Capital markets news | Fri 12 Sep 2025
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Equity
- JS Solar’s ACE Market IPO oversubscribed 48 times Edge NST Star
- Singapore set for second-largest 2025 IPO with REIT listing Edge
- China’s USD4.5t flows mark tipping point in market opening Edge
- South Korean shares hit record high as president scraps tax hike plan Edge
- Blockchain lender Figure soars 30% after Nasdaq debut Yahoo
- Blackstone-backed Legence raises USD728m in US IPO Yahoo
- LB Pharmaceuticals raises USD285m in first major biotech IPO since Feb Yahoo
- Crypto exchange Gemini prices IPO above range to raise USD425m Yahoo
- Forward Industries closes USD1.65b deal to build solana treasury Coindesk
- Avalanche eyes USD1b raise to fund crypto treasury companies Coindesk
- US charges fired Two Sigma quant researcher with fraud Yahoo
- Swedish specialist lender Noba Bank plans USD3.7b Stockholm IPO Yahoo
Debt
- Al-Salam REIT to establish RM3b sukuk programme Edge Star
- Malaysia Debt Ventures to give RM300m energy transition financing Edge NST
- Indonesian yield curve steepest since 2023 on fiscal fears Edge
- Indonesia’s new finance chief moves fast with USD12b plan Edge
- China mulls helping local governments with USD1t of bills Edge
- Alibaba to raise USD3.2b via convertible bond to fund cloud growth Edge NST
- Chinese data centre firm Zdata seeks USD500m private loan Star
- Saudi oil giant Aramco raises USD3b from Islamic bonds Edge
- India central bank plans to give lenders key power to recover small loans Edge
- US subprime auto lender to immigrants to liquidate Star
- Mortgage rates drop again, hitting 11-month low Yahoo
- Rising G7 debt back at centre of bond market storm NST
Digital assets
- Hong Kong’s central bank plans to ease rules on banks’ crypto holding Coindesk
- StanChart-backed crypto custodian Zodia ends Japan venture with SBI Edge
- Reserve Bank of India says crypto rules risk legitimising sector Cointelegraph
- Kyrgyzstan introduces state crypto reserve concept in new bill Cointelegraph
- SEC chair says most tokens are not securities, backs super-app Cointelegraph
- BlackRock weighs tokenised ETFs in push beyond Treasuries Coindesk
- Franklin Templeton partners with Binance on digital assets Yahoo
- Kraken launches product to tap into USD515b perpetual crypto futures market Yahoo
- Yield hunters flock to HyperLiquid to farm Kintetiq’s airdrop Coindesk
- Crypto bull market still has room to run Coindesk
- Regulated multicurrency stablecoins will end dollar’s crypto monopoly Cointelegraph
- Crypto ETF trends Coindesk
M&A
- Vantage buys Johor data centre as part of USD1.6b investment Edge NST Yahoo
- Classita’s RM34m price for lingerie business stake illustrative, not final Edge
- FACB Industries privatisation offer extended to 10 Oct Edge
- Aman Cove acquires 69.95 acres of land at Kulim Hi-Tech Park for RM67m Edge
- Unique Fire buys industrial land in Kota Kemuning for RM15.5m Edge NST Star
- Jasa Kita’s new owners launch 38 sen takeover after buying 40% stake Edge Star
- Gamuda JV places top bid of RM3.3b for mixed-use site in Singapore Edge NST Star
- Backers of Indonesian coffee unicorn Kopi Kenangan said to mull stake sales Edge
- Indonesia’s Pertamina to merge refinery, shipping, retail operations Edge
- Carlyle, EQT, HongShan among final bidders for Starbucks China Edge
- Evergrande liquidators get bids for unit from state-owned firms Edge
- Statkraft sells 49% stake in Indian hydropower JV Yahoo
- Citi CEO sees more dealmaking with US recession unlikely Edge
- Magnum CEO dismisses Ben & Jerry’s sale talk as listing nears Edge Star
- Pinnacle’s merger with Synovus isn’t Truist 2.0 Yahoo
- DHL to buy US healthcare courier SDS Rx Yahoo
- Vimeo to be acquired by Bending Spoons in USD1.38b all-cash deal Yahoo
- Barrick hands Hemlo Gold Mine to new owner in USD1.09b deal Yahoo
- UniCredit’s merger push leaves mark on Commerzbank Star
- Adnoc finalising EU remedies for Covestro deal Star
- Singapore’s GIC could raise stake in Blackstone’s Spanish hotels Edge
Malaysian
- BNM to keep OPR unchanged at 2.75% Edge Star
- Success of Islamic finance lies in lives transformed, not just asset size Edge
- Factory output grows faster than expected in Jul Edge NST
- July manufacturing sales up 3.5% at RM162.5b Edge NST
- Jul industrial gains unlikely to last amid tariff risks, global headwinds Edge
- Services sector to support hiring as unemployed count rises since Sep 2024 Edge
- Consumer spending shifts to essentials amid rising costs, tax pressures NST
- Auction for sale of green power to Singapore sees significant interest Edge
- OCBC commits over RM10m investment annually for AI-ready workforce Edge
Other markets
- Thai consumer confidence at lowest in over 2 years in Aug Edge NST
- Taiwan approves special funds for ships, drones to deter China Edge
- Bank of Korea board member says need to cut interest rates more NST
- India’s IT sector nervous as US proposes outsourcing tax Edge
- Australia’s energy link to Asia to focus on local data centres for now Edge
- JPMorgan to ramp up corporate banking hiring in Apac growth push Edge
- Sticky inflation report unlikely to keep Fed off course for rate cut next week Yahoo
- US tariff revenue neared USD30b in Aug Yahoo
- US consumer prices increase more than expected in Aug Edge
- US weekly jobless claims increase as labour market softens Edge
- Trump asks court to pause order letting Cook stay at Fed Yahoo
- Mexico plans 50% tariff on Chinese cars before US, Canada talks Edge Star
- Merck scraps GBP1b London hub in fresh blow to UK Edge
- EU unlikely to hike tariffs on India, China to pressure Putin Edge
- ECB holds rates unchanged, still in a good place Edge Yahoo
- Swiss lawmakers push back on anti-money laundering law Edge
- Turkey’s central bank cuts interest rate for second straight meeting Yahoo