Capital markets news | Tue 19 Aug 2025
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Equity
- Insights Analytics’ ACE Market IPO underwritten by M&A Securities Edge NST Star
- ACE-Market listee Agmo seeks Main Market transfer Edge
- NSCMH private placement kicks off with RM25m investment from president Star
- Bursa reprimands PIE Industrial, fines 2 directors for delayed disclosure Edge
- FGV shares to be suspended 25 Aug after Felda’s takeover Edge Mail NST Star
- Foreign investors net bought USD389.4m of Asian equities last week Edge NST Star
- US IPO day-one surges driven by superfan scramble Yahoo
- Blockchain lender Figure reveals revenue surge in US IPO filing Yahoo
- Black Rock Coffee Bar discloses revenue jump in US IPO filing Yahoo
- Trump administration in talks to take a 10% stake in Intel Edge Yahoo
- TeraWulf stock jumps as Google ups stake in bitcoin miner to 14% Yahoo
- Norway wealth fund excludes 6 companies linked to West Bank, Gaza Edge
Debt
- Merchantrade’s commercial papers MARC-1 rating affirmed MARC
- Bank Muamalat targets 1k holders of Shariah-compliant business credit cards NST
- Apollo’s Fox Hedge is taking financial wizardry to a new level Edge
- KindlyMD closes USD200m convertible note funding for more bitcoin Coindesk
- Eerily calm credit markets face pockets of concern Edge
Digital assets
- Crypto retreats from record territory as traders take profits Edge
- Thailand to allow foreign tourists to convert crypto to baht Edge
- Top crypto traders flip bearish on BTC, ETH in major sentiment shift Coindesk
- Bitcoin drops below USD115k amid wave of profit-taking Coindesk
- Bitcoin in precarious position as price penetrates bullish trendline Coindesk
- 5 things to know in bitcoin this week Cointelegraph
- Ethereum’s big backers unleash billions to push into Wall Street Yahoo
- US Treasury starts work on Genius, gathering views on illicit activity Coindesk
- Stellar invests in Archax, aiming to boost tokenisation Coindesk
- Real tokenisation revolution is in private markets, not public stocks Cointelegraph
M&A
- NuEnergy gets 60 sen takeover offer from largest shareholder Agrobulk Edge
- Asian Pac buys Salcon’s property development arm for RM42m Edge
- JCorp sells the Puteri Pacific Hotel Edge
- Teladoc Health expands in Australia with Telecare acquisition Yahoo
- Circle acquires Malachite to power its upcoming Arc blockchain Coindesk
- Second round of Forward Air takeover bids expected in Sep Yahoo
- Pentair buys specialty valve solutions maker Hydra-Stop in USD290m deal Yahoo
- UK motor finance ruling could fuel M&A Edge
- L&G, Federated Hermes merge GBP4.7b UK property funds Edge
- Xeneta expands into global carrier performance with eeSea acquisition Yahoo
- Switzerland’s M&A deal surge leaves rest of Europe behind Yahoo
Malaysian
- Currency rally not over yet as analysts eye rate cuts Edge Star
- Macquarie eyes investments in Malaysia Edge NST Star
- SC’s Audit Oversight Board bans auditor for 1 year Edge Star
- South Korea FTA to be signed in Oct Edge Mail NST Star
- Trade talks with EU restarted NST
- Export of unprocessed rare earths banned NST
- Govt unlocks RM2b HRD levy funds to boost graduates hiring Edge
- Penang LRT budget capped at RM16-17b Edge
Other markets
- Singapore’s exports fall 4.6% in Jul, weaker than forecast Edge NST
- Indonesia’s Gasoline Godfather targeted in USD18b graft probe Edge
- Thailand’s growth beats expectations due to exports Edge NST Star
- Thai unemployment holds at 0.91% in 2Q as hiring stagnates NST
- PBOC signals no urgency for rate cuts despite poor economic news Edge
- Fire sales and defaults deepen Hong Kong commercial real estate crisis Mail
- US homebuilder sentiment retreats as buyers lack motivation Edge
- Brazil central bank still assessing if 15% interest rate is appropriate Yahoo