Capital markets news | Mon 6 Jul 2026
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Repo and reverse repo
If there is too much cash in the system and overnight rates are drifting too low, the central bank can do a repo against government securities to temporarily pull cash out from the banks. In contrast, if banks are short of reserves and overnight rates are drifting too high, the central bank can do a reverse repo and lend cash to the banks against government securities, thereby easing the shortage.
Equity
- Eckem Holdings ends flat in ACE Market debut despite strong markets Edge NST Star
- QES to raise RM44m via China’s Unicomp-linked placement Edge Star
- Trading in Mlabs Systems shares to resume after company submits annual report Edge
- Trading activity stays strong Star
- Data centre, industrial assets to boost SD Property AUM to RM10b by 2028 NST
- Pure passive investing era ends Star
- Are low-fee ETFs really better? Star
- The jury is still out Star
- Temasek-backed Manipal Health gets approval for India IPO, eyes Jul listing Edge
- Alibaba, Tencent back Kuaishou’s Kling AI in USD2.8b fundraise Edge
- Chinese robot maker Unitree wins approval for USD619m Shanghai IPO Edge NST
- A codification, not a crackdown Star
- Chinese investors rush to Hong Kong as Beijing tightens overseas stock trading rules Mail
- Investors looking for shelter from AI storm are turning to India Edge
- Almost 90 new unicorns have been minted so far this year – here they are Yahoo
- Wall Street’s USD200b IPO wave threatens sell-off Yahoo
- Stock market about to suffer snapback and will lose much of this year’s gains Yahoo
- ‘Dark’ trading is doing a lot of damage in Europe Star
- Warren Buffett explained how he’d become a billionaire again with just USD10k Yahoo
Debt
- RP Hydro’s AA3 sukuk rating affirmed RAM
- AmBank wins Fitch outlook upgrade NST
- Genting Malaysia unit calls off capital restructuring after settling USD300m bonds NST Star
- PUNB targets RM2.25b in financing approval for Bumiputera entrepreneurs Edge
- Stop practice of support letter, cronyism to approve entrepreneur loans Edge
- Backing the little businesses Star
- Banking loan growth to sustain upward momentum Star
- Govt to boost support for Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia to reach more needy groups Edge
- DBS China unit to raise USD295m from bond sale, term sheet shows Star
- Chinese regulator proposes changes to refinancing rules for listed companies Edge
- HSBC, StanChart weigh significant risk transfers as Asia-linked deals ramp up Edge
- Coinbase CEO has a radical fix for America’s USD36t debt Yahoo
- StanChart targets mid-sized African companies for debt sales Edge
- Egypt expects EUR1.5b from EU assistance package in coming days NST
Commodities
- Chinese independent refiners snap up discounted Mideast oil as supplies rise Edge
- Japan cuts gas in favour of coal as Hormuz disruption chokes LNG Edge
- Why India is hunting for oil in its own backyard after the Gulf energy scare Mail
- Iran exploring oil sales to Japan, buyers seek longer sanctions waiver Edge
- Fewer ships transiting Hormuz along Oman coast after U-turns Edge
- Tankers U-turn in Hormuz with some taking Iran route Edge
- CMA CGM ship hit by missile in Hormuz strait may go for scrapping, says CEO Edge
- Opec output surged in Jun as Hormuz flows jumped Edge
- Opec+ approves further oil output increase as Hormuz exports start to recover Edge NST
- Citi says oil may slump to USD60 as Hormuz shock fades Edge
- The Strait of Hormuz has reopened – why that might be a problem for the oil market Yahoo
- PublicInvest sees brent easing to USD70-USD85 as Iran risk premium fades NST
Digital assets
- Dubai tops Asian crypto hubs, India isolates banks from crypto Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin whales bought USD16.7b in 2 weeks even as ETFs bled a record USD4b Coindesk
- Bitcoin’s next parabolic run may need USD1t in fresh capital Coindesk
- Bitcoin experts split over freezing Satoshi’s 1.1m bitcoin as quantum threat grows Coindesk
- Portnoy plans to hold bitcoin down to zero after timing it wrong every time Coindesk
- Trump memecoin investors lost USD3.8b Yahoo
- Banks stopped asking if stablecoins belong in finance, now considering how Coindesk
- Tokenisation’s next use case is personalized portfolios Coindesk
- Kraken lets traders use tokenised stocks as collateral for leveraged trades Cointelegraph
- Ethical hackers with USD3k server found a flaw that put USD70b in crypto at risk Coindesk
- UK’s bold new crypto rules promise to unlock global trading Coindesk
- EU blocks retail investors from multibillion-dollar prediction markets Coindesk
- Sanctioned Russian stablecoin claims it processes billions, but analysts disagree Coindesk
M&A
- WTK selling oil palm unit stake, plantation land for RM221.5m Edge Star
- Goldman dominates first-half M&A as dealmaking surges in EMEA Edge
- Paramount’s Warner deal has a new USD650m problem Yahoo
- GFL Environmental weighs take-private amid interest from buyout firms Edge
- Uber pauses Europe food delivery expansion as it pursues Delivery Hero deal Edge NST
- Continental to sell ContiTech in EUR4b deal Mail NST
- Czech billionaire Strnad mulls buying 14% stake in Pirelli Edge
- JERA Nex BP raises stakes in 2 Belgian offshore wind farms Edge
Malaysia
- BNM to keep policy rate in Jul review as geopolitical risks ease – DBS Edge
- FSMOne Malaysia clients’ unit trust returns averaged 18.8%, driven by Asian markets Edge
- SC seeks feedback on governance for company secretaries, family firms and AI Edge Star
- Retail sales seen rebounding in 2Q after soft 1Q NST
- Decoupling AI from automation in real estate Star
- Manufacturing powers Penang’s economy to 7.3% growth in 2025 Mail
- Rohas Tecnic unit cleared as MACC ends probe with no further action Edge Mail NST Star
Other markets
- Singapore now among top 5 financial hubs Edge
- Indonesia’s Danantara wealth fund sees senior management shakeup Edge
- Thai exports seen up 8% to 10% this year, shippers’ group says Edge Star
- Vietnam 2Q GDP growth accelerates to 8.39% on year Edge NST Star
- China services gauge fares better than forecast despite slip Edge NST Star
- Solid factory activity boosts expansion Star
- Hong Kong rises as crucial node in Asia’s USD2t AI trade Edge
- South Korea to create future fund from chip windfall to spur growth, tackle inequality Edge
- South Korea bankruptcy court scraps Homeplus’ corporate rehabilitation plan Edge
- Saudi non-oil sector growth accelerates in Jun as new orders hit 4-month high NST
- Fed seen less likely to raise rates as job growth slows NST
- Kevin Warsh must explain that the Fed simply cannot fight inflation Yahoo
- Justice Department defends move to drop Adani criminal charges Edge
- Largest data centre project ever proposed is officially dead Yahoo
- EU trade with US hits record high despite tariff tensions Edge
- ECB’s Lagarde says she can’t rule out early departure Star
- AI’s environmental cost threatens water, land resources for billions by 2030: UN report NST
- Trump’s war means higher global interest rates for years to come Yahoo