Capital markets news | Tue 28 Apr 2026
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Private credit
Private credit is often promoted as safer because lenders claim to secure stronger covenants, but covenant‑lite terms now dominate even private deals. Many loans no longer include traditional maintenance covenants that once signalled early financial deterioration. Without these triggers, lenders may only notice borrower weakness when distress is already advanced. As a result, enforcement often relies more on relationships and bargaining power than on strict contractual rights, leading to fewer early restructurings and more sudden episodes of distress.
Equity
- Property developer Gold Li launches IPO at 13 sen Edge NST Star
- Loob shelves IPO plan, CEO Bryan Loo confirms Edge
- IPOs on Bursa: Priced to sell, not to perform Edge
- Malaysian REITs may have more downside ahead, CGS International flags Edge
- Will increasing FBM KLCI constituents improve the benchmark? Edge
- What a decade of ‘next 20’ data reveals about benchmark expansion Edge
- Local institutions net inflows at RM534.2m, 2-week net buying streak Edge NST Star
- CATL seeks to raise USD5b in largest Hong Kong share sale of 2026 Edge
- Activist Palliser takes stake in Japan’s SMC, proposes USD3.8b buyback NST
- India’s Axis Bank slips on profit miss, USD2b equity fundraise Edge
- Scaramucci’s biggest investing mistake has always been selling too early Yahoo
- Goldman says hedge funds use US stock rally to cut risk Edge
- Blue Owl fund investors rebuff Boaz Weinstein offer to buy shares Yahoo
- Match Group invests USD100m in Grindr rival Sniffies with buyout option Yahoo
Debt
- Evyap Sabun’s RM1b sukuk programme assigned AA final rating MARC
- China delays foreign debt sales with USD100b of bonds due Star
- Moody’s flags resilience in China economy, moves outlook to ‘stable’ Edge
- Hong Kong airport taps local debt boom with USD1.9b plan Edge
- AllianzGI gets USD270m for Asian infrastructure credit fund Edge
- Forget ‘fiscal discipline,’ record government debt is here to stay Edge
- Intel USD6.5b bond sale signals investor hope in turnaround Yahoo
- LSEG enables retail access for GBP1.4b bonds in UK first Edge
Commodities
- Malaysia buffers fertiliser shock but pressure may hit shelves in months NST
- Iran war fertiliser squeeze could spell trouble for next year’s grain harvests Edge
- Trump says Iran has ‘days left’ before it’s forced to halt oil production Yahoo
- Goldman hikes oil forecasts again as ‘Hormuz shock’ builds Edge Yahoo
- Europe emerges as key buyer of US strategic petroleum reserve oil Yahoo
- Oil prices may spike again as ‘something is off’ with the current math, JPMorgan says Yahoo
- Global oil stockpiles being depleted ‘at record pace’ Yahoo
Digital assets
- Bitcoin funds take in USD933m as crypto ETFs hit highest AUM since Feb Coindesk
- Bitcoin touches 12-week high as traders weigh progress on Iran Edge Star
- Bitcoin whale holdings hit 5-month high: Is BTC headed to USD80k next? Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin pulls back to USD76,600 as rising oil price and Iran risks stall the rally Coindesk
- Bitcoin is climbing on thin volume, leaving rally vulnerable to macro shock Coindesk
- Bitcoin rally shows signs of fatigue as key indicators turn bearish Coindesk
- Fidelity Digital Assets says bitcoin is leading crypto market stabilisation Coindesk
- Industry leaders pour hundreds of millions into a rescue plan for Aave users Coindesk
- Western Union eyes stablecoin to settle global transactions without SWIFT Coindesk
- Solana developers outline plan to protect network from quantum threats Coindesk
- Mara targets bitcoin quantum threat and network resilience with new foundation Coindesk
- Cross-border B2B stablecoin payments to hit USD5t by 2035, says Juniper Research Coindesk
- South Korea’s biggest digital bank taps Ripple for high-speed global transfers Coindesk
M&A
- KHPT plans RM19.5m acquisition in bid to diversify into non-automotive sectors Edge Star
- IWCity seeks 9 months to evaluate Lim Kang Hoo’s IWH restructuring proposal Edge
- KIP REIT proposes RM435m Setapak Central Mall acquisition, 3Q NPI rises 17.6% Edge NST
- Ekovest’s RM310m RTS-linked land deal falls through after term sheets lapse Edge
- China blocks Meta’s USD2b acquisition of AI firm Manus Edge Mail
- China Merchants joins talks for CK Hutchison’s vexed ports sale Edge
- Sun Pharma buys US drugmaker Organon for USD11.75b in India’s largest pharma deal Edge
- United CEO says merger talks with American Airlines have ended Edge Yahoo
Malaysia
- Why the void at the helm of KWAP? Edge
- Producer prices record biggest month-on-month gain in over 2 decades Edge Star
- Preventing bankruptcy Edge
- IRB’s e-invoice review uncovers RM3.5b in previously unreported income Edge
- Transparency at risk as stamp duty system shifts to self-declaration Edge
- Former Silver Ridge director claims trial to cheating Bank Pembangunan Edge
- Padini names firms tied to 21 frozen bank accounts in MACC probe Edge
- MACC freezes Cropmate, subsidiaries’ bank accounts over money laundering Edge NST Star
- Mida helps facilitate approval of tax incentives for 220 projects in Johor last year Edge
- MDEC urges local business to advance beyond innovation push, focus on execution Star
Other markets
- Southeast Asia emerging as key force in global AI agenda NST
- China’s industrial profit growth quickens even as Iran war heightens risks Edge
- China ramps up economic arsenal against US with fresh regulations Mail
- IMF official says Asian economies should promote energy supply diversification Star
- The Iran conflict sent Asia-US shipping rates soaring thousands of miles away Yahoo
- Iran offers deal to US to reopen Strait and delay nuclear talks, Axios says Yahoo
- Trump discusses Iran proposal with aides, White House says Yahoo
- Fed expected to stand pat this week amid ongoing uncertainty from Iran conflict Yahoo
- No Fed rate move expected as Powell-Warsh shift looms Yahoo
- Fed Apr inflation forecast updated; good news-bad news scenario for Wall Street Yahoo
- Budget airlines pitch US government assistance on USD2.5b relief plan Edge NST Yahoo
- Canada launches sovereign wealth fund for major projects Edge
- Shell puts Canada at heart of growth plans in USD13.6b deal Edge
- Eurozone companies see higher selling prices, ECB survey shows Edge
- Hungary’s Magyar to meet EU’s von der Leyen for talks on EU funds this week Edge
- Global consumer companies face pricing stress test from oil shock NST
- We’re on the brink of a global recession, but it’s not Iran we need to worry about Yahoo