Capital markets news | Fri 14 Feb 2025
Equity
- MAHB applies for delisting Edge NST Star
- Singapore moots tax incentives to revive stock market Edge
- Indonesia to allow short-selling to broaden stock market appeal Edge
- China’s love for dividends sees REIT demand go stratospheric Edge
- Source Code Capital halves funding goal as startup bets cool Yahoo
- Tesla supplier CNGR targets USD500m in Hong Kong listing Edge
- KKR mulls Nissan investment after Honda talks end Edge
- South Korea fines banks for short selling breaches Edge
- Prudential hired Citigroup for USD1b India IPO Edge
- UAE IT services firm Alpha Data lines up for IPO in Abu Dhabi Edge
- Thoma Bravo-backed SailPoint’s IPO raises USD1.38b Edge Yahoo
- Robot maker Apptronik raises USD350m Yahoo
- Unilever picks Amsterdam for primary ice cream listing Edge
- Dutch chip equipment maker Nearfield planning IPO by 2028 Yahoo
Debt and money markets
- YTL Corp’s AA1 rating outlook revised to positive RAM
- YTLPI’s AA1 rating outlook revised to positive RAM
- Malayan Cement’s sukuk rating upgraded to AA1 RAM
- Dynasty Harmony’s RM55m sukuk assigned final AA3 rating RAM
- Orkim’s RM1b sukuk programme assigned AA- final rating MARC
- Glomac launches inaugural RM3b sukuk programme Edge NST Star
- Entrepreneur Ministry disbursed RM300m in Negeri Sembilan Edge
- Access to financing among challenges for gas industry Edge NST
- BlackRock fund gives up China towers after missing loan Edge
- China’s bond rally stalls as popular trades reverse Star
- Adani inks USD207m private loan for Australian coal port Edge
- Morgan Stanley, banks shed bulk of X debt with USD4.7b deal Yahoo
Digital assets
- GameStop mulling investment in bitcoin, crypto Coindesk
- CZ’s dog made a killing for one memecoin creator Coindesk
- Zoom should embrace bitcoin as treasury asset Coindesk
- PancakeSwap’s CAKE, BNB lead market as bitcoin tightens Coindesk
- Bitcoin price could reach USD1.5m by 2030 Cointelegraph
- USD400k bitcoin is possible if 3 key events occur Cointelegraph
- US bitcoin mining companies face Bitmain shipment delays Cointelegraph
- Train AI agents to make better predictions Cointelegraph
- Banks, non-banks should be allowed to issue stablecoins Cointelegraph
M&A and property
- Careplus’ 51%-owned unit sued over share purchase deal Edge
- Metro Healthcare buys shop office in Subang Jaya for RM9.4m Edge
- Perak Corp disposes of 3 plots of land for RM8.5m Star
- China govt compulsorily buys GUH’s industrial land for RM119m Edge Star
- Nissan and Honda ditch USD60b merger talks Edge Mail Yahoo
- Japan’s Trend Micro target of takeover battle amongst PE firms Yahoo
- Musk will pull OpenAI bid if ChatGPT maker remains non-profit Edge Yahoo
- Vale in advanced talks to sell Brazil renewable assets to GIP Yahoo
- London office owners eye GBP1b of sales as freeze thaws Edge
Malaysian financial market news
- Foreign holdings in local capital market 19% in Jan Edge Star
- KWAP records RM18b income, 12% returns in 2024 Edge NST Star
- MIDF sees 4Q GDP growth at 4.8% Star
- Natural Gas Roadmap to be launched by 3Q NST Star
- MSPO 2.0 certification meets EUDR requirements Edge
- Palm oil production poised for modest growth in 2025 Star
- Diamond water filter maker NEP placed under liquidation Edge
Asian financial market news
- eFishery cuts 90% of jobs as potential liquidation looms Edge Yahoo
- Jakarta seeks new deals as US tariffs roil trade Star
- China leads in energy transition investment Star
- Japan’s Mazda plans USD150m investment in Thailand EV production Edge NST
- It’s time for Japan to admit victory on deflation Star
- India expects USD200m missile deal with Philippines this year Edge
Other financial market news
- Australia’s 50 richest now control USD153b Edge
- Washington should evaluate rules and regulations affecting big banks Yahoo
- Average US 30-year mortgage down to 6.87%, fourth weekly decline Yahoo
- JPMorgan Chase begins planned layoffs for 2025 Edge
- Chevron to lay off 20% of global workforce Edge
- xAI’s Grok 3 in final stages, outperforming all chatbots Edge Yahoo
- US and UK decline to sign international agreement for ethical AI Cointelegraph
- US takes first step toward tax cuts, higher debt limit Star
- US to increase military sales to India Yahoo
- Trump signs reciprocal tariffs with a delay Star Yahoo
- Bank of Canada sees tariffs souring investment, confidence Star
- Peru halts key rate cuts on strong growth and global risks Yahoo
- German regulator charges Apple with abuse of power Edge
- Porsche aims to cut around 1,900 jobs by 2029 Edge
- Commerzbank to cut 3,900 jobs, mainly in Germany Edge Mail
- EU nations push to relax gas storage target amid price increase Star
- Russia’s oil and fuel exports revenues rose in Jan to USD15.8b Edge
- Lack of investments, higher cost of capital for gas development Edge
