Capital markets news | Thu 13 Feb 2025
Debt and money markets
- Country Garden’s B3 rating affirmed RAM
- Peps-JV’s RM5m Tranche 2 investment notes assigned R3 rating RAM
- Singapore’s Atome gets USD80m private credit facility Edge NST
- China mulls USD6.8b funding to help Vanke repay debt Edge
- China’s green bond debut can capitalise on US retreat Star
- New York’s Seagram Building refinanced in USD1.2b bond deal Yahoo
- US bonds crushed by CPI Edge Yahoo
- UK’s USD16b bond sale smashes records Star
Digital assets
- Berlin the bitcoin city in El Salvador Coindesk
- Solo miner snags bitcoin block reward worth USD300k Cointelegraph
- 2.5m bitcoin left on crypto exchanges signals supply shock Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin turns higher, reversing CPI-related tumble Coindesk
- Bitcoin all-time high due in 2-3 weeks Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin could see a crash Yahoo
- Franklin Templeton expands USD594m market money fund to Solana Coindesk
- Trump family backed World Liberty starts token reserve Coindesk
- Memecoins not under SEC oversight Cointelegraph
M&A and property
- Consortium closes MAHB takeover offer with 98.68% Edge NST
- MPI sells 2 parcels of land in Bayan Lepas for RM140m Edge Star
- Matrix Concepts sells Seremban land for RM91m in related-party deal Edge Star
- Sarawak unveils AirBorneo after completing MASwings takeover Edge NST Star
- Hon Hai open to buying Renault’s stake in Nissan Edge NST Yahoo Star
- Nissan and Honda set to update on relationship after merger talks stall Yahoo
- Former intern becomes billionaire in Australia pharmacy merger Edge
- OpenAI’s board has not received Musk’s takeover bid Edge
- Walgreens’ VillageMD taps advisers as backer pursues exit plan Yahoo
- MyFitnessPal bought meal-planning startup Intent Yahoo
- Carrefour offers 20% premium to take Brazil unit private Edge
Asian financial market news
- Singapore to consolidate national payment systems’ administration Edge
- Indonesia backs solar plus hydro to meet growing energy needs Star
- China’s SMIC flags chip oversupply risk in 2H2025 Edge
- Japan asks for exemption from US steel and aluminium tariffs Edge Star
- Volkswagen’s USD1.4b India tax tussle rekindles foreign investor fears Edge
- India to sign multi-billion dollar LNG deals Star
- PM Modi, US VP Vance discuss investments in US nuclear tech Edge
- Iranian, Russian oil stranded on tankers due to US sanctions Edge Yahoo
- Asia-Pacific prime office sets to grow 7% in 2025 Edge
Other financial market news
- US CPI up 3% in Jan Star Coindesk
- The Fed’s real problem Yahoo
- OpenAI plans to release new GPT-4.5 model in weeks Yahoo
- Trump picks lawyer for Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Coindesk
- Trump administration readies reciprocal US tariffs NST
- The additive nature of Trump tariffs on Canada Star
- UK poorest will be worse off until 2027 Star
- Chevron to lay off up to 20% of global workforce Yahoo
