Capital markets news | Fri 6 Jun 2025
Equity
- Signature Alliance gains 12.9% on ACE Market listing Edge NST Star
- Oxford Innotech’s ACE Market IPO underwritten by Malacca Sec Edge NST Star
- Medical device firm LAC Med seeks Main Market IPO Edge
- Tealive and Bask Bear operator Loob eyes Main Market IPO Edge
- Xiaohongshu valuation hits USD26b in boost for backer GSR Edge
- South Korea’s K Wave Media to raise USD500m for bitcoin treasury Cointelegraph
- Asian companies in talks to list in Saudi Arabia Edge
- Circle soars 167% after IPO Coindesk
- Circle IPO soars giving hope to more startups waiting to go public Yahoo
- UK’s Wise to move primary listing to US in latest blow for London Yahoo
- Cobalt Holdings scraps London IPO exercise Star
- London faces more setbacks in a gruelling fight for listings Edge
Debt
- MIDF leveraging Islamic finance to drive industrial transformation Edge NST
- Malaysian banks have low trade-related exposure Star
- Singapore’s AAA bills offer an opportunity for US carry trade Edge
- DBS, UOB lend USD411m for DayOne-INA Indonesia data centre project Edge
- Vingroup seeks private loan to buy KKR’s stake in Vinschool Edge Star
- S&P says South Africa needs faster growth to secure rating upgrade Edge
Digital assets
- Bitcoin threatens USD100k Coindesk
- Bitcoin bulls’ biggest threat is 2-month tariff ultimatums trap Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin’s shrinking supply may trigger price breakout Cointelegraph
- Senate stablecoin bill likely to win massive bipartisan support Coindesk
- WazirX exits Singapore, moves to Panama after court ruling Cointelegraph
- OFAC sanctions Philippines-based Funnull over pig butchering Coindesk
- Canada will be left behind in the global crypto race Cointelegraph
M&A
- EssilorLuxottica to buy A-Look, Seen and OWL optical stores in Malaysia Edge
- Bitcoin ATM operator CoinFlip explores potential USD1b sale Coindesk
- Merit expands into Utah with acquisition of RCM Investments Yahoo
- Kimberly-Clark nears USD3.5b sale of global tissue business to Suzano NST Yahoo
- IRH to buy Tremont’s majority interest in Alphamin Resources Yahoo
- Franklin Templeton to take majority stake in private credit firm Apera Yahoo
Malaysian
- Malaysia is Southeast Asian hub for future-ready workspaces Edge Star
- Malaysia is key area for upstream, decarbonisation, energy transition Edge NST Star
- Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur rise in international business events global rankings NST
- Scammers create fake SC site to trick investors Edge NST
- Johor’s 1Q FDI jumps nearly 7-fold to RM27.4b Edge NST
- Petronas to cut 10% of its workforce Edge Mail NST Star
Other markets
- How tariffs play with inflation expectations Star
- Weak US data lifts rate-cut hopes Mail NST
- ECB cuts rates as bets build on a summer pause Edge
- Lagarde says ECB nearing end of cycle after eighth rate cut Edge
- Danish central bank follows ECB with quarter-point rate cut Edge
- Finance Europe label aims to channel retail savings Star