Capital markets news | Thu 27 Aug 2026
Do you know?
Hedge funds
Hedge funds span multiple distinct strategy types, each with its own return drivers and risk profile: long / short equity for stock-picking with hedging; event-driven for M&A, restructurings and distressed debt; global macro for bets on interest rates, currencies and commodities; relative value / arbitrage for exploiting pricing mismatches; and multi-strategy for combining several approaches under one roof. This diversity explains why hedge fund performance can look very different from traditional portfolios, especially in volatile or stressed markets.
Equity
- Principal, CIMB launch first Shariah-compliant fund under Signature Series Reserve
- Mi Technovation unit gets SGX approval for listing Edge Reserve NST
- Japan’s only high-speed trader Dharmacapital said to move to Singapore Edge
- Hedge fund SPX Capital loses Singapore traders during pullback Edge
- BNP Paribas, KB Kookmin in talks for USD2b Vietnam Techcombank stake Edge Reuters
- Xi’s unprecedented tax clawback hammers Chinese listed companies Edge
- Shein backers said to agree to 6-month lock-up on new IPO shares Edge
- What is behind Shein’s drop in valuation? Star
- Hong Kong tycoon Peter Woo looks to sell USD1b of private equity stakes Edge
- India equity outlook cut again as foreign funds seek value elsewhere in Asia Edge
- Air India seeks USD1.5b from owners Tata, Singapore Air as losses mount NST
- Why Anthropic’s USD30t sales pitch ahead of its IPO could make sense Yahoo
- Could Anthropic pull off the biggest IPO ever? 5 things you need to know Mail
- Kalshi’s USD1.5b equity offering is three-quarters sold at USD1.12b Telegraph
- Puck in advanced talks for investment by RedBird at USD250m valuation Reuters
- The rise and fall of Situational Awareness’ whizkid Edge
Debt
- Khazanah’s AAA(s) sukuk ratings affirmed RAM
- Alliance Bank Q1 earnings up 25% as credit loss allowances fall NST
- Islamic finance enters ‘connector’ era that enables new opportunities, says StanChart Edge
- From start-up to scale-up Star
- Great Eastern investing in Granite private credit fund Edge
- PwC International can’t exit Evergrande case, HK court rules Edge
- SoftBank mulls up to USD20b bond sale for OpenAI financing Edge
- Treasuries edge lower before PCE data with Fed risks in focus Yahoo
- Top Wall Street strategists explain how US got into the USD40t debt mess Yahoo
- Fed’s Barkin warns of eventual reckoning Star
- Bessent’s Treasury twist has Wall Street war-gaming borrowing strategy shift Edge Yahoo
- Tokenised deposits could strip USD700b from banks’ lending capacity Desk
- Strategy cuts net leverage to near zero as cash nearly matches convertible debt Desk
- Insurers want a bigger slice of the bank risk transfer boom Edge
- Natural gas eclipses oil as key inflation risk for European debt Edge
Commodities
- Indonesia misses oil and gas output target in first 7 months Edge
- Japan seeks new oil routes around Hormuz Edge NST
- Indian oil refiners, global energy major said to avoid ships on Iran’s blacklist Edge
- Iran, Oman agree to share Strait of Hormuz revenue, IRGC says Edge Yahoo
- Iran vows to resist widened US sanctions, says Washington seeks talks Edge
- QatarEnergy issues tender to sell crude outside Hormuz Edge
- As war strands Qatari gas for 6 months, US sales rise and European stocks plummet Reuters
- Oil prices sink for second day over US’ economic D-Day Edge Mail NST Star Reuters
Digital assets
- Japan to start stocks and bonds tokenisation development plans this year Desk
- Japan weighs blockchain fast lane for securities cash settlement Telegraph
- South Korea’s Shinhan, Visa team up to test stablecoin issuance and B2B settlements Desk
- Crypto greed gauge hits highest since just before October’s USD19b wipeout Desk
- Tokenised equities: the model underneath the trade Desk
- SEC resurrecting crypto custody rule Desk Telegraph
- Cryptocurrency chief facing extradition from UK to US on fraud charges Reuters
