Capital markets news | Mon 22 Sep 2025
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Munshaat was awarded a 24-year lease to construct one of the seven Zamzam towers in Makkah. The company entered into ijarah mawsufah fi zimmah with the investors in return for a lump sum advance rental payment. The company issued sukuk al-intifa`a (timeshare) to the investors as evidence of their respective claims over the usufruct of the asset based on timesharing slots.
Equity
- Trading in Solarvest to be suspended on Mon pending announcement Edge Star
- Sunway Healthcare files for Main Market listing to fund RM1.6b expansion Edge
- Powertechnic’s ACE Market IPO underwritten by TA Securities Edge NST Star
- Shareholders approve Niche Capital’s fundraising to expand Sokor gold plant NST
- Cambrian Fund invests in EMS optical inspection startup Nvsion Edge
- Boustead Singapore’s REIT to IPO with SGD1.9b total portfolio value Edge
- Chinese savers have USD23t and few options beyond stocks Edge
- Crypto custody firm BitGo files for US IPO Coindesk Cointelegraph
- PayPal-backed Pine Labs plans up to USD700m IPO in Oct Edge
- Musk says xAI is not raising capital after CNBC report on USD10b funding Edge
- Bionano Genomics launches USD10m public offering Yahoo
- Nvidia to invest in UK firms including Wayve, Revolut Edge
Debt
- Ta Yoong’s pawn loan securitisation assigned final AAA rating RAM
- Pantai’s sukuk programmes assigned AAA, P1, MARC-1 ratings RAM MARC
- Al-Salam REIT’s guaranteed senior, perpetual sukuk assigned ratings RAM
- SD Guthrie’s ratings affirmed, proposed sukuk assigned preliminary ratings MARC
- Guthrie’s financing framework assigned gold impact assessment MARC
- 1H2025 corporate default and rating transition RAM
- Corporate credit rating criteria updated RAM
- S&P affirms Malaysia’s A- credit rating with stable outlook Edge Mail Star
- US corporate bond dealmaking jumps day after Fed rate cut Edge
- Bond traders lean into sweet spot amid doubts about Fed’s path Yahoo
- Foreign holdings of US Treasuries surge to all-time high in Jul, China’s sink Edge
- Bankrupt exchange FTX to repay USD1.6b to creditors starting 30 Sep Coindesk
- UK budget challenge for Reeves gets even bigger as borrowing surges Edge
Digital assets
- Bitcoin must upgrade to survive quantum threat by 2030 Coindesk
- Bitcoin is building a base as OG hodlers exit, big money preps Coindesk
- Bitcoin traders have these price levels in mind at USD116k Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin will accelerate as world heads into the Fourth Turning Cointelegraph
- Performance of gold vs bitcoin through the lens of money supply Coindesk
- US Treasury begins turning Genius Act into stablecoin regulations Coindesk
- Stablecoin adoption set to surge, hit USD4t in cross-border volume Coindesk
- Crypto can’t afford to wait for perfect regulation Cointelegraph
M&A
- Pharmaniaga buys RM30m Penang industrial site to boost distribution NST
- Techna-X to dispose of Caseria Pasifika for RM4.5m Star
- Deleum seeks growth via M&A Star
- TikTok deal gives Americans 6 of 7 board seats Edge Mail
- TikTok US deal set for signing in the coming days Mail
- Saks Global in talks to sell 49% of Bergdorf Goodman for about USD1b Yahoo
Malaysian
- SC issues guidelines to establish Malaysia’s first social exchange SC Edge NST Star
- Jan-Aug trade hits record RM1.98t, exports up 3.9% Mail NST Star
- Exports decelerated, growing slower than expected in Aug Edge NST
- Economists warn of softer trade momentum after slower Aug export growth Edge
- MBSB expects export, import growth to ease in 2025 amid US tariff impact Edge
- Oct palm oil reference price raised, export duty kept at 10% Edge NST Star
- Businesses face rising tax obligations Star
- Penang announces increase in land tax starting 1 Jan 2026 Edge
Other markets
- Singapore reviewing short-seller claim against India’s Vedanta Edge
- Surprise rate cut puts rupiah in crosshairs Star
- Indonesia to review law that sets budget deficit, debt caps Edge
- Thai central bank intervenes to slow currency moves Edge Star
- Philippines widens freeze on bank accounts in graft clampdown Edge
- China expected to leave benchmark lending rates unchanged despite Fed easing Edge
- PM contender Takaichi vows fiscal expansion to make Japan a rising sun again Edge
- BOJ unveils ETF sales plan, holds rates steady in contested vote Edge NST
- Japan’s inflation slows sharply on subsidies before BOJ meet Edge
- South Korea’s President says US investment would spark financial crisis Yahoo
- Interns being offered USD14k a month by high-speed trading firms in India Edge
- Citigroup says de-dollarisation narrative is a mirage not supported by data Edge
- Dalio says US can’t cut spending that risks monetary order Edge
- US govt shutdown looms, Senate rejects stopgap funding bill Edge
- Key US inflation metric to ease as focus shifts to jobs market Edge
- Trump to impose USD100k fee per year for H-1B visas, in blow to tech Edge Mail
- VCs still hire MBAs, but firms start to need other experience more Yahoo
- Argentina uses USD1b to fend off devaluation Star
- France’s richest man slams proposed billionaire tax as economic sabotage Mail NST
- Singapore seeks African carbon credits as rivals covet metals Edge