Capital markets news | Wed 24 Sep 2025
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Equity
- JS Solar ends first day on ACE Market with 29% gain Edge NST Star
- Cheeding may be worth more than double its IPO price Edge Star
- MMC Port gets regulatory approval for Main Market listing Edge NST Star
- Edelteq plans placement to raise RM20m for working capital, repay borrowings Edge
- Kuchai Development proposes 44.8 sen special dividend, voluntary delisting Edge
- Pharmaniaga on track to exit PN17 by 1Q2026 Edge NST
- JF Technology invests in US firm to expand semiconductor testing Edge NST Star
- Merdeka Gold shares jump after Indonesia’s biggest IPO this year Edge Yahoo
- Vietnam’s IPO market, stocks rally fail to stir foreign investors Edge NST Yahoo
- ICICI Prudential AMC begins roadshows for USD1.1b India IPO Edge
- Saudi to free stocks from local grip in major equity push Edge
- Nvidia’s massive OpenAI deal fuels circular financing concerns Yahoo
- Tether looking to raise USD20b, bringing its valuation to USD500b Coindesk
- Crypto infrastructure firm Zerohash raises USD104m Coindesk
- Cloudburst raises USD7m Series A to scale off-chain crypto intelligence Coindesk
- Crypto VC firm Archetype launches USD100m fund for blockchain startups Coindesk
- Defence startup Auterion raises USD130m to become Microsoft for drones Edge
- OranjeBTC to become Brazil’s largest publicly-traded bitcoin treasury firm Coindesk
- Majority of London-listed firms considered listings abroad Edge
Debt
- IGB REIT and its debt securities assigned AAA rating RAM Edge NST Star
- reNIKOLA Solar II’s AA2 sukuk rating affirmed RAM
- China’s AAA sovereign rating affirmed MARC
- CGC, Public Bank launch RM700m facility to support MSMEs Star
- Ireka defaults on RM1.04m loan repayments to Hong Leong, AmBank Edge Star
- Anutin meets Thai bank association to boost liquidity, address debt Star
- Vanke skips interest on onshore private debt, seeks lower rates Edge
- US re-evaluating USD2.3b loan for lithium mine Star
- US green property-linked finance model for global growth Star
- Private equity leans on weaker credit safeguards Edge
- Ukraine accepts IMF view of bigger USD65b financing gap Edge
- Global banks channel USD3.3t into fossil fuels Mail
Digital assets
- Bitcoin dips entice buyers, but charts warn of price purge to USD106k Cointelegraph
- SEC chief eyes rule exemptions for crypto trading by Dec Edge Coindesk
- Crypto traders bet on fresh volatility post USD1.5b wipeout Edge
- US CFTC moves toward getting stablecoins involved in tokenised collateral Coindesk
- Tokenisation is finance’s next ETF moment, and Wall Street isn’t ready Coindesk
- Morgan Stanley crypto trading ambitions drawing nearer Coindesk
- Blockchain networks will stop crypto deepfake scams Cointelegraph
M&A
- Chin Hin sells Johor industrial land Edge Star
- SDS takes a bite at the snacks pie with Mamee’s London and Tora brands Edge
- OM Holdings completes RM70.8m sale of 60% of Chinese smelting unit Edge NST
- MAI Capital adds USD1.2b in assets with 2 new RIA acquisitions Yahoo
- Why Accenture is investing in French advisory firm Orlade Yahoo
- Concurrent Investment Advisors acquires Next Retirement Yahoo
- Allwyn buys USD1.6b stake in fantasy sports operator PrizePicks Star
- Kraken eyes more acquisitions amidst surging competition Yahoo
- Lidl cleared to acquire 19 Auchan Supermarché stores in France Yahoo
- Hitachi acquires German data and AI consulting firm Synvert Yahoo
- Monte Dei Paschi secures 86.3% of rival Mediobanca Yahoo
- Generali, BPCE drop break-up fee in asset management deal Yahoo
- WH Ireland agrees sale of Wealth Management business to Oberon Yahoo
- Mowi’s additional stake in Nova Sea attracts EU scrutiny Yahoo
Malaysian
- Aug inflation picks up slightly as insurance premiums climb Edge NST Star
- Insurance, financial services inflation likely to climb in coming months Edge
- Investment banks cut 2025 inflation forecasts on subdued price pressures NST
- Inflation set to stay tame Star
- USD100m added to forex shield, new decade high Edge NST Star
- Economists see little inflation impact from RON95 subsidy reforms Edge
- Govt task force revived RM121.44b sick, abandoned housing projects since 2023 Edge
- Synthomer commits to new RM200m green investment in Johor NST
Other markets
- Singapore’s home loan growth continues uptrend Star
- DBS family-office platform hits USD780m assets, to double by end-2026 Edge
- Indonesia parliament passes Prabowo’s USD231b budget for 2026 Edge
- BOT looking to avoid side effects from steps to constrain baht Edge
- China’s financial sector reports significant progress over 14th 5-year plan period NST
- China’s labour market distress spreads at worst time for deflation fight Yahoo
- India’s economic activity slows in Sep Edge
- Fed’s Powell sees no risk-free path for interest rates Yahoo
- Fed’s Musalem says there is limited room for more rate cuts Yahoo
- Fed’s Hammack still focused on inflation, calls for caution in easing policy Yahoo
- US current account narrows sharply in 2Q Edge
- US business activity moderates further in Sep Edge
- Brazil’s central bank signals new stage of steady interest rates Yahoo
- Bank of England, OECD sound warnings on sticky UK inflation Edge
- UK export orders fall at fastest pace in 5 months Edge
- Raising UK income tax while sparing employees Star
- French economic activity contracts at fastest pace since Apr Edge
- German private sector grows at quickest in 16 months on services Edge
- Swedish central bank makes final cut to key policy rate to 1.75% Yahoo
- Eurozone private sector grows at fastest pace in 16 months Edge
- Europe to succumb to slowdown driven by tariffs, French turmoil Edge
- OECD ups world economic outlook as tariffs contained, for now NST