Capital markets news | Fri 24 Apr 2026
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Global supply of memory chips
Global memory supply concentrates in South Korea (with Samsung and SK Hynix supplying 60% of DRAM and 50% of NAND) and in Taiwan and the US (supplying 30%). New fabs are delayed to 2028-2030 due to high costs (over USD20) and the current AI focus. The shortage is expected to persist as capacity lags exploding demand.
Equity
- AMS Advanced debuts flat, dips in early trade NST
- Power infrastructure engineering firm SKA Capital files for ACE listing Edge Star
- IJM Corp eyes construction unit listing as early as next year NST
- JP Morgan turns bullish on Malaysian equities NST
- Robinhood gets Singapore regulators’ nod for brokerage offerings Edge
- Hedge fund founder leverages long naps, jogging to beat market Edge
- Biggest IPO wave in history promises USD3t in value — with no profits Edge
- Blackstone president Jon Gray sees major year for IPOs driven by AI Yahoo
- Chip stocks added USD3t in market value but are the most overextended in decades Yahoo
- Bezos’ physical AI lab has closed round at USD38b value Yahoo
- Coinbase backer Blockchain Capital hunts USD700m for new funds Coindesk
- BlackRock warns there isn’t enough stock to buy Yahoo
Debt
- Peps-JV’s RM10m Tranche 3 investment notes assigned R3 rating RAM
- Genting raises nearly RM5b from perpetual notes issuance Edge Star
- CGC launches RM300m portfolio guarantee relief to support MSMEs Edge NST Star
- Bank Rakyat defers loan repayments for Kampung Bahagia fire victims NST
- Over 31k bankruptcy cases recorded since 2021, 46% due to personal loans Star
- Moody’s affirms Petronas’ A2 ratings; higher energy prices will boost earnings Edge
- S&P Global sees no Malaysia upgrade in 1-2 years due to external metrics Edge NST Star
- PRG takes 12 condo units as partial repayment of RM37.17m debt from developer Edge Star
- ADB commits USD9b to Southeast Asia in 2025, Malaysia receives USD60.9m Edge NST
- Fitch says no immediate downgrade if Indonesia’s deficit tops 3% due to Iran war Edge
- Garuda leads losses in bonds of Asian airlines stung by Iran war Edge
- JPMorgan to add Philippine bonds to key EM index in 2027 Edge
- SoftBank seeks USD10b margin loan backed by OpenAI shares Edge
- Spirit lawyer confirms airline is in ‘advanced’ talks with US for a rescue package Yahoo
- UBS faces USD20b hike in capital needs as Swiss split grows Edge
- Norway’s DNB misses interest income expectations as competition tightens Edge
- Zelensky to join EU leaders in Cyprus after EUR90b loan unblocked Edge
Commodities
- China has over 3x the strategic oil reserves of the US Yahoo
- Pentagon says it could take 6 months to clear mines from Strait of Hormuz Yahoo
- Crude surges past USD100 as Hormuz standoff drags on Mail Yahoo
- Energy Secretary has outdated optimism on gas prices, says economist Yahoo
- Trump’s promise of lower oil prices clashes with industry fears Yahoo
- The oil market ‘is lying to us,’ oil execs say Yahoo
- StanChart: USD95 per barrel is the new oil price equilibrium Yahoo
- Shale bosses see ‘chaos’ from Iran War in anonymous Fed survey Edge
- Trump’s emergency oil sails to Europe as war upends energy flows Yahoo
- Where the Iran war energy shock ranks among past crises Mail
- Second-order effects from Iran’s oil blockade will linger even if conflict ends Edge
Digital assets
- OFAC sanctions Cambodian politician linked to pig butchering scam centres Cointelegraph
- JPMorgan says persistent security flaws curb DeFi’s institutional appeal Coindesk
- Tether freezes USD344m in USDT on Tron tied to illicit activity Coindesk
- USD71m freeze on Arbitrum has crypto world questioning decentralisation Coindesk
- Aave rallies DeFi partners to contain fallout from USD292m KelpDAO hack Coindesk
