Capital markets news | Fri 23 Jan 2026
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Equity
- Guan Huat Seng slips below IPO price on ACE Market debut Edge NST Star
- Poultry firm Hock Soon sets Main Market IPO price at 60 sen Edge NST Star
- AMS Advanced Material gets Bursa’s nod for ACE Market listing Edge NST Star
- Industrial adhesives maker GB Bond files draft IPO prospectus for ACE listing Edge
- Apex Healthcare to be delisted 27 Jan after Pharmora takeover Edge Star
- Foreign funds drive banking sector gains NST
- CIMB achieves MSCI AAA rating, tops global sustainability benchmark Edge Star
- MyBursa features corporate governance ratings Edge NST
- Preferential withholding tax on REIT dividends likely to be renewed Edge Star
- Capital A’s Teleport raises USD50m via issue of RCPS for expansion Edge NST Star
- Alibaba said to be planning IPO for AI chipmaking unit T-Head Edge
- Tokyo looks to rev up IPO market by luring startups across Asia Edge Star
- Tiger Global and Microsoft to fully exit Walmart-backed PhonePe via its IPO Yahoo
- BitGo higher in NYSE debut as investors bet on crypto plumbing Coindesk Yahoo
- SpaceX lines up 4 Wall Street banks for potential IPO Yahoo
- Inference startup Inferact lands USD150m to commercialise vLLM Yahoo
- Voice AI engine LiveKit raises USD100m at USD1b valuation Yahoo
- Tokenisation firm Superstate raises USD82.5m Coindesk Yahoo
- Hedge funds have one more myth to bust Star
- Kenya floats biggest IPO ever in high-stakes bet on energy infrastructure Yahoo
Debt
- Growth of national debt service charges down to 6.4% in 2025 Edge Star
- Kimlun issues RM10.8m Islamic commercial papers Edge Star
- AirAsia X targets USD600m debt restructuring Edge NST Star
- Chinese banks still can’t sell hundreds of foreclosed properties Mail
- Mulpha invests USD20m in Sun Hung Kai bonds, expects 9.2% yield Edge Star
- Trump threatens big retaliation if Europe dumps US assets Edge
- Sell America? Buyers in Europe piled into Treasuries in 2025, data shows Edge
- AI infrastructure firm secures USD500m onchain loan bypassing banks Coindesk
Digital assets
- Bitcoin in a deep bear market against gold, downside may persist Coindesk
- A USD6b treasury ETF becomes test bed for tokenised finance Edge
- Citi warns of address poisoning scams flooding the Ethereum network Coindesk
- Circle CEO rejects bank-run fears over stablecoin yields Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin’s quantum threat is already here Cointelegraph
- Coinbase forms board to assess quantum computing risks Cointelegraph
- Russia’s ruble-pegged stablecoin helped USD100b evade sanctions Coindesk
- Crypto regulation to become global reality this year Coindesk
M&A
- Adviser urges Nova Pharma shareholders to accept Southern Score’s offer Edge
- Prudential to raise stake in Malaysia holding company to 70% for RM1.52b Edge Star
- Mega First to raise stake in packaging film subsidiary for RM33m Edge NST Star
- BWYS sells Kuala Langat land for RM67m, buys another for RM94.5m Edge NST Star
- Telenor sells stake in Thailand’s True Corporation for USD3.9b Edge Star
- Poonawalla to bid for Royal Challengers cricket franchise Edge
- Paramount extends deadline on hostile Warner Bros bid to 20 Feb Edge Yahoo
- PayPal to acquire Cymbio in latest agentic commerce move Edge
- Capital One buys credit card, stablecoin payment enabler Brex Coindesk Yahoo
- Clorox to buy Purell-maker Gojo for USD2.25b Yahoo
- UK’s Beazley rejects Zurich Insurance’s USD10b takeover bid Edge
- ArcelorMittal, IDC reopen deal talks for South Africa mills Edge
Malaysia
- BNM keeps key interest rate at 2.75% as widely expected Edge Mail NST Star
- No OPR change in 2026 unless shock emerges, say economists Edge NST
- AmBank expects OPR to stay at 2.75% as 2026 growth slows to 4.5% Edge Star
- Unchanged OPR supports growth outlook, keeps borrowing costs steady NST
- BNM international reserves up USD100m to USD125.6b as at 15 Jan Edge Star
- Ringgit trading signals growing global confidence in Malaysia Edge
- Najib now agrees Saudi donation was false Edge
- MACC chief confirms working with UK authorities in IJM probe Edge
- MACC detains 6 company owners, freezes RM7.2m in e-waste cases Edge
- Tan Sri among 2 arrested in RM300m investment fraud Edge
- MBI crackdown: 23 arrested, RM6.65b seized Edge
Other markets
- China’s central bank governor reaffirms room for further easing Edge
- Japan’s exports rise in 2025 despite drag from US tariffs Edge Star
- South Korea says it’s not delaying USD20b US investment Edge
- Australia’s surprise job gains boost case for RBA rate hike Edge
- Australia watchdog orders audit of fintech Airwallex over compliance miss Edge
- US 3Q economic growth revised slightly higher Edge
- US consumer spending increases solidly in Oct and Nov Edge
- US weekly jobless claims increase marginally Edge
- Trump files USD5b lawsuit against JPMorgan over 2021 debanking Coindesk Yahoo
- Archegos founder Bill Hwang seeks pardon for fraud that cost banks USD10b Edge
- Argentina’s economy shrinks more than expected after midterms Star
- Santander plans to let more investment bankers use WhatsApp Edge