- ECB claims digital euro will offer ‘maximum level of privacy’ amid surveillance fears Desk
- Revolut begins rolling out euro-backed stablecoin EURR in Europe Edge Desk Telegraph
- Chainalysis estimates USD457b in taxable crypto activity, says CARF misses most Telegraph
M&A
- Ajinomoto Malaysia’s RM20 privatisation offer ‘not fair but reasonable’, says RHB Reserve
- Parent Ajinomoto defends RM20 a share offer for Ajinomoto Malaysia Edge
- CC International to acquire tax client base for RM1.58m NST
- Mah Sing buys RM186m Ampang land for RM1.92b M Araya project Mail Star
- Axis Reit to acquire Klang warehouses for RM61m Edge NST Star
- Tata Power loses USD490m arbitration challenge in Singapore Edge
- Whoosh set for Sep govt takeover Star
- Owner of Indonesian coal mining giant Bayan in talks over sale Edge
- Australian property developer Ingenia offers to buy Peet in USD711m deal Reuters
- Sumitomo joins 4-way race for Australia’s FleetPartners with USD582m bid NST Reuters
- Vanguard strikes deal for fintech platform Altruist Reuters
- DAZN to buy EverPass Media to expand into US commercial venues Reuters
- Trian has no plans to make bid for Wendy’s right now Reuters
Malaysia
- UOB, RHB, Maybank complete MYOR-based interbank transaction Edge Star
- BNM fines Setel, StanChart and Standard Chartered Saadiq for non-compliance Edge NST
- Malaysia’s logistics crunch is a ‘ticking time bomb’, shipping chief warns Mail
- SMEs to govt: Deliver, don’t just allocate in 2027 Budget NST
- Banks have a duty of care in transferring funds and cannot depend only on automation Edge
- MACC arrests ex-Tabung Haji chairman, former Treasury sec-gen Edge
- 1MDB civil suit: Lawyer asks court to direct Shahrol to answer questions Edge
- Muhyiddin made spontaneous remarks in private meeting for political donations Edge
Other markets
- AI startup that upends junior bankers’ work sets up in Singapore Edge
- AI boom fuels Singapore fintech hiring spree Star
- Indonesia’s Destry to serve full term as central bank governor Edge
- Indonesia’s Destry Damayanti faces vetting for central bank’s top job NST
- Stable rules key to luring investment, says envoy Star
- Thai central bank keeps key interest rate unchanged Edge Star
- Hong Kong to announce first 5 year plan on 16 Sep NST
- Japan’s corporate services inflation accelerates in Jul NST
- Yen bears, it’s time to recalibrate Edge
- South Korea’s chip windfall fund to back long-term growth, not welfare spending Edge
- Saudi Arabia’s derivatives push deepens capital market reforms Edge
- Condivergence: Asia’s role in global governance and why the West still doesn’t get it Edge
- Australia inflation runs hot in Jul, markets reprice rate hike risk Edge Reuters
- Aussie second-largest pension bets high on yen Star
- CEO of Australia’s USD255b sovereign wealth fund quits Edge
- Jul PCE inflation index held at 3.7% annual pace, hotter than expected Edge Yahoo Reuters
- Sticky PCE inflation leaves a divided central bank ahead of Fed’s Jackson Hole retreat Yahoo
- Anxious investors hope for clarity on Warsh’s Fed plan at Jackson Hole Reuters
- Fed seen a bit more likely to hike after inflation data Yahoo Reuters
- Moody’s economist warns that conditions for economic crisis are falling in place Yahoo
- Trump: ‘Time to teach Canada you can’t do this anymore’ Edge
- Trump’s Canada auto tariffs could end up denting US GDP Yahoo
- Trump says the US doesn’t need Canada. The economy says otherwise Yahoo
- US weighs more trade measures against Canada after retaliation Edge
- Canada slaps 15-50% tariffs on US goods in revenge for Trump duties Mail Reuters
- Record USD5m paid to cross Panama canal Edge Star
- ECB’s Schnabel says rates must rise more on resilient economy Edge
- Europe’s autumn reckoning — bonds, budgets, billionaires Edge
- SNB’s Martin says “robust” level of capital not a disadvantage for banks Reuters
- IMF chief urges action on rising fiscal risks Edge Star