Capital markets news | Mon 29 Sep 2025
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Equity
- MMC Port secures approval for Main Market listing, IPO may raise RM8.5b Mail
- Wasco gets regulatory approval for spin-off listing of renewable unit Edge NST Star
- Southern Score’s Main Market transfer rejected by SC Edge
- Steel Hawk to place 14.3% of shares for Bumiputera equity requirement Edge Star
- NSCMA raises RM50.6m for hospital expansion NST
- Hextar Capital to buy another 3.19% stake in Binasat Edge Star
- City of London pares down stake in ICAP to 16.6% after latest disposal Edge
- Ekuinas enters pivotal phase with Aliff Star
- Wall Street says high stock valuations may be here to stay Yahoo
- Oura Health CEO talks potential IPO and non-negotiable data privacy Yahoo
- Foreigners buying US stocks at record pace despite trade war Edge
- Intel eyeing investment or partnership with TSMC Edge
- Softbank, Cathie Wood’s Ark among Tether fundraising potential investors Coindesk
- StanChart’s venture arm teams up with Fujitsu on quantum computing Edge
- Germany’s Black Forest Labs explores raising USD200m-USD300m Edge
- Capital Group buys 3% stake in German renewable player RWE Edge
Debt
- West Coast Expressway’s guaranteed sukuk rating affirmed RAM
- TRIplc Medical’s senior sukuk AA1 rating affirmed RAM
- Besraya’s sukuk AA2 rating affirmed RAM
- CGS’ AA, MARC-1 ratings affirmed MARC
- Tadau Energy’s proposed sukuk assigned AA preliminary rating MARC
- Tadau Energy’s green finance framework assigned gold impact assessment MARC
- Increased foreign buying of Malaysian bonds likely Star
- Financing gaps in Malaysia’s renewable energy Star
- SPNB admits some borrowers face repayment issues Edge
- China expands onshore repo access in push to boost yuan assets Edge
- Bond traders say rally hinges on jobs data at risk from shutdown Yahoo
- Crypto miner TeraWulf to raise USD3b in Google-backed debt deal Coindesk
- Britain pledges USD2b loan guarantee for Jaguar Land Rover NST
- Rubens Ometto negotiates with Banco Bradesco for USD141m loan Yahoo
Digital assets
- Miss Universe organiser partners Zetrix AI to launch blockchain voting Edge NST
- Pension fund experiment proves blockchain as ultimate identity tech Coindesk
- Bitcoin to USD60k or USD140k? Traders at odds over price direction Cointelegraph
- The moral case for how bitcoin ends the war machine Cointelegraph
- NYDIG urge bitcoin treasury companies drop misleading mNAV metric Coindesk
- DATs plot next growth phase with SPACs, cash-flow buys Coindesk
- Crypto treasury firms could become long-term giants Coindesk
- Corporate clients hold 15% of assets on Brazil’s Mercado Bitcoin Coindesk
- Tether and Circle are printing money but competition is coming Coindesk
- Several Solana staking ETFs may win US approval within 2 weeks Cointelegraph
- Hyperliquid reminds me of Solana in the earlier days Cointelegraph
- Hyperliquid’s USDH stablecoin launches amid rising competition Yahoo
M&A
- 3 banks become Vantris Energy substantial shareholders Edge Star
- HCK Capital to dispose of majority stake in Dengkil land for RM61m Edge NST
- PWF to acquire 14 shop-offices worth RM27.8m in Damansara Edge Star
- JSW’s USD2.2b Bhushan power deal upheld by India’s top court Edge
- Trump signs order for TikTok sale and values it at USD14b Edge Mail Star
- Dubai royal-backed fund MGX buys 15% of TikTok US business Coindesk
- TikTok’s USD14b price tag in Trump deal stuns investors Edge Mail
- Game maker EA in advanced talks to go private at USD50b valuation Edge Yahoo
- EA buyout talk highlights gaming struggles as growth slows Edge Yahoo
Malaysian
Other markets
- Singapore to train lawyers to advise on booming family offices Edge
- Indonesia govt did not order state banks to raise US dollar deposit rate Edge
- Indonesian central bank to use all available instruments to stabilise rupiah Edge Star
- Chinese industrial profits jump in Aug, reversing drop Edge
- Hong Kong criticises biased US investment climate report Yahoo
- Japan revises Jul real wages to show contraction from growth NST
- Japan to launch facility to support USD550b US trade deal investment Edge NST
- Japan’s Nidec finds more suspected cases of accounting fraud Edge
- Japan’s LDP contender Takaichi hints at review of US trade deal Edge
- South Korea plans 24-hour won trading in globalisation push Edge
- South Korea, US reach an agreement over foreign exchange deal NST
- US agrees South Korea not a currency manipulator Edge NST
- South Korea can’t pay USD350b to US for tariff deal as Trump suggests Edge
- Fed’s Barkin says risks to employment, inflation are limited Edge
- Trump to meet Democrats with both sides dug in on shutdown Yahoo
- US consumer sentiment falls to 4-month low on income worries Edge
- US consumer spending increases solidly in Aug Edge
- Trump says South Korea, Japan will pay billions upfront in investment Edge
- Trump’s 100% pharmaceutical tariffs won’t apply to EU and Japan Edge
- US could impose tariffs on foreign electronics based on number of chips Edge Mail
- US plans 1:1 chip production rule to curb overseas reliance Edge NST
- UBS should have 7 years to phase in capital rules Edge
- EU plans 25% to 50% tariffs on Chinese steel, related products Edge NST
- EU unveils USD638m package to scale up renewables in Africa Edge