemes ahead of regulatory oversight Edge
- When the world slows, Malaysia feels it first Edge
- Impact of global supply crisis starting to trickle into everyday costs Edge
- 2026 export growth target kept at 3%-5%, Apr data eyed for Middle East risk clarity Edge NST
- E&E demand to support export growth in 2026 Star
- Apex Securities maintains Malaysia’s 2026 export growth at 4.8% NST
- Businesses must shift to premium, safe destination model, says Sim Edge
- IRB advises taxpayers to update information regularly, not waiting for e-Filing season Edge
- Gnanaraja says no reason for him to lie and implicate LGE, as ‘he is not my enemy’ Edge
- MACC nabs three over RM230m zakat fund misappropriation Edge
- Corporate mafia duo offered to halt MACC probe if Revenue shareholding agreed Edge
- Steel Hawk takes ex-partner to court, seeks RM14m for fraud, breach of trust Edge Star
Other markets
- Chinese manufacturing growth overtaken by finance amid IPO boom Edge
- China targets CNY100t services sector by 2030 in upgrade push Edge
- Taiwan’s export orders surge most in 16 years on AI demand Edge
- Bank of Korea’s new chief says monetary policy has to be cautious and flexible NST
- India’s rupee slips as RBI lets banks resume offshore contracts Edge
- New Zealand inflation stays stubbornly high Star
- Trump says he would be disappointed if Warsh doesn’t cut rates quickly Edge
- Kevin Warsh testifies no deal with Trump to lower interest rates as Fed chair Yahoo
- Warsh says he would not be Trump’s ‘sock puppet’ on monetary policy Yahoo
- Trump’s Fed chair nominee says new framework needed for addressing inflation Edge
- Bank of America CEO drops blunt take on economy as oil prices climb Yahoo
- Mohamed El-Erian says Iran war will aggravate every economic challenge Yahoo
- Famed investor Jeremy Grantham warns of ‘painful’ consequences from the oil spike Yahoo
- Solomon says US recession risk could be ‘one tweet away’ Edge
- US retail sales surge in Mar on higher gasoline prices Edge
- UK wage growth cools by less than expected in 3 months to Feb NST
- Anthropic planning to provide Mythos access to European banks soon Edge
- A wartime economy set to be different this time Star