Capital markets news | Fri 15 May 2026
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Negative funding
When funding is extremely negative while price stabilises or shows resilience, it can act as a contrarian indicator that the downtrend is tiring. In those conditions, even modest positive news can trigger disproportionate upside because so many shorts are “on the hook” and paying to stay bearish.
Equity
- SkyeChip IPO highlights Malaysia deals surging towards 13-year high Edge Star
- Media Prima public float sinks below minimum, to take steps to address shortfall Edge
- DayOne said to consider upsizing funding round to USD4b Edge
- Philippine e-wallet firm Mynt aiming for USD8b valuation in IPO Edge
- World’s biggest stock rally ignites speculative mania in Korea Edge
- Temasek-backed Manipal Hospitals to start marketing USD1b IPO soon Edge
- BlackRock’s GIP, Temasek, Abu Dhabi team up for USD30b infrastructure deals Edge
- AI chip firm Cerebras launches biggest US IPO of 2026 Mail Star Coindesk Yahoo
- Stablecoin-powered neobank Fasset raises USD51m for emerging markets Coindesk
- Turnkey raises USD12.5m in round backed by Circle Ventures and Sequoia Capital Coindesk
- Sizzling semiconductor trade at risk of cooling, stalling US stocks rally Star
- Here is why Wall Street is racing to tokenise the entire stock market Coindesk
- Private equity’s liquidation of London continues Star
Debt
- Public Bank’s and Public Islamic’s AAA ratings affirmed RAM
- Govt sets aside RM5b micro-financing for 400k small, micro businesses Edge NST Star
- Alliance Bank joins Bank Negara’s RM5b SME relief push NST Star
- Blackstone’s AirTrunk seeks USD2b loan for Malaysia growth Edge Mail Star
- China Apr new loans unexpectedly shrink as weak demand weighs Edge
- India considering lower taxes on bond investments by foreigners Edge
- Investors gird for high US Treasury yields as new Fed chair battles inflation Edge Yahoo
- US 30-year bond yield tops 5% as Kevin Warsh takes Fed helm and inflation rises Yahoo
- US, European banks interested in financing loans for Petroperu Star
- Britain’s political crisis spooking crucial overseas bond buyers Edge
Commodities
- Thailand’s digital gold mega investors hit by central bank’s rush to control baht Edge
- Oil flows through Hormuz creep higher as supertankers exit strait Edge NST Star Yahoo
- Opec+ has plan to complete series of quota hikes, delegates say Edge
- US says China wants more of its oil to cut Middle East reliance Edge Yahoo
- Global oil supply dropped 12.8m barrels a day – no quick fix ahead? Yahoo
Digital assets
- Bitcoin ETFs bleed USD635m as BTC slips under USD80k Cointelegraph
- Why bitcoin’s recent climb to USD80k might just be a temporary liquidity squeeze Coindesk
- Bitcoin’s USD80k breakout was led by something other than US spot buyers Coindesk
- CME Group to introduce Nasdaq CME Crypto Index futures on 8 Jun Coindesk
- Clarity Act clears US Senate committee, on its way to a final test in Congress Coindesk
- Ex-Celsius exec sentenced to time served after guilty plea Cointelegraph
- Crypto losses from North Korea hackers in 2025 rose 51% Cointelegraph
- Tether’s T3 Crime Unit says it has frozen USD450m in suspected illicit crypto Cointelegraph
- Bank of England ready to water down overly conservative stablecoin proposals Coindesk
M&A
- Maxland scraps land deals for data centre, district cooling system ventures in Kedah Edge
- Axis Reit buys Shah Alam industrial complex for RM38m NST
- Japan’s Eneos buys Chevron’s downstream businesses in Malaysia, Southeast Asia Edge Star
- Venezuela says refiner Citgo’s value has increased, calls for halting sale Yahoo
Malaysia
- PMB Investment declares 4 sen income distribution for fund Edge Star
- 1Q growth may beat estimates, but energy crisis strains govt finances Edge NST Star
- World Bank projects Malaysia’s economy to grow 4.4% in 2026 NST Star
- Penang projects up to 5% GDP growth in 2026, driven by high-tech sector Mail
- Govt to avoid extra funding for ‘sick’ projects NST
- Labour demand grew by 1.8%, reaching 9.23m jobs in 1Q2026 – DOSM Edge NST
- Wage growth lagged GDP growth since 2010 – World Bank Edge NST
- Population rises to 34.4m in 1Q NST
- American tech investor Srinivasan pitches startup school to Malaysia Edge Mail
- MACC chief pressed to conduct transparent probe into corporate mafia Edge
- MACC confirms receiving documents, videos from Rafizi Edge
- Germany looks to deepen investment in Johor-Singapore SEZ Mail
Other markets
- War turmoil saps Asian reserves with Philippines, India hit most Edge
- Xi tells US CEOs accompanying Trump that China will open up more Edge
- BOJ: Rate hike ‘desirable’ Star
- Stephen Miran to step down, paving the way for Kevin Warsh as Fed chair Yahoo
- 2 ways Jerome Powell’s successor, Kevin Warsh, intends to alter the Fed Yahoo
- McDonald’s CEO says the K-shaped economy may be getting worse Yahoo
- US import prices surge in Apr as fuels post biggest gain in 4 years Edge Yahoo
- US retail sales increase again in Apr, partly lifted by higher prices Edge
- US weekly jobless claims increase moderately, labour market remains stable Edge Star Yahoo
- Blackstone COO Jon Gray predicts ‘huge boom’ in blue-collar jobs Yahoo
- DOJ said to likely drop fraud cases against Gautam Adani Edge
- UK economy posts best growth in a year as headwinds build Edge