Capital markets news | Wed 4 Feb 2026
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Equity
- Whitman gets Bursa nod for LEAP Market listing NST
- Carlo Rino proposes transfer to Main Market by 2H2026 NST Star
- Bursa Malaysia eyes RM28b IPO market cap NST Star
- Mlabs to be suspended 10 Feb for missing annual report deadline Edge
- Foreign funds log fourth straight week of net inflows Edge NST Star
- Agape ATP weighs options after Nasdaq bid-price notice NST
- Hongkong Land launches USD6.4b Singapore commercial property fund Edge
- Indonesia proposes measures in wake of USD80b market plunge Edge Mail NST Star
- Goreng‑goreng saham, state meddling cause Indonesia wipeout Mail
- MSCI, IDX and the long shadow of institutional credibility Star
- Chinese energy drink maker Eastroc fails to pop in subdued Hong Kong debut Edge
- Hong Kong listings get busy on China AI deals Star
- Traders pay record to hedge Korea as chip-fuelled run unravels Edge
- Indian regulator finally approves listing of NSE Star
- Traders dump software stocks as AI fears erupt Yahoo
- US brokers may charge fee from ETF managers Edge
- Waymo raises USD16b from Alphabet and others to expand Edge NST Star
- Oracle plans to raise USD45b to USD50b in 2026 NST Star
- Nvidia nears deal to invest USD20b in OpenAI funding round Yahoo
Debt
- Bond market to attract inflows Star
- Sentoria goes to court against OCBC to cancel corporate guarantees Edge
- Sarawak Consolidated Industries cancels financing facilities Edge NST Star
- Mudajaya gets High Court nod to wind up power producer THB Power Edge
- Loan growth moderates in Dec as business, household lending slows Edge NST
- CGS International Securities expects loan growth to be stable in 2026 NST
- Norway wealth fund lifts Malaysian bond exposure to USD1.44b NST
- PBOC’s key bank loan rate falls to record low bolstering growth Edge
- China plans USD29b capital injection into biggest insurers Edge
- India’s record USD187b debt sales add pressure to bonds Edge
- CapitaLand India plans USD550m debt sale to trim FX costs Edge
- JPMorgan closing in on new frontier market local currency debt index Edge
- US high-grade bond sales top USD200b in record yearly start Edge
- Guard against AI exuberance in credit Edge
- Trump’s Fed pick eases bond market fears, sending dollar higher Edge
- Trump’s mortgage-backed bond buys fall flat Star
- Eurozone banks unexpectedly tighten credit standards for firms Edge
- German spending spree pushes borrowing costs to highest since 2011 Edge
Digital assets
- Hong Kong edges into stablecoin regulation with first wave of approvals Mail Star
- KBank files for stablecoin wallet trademark as IPO plans accelerate Yahoo
- US Treasury probes crypto exchanges over Iran sanctions evasion Coindesk
- Crypto pulls out of free fall as government shutdown ends Coindesk
- Bitcoin nears weekend low of USD74,600 as stock selloff adds to woes Coindesk
- Crypto selloff accelerates with bitcoin back at pre-Trump levels Mail Star Yahoo
- Bitcoin falls below USD80k, continuing decline as liquidity worries mount NST Star
- 4 reasons why USD75k may mark bitcoin’s 2026 price floor Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin plunge could trigger USD1b gold, silver sell-off Coindesk
- Bitcoin will massively outperform gold over 10 years Coindesk
- Ondo launches Ondo Global Listing to tokenize IPOs on public debut Yahoo
- WisdomTree with USD150b assets says crypto is now a core business Coindesk
- Digital wallets will hold totality of people’s assets, says Franklin Templeton Coindesk
- Suspicious projects outpublish legitimate ones in crypto press releases Cointelegraph
- No, the UK hasn’t completely flopped on crypto Cointelegraph
M&A
- Quek Leng Chan to privatise GuocoLand at RM1.10 per share Edge NST Star
- IJM gets extension to submit independent circular Edge Mail NST Star
- Chairman-led mandatory takeover of MyTech closes at 56.09% Edge
- Southern Score lifts stake in Nova Pharma to 97.7% Edge
- Harvest Miracle to sell Teras Gemumi for RM51.6m Star
- GDEX on lookout for acquisitions to accelerate growth of tech services arm Edge
- Telco sector in M&A mode Star
- Appellate court dismisses developer’s losses appeal over WCE land acquisition Edge
- SDS Group’s London Bakery acquires 14.32 ha in Johor for RM101.7m Star
- MTAG unit proposes RM53.6m land acquisition in Tebrau Star
- UMC signs 60-year lease with PDC for RM11.4m Batu Kawan industrial site Edge
- KKR-led group buys Singapore data-centre firm STT GDC Edge Star Yahoo
- SiTime nears USD3b deal for Japan-based Renesas’ timing unit Yahoo