- AI agents using crypto Coindesk
- More than 100 crypto firms urge Senate to move on US market structure bill Coindesk
- Crypto-aligned Fellowship PAC bets big on Texas Senate race Cointelegraph
- BlackRock drives 7-day bitcoin ETF inflow streak as BTC nears USD80k Cointelegraph
- Why bitcoin’s quantum threat is manageable, not existential Coindesk
- US military runs bitcoin node, sees crypto as power projection versus China Coindesk
- US arrests Army green beret for USD400k Polymarket bets on Venezuela raid Coindesk
- BIS warns cryptocurrency exchanges are becoming shadow banks; that’s a risk Coindesk
- Global crypto adoption slumps, Turkey defies downtrend Cointelegraph
M&A
- UEM Sunrise seen as attractive target amid deep valuation discount Edge
- Seni Jaya’s Unilink acquisition deadline extended Edge
- Bain Capital to sell stake in Bridge Data Centres at USD5b valuation Edge
- EQT said to explore takeover of Japan’s USD2.6b Kakaku.com Edge
- Warner Bros investors greenlight USD110b merger with Paramount Edge Yahoo
- Deutsche Telekom–T-Mobile US tie-up to become world’s biggest M&A deal Mail Star
- Trump considers takeover of Spirit Airlines; to resell after oil prices drop Yahoo
- Air France-KLM, Lufthansa bids advance in race for TAP stake Edge
- Property billionaire warns of DC selloff Star
Malaysia
- SC named best regulator in promoting Islamic finance for third year running Star
- Khazanah warns of investment scams using its name, logo, branding Edge NST
- Global supply crisis spurs Malaysia to strengthen economic resilience NST
- Malaysia not worst exposed, but still at risk from food-cost spillover NST
- ICT access, usage remain high in Malaysia in 2025 Edge
- PayNet sees surge in digital transactions NST Star
- MACC quizzes quintet in false import declaration probe Edge
- Goldman Sachs says ex-star banker Leissner hiding its money Edge
- Goldman says it’s settling shareholder class action over 1MDB Edge
- Johor’s proximity to Singapore drives data centre investments Edge
- Sabah charts bold growth plan with RM12.02b allocation under 13MP Edge
- Tanco restructures RM3.5b Port Dickson AI port deal under concession model Edge
- Chinese giant to replace Italian firm as main contractor for USD5.3b project in Johor NST
Other markets
- Singapore core inflation at 1.7% in Mar, matching expectations Star
- CapitaLand Investment wins USD1.9b Income Insurance real estate mandate Edge
- Bank Indonesia vows to ramp up rupiah defence as it sinks to record low Edge Star
- Indonesia’s rupiah hits record low in worst day since Sep; Philippines hikes rate Edge Star
- Philippines flags more rate hikes as war upends inflation fight Edge
- US firms voice ‘concern’ over China’s new supply chain rules Edge
- American customers have vanished: China exporters feel pain of US trade war Mail
- PwC agrees to pay USD166m to close Evergrande probe in HK Edge
- Taiwan banks to build own AI model to rival global giants Edge
- South Korea’s 1Q GDP growth roars on booming AI-driven chip demand Edge Mail Star
- Iran economy looks set to withstand US naval blockade Yahoo
- Microsoft commits USD18b to build Australian AI capacity Edge
- Trump’s Iran pivots spotlight Washington’s insider trade threat Yahoo
- US business activity recovers in Apr, Iran war boosting prices, S&P survey shows Edge
- US jobless claims up slightly to 214k as layoffs stay limited Edge Star Yahoo
- More people are turning to AI to help navigate tight finances Yahoo
- Eurozone private sector shrinks unexpectedly in Apr as services slump Edge
- Italy should do more to tackle money laundering, says global watchdog Edge
- Iran war impact seeps ever deeper into global economy Edge
- The Iran War just made the clean energy transition non-negotiable Yahoo