Capital markets news | Mon 18 May 2026
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For shorts, negative funding steadily chips away at margin, so even a flat or only slightly falling market can become unprofitable over time. For longs, although they collect funding, they still bear full downside price risk, so position sizing, leverage control, and liquidation levels remain critical.
Equity
- Liftech signs M&A Securities as ACE Market IPO underwriter, targets Jun listing Edge Star
- Furniture parts trader Ecoware plans ACE Market IPO Edge
- Azam Jaya proposes private placement to raise up to RM90.3m Edge
- MSCI index trim raises market concerns Star
- DayOne plans dual IPO in Singapore and US, FT reports NST Yahoo
- South Korea’s Kospi races from 7,000 to record 8,000 in 7 sessions Edge
- SpaceX to file IPO application next week, source tells AFP Edge Coindesk
- SpaceX holders sign off on 5-for-1 stock split ahead of IPO Edge Mail
- Elon Musk says he isn’t selling his SpaceX shares as IPO looms Edge
- SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic could make 2026 the biggest IPO year yet Mail NST
- Anthropic’s shadow IPO market is already flashing trillion-dollar prices Yahoo
- What it actually takes for companies like OpenAI and SpaceX to go public Mail
- Kioxia prepares US shares after riding AI boom to big profit Edge
- Intel’s USD440b surge draws short sellers Star
- BofA’s Hartnett says US stock market ripe for profit-taking in Jun Edge
Debt
- Kimanis Power’s AAA sukuk rating affirmed RAM
- Gabungan AQRS’ sukuk programme MARC-1, A ratings affirmed MARC
- Sunway issues tranche 1 series 1 sukuk worth USD5m NST Star
- MSMEs can apply for RM5b SME relief facility until Dec 2026 Edge
- CGC participates in BNM’s SME SRF to support SMEs Edge NST Star
- Alliance Bank joins BNM relief scheme to support SMEs affected by Iran war Edge
- UOB Malaysia rolls out SME financing support under BNM relief facility Edge NST Star
- BNM says recent measures sufficient for now to deal with Iran war fallout Edge
- Asia-Pacific banks raise provisions Star
- 3 reasons bond yields could keep surging Yahoo
- Long bond blues? The US has a short-end problem too Edge
- Bond traders see tipping point toward new era of higher yields Yahoo
- Unhinged bond yields resets Fed rate-cut odds Yahoo
- Top foreign holders of US debt may soon dump Treasury bonds Yahoo
- US battles Basel III rules Star
- Gilts slump as investors brace for Burnham challenge to Starmer Edge
- HSBC committed to its private credit investments after report on USD4b pause Edge
- Global bond selloff worsens as rising oil prices spook investors Edge Star
Commodities
- Fourth Malaysia-linked ship transits Hormuz Strait, shipping data shows Edge
- Vietnam-bound supertanker halted by US Navy resumes journey Edge
- China’s biggest courier set to open gold vault in Hong Kong Edge
- Iran allowing more ships through Strait of Hormuz – state TV Edge Star
- Shipping giants turn to trucking due to Hormuz blockade Mail
- UAE to double oil export capacity bypassing Hormuz by 2027 Edge Mail
- Iraq says Strait of Hormuz disruption slashed oil exports by nearly 90% Mail
- Foreign buyers snap up nearly half of Trump’s emergency oil Edge
- Oil prices up 3% after Trump says he is losing patience with Iran Edge
- US, Iran far from Hormuz deal as Trump says clock ticking Yahoo
- Venezuela circulates draft of oil law regulations for companies Edge
- US Treasury allows sanctions waiver on Russian seaborne oil to lapse Edge Yahoo
Digital assets
- Japan’s SBI, Rakuten plan to offer crypto investment trusts Coindesk Cointelegraph
- Saudi Arabia is tokenising its economy to protect its wealth from global shocks Coindesk
- Bitcoin dips below USD79k as inflation fears hit risk assets Edge
- Crypto longs lose USD500m as bitcoin slides to USD78k Coindesk
