Capital markets news | Mon 11 May 2026
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International oil markets
Most market analysis focuses on finished crude prices, but dozens of blending component FOB prices, regional freight rates, and forward arbitrages are far more opaque and susceptible to manipulation by large players. The fuel oil market’s hidden challenge is that big players can manipulate pricing signals across these countless data points—regional freight rates, inter-regional arbitrage, and crude premiums—making it extremely difficult to extract accurate market insights. This opacity is a classic trading challenge that few retail investors understand.
Equity
- Inspace Creation ekes out tiny gains in ACE Market debut Edge NST
- SkyeChip’s Main Market IPO oversubscribed 95 times Edge Mail NST Star
- Gold Li’s ACE Market IPO oversubscribed 3.26 times Edge NST Star
- CIMB Securities sees nearly 50% upside for Empire Sushi operator Edge
- Many IPOs, little depth Star
- Nasdaq draws Malaysian firms eyeing global capital as funding pressures mount NST
- Baidu’s AI chip unit plans dual IPO in Shanghai and Hong Kong Edge
- Goldman-backed Go seeks USD1.3b valuation in Tokyo IPO Edge
- Citi targets hedge funds, private equity in FX growth push Edge
- Canton Network creator targets USD300m in capital raise Cointelegraph
- Stock market flashing warning signal only shown twice before Yahoo
Debt
- Qualitas’ ratings affirmed RAM
- Khazanah tokenised sukuk approved; neutral rating impact on Danum’s sukuk RAM
- Tenaga unit issues RM1.05b sukuk to finance Kedah solar project Edge NST Star
- Mr DIY raises RM540m from first ever bond issuance Edge NST Star
- Targeted assistance available for businesses hit by rising costs NST
- Foreign central banks boost share of Malaysian bonds to record Edge Star
- Malaysia urged to cement leadership as global sukuk tops USD1t NST
- RHB unveils SME stabilisation relief facility Star
- DBS sells private credit fund yielding up to 20% to rich clients Edge
- China state banks to get major capital injection Star
- SoftBank cuts target for OpenAI margin loan by 40% to USD6b Edge
- Pakistan to issue first ‘Panda bond’ next week, finance minister says Edge
- IMF board clears Pakistan to access USD1.32b NST
- ADB to mobilise USD30b by 2030 to support Asean countries NST
- Credit conditions tightening Star
- Federal govt must issue more debt than expected, and bond market is shouting Yahoo
- Bond traders brace for inflation data as Fed’s Powell era ends Yahoo
- Trump bought USD337D bonds and Kevin Warsh could send value soaring Yahoo
- Private credit roundup: HSBC’s big loss and an FSB warning Edge
- HSBC has reviewed lending policies after USD400m fraud hit, chairman says Edge
Commodities
- Brent hovers around USD100 on renewed Gulf clashes Edge
- China confirms attack on oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz earlier last week Edge
- Iran makes new offer on uranium in response to US, WSJ says Yahoo
- Trump says Iran peace proposal response totally unacceptable Yahoo
- Oil jumps as Hormuz stays shut after Trump rebuffs Iran’s offer Yahoo
- Trump could tap oil under US military bases to top strategic reserve Yahoo
- USD7b in perfectly timed oil bets sparks insider trading fears Yahoo
- USD920m crude oil shorts singled out as war rhetoric being insider trading Yahoo
- World deprived of 1b barrels of oil over past 2 months, Aramco CEO says NST
- Aramco CEO warns of long oil market disruption as profit jumps Yahoo
- Shell CEO sends blunt message on oil and the economy Yahoo
- Iran war is draining world’s oil buffer at an unprecedented pace Yahoo
- Global food prices rise to highest in 3 years on Iran war costs Edge Mail
Digital assets
- South Korea crypto holdings halve in a year as investors turn to stock market Cointelegraph