- SpaceX combines with xAI at USD1.25t valuation Edge NST Yahoo
- Netflix co-CEO faces Senate hearing over USD72b Warner Bros takeover deal Yahoo
- Devon agrees to buy US shale rival Coterra for USD21.4b Yahoo
- Banco Santander to buy Webster Financial Corporation for USD12.3b Yahoo
- Tenet Healthcare details USD2.65b Conifer-CommonSpirit deal Yahoo
- French tech company Capgemini to sell US unit linked to ICE Edge
- Trading firm IG acquires crypto exchange Independent Reserve Yahoo
- Arax acquires USD1.5b Cleveland RIA led by Carina Diamond Yahoo
- ESAB to buy Eddyfi for USD1.45b, expanding into inspection and monitoring Yahoo
- Flowco to buy electric submersible pumps provider Valiant for USD200m Yahoo
- Chicago office tower sells at an 87% discount to pre-Covid-19 price Edge
- Eldorado Gold to buy Foran for USD2.8b Star Yahoo
- Coeur Mining, New Gold merger gains shareholder approval Yahoo
- GE Vernova acquires remaining stake in Mexico’s Prolec GE Yahoo
- Maersk to take over Panama Canal port operations from CK Hutchison Mail NST
- China calls Panama court ruling on port contracts shameful Edge Mail NST
- Anti-embarrassment clause sealed the Anta-Puma deal Mail
Malaysia
- Monetary indicators strengthen as liquidity improves in Dec NST
- International reserves at USD125.53b in Dec 2025 NST
- Malaysia’s assets shine amid global monetary optimism NST
- Manufacturing PMI hit 20-month high, strong ringgit cut costs Edge Mail NST Star
- BNM rejects using ringgit to help exports Edge Star
- Manage currency risks through appropriate hedging Edge Mail NST
- Petroleum revenue may fall RM3-4b, with subsidy savings easing the impact NST
- IRB discovers RM1.4b in unreported income through e-Invoice Edge
- MACC ready to jointly investigate undeclared offshore accounts with IRB Edge
- MISC secures 20-year LNG carrier charter from Petronas LNG Edge NST Star
- Pekat secures 21-year PPA for solar and battery project in Pahang Star
- Malakoff gets extension to 2029 for operations of 3 gas power plants Edge NST Star
- Senai-Desaru Expressway upgrading 55% complete, due Apr 2027 Edge
- JS-SEZ embeds RM91.1b growth deep into Johor’s local economy NST
- Why Johor Baru is on investors’ radar NST
Other markets
- Singapore tourism receipts hit SGD23.9b record in Jan-Sep Edge NST
- Perminas launched as state rare earth manager under Danantara oversight Mail
- China’s January manufacturing PMI drops to 49.3 Edge
- China’s factory activity gauge expands for export-oriented firms Edge
- China silver fund revaluation sparks 31% drop, investor pushback Edge
- Chinese tech stocks fall to brink of bear market on tax concerns Edge
- China’s solar power capacity on course to surpass coal this year Edge
- Hong Kong economy grows most since 2021 as trade and IPOs surge Edge
- Taiwan’s economy grows at fastest pace in 15 years on AI boom Edge
- Japan’s PM cites weak yen’s benefits even as govt threatens intervention Edge Mail
- Japan’s factory activity growth hits near 3-1/2-year peak, PMI shows Star
- Japan’s food exports hit record in 2025 on strong US demand NST
- South Korea Jan exports beat forecasts, logs sharpest rise since 2021 Edge
- Saudi oil-supply hikes help drive best GDP growth since 2022 Star
- Kuwait opening up oil fields, pipelines to foreign investment Edge
- Asia’s factory activity expands on solid global demand NST Star
- Australia first major economy to hike rates in 2026 Edge Mail NST Star Yahoo
- Trump picks a reinvented Warsh to lead US Fed Edge Mail
- US producer prices accelerate in Dec on services Edge
- US govt agencies shut down over as Trump signs deal Edge Cointelegraph Yahoo
- Dollar risk premium is rebuilding Edge
- US manufacturing activity expands by most since 2022 Edge
- UK pay rises could pressure inflation NST
- Surging euro threatens exports and inflation outlook Mail
- Europe’s EUR430b crisis fund could be repurposed for defence Mail Star
- Europe’s USD955b recovery fund struggles to transform economy NST
- Europe’s top economies all expand in defiance of trade turmoil Edge
- Power grid delays challenge Amazon’s data centre expansion in Europe Yahoo
- German inflation edges above 2% before first ECB meeting of the year Edge
- German jobless numbers hit 12-year high, economy posts steady growth Edge
- French economy keeps growing despite political and budget chaos Edge
- Hundreds of Nazi-linked accounts discovered at Credit Suisse Edge
- What’s weighing on CEOs’ minds in 2026 Edge
- IMF chief says global inflation to fall, trade integration is needed Edge Mail NST
- UN chief Guterres warns of imminent financial collapse Edge