Capital markets news | Thu 6 Aug 2026
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eFishery scandal
KWAP leaned on audited accounts and consortium‑level due diligence instead of independently stress‑testing eFishery’s revenue, and more intrusive, bottom‑up verification of sales and counterparties could have flagged the CEO‑controlled shell‑company network that later proved to account for as much as 75% of reported sales and hundreds of millions of dollars in fictitious profits.
Equity
- Rakuten assigns 43% upside to United Asiapac ahead of ACE Market debut Edge NST Star
- ACE-Market bound GTA inks underwriting agreement with HLIB Edge NST
- Malaysian consumer stocks may see pressure as investors shift to new IPOs Edge
- Serba Dinamik liquidator sues KPMG over alleged audit negligence Edge
- Amanah Raya unit sues Serba Dinamik, 12 others over RM100m investment loss Edge
- GIC seeks to sell USD1b in private equity fund stakes Edge
- Indonesian wealth fund Danantara plans hedge fund allocations Edge
- Temasek, Morgan Stanley eyeing Adtek pre-IPO investment Edge
- Chinese robot maker Unitree seen worth over USD7.4b after IPO Edge
- India’s Manipal Health jumps on market debut, valuing hospital chain at USD9b Edge
- Why SpaceX stock may keep tanking if history is any indication Yahoo
- Glencore earnings surge on trading windfall, plans Australian listing Edge
- Yellow Card raises USD40m to link banks to stablecoin processing Coindesk
- Marex invests in Digital Prime to expand institutional crypto lending Cointelegraph
- Tech melt-up drives USD3.5t Nasdaq 100 gain in 4 days Edge
- AI gets cheaper, but value may shift beyond the model: Franklin Equity NST
- Some 64% of young men day trading stocks feel like failures Yahoo
- First bet from Europe’s new USD6b fund is Finnish space startup Star
Debt
- HSBC Amanah’s RM20b multi-currency sukuk programme assigned AAA rating RAM
- SAJ Capital’s sukuk rating upgraded to AA MARC NST
- US keeps debt-sale guidance steady, deepening bill reliance Edge
- Treasury keeps coupon sizes steady for at least next several quarters Edge
- US mortgage rates rise to 6.81%, highest level in a year Edge
- Citigroup readies USD2b debt deal for KKR’s Integer buyout Edge
- UK Treasury working on scope for extra borrowing, The Times says Edge
- HSBC launches 3-part dollar bond sale to fund USD5b debt buyback Edge
Commodities
- East Asian LNG prices edge higher on heat, geopolitical risk: Rystad Energy NST
- Iran says agreement on Hormuz shipping route reached with Oman Yahoo
- Trump says Iran will be ‘hit very hard’ if Hormuz Strait not open soon Yahoo
- Oil extends declines as investors await outcome of US-Iran talks NST Star
- Oil prices mixed on Hormuz reopening hopes Star
Digital assets
- Taiwan plans Travel Rule for domestic crypto transfers from Oct Cointelegraph
- Nomura’s Laser Digital backs ZIGChain for onchain private credit push in UAE Coindesk
- Crypto whales accumulate as bear market nears late stage Cointelegraph
- The worst chart for bitcoin bulls right now Coindesk
- Why bitcoin’s ‘500-day rule’ faces its biggest test yet Coindesk
- AI credit bubble could set up bitcoin’s path to USD1m Coindesk Cointelegraph
- Hacked bitcoin wallet maker warns AI failed to detect bug Edge
- Coldcard exploit could boost demand for regulated bitcoin exposure, analysts say Coindesk
- Coldcard hack sparks a self-custody security overhaul Coindesk
- Do the Coldcard attacks mean all hardware wallets are now insecure? Cointelegraph
- S&P gives BlackRock tokenised reserve fund top stability rating Cointelegraph
- Western Union brings stablecoin remittances to Visa network with Stablecard Cointelegraph
- Mastercard, Borderless test shared identity checks for stablecoin transfers Cointelegraph
- AI agent token once worth USD2.4b ends with founder calling it dead Coindesk
- MiCA list expands with 12 companies in fourth post-deadline update Cointelegraph
- Bybit’s EU payments arm secures Austrian e-money license Cointelegraph
M&A
- CPE Tech buys land with factory in Johor for RM10m Edge
- UOB to sell asset management business to Allianz unit for USD434m Edge NST Star
- Prudential aims to reap USD3b from leaving emerging markets Edge
- Separation of Tesla’s China business ahead of SpaceX merger could get tricky Edge
- Fast-growing Dutch Bros is buying up to 65 Salad and Go locations Yahoo
Malaysia
- Middle East conflict fuels investor interest in Labuan IBFC Edge
- Malaysia seeks to shield farmland from AI and chipmaking booms Edge
- EU businesses seek high-quality Malaysia-EU FTA to boost investment, trade Edge
- More than half of EU firms plan to expand in Malaysia, survey finds NST
- US cooling firm to build USD150m plant in Nilai NST
- Shafee: Tony Pua giving evidence as if he’s the IGP Edge
- MACC arrests former CEO, CFO in Tabung Haji probe into RM370m share acquisition Edge
Other markets
- Rising BI interest rates take toll on margins Star
- Indonesia to extend USD11.2b government placement in state banks Star
- Indonesia GDP grows 5.29% in second quarter, beats estimates Edge Mail NST
- Indonesia targets up to 6% GDP growth Star
- Indonesia plans stimulus to sustain better-than-expected growth Edge
- Thai July headline CPI rises 1.95%, lower than forecast Edge NST Star
- Philippines ready for policy rate move despite slower inflation Edge
- China’s services gauge hits 2-year low as firms turn cautious Edge
- Factories set to maintain healthy pace Star
- AI turbocharges China’s satellite production to just 28 days Star
- BOJ debated mounting price risks even upon hiking rates in Jun, minutes show Edge
- Bessent says he is sure BOJ chief Ueda will ‘do what is best’, NHK reports Edge
- US says joint yen intervention aimed to prevent Asian instability NST
- US yen intervention marks perfect storm in forex, bond markets Star
- India leaves key interest rate on hold, keeps neutral stance Edge Star
- India rules out early end to FX deposit plan, sees healthy flows Edge
- New Zealand unemployment reaches 11-year high on fuel shock Edge Star
- Fed Chair is considering fewer annual FOMC meetings, disastrous for Wall Street Yahoo
- Kashkari says Fed should raise rates now to tame inflation Edge Yahoo
- Fed’s Schmid calls for tighter monetary policy to tamp down on inflation NST Yahoo
- Fed’s Cook ready to raise rates if inflation doesn’t start easing Yahoo
- BofA’s Brian Moynihan expects Fed to hike rates 3 times in 2026 Yahoo
- US services activity continues to expand on resilient demand Edge
- US factory activity expands at strongest pace since 2022 Edge
- US companies added 44k jobs in Jul, ADP data show Edge
- Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire: ‘Billions of agents’ will soon flood the workforce Yahoo
- The New Global Economy: The AI threat to financial stability Edge
- AI is rewiring global trade but concentrating power in fewer hands Edge