Capital markets news | Fri 2 Feb 2024
Capital markets news | Fri 2 Feb 2024
Equity
- Bursa anticipates 42 IPOs this year :: NST | Edge
- Global venture capital firm Antler invests in seven Malaysian startups :: NST
- Fintec Global plans 30-to-one share consolidation :: Edge
Debt
- Sunway Velocity Three’s sustainable financing framework assigned Silver :: Marc
Mergers and acquisitions
- TotalEnergies to buy 50% of SapuraOMV for USD903m :: Star | Edge
- Transonic Jet inks merger with MY Jet Express Airlines :: Star
- Mikro MSC swaps Bio Eneco shares for Elridge Energy shares :: Edge
Projects and business
- Petronas expands energy derivatives trading :: Star
- Ditrolic Energy gets BlackRock’s to finance Asia Pacific expansion :: NST | Edge
- Guoann signs MOA to set up carbon neutrality R&D centre :: Mail
- Yinson integrates Brunei charge points into chargeEV :: Edge
Economy and market news
Legal and regulatory
- Sapura Energy receives RM256m arbitration claim :: NST
International
- Hong Kong’s Richard Li to sell asset manager PineBridge :: Star | Edge
- China’s Caixin PMI expands in Jan :: Star | Mail | Edge
- South Korea PMI expands for first time in 19 months :: Star
- Japan’s PMI shrinks in Jan on softer demand :: Star
- Canadian Rob McEwen negotiating to raise USD100m for Argentina copper mine :: Star
- US SEC new rules to expose SPACs to projections liability :: Star
- France’s Vivendi to split into four companies :: Star
- Australian government reviews pension funds’ unlisted assets :: Star
- KKR raises USD6.4b for Asia Pacific infrastructure and energy fund :: Star | Edge
- Brazilian Gol airline gets court approval to borrow USD350m :: Star
- US Fed keeps rate unchanged and unlikely to cut in Mar :: Mail
- Byron Allen offers USD14.3b for Paramount Global :: Mail | Edge
- Asian Development Bank approves USD419.6m loan for Indonesia’s sanitation :: Mail
- EV helped China become world’s top vehicle exporter in 2023 :: Mail
- India froze Paytm Bank after warning about data flows :: Edge
- Temasek-backed data centre operator shortlisted PE firms for USD1b funding :: Edge
- Temasek-backed UST to raise USD500m in IPO :: Edge
- Alps Global to list in US via USD1.6b SPAC deal :: Edge
- China’s Country Garden to sell USD570m London development :: Edge
- Saudi Arabia mulls Aramco share sale :: Edge
- TikTok completes deal for Indonesia’s e-commerce platform :: Edge
- Singapore regulator reviews Grab’s acquisition of Trans-cab :: Edge
- UK blocks Redbird IMI from further changing Telegraph acquisition :: Edge