- Bitcoin analysis sees ‘bear trap’ as price passes 2-week lows under USD78k Cointelegraph
- Michael Saylor floated bitcoin sales idea to avoid ‘impairing’ the asset Cointelegraph
- Crypto’s win on landmark legislation reshapes rivalry with banks Edge
- Crypto users choose juicy yields over protection, putting billions at risk of hacks Coindesk
- USD293m KelpDAO hack shows why DeFi is finally being forced to grow up Coindesk
- How a fake crypto exchange reportedly attracted USD150m before collapsing Cointelegraph
- Italy’s largest bank more than doubles crypto holdings to USD235m in 1Q Cointelegraph
- Russian stablecoin built to dodge sanctions says it can survive even if they’re lifted Coindesk
M&A
- High Court dismisses Bursa’s case against MAA in KNM asset sale row Edge
- NCT expands land bank in Kuala Langat via stake acquisition Edge NST Star
- LSH gets RM197.9m offer from Railway Assets Corp for 17.4 acres Edge Star
- Singapore to sell 2 residential sites on govt land Edge
- VinFast seeks to shed most debt with Vietnam factory spinoffs Edge
- TSMC plans to sell 152m shares in chipmaker Vanguard Edge
- US upstream mergers hit USD38b as M&A rebounds Yahoo
- Netflix’s Greg Peters on why it walked away from the Warner Bros deal Yahoo
- LVMH agrees to sell Marc Jacobs brand to WHP, G-III Edge NST
- Blackstone, CD&R explore bids for Ben & Jerry’s owner Magnum Edge
Malaysia
- GLICs – push or pull for investors? Star
- BNM sees inflation heading towards upper forecast range amid Iran war Edge NST
- Current account surplus rebounds in 1Q Edge NST Star
- Economic growth decelerates in 1Q amid Iran war Edge Mail NST Star
- Economists keep 2026 GDP forecast, flag rising external risks in 2H Edge NST
- T20 status fuels debate Star
- Jobless rate at decade low, youth unemployment remains high NST
- Malaysia a preferred supply chain hub if US-China trade tensions continue NST
- MACC clears Krishnan Tan, concludes no further action in takeover probe Edge NST Star
- After MACC clearance, Krishnan Tan says was always innocent, can now move on Edge
- Singapore court allows winding-up of BVI firms linked to 1MDB Edge
- German Mittelstand bets big on JS-SEZ as Johor emerges industrial gateway NST
- Gas Malaysia partners Tokyo Gas, VTTI for Kedah LNG regas terminal Edge NST Star
- Taiwan’s ALP launches RM500m smart cold chain facility in Shah Alam NST
Other markets
- China’s economy is entering another quarter of K-shaped growth Edge
- China’s multiple economies make factory dominance hard to crack Edge
- China’s market regulator outlines measures to support private economy NST
- OCBC Hong Kong wants to grow wealth income by fivefold from 2023 levels Edge
- Hong Kong 1Q GDP expands 5.9%, govt maintains 2026 growth forecast Edge
- Japan’s wholesale inflation spikes on energy shock, bolsters case for Jun rate hike Edge NST
- Japan may face more price hikes for food, hot spring facilities NST
- Foreign investors fear retreat in Japan’s governance reforms Edge
- Major bank drops bombshell on Fed interest-rate bets Yahoo
- Indian magnate Adani agrees to penalty to settle US court case Edge Mail NST
- Fed’s Barr says wrong to lower liquidity rules to shrink Fed holdings Edge
- Gundlach says it’s just not possible for the Fed to cut rates Yahoo
- Fed names Powell chair pro tempore until Warsh sworn in Edge
- Warsh’s red lines unsettle markets Star
- US industrial production rises by most in over a year Edge
- El-Erian says US has weeks to avoid a full-blown recession Yahoo
- Job growth declined since Trump’s tariffs and a recession may be next Yahoo
- Jamie Dimon says the US is ‘leaving growth on the table Yahoo
- Investors bail on UK Inc amid Starmer leadership crisis, deficit alarms Mail
- Wolfe Research flags central bank risks as oil prices stay elevated Yahoo