Capital markets news | Tue 11 Aug 2026
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eFishery scandal
Commentary on the case highlights that Indonesia’s tech startup environment combined weak governance and light supervision with a growth‑over‑profitability mindset, risks that a more robust due diligence should have explicitly priced in through higher risk weightings on local financials, local investigative counsel and market‑intelligence work, and stress‑testing of enforcement and minority‑protection assumptions in the event of fraud. Instead, KWAP appears to have placed considerable reliance on comfort factors—big‑name co‑investors, international auditors, and eFishery’s unicorn status—without demanding additional mitigants tailored to country‑ and sector‑specific governance risks.
Equity
- ACE Market-bound United Asiapac Energy’s IPO oversubscribed 21 times Edge Star
- Why the best years of growth increasingly happen before companies go public Edge
- Malaysia tech stocks rally to fresh 2-year high Edge
- Puzzling share buyback scheme at Perak Transit Edge
- Local institutions extend net buying streak to 2 consecutive weeks Edge Star
- How many extensions are one too many? Edge
- Unitree’s Shanghai IPO 5,526 times subscribed by retail buyers Edge Mail Star
- Shein valued at USD22b to USD25b ahead of IPO Edge
- China brokers tighten client scrutiny to curb excessive risk Edge
- Australia widens orders on Chinese investors in rare earths firm Edge
- JPMorgan lifts 2026-end target for S&P 500 to 8,000 on AI, earnings strength Edge NST
- Intel to sell USD15b in stock with AI boom lifting demand Edge Star
- Anthropic, Macquarie and GIC form venture for AI data centres Edge
Debt
- Industronics sued by shareholder Bluemount over RM21.1m loan agreement Edge NST
- BOJ’s rate-hike path runs into Takaichi’s bond market problems Edge
- Westpac reports 20% drop in mortgage applications after Australia scraps tax breaks Edge
- SEC exempts data-centre bonds from key securitisation rules Edge
- IBM turns to Canadian bond market for first time since 2012 Edge
- Cloudflare seeks to sell USD2.175b in convertible notes Edge
- JPMorgan sees tech bond sales surpassing half a trillion dollars in 2026 Star
Commodities
- Oil rises on uncertainty over reopening of Hormuz Star Yahoo
- Sinokor deal sends mideast oil tanker benchmark rate surging Edge
- Adnoc Gas second-quarter profit falls 52% as Hormuz closure hits sales Edge
- Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd resume more sailings through Suez Canal Edge
- Trump signals restraint on Iran, favours economic pressure Edge
- Oil jumps as US-Iran deal hopes fade, reserve falls below 300m barrels Yahoo
- America’s oil reserves are the lowest in 43 years Yahoo
- Fox’s Liz Claman reports oil price surge is worrisome as Trump waits out Iran Yahoo
- European gas prices rally as Hormuz deal prospects remain murky Edge
Digital assets
- Australia orders Cryptolink Bitcoin ATMs offline over ‘basic reporting’ failures Cointelegraph
- Strategy sells more bitcoin, stock to bolster cash stockpile Edge Coindesk
- Strategy builds USD4.75b cash cushion as only bitcoin isn’t enough for investors Coindesk
- Bitcoin fund inflows hit 4-month high as hack rattles holders Edge
- Solana lending giant Jupiter now lets the same dollar earn twice Coindesk
- Tokenised RWA surge to USD4t may push LINK to USD200 by end-2030 Cointelegraph
- Crypto exchange Coinsbuy loses USD8m in coordinated 2-blockchain attack Coindesk
- Coinsbuy offers USD100k reward after Sun security breach Cointelegraph
- Crypto’s first quantum attack will look like unexplained breach Cointelegraph
- BlackRock launches 2 Canada ETFs, with one allocating 3% to bitcoin Cointelegraph
- UK’s FCA to regulate tokenised gold to preserve London as top hub Coindesk Cointelegraph
- UK money laundering suspect bought USD100m in Trump crypto business Cointelegraph
- H100 becomes Europe’s No. 2 bitcoin treasury after 2,455 BTC deal Cointelegraph
M&A
- Hextar Retail gets 43 sen per share takeover offer from major shareholders Edge Star
- SC Estate eyes acquisitions to expand solar portfolio NST
- A privatisation that could gain traction Edge
- Sabah to acquire 30% stake in 2 oil and gas fields Edge
- US private equity firm with USD60b buys Australia’s oOh!Media for USD634m Edge
- GameStop CEO could withdraw USD56b eBay offer Edge
- Inside stablecoin firm BVNK’s journey to USD1.8b acquisition by Mastercard Coindesk
Malaysia
- HSBC: 85% of investors use AI for finance, but most still prefer human guidance Edge
- Commodity sector GDP at RM19.65b in 1Q Edge Star
- Malaysia’s next economic leap must happen faster Edge
- Attention on final 2Q GDP print, June IPI, US and China inflation data Edge
- Budget 2027: Economy Ministry finalising development spending proposals Edge Star
- Housing Ministry adopts data-driven approach as 85% urbanisation targeted by 2040 Edge
- AME Elite to build facility for Hyatech’s USD70m expansion Edge NST
- Chinese firm to build RM140m aquaculture feed plant in Perak Edge Star
- Witness unsure if Jho Low was ‘number one’, but confirms Najib received 1MDB funds Edge
- Appellate court upholds RM169.2m asset freeze against Ricky Wong, others Edge Star
- Why not sue Serba Dinamik’s directors? Edge
Other markets
- Indonesia nominates Destry Damayanti as central bank governor Edge Star
- Indonesia consumer confidence falls in Jul for third successive month Edge
- Hanoi discusses laws to improve banking, finance Star
- Vietnam proposes 30% income tax cut for small firms, business households Edge
- Philippine central bank keeps rate hike on table despite weak GDP growth Edge
- Asean must boost internal trade to realise 2030 economic ambitions Mail NST
- Currency defence gets makeover as emerging Asia guards reserves Edge
- BOJ’s debate on faster hikes bolsters Sep rate move odds Edge
- Japan posts first current account deficit in nearly 1½ years Edge
- Japan’s executives call for FX stability as weak yen intensify import-cost pressure Edge
- Sony, TSMC to invest USD6.4b in joint chip plant in Japan Edge NST Star
- South Korea to launch USD3.5b chip fund Edge NST
- Reserve Bank Australia set for hawkish hold and alert to persistent price pressures Edge
- Kevin Warsh might raise rates at next FOMC meeting despite weak jobs report Yahoo
- Cleveland Fed’s Hammack: More than 1 rate hike needed to bring down inflation Yahoo
- Jamie Dimon says dollar could lose reserve-currency status if US loses edge Yahoo
- SNB rate forecasts now anticipate hike in mid-2027 at earliest Edge
- Poland now sixth-largest EU economy, ahead of Switzerland and Belgium Yahoo
- Egypt’s annual urban consumer price inflation quickens to 14.9% in Jul Edge