Capital markets news | Wed 28 Oct 2026
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AI meltdown
AI capex has become large enough to influence overall economic growth, not just technology stocks. A slowdown could affect chipmakers, utilities, construction firms, data-centre operators, private-credit markets, and the wider financial system through the debt funding the buildout.
Equity
- Impact Capital launches ACE Market IPO at 22 sen per share Edge NST Star
- Ni Hsin plans bonus warrants to raise RM113m Edge NST Star
- Electricity bill protection expansion will not affect Tenaga dividend payout Edge
- HB Global expects to miss annual report deadline, risks trading suspension Edge
- When saying ‘no’ sends the right signal Edge
- Syngenta IPO aims for valuation of at least USD66b Reuters
- Chinese firm’s investor dispute shows dark side of HK listings Edge
- Nidec to sue former executives over accounting issues Edge
- Jio shares indicated 22% higher in India grey-market trading Edge
- Dubai firm’s USD543m IPO covered within minutes despite war Edge
- Cash windfall the Anthropic IPO may bring to banks Yahoo
- 5 thoughts on the Anthropic IPO Yahoo
- RedotPay weighs confidential US IPO filing by year-end CT
- Meta upsizes equity offering as it seeks almost USD98b Edge NST Reuters
- Neocloud firm Argentum AI in talks for USD5b AI chip financing Reuters
- Nvidia, Meta deepen AI ties with USD3b investment deal Reuters
- General Compute raises USD100m Series A, countering neocloud disaster narrative Yahoo
- Luxor raises USD16m from CMT Digital amid AI-bitcoin miner convergence CT
- GM moves to Nasdaq as first legacy automaker on the exchange Edge
- Advent raises USD30b for latest buyout, mid-market funds Reuters
Debt
- Tenaga Nasional issues another RM4.8b sukuk to fund transition projects Edge Star
- Maybank Islamic, CGC launch first supply chain financing guarantee scheme NST
- Affin Bank loan growth remains resilient Star
- MGS could face renewed volatility as US Fed look at rates NST
- Unsecured creditors have no right to be heard in judicial management proceedings Edge
- Govt yet to decide on financial support for AirAsia Edge
- PTPTN to announce loan repayment deferment mechanism soon Edge
- Malaysian banks navigate rising funding costs in Indonesia NST
- MSCI fallout widens with Indonesian corporate bond sale shelved Edge Star
- China’s 5-year government bond yield trades near record low Edge
- China property woes bring strains to Huafa’s USD62b of debt Edge Star
- Hold or sell? High Treasury yields spur US banks to rethink bond portfolios Reuters
- Bond investors are thinking less about the Fed and more about AI, deficits Yahoo Reuters
- Banks eye USD21b of bonds for Broadcom chip-financing deal Yahoo
- Pimco scoops up USD4b of massive SpaceX AI debt package Yahoo
- AI is pushing corporate bond sales to an all-time record Yahoo
- An AI label alone no longer wins lenders, JPMorgan says CD
- Acts of God meet acts of AI in private equity’s new debt play Edge
- AI financing driving private credit growth as refinancing risks rise, Moody’s says Reuters
- US offers Constellation USD5b financing to spur nuclear Yahoo
- JetBlue CEO says no creditor talks as bond selloff raises doubts about turnaround Reuters
- Young people buy houses by putting older co-borrowers on their mortgages Yahoo
- Britain declines joining Canada-led defence bank Star
- USTR tells EU that Airbus loan threatens trade truce on aircraft financing Edge NST Reuters
- French bond risk falls the most since 2020 Star
Digital assets
- Japan’s top yen stablecoin falls short of its target in a disappointing first year CD
- Quantum fears already limiting Bitcoin’s growth, Stacks founder says CT
- Janus Henderson, Centrifuge launch tokenised Nasdaq-100 fund on Stellar CD CT
- Intel, Oracle, IBM object to OKX–ICE tokenised stock plans CD CT
- Ripple gets a final go-ahead to launch its own US national trust bank CD CT
- Bitcoin miners’ move into AI is creating a new market for trading computing power CD
- Keystone breach deepens: Hackers stole key used to verify wallets as genuine CT
- Crypto wallet maker Keystone to destroy almost 19k devices after security breach CD
- Brazilian companies turned to stablecoins on election day to dodge a currency crash CD
- USDC overtakes USDT in euro stablecoin trading as EU rules reshape market CT
- Dutch crypto to face upheaval under new tax Star
M&A
- Maxis acquisition of Astro’s broadband business a positive move Star
- Yinson privatisation sees longer runway Edge
- Belated takeover offer at United Malacca raises questions over missed 2024 trigger Edge
- Paragon Globe shareholders approve RM398m Johor land sale to DayOne Edge Star
- Matrix Concepts to buy 57 Johor land parcels for RM169.31m Edge NST Star
- CPE Technology to acquire Johor factory for RM14.5m Edge Star
- CIMB attracts BPI, Metrobank for Philippine unit sale Edge Star
- Woodside sells stake in long-stalled Timor-Leste LNG project Edge Star
- US agency approves Amazon Leo’s USD11.5b acquisition of Globalstar Reuters
- Intel said to buy quantum start-up Classiq for about USD2.3b Edge
- FTC to sue to block Cintas-UniFirst deal Reuters
Malaysia
- Malaysian banks must move faster on AI, says Twimbit NST
- Mida calls for coordinated investment strategy to position Borneo as investment hub Edge
- Govt takes immediate steps to strengthen GLC, GLIC governance Edge
- Government-owned entities bill to tighten governance, prevent misappropriation Edge
- EPF must help more Malaysians achieve retirement adequacy Edge NST
- Price squeeze ahead? Star
- Median formal sector wage rises to RM3k, but income gap remains wide Edge
- Back to 30%, but not back to certainty Edge
- Automotive High-Tech Valley realises RM7b investments from 2018 to 2026 Edge
- East Coast Expressway Phase 3 to be implemented via public-private partnership Edge
- Govt studying phased implementation of automatic fuel adjustment for electricity bills Edge
- Data centres to be required to source at least 30% renewable energy Edge
- Govt to sue Zetrix AI over RM314m JPJ arrears Edge
- Officially clear the air or take action Edge
- What happens after the corporate mafia probe is crucial Edge
- There was corporate mafia 25 years ago Edge
- Businessman charged with cheating man of RM1.65m in durian orchard deal Edge
Other markets
- China’s industrial profit growth picks up amid deepening economic divergence Edge Star
- Taiwan central bank sees strong tech demand driving exports into 2027 NST
- Ex-BoJ chief backs more rate hikes, his former deputy urges caution NST Star Reuters
- Moody’s sees positive shift in Japan’s growth, resilience remains key test Reuters
- South Korea 3Q GDP beats forecasts in AI chip boom Edge Mail Star
- Bank of Korea warns chip exports could fall by USD100b if AI spending slows Edge Reuters
- Fed to hit pause on rate hikes, but maybe not for long Edge
- US orders for durable goods increase by most in 5 months Edge Reuters
- US consumer confidence rises for first time in 4 months Edge Reuters
- What is the ‘AI bubble’ and what happens if it pops? Yahoo
- Citi, BCA downgrade Brazilian assets after Lula comeback Edge
- Germany, EU, stable investment stops despite upheaval — Merz Edge
- French consumer confidence drops to 13-year low following riots Edge
- High inflation to persist globally into next year, Reuters poll shows Reuters