Capital markets news | Tue 20 Jan 2026
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Equity
- Property developer JRK Holdings seeks ACE Market listing Edge
- JCorp looking to list JLand Group on Bursa Edge
- Capital A completes listing of 2.31b shares, private placement exercise NST
- Kuchai Development to exit Bursa Malaysia on 22 Jan NST
- 2023 IPOs lose lustre as more than half trade below issue price Edge
- Consumer heavyweights: Valuations are high, but is there still upside? Edge
- Khazanah to steer more capital to power grids, chip firms Edge Yahoo
- Bursa approves Perak Corp’s regularisation plan to lift PN17 status Edge NST
- Global fund rotation to boost local bourse Star
- Foreign funds log second straight week of net inflows of RM716.1m Edge NST Star
- Tencent, Fidelity and Temasek said to back Hong Kong IPO of Busy Ming Edge
- Bharat Coking Coal valued at USD2.2b after stellar market debut Edge
- Jane Street India’s trading gains soared 494% before curbs Edge
- Investcorp’s Alardhi on GCC investment, IPO market Yahoo
- Here are the 55 US AI startups that raised USD100m or more in 2025 Yahoo
- Andreessen Horowitz makes a USD3b bet against the AI bubble Yahoo
- A broadening playbook: Wall Street sees stock market gains beyond tech Yahoo
- Trump says Mamdani facing big test from NYSE’s Texas trading outpost Edge
- Britain eases rules for companies to raise funds Edge
- CSG said to eye trading debut on Fri at EUR25b valuation Edge
Debt
- Syarikat Takaful Malaysia Keluarga assigned AA2, P1 financial strength ratings RAM
- Malaysia plans dollar bond sale this year, first since 2021 Edge
- Singapore bourse targets global macro funds in Japan rates push Edge
- Indonesia’s Danantara mulls raising USD1.2b in fresh funding round Edge
- Major Vietnam real estate firms delay bond interest payments Star
- Japan bonds slump as food tax cut talk adds to election risk Star
- High real yields boost fixed income appeal NST
Digital assets
- Chinese crime ring arrested in South Korea laundered USD100m crypto Coindesk
- India’s central bank proposes linking BRICS’ digital currencies Edge NST Coindesk
- NYSE builds venue for 24/7 trading of tokenised stocks, ETFs Edge Coindesk Yahoo
- Bitcoin steadies at USD93k as market braces for a bumpy week in trade war Coindesk
- Bitcoin price consolidation nears 60-day window, could trigger rallies Coindesk
- Bitcoin hashrate drops 15% from Oct high as miner capitulation drags Coindesk
- Ethereum staking exit queue drops to zero Coindesk Cointelegraph
- A crypto trader turned USD285 into USD627k, some say it was rigged Coindesk
- Polymarket trader nets USD233k from XRP markets by outsmarting bots Coindesk
- Bridges are crypto’s next FTX waiting to happen Cointelegraph
- Decentralised autonomous organisations need a rethink Coindesk
- Revolut targets remittances with new banking license in Peru Cointelegraph
M&A
- Kenanga tells IJM shareholders to reject Sunway’s takeover offer NST
- Alliance Bank CEO says it can grow organically without M&A Edge
- WM Senibong acquires 270-acre Iskandar Puteri land Edge
- CAB Cakaran to buy RM2.8m Kuantan factory to cut rental costs NST Star
- Elliott says Toyota Industries offer is 40% undervalued Edge Yahoo
- Allied Blenders and Distillers to buy idle facility in India Yahoo
- Goldman investment banking co-head on another big year for M&A Yahoo
- Utility company Constellation completes acquisition of Calpine Yahoo
- American Lithium acquires 19% stake in Cunningham Mining Yahoo
- Bitfarms announces sale of bitcoin mining site in Paso Pe Yahoo
- Rio Tinto-Glencore merger could face Chinese regulatory hurdles Yahoo
- A Rio-Glencore tie-up would redraw the map of global mining Yahoo
- AAM and Dowlais win Chinese antitrust approval for USD1.44b merger Yahoo
- Zylox-Tonbridge to acquire German medical technology company Optimed Yahoo
- CCL Industries to acquire ALT Technologies for USD32m Yahoo
Malaysia
- Short-term rates likely unchanged as BNM manages system liquidity Mail
- Economists see BNM key rate steady after 4Q GDP estimate beats expectations Edge
- HSBC sees limited ringgit gains, forecasts weakening to 4.10 by end-2026 Edge
- Advance GDP signals stronger end to 2025 Star
- HSBC expects economy to grow 4.5% in 2026 Edge Mail NST Star
- Steady growth and stability set the tone for 2026 NST
- Malaysia among Asia’s bright spots with tech exports, domestic demand Edge
- 1MDB to seek new prohibitory order against Jho Low’s mum Edge
- Top EPF millionaires unfazed by new RM1.1m withdrawal threshold Edge
Other markets
- Indonesian rupiah hovers near record lows on fiscal woes, trade war risks Edge Star
- Indonesia’s domestic investors dominate as FDI falters for 2025 Star
- Thailand approves USD2b printed circuit board manufacturing investment Edge
- China set to keep rates steady for eighth month, some traders wager 1Q easing Star
- China economy to hit 2025 growth target despite weaker 4Q NST Star
- China’s economic momentum weakens despite meeting 5% growth goal Edge NST
- China’s USD7t cash pile is shifting into stocks, gold Edge
- Taiwan dollar at risk of insurers reducing USD95b of hedges Edge
- Why India has a private investment problem Star
- Asia’s growing economic power shapes global derivatives market Star
- HSBC bucks consensus, expects no US Fed rate cut in 2026 Edge
- US Federal Reserve vice-chair says interest rates are well positioned Star Yahoo
- Americans bear almost all the cost of Trump tariffs, study shows Edge
- German investments in US nearly halved in Trump’s first year back Edge
- Canada inflation quickens to 2.4% on effects of tax break Edge
- Britain needs AI stress tests for financial services, lawmakers say Yahoo
- EU weaponising US assets a risk, Deutsche Bank’s Saravelos says Star
- EU eyes tariffs on EUR93b of US goods over new Trump threat Edge
- China calls on EU not to hurt enterprises’ investment confidence Edge
- Billionaires’ wealth hits new peak as their clout grows, Oxfam says Edge Mail
- IMF sees steady global growth as AI boom offsets trade headwinds Edge Mail NST
- WEF: 74% of business leaders see resilience as growth driver Edge NST