- Emerging-market users are treating crypto exchanges like banking apps Coindesk
- Spot Bitcoin ETFs log 6th straight week of net inflows Cointelegraph
- CME is set to let traders bet on bitcoin volatility, not just price Coindesk
- It might be too late for bitcoin’s quantum migration Coindesk
- Agentic commerce will run on crypto rails Coindesk
- Crypto wallets are being rebuilt for AI agents Coindesk
- AI agents fuelled a frenzy of startup building at hackathon Coindesk
- BlackRock deepens tokenisation push with new onchain fund offerings Coindesk
- Amazon cloud outage at North Virginia data centre; Coinbase face trading issues Edge Mail
- LayerZero says it ‘made a mistake’ in USD292m Kelp exploit Coindesk
- Judge clears path for Aave to move USD71m in ETH linked to North Korea hack Coindesk
- SEC chair Atkins signals new rules for onchain markets, AI-driven finance Coindesk
- Kraken parent goes for the OCC charter in bid to become a federal crypto bank Coindesk
- Lagarde sees euro-stablecoin risks for banking, monetary policy Edge
- Swiss central bank bitcoin reserve push fails over signature shortfall Coindesk
M&A
- Bintulu Port handover process at final documentation stage, says Loke Edge
- Sarawak plans to take over more federal entities Edge
- PUC sells 13.76% stake in Pictureworks for RM30m, books RM5.8m gain Edge NST Star
- Edotco key to Axiata’s deleveraging push amid energy crisis NST
- Zelan to transfer office units to MMC Engineering to settle RM5.2m debt Edge Star
- Jardine is said to explore sale of Southeast Asia car dealership Edge
- Armani may split stake for sale to follow will, Repubblica says Edge
- Germany’s Commerzbank to cut 3k jobs amid takeover tussle with UniCredit Edge
Malaysia
- Status quo on OPR rest of 2026 amid global tensions NST
- BNM’s international reserves up to USD129.7b at end-Apr Edge NST Star
- Govt bets on 5 local semiconductor companies capturing 7% of packaging market Edge NST
- Govt raises Mitra allocation to RM150m Edge
- Govt examining proposal to review petrol subsidies for high-income groups Edge
- Industrial output grows slower than expected in Mar, official data shows Edge NST Star
- Manufacturing sales rise 5.3% to RM173.1b in Mar: Statistics Department NST Star
- Investment banks expect IPI to grow 4.1-4.3% in 2026 NST
- Analysts mixed on 2026 industrial production growth; supply chain to impact outlook Edge
- Penang continues to drive national economy with RM63.96b investments in 2025 Edge
- JS-SEZ to address brain drain with higher pay scale — Invest Johor Edge NST Star
Other markets
- Indonesia foreign reserves fall further to 2-year low in Apr Edge NST
- Indonesia sees USD3.3b foreign inflows as central bank steps up rupiah defence Mail Star
- Philippines downplays stagflation risk, vows to boost spending Edge
- Chinese export growth rebounds as war fails to curb trade Edge Mail
- Japan service sector growth slows to 11-month low in April, PMI shows Edge
- Australia regulator calls for urgent cybersecurity action to counter Mythos Edge
- Here’s when markets can expect rate cuts once the Iran war ends Yahoo
- Inflation drumbeat persists for unnerved US consumer Yahoo
- US job growth beats expectations in Apr; unemployment rate steady at 4.3% Edge Mail
- US jobs market stuck in ‘unusual and uncomfortable’ stasis Edge
- US employment boom? Maybe, maybe not — A look under the jobs report’s hood Mail
- Trump appeals against latest legal setback to his tariff regime roll-out Edge
- Trump gives EU 4 Jul deadline to ratify trade deal or face ‘much higher’ tariffs Mail
- US imposes sanctions on companies it accuses of aiding Iran’s weapons sector NST
- Job market for recruiters shows UK weakness, US strength Edge
- ECB’s Schnabel bolsters rate hike bets, warns of central bank independence erosion Edge
- AI isn’t actually ‘taking’ your job. Here’s what’s happening instead Yahoo