Capital markets news | Thu 26 Feb 2026
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Equity
- TeamStar closes ACE Market debut down nearly 10% Edge NST
- Sunway sets 10 Mar ex-date for Sunway Healthcare dividend-in-specie Edge
- Globaltec told to explain unusual trading activity after shares hit limit down Edge
- Globaltec unaware of reason for UMA after shares hit limit down Edge
- Capital A turns to positive shareholders’ equity, eyes PN17 upliftment Edge
- Bloomberg exposé casts spotlight on Victor Chin’s network across Bursa Edge
- Zetrix raises funds from the World Bank, plans AI unit Nasdaq listing Edge NST Star
- ByteDance valued at USD550b in proposed share sale by General Atlantic Edge Yahoo
- Korea passes France in stock ranks after USD2.2t rally Edge
- Squaring ‘Sell America’ with record foreign inflows Star
- Time to deflate the AI doom bubble Edge
- Tether invests USD200m in digital marketplace Whop Coindesk
- Anchorage buys STRC as Wall Street shorts mount against Strategy Cointelegraph
Debt
- Jemaluang Dairy Valley gets RM95.8m from MBSB to boost milk output Edge
- Hong Leong Islamic backs BNM’s green push NST
- Petros loses bank guarantee bid to Petronas in Kuching High Court Edge
- India’s bond bankers push regulator for more funding flexibility Edge
- US mortgage rates reach lowest since 2022, spur refinancing Edge
- UBS now sees private credit defaults reaching 15% in worst case Edge
Digital assets
- DRB-Hicom eyes ringgit stablecoin in blockchain push with Geno Edge NST
- Bitcoin snaps back near USD69k but market not out of the woods yet Coindesk
- Bitcoin approaches USD70k as risk appetite returns to crypto Yahoo
- Bitcoin treasury firm GD Culture to sell holdings to fund share buybacks Coindesk
- Bull case for bitcoin is hiding in the USD1t wreckage Yahoo
- US Senator opens probe on Binance over USD1.7b flow to Iranian entities Coindesk
- Coinbase USDC revenue may multiply 7x as payments grow Cointelegraph
- Rumours swirl over Jane Street selling algorithm Cointelegraph
- Revolut among 4 companies chosen to test stablecoins in UK sandbox Cointelegraph
- Tokenisation without provenance is complicity Cointelegraph
M&A
- Sunway lifts cash portion of IJM takeover offer to 32.5 sen, RM3.15 total intact Edge
- Tycoon Richard Li’s Bolttech in talks to buy MoneyHero Edge
- DoorDash to exit 4 Asian countries as competition heats up Edge
- Warner Bros says Paramount’s new offer may top Netflix Edge Mail NST
- Payment processor Stripe interested in PayPal Edge Yahoo
- Blue Foundry, Fulton Financial announce merger close date Yahoo
- CD&R’s acquisition of Sealed Air clears hurdles Yahoo
Malaysia
- BNM fines KAF Investment Bank RM1m for foreign exchange policy breach Edge
- BNM imposes penalties on 13 money services business licensees Mail
- Economy set to stay resilient in 2Q2026 Mail NST
- Structural challenges to be addressed to escape middle-income trap Edge
- Future-proofing needed as confidence returns, ringgit ‘no longer undervalued’ Edge
- Towards inclusive ageing Edge
- MEX’s Abu Sahid to have joint criminal trial with wife Edge
- Rapid Rail received RM700m from Prasarana in 2025 to cover operating gap Edge
- Telekom Malaysia to exit DNB, tap U Mobile for 5G Edge Mail NST
Other markets
- Singapore banks draw SGD77b in new wealth from Asia’s rich Edge
- Bank of Thailand surprises with 4-2 vote to cut key rate Edge
- New tax proposal takes aim at Thailand’s salty food obsession Edge
- Google disrupts Chinese-linked hackers that attacked 53 groups globally Edge
- Hong Kong budget bets on tech, AI to keep growth momentum Edge
- Buoyant economy turns around Hong Kong’s fiscal deficit, budget shows Edge
- Japan’s services inflation steady, signals wage-driven price pressure NST
- US sets initial duties on Indian solar imports at 126% Edge
- Australia’s faster-than-expected inflation boosts rate-hike bets Edge
- Fed’s Collins says rates likely on hold ‘for some time’ Edge
- Fed’s Schmid says high inflation still bigger issue facing central bank Yahoo
- Fed’s Waller doesn’t expect AI to blow up job market NST
- Trump just proposed a new retirement savings plan Yahoo
- US tariff rate to hit 15% or more for some nations, US Trade Representative says Edge
- Switzerland is about to put cash in its constitution, polls show Edge
- Much of world economy has coped better than expected with tariffs NST