Capital markets news | Mon 30 Mar 2026
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Equity
- BIMB Securities values SkyeChip at 80 sen ahead of Main Market listing Edge
- AMS Advanced Material prices ACE Market IPO at 29 sen Edge NST Star
- 5E Resources eyes 15 Apr listing on ACE Market Edge NST Star
- LEAP Market’s CC International eyes transfer to ACE Market by 1Q2027 Edge
- MREITs unfazed by tax revision Star
- SC sees no need for Bursa regulatory subsidiary Edge NST Star
- CIMB partners SC, Bursa to drive Islamic capital market innovation Edge NST Star
- Bursa, HKEX unveil joint index to strengthen market connectivity Edge NST Star
- Staples and value retailers to weather Iran-Israel conflict headwinds Edge
- 2 blocks likely drove biggest Indonesia outflow in 21 years Edge
- MSCI deadline tests Indonesia’s resolve to fix opaque ownership Edge
- Leadership row at Philippine conglomerate over ABS-CBN capital infusion Edge
- Taiwan’s largest ETF set for record inflow, defying war angst Edge
- DBS mandated in Manipal Health’s USD1b IPO Edge
- Claude AI maker Anthropic considers IPO as soon as Oct Edge
- Bank of America’s Hartnett says consumer stocks best play for war aftermath Edge
- Wall Street eyes signs of TACO amid Iran war Yahoo
- A bold 2011 market call is echoed in 2026 Yahoo
- Wall Street touts ‘grind lower’ trades as Iran weighs on stocks Yahoo
- Major US airlines may ‘not survive’ unless oil prices come down soon Yahoo
- What smart people are saying about the market sell-off Yahoo
- NYSE owner invests USD600m in Polymarket, capping deal Edge
- UBS halts withdrawals from USD469m real estate fund for up to 3 years Edge
- Sports market in the money Star
Debt
- George Kent issues RM80m sukuk Edge NST Star
- GBS Green’s RM180m Tranche 1 sukuk assigned final AA2 rating RAM
- TSH’s sukuk programme rating withdrawn MARC
- Banks must adjust loan repayments within 60 days of reference rate changes Edge
- Malaysia’s digital banks enter critical phase of growth NST
- SoftBank secures USD40b loan to boost OpenAI investments Edge
- Treasury yields reach year’s highs as Iran stalemate lifts oil Edge
- US debt draws weaker demand as USD10t must be rolled over this year Yahoo
- JPMorgan, Pimco say bond market is underestimating slowdown risk Yahoo
- Oil prices threaten to blow up USD3t private credit market Yahoo
- Deal seekers lured to new debt Star
- War-torn bonds may rally if recession hits Star
Digital assets
- Luno now has over 50 crypto assets Edge NST Star
- Stablecoin payments go ‘invisible’ in Southeast Asia as crypto card surges Coindesk
- Cryptocurrencies aiding Iran during war NST
- Binance Australia entity fined for misclassifying retail clients Edge
- Bitcoin slumps with options showing traders turning defensive Edge
- Potential bitcoin crash below USD60k may delay recovery to 2027 Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin’s ‘compressed’ valuation offers reduced downside risk versus stocks Coindesk
- Crypto’s future is bright in the context of AI’s assault on software firms Coindesk
- Trust will become crypto’s real currency in the AI economy Cointelegraph
- No one is 100% happy with the stablecoin yield agreement Coindesk
- Crypto’s CLARITY Act could be a headwind for DeFi ring-fencing yield Coindesk
- Lummis says CLARITY Act offers ‘strongest’ developer protections Cointelegraph
- Kalshi secures license to offer margin trading to institutional investors Coindesk
- Washington sues Kalshi in legal pressure against prediction markets Coindesk
- Canada bans crypto donations for election campaigns following UK Coindesk
M&A
- Southern Steel proposes buyout of Ann Joo’s upstream steel unit Edge Star
- Meta Bright plans expansion into energy-related infrastructure via acquisitions Edge
- EPF abstained from voting on Sunway’s takeover offer for IJM Edge Mail NST Star
- Taiwan’s SinoPac, King’s Town merge to create bank with USD100b of assets Edge
- Pernod, Jack Daniel owner Brown-Forman in merger talks Edge
- US appeals court voids USD16.1b YPF judgment, not valid under Argentine law Mail
- Novartis to buy Excellergy in deal worth up to USD2b Edge
Malaysia
- Japan seeks to expand investment in Malaysia’s digital, high-tech sectors Edge NST
- ASNB declares 5.50 sen per unit income for ASB 2, five sen for ASM Edge NST Star
- Malaysia, China are Asia’s resilient economies amid energy volatility Edge NST Star
- Govt balancing inflation, growth amid Iran conflict, maintaining GDP target Edge
- 2026 fiscal deficit seen at 3.6% as fuel subsidy reforms support consolidation Star
- Producer prices down 3.4% in Feb Edge Star
- Subsidised RON95 quota reduction could yield RM5b in annual fiscal savings Edge
- Feb trade totals RM245.2b with exports rising 10.8% Edge Star
- Sunway says MACC has cleared it of wrongdoing in IJM takeover deal Edge
- Plug the funding loopholes Star
- Why Johor is Malaysia’s 2026 investment apex Star
- JS-SEZ awaits Singapore buy-in Star
Other markets
- Singapore sets out plans to build Asia’s gold trading hub Edge Star
- The ruse of the rings Star
- Indonesia detains coal tycoon Samin Tan in graft case Edge
- Thai factory output unexpectedly dips in Feb, could rise in Mar Edge Star
- Vietnam’s financial centre seeks Wall Street links as it takes shape Edge
- China’s industrial profits surged in early 2026 before Iran war Edge Star
- China launches 2 probes into US trade practices Edge Mail
- Iran war could give rise to the ‘petroyuan’ as the US security shield weakens Yahoo
- Super rich regain zest for Hong Kong as war stokes Gulf unease Edge
- Hong Kong woos central banks in bid to become gold-trading hub Edge Star
- Japan finance minister warns of oil-driven FX speculation, vows decisive action NST
- With ‘no place to hide’, traders spend sleepless nights as Iran war roils markets Edge
- RBI urged to relax new FX rules as USD30b unwinding looms Edge
- Saudi pipeline bypassing Hormuz at full capacity of 7m barrels a day Edge Yahoo
- Ship insurers grapple with soaring war‑risk costs for perilous Gulf route Mail
- US expects Hormuz ship insurance programme to start soon Edge
- Australia struggles to flex USD3t Super powers Edge
- Fed’s Cook says inflation is more at risk than jobs due to war Edge
- JPMorgan delivers blunt message on interest rate cuts Yahoo
- Markets price in rate hikes as inflation, geopolitics reshape Fed Coindesk
- Economists see war pushing US inflation above 3%, hurting growth Edge
- US is projected to have the worst inflation among G7 countries in 2026 Yahoo
- Robert Kiyosaki warns of hyperinflation in US, upside in 3 assets Yahoo
- Trump signature to appear on US currency, ending 165-year tradition Edge Mail NST
- Trump dug a USD169b hole for social security Yahoo
- US consumer sentiment slips to a 3-month low in Mar Edge
- Goldman Sachs draws 3 major conclusions from oil supply shocks Yahoo