Capital markets news | Thu 25 Sep 2025
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Equity
- Express Powerr rises 12.5% on first trading day on ACE Market Edge NST Star
- OCK subsidiary EI Power files for ACE Market listing Edge
- Vietnam’s securities firms ramp up capital ahead of market upgrade Star
- Zijin Gold delays USD3.2b IPO as typhoon pummels Hong Kong Edge
- Nvidia-backed Cohere valued at USD7b as new capital flows in Edge
- Crypto giant Tether seeks funding at USD500b valuation Edge
- Coinbase, Sony, Samsung back USD14.6m round for startup Bastion Coindesk
- Melee raises USD3.5m for viral prediction markets Coindesk
- Red Bull invests in Apex Capital’s athlete-backed venture fund Edge
- Apollo targets wealthy Europeans with new private capital funds Edge
Debt
- Ranhill Solar Ventures’ sukuk AA3 rating affirmed RAM
- Leader Energy secures USD80m green financing for Cambodian energy assets Star
- Fitch cuts Thailand outlook to negative on political uncertainty Edge
- Oracle looks to raise USD15b from corporate bond sale Edge
- Citigroup exits Treasuries curve trade as fears over Fed subside Star
- OpenAI widens scope of Stargate and eyes debt to finance chips Edge
- Ricardo Salinas briefly threatened with arrest in AT&T suit Edge
- Suriname wants to refinance its debt before oil revenue flows Edge
- Argentina gets help from lenders but no US firepower Edge
- Bessent says US negotiating USD20b swap line with Argentina Edge Yahoo
- Advancing private credit with on-chain rails Coindesk
- HSBC says quantum computing trial helps bond trading Yahoo
Digital assets
- Tight bitcoin Bollinger Bands, trader eyes USD107k max pain Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin upgrade is splitting developers and purists Cointelegraph
- Ether treasuries are going mainstream Coindesk
- Ethereum developers target Dec for Fusaka hard fork Coindesk
- Bitcoin miners surge on speculation of OpenAI-driven energy demand Coindesk
- Franklin Templeton integrates Benji platform onto BNB Chain Coindesk
- Crypto’s real boom is happening in Argentina, Nigeria, the Philippines Cointelegraph
- Kazakhstan launches Evo stablecoin with Solana and Mastercard Cointelegraph
Malaysian
- 2025 inflation outlook softens on subsidy shift NST Star
- BNM fines Syarikat S M Ziaudeen, Alipay for non-compliance Edge NST Star
- Maju ex-director claims trial to money laundering, deceiving bank officer Edge
- Maju’s Abu Sahid claims trial to another criminal breach of trust charge Edge
- Leading index moderates, down 0.5% in Jul Star
- Private finance initiative model for first rocket launch pad Edge
- Palm oil may surpass RM5k on supply crunch Edge Star
- KL–Singapore HSR remains in play amid Johor rail progress NST
Other markets
- Singapore core inflation drops more than expected Star
- Indonesian banks raise dollar deposit rates as rupiah flags Edge
- Asean-Japan 2-way trade hit USD236b in 2024 Edge
- Trade between Asean, China, Japan, South Korea hit USD1.2t in 2024 Edge NST
- US to seal Southeast Asian trade deals in coming months Edge Mail
- Asean to ink upgraded ACTFA 3.0 agreement in Oct Star
- China’s central bank adviser leads call for fiscal support to housing market Edge
- Monetary policy easing should help South Korea’s economic growth NST
- Australia’s inflation tops 1-year high in Aug, rate cut bets soften NST Star
- New York’s finance sector faces risks from Trump visa crackdown Edge NST
- Fed’s Daly: Further rate cuts will likely be needed Yahoo
- US new home sales unexpectedly jump over 20% in Aug in broad advance Edge
- London fights for family office stronghold as Asian rivals circle Edge
- Iberdrola to spend EUR58b by 2028 with grids driving growth Edge
- EU to delay anti-deforestation law by another year Edge
- AI could shrink public companies by 20% Edge