Capital markets news | Tue 31 Mar 2026
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Equity
- BIMOffice makes strong LEAP Market debut Edge NST Star
- Empire Premium amends RM254m IPO prospectus Edge
- Empire Premium’s fair value set at 98 sen by PublicInvest NST
- Scheduled waste firm 5E Resources to raise RM119m from ACE Market IPO Edge Star
- Singapore’s Paradise Group said to be mulling Bursa listing for Malaysian unit Edge
- Bumi Armada move past Kraken impairments with RM1.95b capital reduction Edge
- Only Malaysia, Thailand recorded net foreign inflows last week Edge NST Star
- Capital A plans to exit PN17 after 4 consecutive profitable quarters Star
- PN17 company Capital A eyes dual-listing in Hong Kong by Aug Edge
- Dividend payout ratio: What the numbers signal Edge
- Interpreting ROE and market capitalisation trends on Bursa Malaysia Edge
- Singapore taps 2 managers for new USD1.16b Anchor Fund tranche Star
- Robot maker Inovance said to hire banks for up to USD2b Hong Kong listing Edge
- Victory Giant said to gauge investor interest for HK listing Edge
- HK IPO revival hits snags, raising stakes for big deals Edge
- Nasdaq rules to include ‘fast entry’ for new listings on benchmark index Edge Yahoo
- Fund with Anthropic stake extends drop in stunning IPO reversal Star
- Midas raises USD50m to tackle pain point for tokenized asset investors Coindesk
- Stock market bulls, don’t forget oil price shocks usually lead to a recession Yahoo
- Morgan Stanley downgrades global equities; US defensive market Edge
- Morgan Stanley’s Wilson says S&P 500 correction nears end stage Yahoo
- Employers that want to offer 401(k) access to private equity get new rule Yahoo
Debt
- MUFG Malaysia affirmed at AAA, P1 RAM
- Sarawak to build polysilicon plant with USD125m World Bank backing Edge NST
- China’s mega banks post scant profit gains on margin squeeze Edge
- S&P affirms Japan debt rating but warns of cut if yen weakens much further Edge
- Growth jitters lift Treasuries as stocks bounce Edge
- Falling bond yields show that Wall Street fears recession more than inflation Yahoo
- Fed’s Powell’s comments sooth bond market Coindesk
- Fed Chair sees no threat of private credit contagion; rates in a good place Yahoo
- UK mortgage approvals up before Iran war triggered surge in rates Edge
- Bonds emerging as hedge amid Middle East tensions, says Citadel Securities Yahoo
- Government bonds rally around the world on slowdown concerns Edge Yahoo
Digital assets
- Maybank completes first tokenised payment deal NST Star
- 35-year-old crypto bro helped Pakistan win over Trump World Edge
- Square auto-enables bitcoin payments for millions of US businesses Coindesk
- Bitcoin hashrate posts 1Q drop as miners pivot to AI Coindesk Cointelegraph
- Half of circulating bitcoin is underwater as long-term holders sell at a loss Coindesk
- USD116 oil macro shock could trigger bitcoin risk-off deleveraging Yahoo
- Aave v4 upgrade on Ethereum to expand into real-world credit markets Coindesk
- Coinbase survey finds over half of investors don’t understand crypto tax Coindesk
- Women creators reclaim ownership through Web3 payment rails Cointelegraph
M&A
- PNB calls off highways sale Edge
- EPF to reject Sunway’s offer for its IJM shares Edge NST
- KWAP also plans to reject Sunway’s offer for IJM shares Edge
- EP Manufacturing buys Melaka land for RM35m Edge NST Star
- Armani Group eyeing Hakka Restaurant land in KL at RM5k psf Edge
- Media Chinese disposes of 1.88-acre Canada land after shutting down ops Edge Star
- Chip bidding war exposes Japan’s competitive angst Edge
- Portugal says interest in TAP holds as bid deadline nears Edge
Malaysia
- KWAP set to appoint new CEO Edge
- Inflation expected to be contained, but risk lies in a prolonged Iran war Edge
- Anwar said to oppose quick release of probe into graft chief Edge
- Police confirm Victor Chin detained in Ops Viking, hundreds of millions seized Edge
- Geopolitical shocks show it’s time to rethink subsidies, supply chain resilience Edge
- SERC urges govt to pause 6–8% service tax from Jul to ease business cash flow Edge
- SERC urges RM1 RON95 subsidy cap, Petronas special dividend Edge
- SME Corp to enhance MSME’s role in JS-SEZ Star
Other markets
- O&G ex-employee gets 21 years in jail over SGD100m fuel misappropriation Edge
- Philippine peso hits record low; Indonesia’s central bank unveils measures Edge
- Japan steps up yen intervention threats, signals rate-hike chance Edge NST
- Rate hike bets are building for the Fed – and now the Bank of Japan too Coindesk
- India forces banks to unwind rupee bets, squeezing short sellers Edge
- Powell says longer-term inflation expectations remain in check Edge Yahoo
- Fed watches energy price spikes, but is limited in what it can do Yahoo
- Fed’s Williams: Policy ‘well positioned’ for ‘unusual’ circumstances Yahoo
- New York Fed’s Williams sees inflation hitting target by 2027 Yahoo
- Don’t look now, but Federal Reserve’s Mar inflation forecast just worsened Yahoo
- Fed may not cut rates at all in 2026 as inflation impact of Iran war unclear Yahoo
- Fed’s Miran backs rate cuts despite Iran-related volatility Yahoo
- Fed’s Powell tells students not to despair despite tough job market Yahoo
- Oil climbs as Trump threatens war escalation if no deal soon Yahoo
- Trump claims Iran gave in to US demands, considers seizing oil Yahoo
- As the Iran war drags on, CEOs may soon break their silence on Trump Yahoo
- German inflation surges to highest in more than year on Iran war Edge NST
- G7 ministers set to tackle financial fallout of Mideast war NST
- IMF says Iran war means higher prices, slower growth worldwide Edge Yahoo
- The 2 reasons oil prices are surging as the Iran War enters its 5th week Yahoo
- World economy experiencing the most severe oil shock; worst yet to come Yahoo
- WTO talks end with no deal to extend e-commerce tariff ban Edge Mail