Capital markets news | Mon 21 Apr 2025
Equity
- Q&M seeks secondary listing on Bursa’s Main Market Edge
- Careplus plans RM55m rights issue for construction of EV assembly plant Edge
- Bright spots in Malaysian private equity deals Star
- Why money is going to Manila Star
- Chinese tea chain’s US shares rise 43% as IPO defies volatility Edge Mail NST
- House China committee urges US banks to drop CATL listing roles Edge
- Taiwan short-selling curbs extended again amid tariff uncertainty Edge
- Fidelity, Goldman find tariff haven in Asian consumer stocks Edge Yahoo
- Australian pension giants worry about Trump Star
Debt and money markets
- Kimanis Power’s RM300m sukuk assigned preliminary AAA rating RAM
- Negative rating watch on Sepangar extended RAM
- AME Elite issues RM300m sukuk under RM1.5b programme Edge NST Star
- Ho Hup slips into PN17 status after unit defaults on RM113m loan Edge NST Star
- Sentoria units placed under receivership over loan defaults NST
- Banks may review property loan assessment following Putra Heights gas blast NST
- Threat to US exceptionalism spurs rush for emerging market local bonds Yahoo
- Pimco bearish on dollar, long-term Treasuries as US safe-haven status wavers Edge
- Deutsche Bank sees more China clients moving out of US assets Edge
- Hedge funds could pose a systemic threat to financial stability Yahoo
- Defaults and volatility ahead Star
Digital assets
- Stablecoins gaining traction Star
- Crypto, DeFi may widen wealth gap, destabilise finance Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin gets USD90k short-term target Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin eyes USD139k amid macro resilience Coindesk Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin about to be hit with significant volatility imminently Coindesk
- Lyn Alden lowers Bitcoin forecast after tariff kerfuffle Cointelegraph
- XRP price coiled for significant move Coindesk
- HashKey to debut Asian XRP tracker fund with Ripple as anchor investor Coindesk
- Trump’s memecoin surges despite massive USD320m unlock Coindesk
- KILO token surges as funds recovered swiftly after sophisticated hack Coindesk
- Feds mistakenly order Estonian HashFlare fraudsters to self-deport Coindesk
- Oregon targets Coinbase after SEC drops its federal lawsuit Cointelegraph
- South Korean crypto emerges from failed coup into crackdown season Cointelegraph
Malaysian financial market news
- RHB forecasts 2025 GDP growth at 4.5% Mail
- Economic growth likely slowed in 1Q Edge Mail NST Star
- Digital banks face trust challenges Star
- Exports up in Mar ahead of US tariffs Edge NST Star
- Global trade malaise and US tariffs on E&E will pressure Malaysia’s growth RAM
- Demand for fresh, tree-ripened Malaysian durians surge in China Mail
- Domestic demand to keep economy resilient Edge
- Increase in online fraud cases, nearly RM600m losses recorded Edge
- Malaysia makes stunning leap in global luxury property Star
- Federal govt, Johor in talks on sandbox initiatives for J-S SEZ Edge NST
- Former Petronas manager charged with disclosure of confidential information Edge
- Stellantis assembly plant to serve as Asean regional hub Edge NST
- YTL Power wins bid to develop fibre optic along rail lines Edge
- Malaysia ready to develop pan-Asian railway network Edge
- MAG races to secure Boeing jets dropped by China Mail
Asian financial market news
- Indonesia says it seeks to complete US trade talks in 60 days Edge
- Indonesia weighs costly US arms purchases to curb tariff threat Edge NST
- DP World to expand in Asean to support shift in Chinese manufacturing NST
- Asean countries build on local currency resilience Star
- Yuan’s winding path Star
- China’s fiscal revenue falls 1.1% in Jan-Mar Edge
- China issues plan for expanding service sector opening-up Edge
- Xi’s No 2 signals openness to policy shift as tariffs hit Edge
- China’s manufacturing backbone feels Trump trade war pinch NST
- Exporters at China’s largest trade fair told not to leave early Edge
- China pledges to help tariff-hit exporters find local buyers Edge
- China set to leave lending rates steady, but tariffs raise easing bets Edge
- China’s US envoy urges end to trade war, but warns Beijing ready to fight Mail
- Japan’s hacked online trading reaches USD700m Edge
- Japan seeks fairness in currency talks with US Edge
- Japan does not manipulate FX to weaken yen Edge
- BOJ will keep raising rates if inflation on track Edge Mail NST Star
- Japan weighs increasing soybean on top of rice imports to placate US Mail
- South Korea, US to hold trade talks this week NST
- US tariffs threaten Arab non-oil exports NST
Other financial market news
- Trump discussed firing Fed’s Powell, Warsh as possible successor Edge
- Firing Powell would hurt US dollar and economy Edge Cointelegraph
- Americans are expecting a tariff-fuelled price surge Yahoo
- Big banks maintain the sky is not falling amid tariff turmoil Yahoo
- US jobless claims by federal employees ticked up last week Edge
- Trump to sign order to extend federal hiring freeze Edge
- FDA fires most negotiators for pharma user fee talks Edge
- US consumer watchdog says it will lay off most remaining staff Edge NST
- Trump moves to levy Chinese vessels in widening trade war Edge Mail NST
- Trump says trade deal with China could be matter of 3-4 weeks NST
- Trump says he is 100% confident on Europe trade deal Edge
- Boeing jet returns to US from China amid tariff war Edge Mail NST Yahoo
- DHL to suspend global shipments of over USD800 to US consumers Edge NST
- Toyota weighs adding US production of new RAV4 in response to tariffs Edge
- Volvo to cut up to 800 US jobs as Trump’s tariffs bite Edge
- Volkswagen mulls shifting Audi production to US Mail
- Companies eye US expansion to cushion fallout from tariffs NST
- Tariffs could lift Boeing and Airbus plane prices even higher Mail NST
- Canada’s PM proposes deeper deficits to fund infrastructure, tax cut Edge
- Reeves pledges no increases to UK wealth taxes in next budget Edge
- A third of German firms mull cutting jobs in 2025 Edge NST
- Ukraine hits Chinese firms with sanctions over arming Russia Edge
- Ukraine aims to wrap up mineral deal talks within a week Edge
- First shockwaves of Trump’s tariffs are about to hit the world economy Edge Yahoo