Capital markets news | Fri 3 Oct 2025
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Equity
- Prawn farmer Camaroe ends modestly higher on first day of trading Edge NST
- BMS eyes ACE Market debut in 4Q after securing Bursa’s greenlight Edge NST Star
- Empire Sushi chain owner seeks Main Market listing Edge
- Oil and gas services firm Elsa plans ACE Market listing Edge Star
- Manforce files draft prospectus for LEAP-to-ACE Market transfer Edge Star
- Kuskop to support listing of high-performance companies on Bursa Edge
- Carzo to be suspended on 10 Oct, faces delisting without new core business Edge
- Hedge funds are chasing profits from knife-edge Japan election Yahoo
- Saudi Arabia seeks to scrap foreign equity investor requirements Edge NST
- US IPO reviews expected to freeze amid government shutdown Yahoo
- OpenAI hits USD500b valuation after share sale to SoftBank, others Edge NST
- Avalanche going public in USD675m SPAC deal backed by AVAX ecosystem Coindesk
- UK Treasury plans stamp duty exemption to boost London listings Edge
- ADIA, Goldman Sachs invest in Haagen-Dazs maker at USD18b valuation Edge
- Europe’s IPO bankers say the market is finally turning a corner Yahoo
Debt
- Public Bank’s proposed RM10b CP programme assigned P1 rating RAM
- Consumer Credit Act 2025 credit positive for securitisation RAM
- Rating guidance on data centre financing transactions published RAM
- Maybank’s MSCI ESG rating upgraded to AAA Edge Star
- Malaysian banks anticipate 5.7% loan growth this year Star
- Singapore’s Indies Capital raises over USD300m for private credit fund Edge
- Foreign investors offload Japan bonds on BOJ rate hike prospects NST
- Fitch says US shutdown won’t affect ratings, S&P sees marginal GDP hit Edge
- First Brands gets USD1b in fresh cash to avert collapse Star
- Santander plans fund to tap into significant risk transfer boom Edge
Digital assets
- Thailand crypto ETF push expands beyond bitcoin Edge
- Bitcoin hits USD120k with traders eyeing bullish Oct rally Coindesk Cointelegraph
- How high can bitcoin price go in Oct? Cointelegraph
- Citi sees bitcoin hitting USD181k in 2026 as ETF flows drive crypto higher Coindesk
- Bitcoin could reach USD165k based on gold’s record run Coindesk
- Is bitcoin lending back? Coindesk
- Abu Dhabi bans crypto mining on farms, citing energy use Coindesk
- Robinhood CEO says tokenisation freight train will eat finance Edge
- Mantle launches tokenisation platform, adds USD1 stablecoin in RWA push Coindesk
- Hong Kong isn’t the loophole Chinese crypto firms think it is Cointelegraph
- Stablecoins explained: What they do, how they work, and why risks remain Yahoo
M&A
- UOA to sell business park assets to UOA REIT in RM200m deal Edge NST Star
- SCIB to accept RM113m YTL Cement offer for concrete unit Edge NST Star
- Ornapaper buys land in Melaka for RM7.2m Star
- US offers to buy stakes in Australian critical minerals companies Edge
- Accenture to acquire Tokyo-based Aidemy Yahoo
- Berkshire to buy Occidental’s chemical unit for USD9.7b Edge Yahoo
- Sazerac strikes deal to snap up Western Son Yahoo
- Mubadala-owned Corient acquires USD2b multi-family office Yahoo
- Crypto market maker GSR to acquire broker-dealer Equilibrium Coindesk
- Heineken re-ignites big-ticket M&A with logical move in Central America Yahoo
- Sae-A Trading boosts Americas network with Swisstex acquisition Yahoo
- Lithia UK acquires Hatfields Group for undisclosed amount Yahoo
- DoorDash closes on USD3.9b buyout of Deliveroo in the UK Yahoo
Malaysian
- SC-led committee issues illustrative sustainability reports NST
- The missing middle: bridging gaps for SMEs Star
- Consumer groups back BNM’s push for financial education in lending NST
- Khazanah keen on US and China collaborations Edge NST Star
- Budget 2026 likely to see record high of RM430.3b federal govt spending Star
- Business sentiment improved in 3Q RAM Edge NST
- China, Malaysia in talks for rare earths refinery project Edge NST Star
- Feedmillers allowed judicial review for stay of RM367m fine by MyCC Edge NST Star
- Court imposes maximum fine on duo for failing to report RM4m bribe Edge
- 2 fined RM100k each for failing to report bribes in MEX II Highway project Edge
- Sarawak taps World Bank expertise to reform state-owned enterprises NST
Other markets
- Indonesia’s Danantara to deploy USD10b in first 3 months, eyes global push Edge
- Indonesia’s central bank faces growing threats to independence Edge
- Southeast Asia supply chains resilient but facing rising risks NST
- China’s high-standard opening up bolsters appeal of capital market Edge
- US banks expect victory in capital requirements as regulators revamp rules Edge
- US unemployment rate likely steady at 4.3% in Sep Edge
- US layoffs fall in Sep but year-to-date planned hiring at lowest in 16 years Edge Yahoo