Capital markets news | Thu 2 Oct 2025
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Home loans are usually secured, longer-tenor and benefit from borrower screening (affordability checks), so they have the lowest default / impairment incidence. Unsecured consumer credit and credit-card debt are shorter-tenor, higher-cost and less collateralised, so they carry higher delinquency / charge-off rates. BNM and industry experts consistently flag credit cards and unsecured personal loans as the riskiest household exposures.
Equity
- Creador-backed Custom Food files draft prospectus for Main Market IPO Edge Star
- Meridian faces trading suspension over delayed annual report Edge Star
- Temasek boosts bets on public stocks, pursues active alpha Edge
- India’s Canara HSBC Life Insurance plans to raise USD300m via IPO Yahoo
- Fermi surges 55% after USD683m IPO Yahoo
- Flood insurer Neptune’s backers raise USD368m in US listing Star
- AI data analytics startup Dataiku picked banks for US IPO Yahoo
- Swedish self-driving trucks startup Einride raises USD100m Yahoo
Debt
- Standard Chartered Malaysia and Saadiq AAA, P1 ratings affirmed RAM
- RHB Bank’s RM5b CP and ICP programmes assigned P1 ratings RAM Edge Star
- Public Bank plans to raise RM10b with top-rated short-term bonds Edge Star
- AmBank extends RM80m supply chain financing to CelcomDigi’s Bridgenet NST
- Mizuho Bank commits USD600m for Johor-Singapore SEZ Edge Star
- Non-household loans in Malaysia grew 5% in Aug NST
- Malaysian banking sector braces for NIM pressure post-OPR cut NST
- BofA surprised by September’s record corporate-bond binge Edge
- Pimco says bond returns set to outpace cash due to central banks’ rate cuts Edge
- First Brands Group probing billions in off-balance sheet financing Star
Digital assets
- Circle partners with Deutsche Börse for Europe stablecoin adoption Cointelegraph
- Widely-used stablecoins need to be regulated like money Edge
- BOE governor says stablecoins could reduce reliance on commercial banks Yahoo
- World Liberty Financial to launch debit card as early as this year Edge
- Chainlink, Swift enable banks to access blockchains without infra upgrades Yahoo
- SEC clears DePIN tokens as fundamentally outside jurisdiction Cointelegraph
- The future of financial settlement isn’t faster, it’s fundamentally different Coindesk
- The making of an asset class: staking’s next chapter Coindesk
- Alternative assets are no longer alternative Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin regains USD117k level as fresh economic data flags weak growth Coindesk
- When could bitcoin break out to new highs? Watch out for gold Coindesk
- Circle expands USD635m tokenised Treasury fund to Solana Coindesk
- Nasdaq-listed VisionSys AI unveiled USD2b Solana treasury strategy Coindesk
- Bullish launches US spot crypto trading following NYDFS approval Coindesk
M&A
- Eurospan takeover closes with new controlling shareholder getting 84% Edge Star
- Petronas welcomes new investor MidOcean in LNG Canada project Edge NST Star
- Indonesia’s Danantara says Freeport stake will have a cost Edge
- India set to open USD40b M&A market to local bank funding Edge
- MUFG in talks for USD2.6b stake in India’s Shriram Finance Edge
- New Windoria group to buy Saudi condiments firm Al-Fursan Yahoo
- Australia offers to sell shares in critical minerals reserve to allies Edge
- Tamboran acquires Falcon, consolidating Australia’s Beetaloo Basin Yahoo
- Ikea buys USD213m Manhattan building for new store in US push Edge
- BlackRock’s GIP nears USD38b utility takeover Star
- Buffett’s Berkshire nears deal to buy OxyChem for USD10b Edge
- General Catalyst’s HATCo finalises Summa Health acquisition Yahoo
- Roundtable in USD75m merger with RYVYL Yahoo
- Ares Management buys minority stake in USD40b EP Wealth Yahoo
- Yahoo nears deal to sell AOL to Italy’s Bending Spoons for USD1.4b Yahoo
- Eagers Automotive to acquire majority stake in CanadaOne holding company Yahoo
- UK’s Serica to buy 100% of issued share capital of Prax Upstream Yahoo
- CoinShares to acquire UK-based Bastion to boost active crypto strategies Yahoo
- Belgium’s Ageas closes USD1.7b acquisition of UK’s Esure Yahoo
- TotalEnergies sells 50% of 270MW French renewables portfolio Yahoo
Malaysian
- OPR expected to remain at 2.75% in Nov Star
- Company director charged with soliciting RM5m bribe to block SC legal action Edge
- Digital banks to complement, not compete with traditional banks Edge Star
- Non-Malaysian employees to start EPF contributions from Oct Edge NST
- Household income data out by Oct, forecast near RM10k NST
- Middle-income group face weaker savings, buffers NST
- Lower-income group making financial progress, 55% start retirement planning Edge
- Over 35% of global corporates plan to boost trade with Malaysia Edge NST
- Manufacturing sector stabilises in Sep amid improved sentiment Edge
- Manufacturing PMI slightly lower at 49.8 in Sep Star
Other markets
- Singapore court bars foreign liquidators from suing banks over 1MDB Edge Star
- Yuan moves closer to replacing Pound as 4th most-traded currency Edge
- Taiwan will not agree to 50-50 chip production deal with US Edge Mail NST
- Japan’s USD550b US investment to have no forex impact Edge
- Japan’s business mood improves despite looming US tariff hit NST
- US, South Korea agree not to target forex rates for trade advantage Edge
- South Korea plans to ease corporate risks Star
- India central bank holds rates, leaves room for Dec cut Edge
- Asia draws USD100b in capital as investors diversify beyond US Edge
- Factories struggle in Sep as soft demand in China and US take toll Edge Star
- US Supreme Court lets Cook stay at Fed for now Yahoo
- US is said to seek repeal of Basel rule twist that aided BNP Edge
- US govt shutdown begins as partisan division rules Washington Edge
- US government shutdown enters day 1: How is the SEC still functioning? Coindesk
- US firms shed 32k jobs in ADP report after data adjustment Edge
- Trump’s trade chief expects US to ink more deals during Apec, Asean trips Edge
- US manufacturing eyes recovery in Sep, orders contract Edge
- Bank of Canada cut rates despite uncertainty on inflation outlook Yahoo
- Bank of Canada to release baseline projections for economy, inflation in Oct Yahoo
- BOE’s decision to hold rates appropriate Yahoo
- UK manufacturing shrinks at fastest pace in 5 months Edge
- UK Institute of Directors reports record low business morale Star
- Eurozone inflation picks up, bolstering ECB’s case for staying on hold Edge