Capital markets news | Thu 8 Jan 2026
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PM’s 5 Jan Announcements > Separation of powers AG-public prosecutor: A bill to separate the roles of Attorney General and Public Prosecutor will be the first tabled in 2026, to strengthen checks and balances and reduce conflicts of interest in prosecutions.
Equity
- TA underwrites M&E engineering firm Kee Ming’s ACE Market IPO Edge Star
- Public underwrites interior fit-out firm Adnex’s ACE Market IPO Edge NST Star
- M&A underwrites poultry firm Hock Soon’s Main Market IPO Edge NST Star
- Event and venue management specialist Qube eyes ACE Market listing Edge Star
- Engineering services firm Pioneer Heat seeks ACE Market listing Edge Star
- LGMS gets nod to transfer listing to Main Market Edge NST Star
- Bursa grants Sentoria 6-month extensions to submit regularisation plan NST Star
- KLCI seen rising above 1,800 by end-2026 on stronger earnings Edge NST Star
- Once taboo, IPOs for brewers are back on Thai bourse’s agenda Edge Star
- China’s OpenAI rival Zhipu debuts in Hong Kong after USD558m IPO Edge
- Baidu’s AI chip arm may raise USD2b in Hong Kong IPO, banks picked Edge Yahoo
- Citi, JPMorgan opt out of USD1.4b SBI funds IPO over low fees Edge
- US IPO market poised for biggest deal wave Star
- Discord’s IPO could happen in Mar Yahoo
- Brazil’s PicPay applies for US IPO Yahoo
- Ripple says no IPO despite USD40b valuation and Wall Street interest Yahoo
- Defence company dividends, buybacks not permitted until production fixed Edge
- JPMorgan Chase cuts ties with proxy advisory firms Edge Yahoo
- Musk’s xAI closed USD20b funding with Nvidia backing Edge NST
- Babylon Labs raises USD15m from a16z for bitcoin collateral infrastructure Coindesk
- Discord and Mercor investor departs General Catalyst, plans new VC firm Yahoo
- Czech defence firm CSG nears IPO decision that would boost M&A war chest Yahoo
Debt
- Vietnam’s Agribank moves to close green financing gap Star
- Chinese TikTok peer Kuaishou weighs debut offshore bond sale Edge
- China Vanke wins nod from banks to defer interest payments Edge
- Japan’s bond widows are finally having their day Star
- World’s worst bond market faces another big supply shock Yahoo
- US mortgage rates fall to 6.25%, lowest since Sep 2024 Edge
- Argentina moves to bolster reserves ahead of key debt payment NST
Digital assets
- Ultra wealthy feel they’ve missed out on crypto riches, Binance can help Coindesk
- Crypto selloff accelerates, sending bitcoin back to USD91k Coindesk
- Coinbase exec names 2 factors driving bitcoin back toward highs in 2026 Yahoo
- MSCI shelves crypto-exclusion plan but signals wider review Edge
- Tokenization supercycle set to drive crypto’s next leg higher in 2026 Coindesk
- MarketVector launches stablecoin, RWA tokenization indexes, ETFs Cointelegraph
- JPMorgan’s stablecoin to be issued on Canton Network Coindesk Cointelegraph
- Experts tip privacy tokens to continue outperforming in 2026 Coindesk
- What’s in the way of US crypto market structure bill harmony Coindesk
- SEC now fully Republican, set for pro-crypto rulemaking in 2026 Cointelegraph
- Ray Dalio says US midterm elections could reverse Trump policies Cointelegraph
- Trump-linked World Liberty Financial applies for bank charter Coindesk Yahoo
- Former Brazil central bank official unveils real stablecoin with yield Coindesk
M&A
- Paramount to acquire 2.62-acre freehold land in Putrajaya for RM40m Edge NST Star
- Oriental Interest to buy 68-acre Bukit Raja land for RM80.8m Edge
- Vietnam’s real estate M&As shift towards long-term growth Star
- China reviews Meta’s USD2b deal to buy AI start-up Manus Edge
- TPG Capital in talks to buy up to 20% stake in India’s IIFL Capital Services Edge
- BlueScope board rejects USD8.8b Steel Dynamics, SGH bid Edge Yahoo
- Goldman Sachs tops global M&A rankings with USD1.48t in deals Edge NST
- Warner Bros rejects revised Paramount bid as risky leveraged buyout Edge Yahoo
- Barclays buys into stablecoin-settlement company Ubyx Edge
- Fireblocks acquires Tres Finance for USD130m to build digital assets OS Yahoo
- KKR said to value sports investor Arctos at USD1b in deal Edge
- Shareholders approve USD7.4b Huntington-Cadence merger Yahoo
- Roadzen enters definitive agreement to acquire VehicleCare Yahoo
- Arcwood Environmental acquires MXI Environmental Services Yahoo
- Centric Brands acquires maker of Ugg, Lululemon and Cole Haan Yahoo
- Maurel & Prom acquires 61% stake in Colombia’s Sinu-9 gas block Yahoo
- Thyssenkrupp weighs phased sale of TKSE to Jindal Steel Edge
- Pirelli in talks with Sinochem to reduce its stake to 10% Edge
- Revolut said in talks to buy digital bank FUPS for Türkiye debut Edge
Malaysia
- SC to review derivatives levy remittance by Bursa Malaysia before 2028 NST Star
- Stronger ringgit cuts migrant remittance outflows Edge
- Ringgit to stall around 4.00 despite broader Asian currency strength in 2026 Edge
- A stronger ringgit, but at what price? NST
- Tariffs not main threat to Malaysia trade in 2026, say economists NST
- Lack of clear carbon tax, limited incentives hinder CCUS adoption in Malaysia Edge
- Experts urge carbon tax to be set at Singapore-like rate Edge
- Country aims to benefit from carbon-related revenues Star
- Court rejects 1MDB’s bid to extend freeze on Jho Low’s mother’s bungalow Edge
- RM90b frozen: Why Malaysians are rethinking estate planning NST
- Industrial properties seen leading real estate growth in 2026 Edge
- Bioeconomy Corp’s RM40b contribution Star
- Large-scale solar, MyBEST, CRESS to boost RE sector in 2026 NST
Other markets
- Indonesia may seize 5m hectares of illegal land this year Edge
- Thai central bank stresses policy must take medium-term view Edge
- Thai economy’s competitiveness is declining, central bank says NST
- China’s central bank adds gold for 14th month as prices hit record Edge
- India projects 7.4% economic growth after turbulent year Edge
- Australia’s inflation slows, but core still sticky Star
- Bond trader places largest fed funds bet Star
- US service sector activity picks up in Dec, employment rebounds Edge
- American companies added 41k jobs in Dec Edge
- Larry Page loosens business ties to CA amid state’s proposed wealth tax, report Yahoo
- Brazil’s trade surplus reaches USD68.3b in 2025 NST
- UK builders suffer longest downturn since global financial crisis Edge
- Eurozone economy ends 2025 on benign note even as risks linger Edge
- HSBC to pay multimillion-euro fine in France over alleged dividend tax fraud Mail
- German unemployment rises less than expected in Dec Edge