Capital markets news | Mon 22 Jun 2026
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Equity
- Crane builder Liftech’s ACE Market IPO oversubscribed 19 times Edge NST Star
- Ajinomoto shares to be suspended today pending announcement Edge NST Star
- Indonesia taps insider to revive world’s worst stock market Edge
- MSCI report eases fears of Indonesia frontier-market downgrade Edge Star
- MSCI says low free-float among many hurdles for Vietnam stocks Edge
- Ambani’s Jio Platforms files for long-awaited India IPO Edge
- Indian billionaires set for jackpot on National Stock Exchange IPO Edge
- India’s stock regulator lets firms buy back shares from market Edge
- Abu Dhabi’s USD21b holding firm gets first ‘buy’ rating Edge
- Billionaire says he’ll never buy the AI bubble Yahoo
- Stock trader’s guide to navigating a rare ‘Super El Niño’ Edge
Debt
- Foreign investors turn net sellers of Malaysian bonds in May on govt bond sell-off RAM
- Moneymax Treasure’s RM200m Tranche 1 CP/MTN assigned final ratings MARC
- Bank Rakyat issues RM300m tier-2 subordinated sukuk issuance Edge NST
- Fitch Ratings sees Malaysia’s debt capital market reaching USD640b by year end Edge Star
- Moody’s lifts Malaysia’s outlook to A3 stable on AI-related growth NST Star
- Malaysia well-positioned to lead in energy transition financing Edge NST
- CIMB launches first-car financing programme for young buyers Star
- RM9.8b allocated to expand microfinancing for small traders Edge
- How Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh just screwed AI tech beasts Yahoo
- SpaceX IPO: Here’s why another USD20b capital raise is on the way Yahoo
- Collapsed lender MFS said to have never registered GBP300m of mortgages Edge
- Simplifying Europe’s bank rules could unlock EUR2t in lending Edge
Commodities
- Russia guarantees long-term petroleum, oil and gas supplies to Malaysia Edge
- China’s oil demand drop is no mystery Star
- Indian tankers reemerge, pointing to Hormuz traffic uptick Edge
- Iran minister says oil industry to be testing ground for any final US-Iran deal NST
- Iran waives Hormuz transit fees during 60-day US truce window Mail
- Iran floats ‘insurance fees’ as it asserts control over Hormuz Edge
- Supertankers with 80m barrels of oil ready to pass Hormuz Edge
- Ships can use Hormuz’s southern route with signals on, naval information group says Edge
- Hormuz ship traffic climbs after war deal NST
- Oil keeps flowing through Hormuz despite Iran saying it’s shut Yahoo
- UAE’s ADNOC offers crude, buyers can load inside Hormuz Edge
- Kuwait offers crude for July delivery after lifting force majeure Edge
- Iraq projects oil production to return to pre-war levels within 2 months Mail
- Insurance premiums may remain high despite Hormuz reopening NST
- Goldman Sachs lops USD500 off gold target on no Fed cuts this year Edge
Digital assets
- Dash eyes Philippines as market for crypto payments Cointelegraph
- Japanese corporate pension fund plans 1% crypto allocation Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin tipped for USD66k top as trader flags ‘suspicious’ price gains Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin price may hit USD24k if US stock market crashes by 50% Cointelegraph
- Franklin Templeton proposes new ETFs that turn corporate dividends into bitcoin Coindesk
- Are perps swaps? A quick look at that CME suit Coindesk
- Digital credit market hit by huge selloff as Strive CEO blames leverage liquidations Coindesk
- AI is making crypto security cheaper, faster and harder to ignore Coindesk
- Ethereum’s biggest ‘sandwich’ bot drained of USD7.5m in ironic exploit Coindesk
- Crypto industry looks to stablecoins and DeFi revisions in MiCA 2.0 Cointelegraph
M&A
- TWL Holdings buys 45% stake in property investment firm for RM42m Edge Star
- Ocean Vantage to diversify into construction via related-party acquisition Edge NST Star
- George Kent to acquire 76% stake in Techkem for RM2m Star
- Yum buys full Pizza Hut China for USD1.2b Star
- SpaceX-Tesla merger could manufacture a USD5t giant Yahoo
- Hyundai to buy SoftBank’s remaining stake in Boston Dynamics for USD325m NST
- Netflix finally makes an acquisition that Wall Street actually likes Yahoo
- UniCredit steps closer to takeover of Commerzbank with tender offer Edge
Malaysia
- Tabung Haji sharpens shift to customer-centric financial institution NST
- How GEAR-uP aligns GLIC to build Malaysia’s next economy Edge
- May inflation accelerates to fastest in nearly 2 years Edge Mail NST Star
- Inflation outlook stable on policy buffers and contained demand, say economists Edge
- Inflation outlook looks steady but exposed NST
- Trade hits all-time high of RM328b in May on AI boom Mail NST Star
- May exports surge 45% to clock 3-year high growth, beating expectations Edge
- Economists more optimistic on Malaysia’s trade after May exports surged 45% Edge
- May trade momentum looks firm despite global headwinds NST
- External trade outlook remains robust as exports surge NST
- RHB Investment sees strong export outlook in 2026 on E&E demand Star
- Indonesia’s new palm oil export rules draw scrutiny from Malaysia, traders Mail
- Businesses should identify pain points amid rising uncertainty NST
- Competitiveness ranking surge signals stronger economic fundamentals NST Star
- Malaysia leads Southeast Asian semiconductor industry, draws global partnerships Edge
- Penang secures RM4.9b in approved manufacturing investments in 1Q Edge
- Chip giant MKS pours RM400m into Penang plant, creates 1k high-value jobs Mail
Other markets
- Thailand sees inflows as funds exit Indonesia, finance head says Edge
- Japan inflation unchanged in May after BOJ rate hike NST
- BOJ flags risk of inflation overshoot, signals rate-hike intent Edge
- The Fed’s Warsh era clearly has a new vibe – and that’s not all bad for investors Yahoo
- Fed’s favourite gauge seen showing faster inflation Star Yahoo
- Who needs rate cuts? Fed’s new chair admits companies are easily raising capital Yahoo
- SpaceX’s AI fundraising campaign has just begun Edge
- Elon Musk has blunt proposal for US Treasury Yahoo
- UK tweaks trading capital rules for top banks but keeps deadline Edge
- EU set to remove barriers to banks’ cross-border capital flows Edge