Capital markets news | Wed 30 Sep 2026
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Open Finance
Open Finance is a framework that allows customers to give authorised financial institutions or third-party providers permission to access and share their financial information securely. It extends open banking beyond bank accounts and payments to areas such as lending, investments, insurance, and wealth management. In Malaysia, Bank Negara Malaysia’s proposed framework emphasises sharing that is secure, interoperable, timely, and based on specific, voluntary, explicit and revocable customer consent.
Equity
- NWE Resources prices ACE Market IPO at 20 sen per share Edge Reserve Star
- Kenanga most bullish on EcoSys, sets fair value at double IPO price Edge
- Johor-based Faire files ACE Market IPO Edge Reserve Star
- UMS Integration seeks to raise RM450m via placement Edge Reserve NST Star
- Careplus plans rights issue to raise up to RM30m Edge Reserve
- GLICs, GLCs set aside RM120b investments under GEAR-uP Edge NST Star
- JF Technology partner Shenzhen HFC surges more than eightfold on debut Edge
- Singapore cenbank places SGD1.45b with 5 asset managers Edge NST
- China’s RoboTechnik slides in Hong Kong debut as new listings trade mixed Edge
- Adani moves past another legal overhang Star
- Anthropic’s IPO prospectus sharpens focus on AI valuations Reuters
- Oura delays US IPO as fall market jitters deepen Star Reuters
- OpenAI valuation could hit USD1.4t in new funding round Telegraph Reuters
- Tiger Global, Dragoneer in talks to invest in Kalshi’s new USD1b fundraise Reuters
- Both cannot be right: AI faces a high-stakes paradox Yahoo
- Big Short’s Michael Burry is more confident than ever of an AI reckoning in 2027 Yahoo
- Michael Burry just named who can’t afford an AI crash Yahoo
- Warburg Pincus reaps USD12b in exits year-to-date, CEO says Edge
- Blackstone to launch investment platform for Nordics warehouses Edge Reuters
Debt
- KIP REIT Capital’s 2026-Issue 6 Class A MTN assigned final AAA rating RAM
- Tadau Energy’s AA rating affirmed MARC
- S&P affirms Malaysia’s A- sovereign rating, outlook stable Edge Mail NST Star
- BNM considering greater risk-taking to support energy transition Edge NST Star
- AirAsia needs no bailout, says Fernandes, as fuel shock puts liquidity under scrutiny Edge
- GXBank scales lending book, pursues early graduation Edge
- Thailand eyes pivot to short-term debt as bond volatility rises Edge
- Vietcombank considers public offshore bond issue Star
- Philippines starts sale of retail bonds amid elevated rates Edge
- China said to offer cheap loans to help state firms pay overdue bills Edge
- China expands targeted lending to bolster economy, cuts PSL rate Edge Star
- China offers mortgage subsidies to boost ailing property sector Edge
- Japan bond yields hold near multi-decade highs before 40-year auction NST
- Tata leadership transition, IPO unlikely to impact ratings, S&P Global says Reuters
- 30-year Treasury climbs to highest level since 2002 Yahoo
- Barclays says US 30-year yield can reach 6% in productivity boom Yahoo
- Analysts see 10-year Treasury yield hitting 6% Desk
- Traditionally terrible Oct looms for beleaguered Treasuries Yahoo
- Mortgage rates hit 7.58%, approaching 3-year high Yahoo
- Tesla lines up USD30b credit lines as capex, AI push accelerate Reuters
- Goldman private credit fund defies industry elevated withdrawal trend yet again Reuters
- Getty Images in talks with lenders for potential bankruptcy loan Edge
- UK set to pay highest yield since 1999 at 10-year bond auction Edge Yahoo
- UK mortgage approvals fall to 32-month low as loan costs bite Edge
- Battered bond market braces for a new era of interest rates Yahoo Reuters
Commodities
- LNG Canada partners, including Petronas, agree to expansion project Edge
- Petronas-backed LNG Canada project to see RM86b expansion Edge NST
- Asia may weather tight global diesel market better than Europe Edge
- Oil falls as investors focus on Middle East supply Edge Star
- White House urges EU to draw down diesel inventories Reuters
Digital assets
- Kakaopay partners with Dinari, Ondo to explore tokenised Korean stocks Telegraph
- Tether says it helped freeze USD550m in Iran-linked USDT this year Telegraph
- Cboe, S&P Dow Jones explore tokenised options contracts Desk
- Coinbase gets CFTC approval for US derivatives clearinghouse Telegraph
- Anthropic plans to spend USD518b on AI infrastructure. Pre-IPO perps barely blink Desk
- Crypto hack spurs USD463m in customer outflows at Bitget Edge
- Near Intents blocks USD50m in Bitget hacker swaps, here’s what happened Desk Telegraph
- Bitget CEO ‘not very optimistic’ on recovering funds from USD388m breach Telegraph
- ECB puts AI agent payments on the digital euro drawing board Telegraph
- Greece gets first MiCA entrants as watchdog denies Binance-Lagarde claim Telegraph
M&A
- Muar Ban Lee disposes of Kelantan plantation rights for RM16m Reserve Star
- Greentronics buys 51% stake in renewable energy firm for RM2m Reserve
- Scientex buys 70% of China plastic packaging maker for RM101.5m Edge Reserve NST Star
- FTAI unit to acquire USDG crude oil logistics assets for USD255m Yahoo
- US lawmakers push energy regulators to reject acquisition of power company AES Reuters
- UniCredit could overhaul Commerzbank’s supervisory board as early as Jan Edge
Malaysia
- 39% of EPF members on track to meet basic savings target NST Star
- Retirees risk losing compounding benefits with lump-sum EPF withdrawals NST
- Politicians’ pension reform needed to ensure fairness NST
- Budget 2027 must turn economic growth into household gains Reserve
- ACE Holdings fails in its judicial review against SC over imposition of RM400k fine Edge
- Gentari-SD Guthrie-Gamuda to build Perak solar plant for US tech firm Edge NST Star
- 4 feedmillers obtain stay over RM367m penalty imposed by MyCC Edge
- Witness denies changing ‘advisory fee’ to ‘commission’ Edge
- Felda Investment Corp’s ex-CEO charged with cheating, claims trial Edge
- Ex-Felda senior officer next to be charged over KL Vertical City project on Wed Edge Reserve
- UITM losses: Former top executive of a corporation to be charged on Thu Edge
- UITM: PAC recommends stronger financial governance, investment management Edge
Asian markets
- Indonesia passes state budget seeking 6% growth in 2027 Edge
- Danantara said to open office in Hong Kong, plans hiring Edge
- Southeast Asia renewable energy investments can pay off, generate savings Edge
- China signals economic stimulus to counter worsening slowdown Edge
- Samsung, affiliates commit USD1b to KKR-backed Helix Digital AI buildout Edge
- Cargill invests over USD130m to expand Asia poultry operations Star
Other markets
- Australia’s central bank lifts rates to 15-year high, cannot rule out more hikes Edge Star
- Australian regulator to review banking sector AI use and customer impacts Reuters
- Australia household spending is flat in Aug after strong run NST
- Prospect of Fed pulling too far back on communications poses volatility risk Reuters
- 2 forces are knocking the Fed off course on inflation: Oil prices and AI Yahoo
- New York Fed’s Williams squashes notion of an Oct rate hike Yahoo Reuters
- Fed’s Barr says more rate hikes likely to be needed to curb inflation Yahoo Reuters
- JP Morgan sees Fed rate hikes going out with a bang this year Yahoo
- US consumer confidence plunges to lowest level since 2014 Edge Yahoo Reuters
- US job openings fall in Aug; layoffs remain low Edge Reuters
- Jefferies stung by soured bets at asset-management unit Edge
- Anthropic’s USD518b AI buildout hinges on deals that cannot be cancelled Edge Reuters
- Anthropic IPO prospectus lays bare deep dependence on Big Tech partners Reuters
- Canada’s economy shows third quarter slowdown after spring surge Edge
- UK shop price inflation slows despite costs pressures NST
- Spanish inflation unexpectedly hits 5%, backing higher rates Edge
- Swiss regulator concludes action against Julius Baer, clearing way for buy-back Edge
- Rising AI complexity fuels cybersecurity spending Edge
- AI faces USD6t test to justify data centres, Bain says Edge