Capital markets news | Mon 7 Sep 2026

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Employees Provident Fund (EPF)
EPF’s diversified portfolio expanded to RM1.54 trillion by June 2026, structured around 48.1% fixed income, 47.5% equities, 3.8% real estate/infrastructure, and 0.6% money markets. At end-2025, global diversification proved vital as the 38.3% international allocation generated RM39.9 billion, outperforming the 61.7% domestic allocation which made RM39.3 billion. By asset class, equities acted as the main growth engine (generating RM50.7 billion in 2025), while fixed income provided a defensive, recurring base (contributing RM26.3 billion), supplemented by real estate/infrastructure (RM1.6 billion) and money markets (RM0.6 billion). By mid-2026, the international asset mix had edged up slightly to approximately 39%.

Equity

Beverage blend maker Butterfield FB’s IPO oversubscribed 19 times Edge Reserve Star
BCM Alliance proposes second 10-to-1 share consolidation in 8 months Edge Reserve
Farm Price to transfer to Main Market on 9 Sep Star
Will Value Up plans sway investors? Star
Citi eyes China brokerage unit licence as soon as this month Edge NST Star Reuters
Hong Kong’s picky IPO issuers rewrite playbook for allocations Edge
India’s NSE targets listing in week of 21 Sep after IPO clearance Edge
India regulator presses ahead against Hindenburg, others in Adani case Edge Reuters
Anthropic IPO launch shifts toward mid-Oct Reuters
Crusoe raises over USD3b in funding at USD30b valuation Edge
Andreessen-backed AI startup Gimlet now valued at USD3b Edge
US equity funds record second weekly outflow on Iran tensions, high yields Reuters

Debt

OCBC Al-Amin assigned AAA rating; OCBC Malaysia’s AAA rating affirmed RAM
Solarpack Suria Sungai Petani’s SRI sukuk AA2 rating affirmed RAM
MBSB Bank finances RM78m for solar power at Kedah water treatment plants Edge
Banks’ asset quality stays robust amid headwinds RAM Reserve Star
Malaysian Islamic banks better placed to weather Middle East fallout, says Moody’s Star
Continued net interest margins compression a risk to lending environment NST
Malaysian banks may write down more assets, limiting earnings upside Edge
Jokowi’s legacy of debt may curb Danantara’s investment ambition Edge
Tencent Music prices USD1b US dollar bond sale Edge
SoftBank Group prices JPY1t retail bond at 4.75% Edge
Mohamed El-Erian says influx of hyperscaler bonds competing with US Treasuries Yahoo
Nscale seeks about USD3.5b pre-IPO funding Reuters
US treasuries slide after jobs data lift Fed hike wagers Edge
Bond traders brace for more swings at both ends of US yield curve Yahoo
US debt is even worse than it seems, all-hands-on-deck situation Yahoo
Norway’s USD2t sovereign fund proposes deep cuts to US Treasury holdings Edge Reuters
Anthropic finalising USD15b pre-IPO credit facility Edge
Private credit roundup: Software marks and Blackstone’s backlog of redemptions Reuters
US directs Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac to approve VantageScore for all lenders Reuters
More Argentines turn to apps for loans as debt stress hits record Reuters
EM bonds poised for stronger run Star
Where will the global bond rout hit growth and equities? Edge

Commodities

Malaysia’s fuel supplies safe, but high oil prices could linger for at least 2 years Mail
Iran says it targeted oil tankers in response to US strikes Yahoo
US Energy chief says navy to defend Hormuz until Iran backs down Yahoo
Oil prices set for weekly gain as US-Iran hostilities intensify Star Reuters
Iraq raises oil export capacity to more than 3m barrels per day Edge NST
Opec+ keeps oil output policy unchanged for Oct Edge NST Reuters
US diesel price hits new high on Iran war, squeezing voters Edge
No, the US does not have only 14 days of oil left Yahoo
US’s Wright plays down fuel export curbs as way to lower prices Yahoo
US structured Venezuela oil position to protect it from dilution Reuters
Trump’s big Venezuela deal leaves US oil industry blindsided Edge
Italy’s Eni doubles down in Venezuela with rising hope of recovering debt Reuters
Argentina threatens to sanction oil projects around Falklands Mail

Digital assets

Southeast Asia’s crypto funding rebounds to USD680m Desk
FinCEN ties USD13b in crypto scams to non-US operations Telegraph
South Korea targets Feb 2027 rollout for full tokenised securities market Desk Telegraph
Dollar-backed stablecoins can push local currencies lower, Bank of Korea study finds Desk
Satoshi-era Bitcoin wakes after 16 years of dormancy as 600 BTC moves Telegraph
Bitcoin falls below USD80k as hot jobs data spurs Fed-hike bets Edge
Pineapple Financial puts USD1b in mortgage records on Injective Telegraph
Better and Coinbase’s bitcoin-backed mortgages can reuse borrowers’ collateral Desk
Tether-backed Orionx to shut down after audit flags USD7m custody gap Telegraph
Revolut, OpenReserve get preliminary US bank approval with crypto plans Telegraph
US, UK launch joint alliance targeting crypto scam centres Telegraph
IMF confirms El Salvador’s bitcoin growth was funded by private donations Desk Telegraph
El Salvador president denies transferring govt’s bitcoin reserves to private operator Mail
UK’s largest retail investment platform opens access to crypto ETNs Desk
Ukrainian police took down a crypto scam that stole up to USD1m a month Desk

M&A

LFE Corp chairman emerges as Salutica’s largest shareholder at 31.13% Edge NST
KKR buys stake in Malaysia’s Avisena Healthcare Edge NST Star
MNRB’s RM400.5m Labuan Re acquisition gets Labuan FSA approval Star
F&N receives first payment of RM136.2m for 50% Vacaron stake sale Star
Zetrix AI scraps RM130m MyEG Ventures deal Edge Reserve NST Star
Zetrix AI exits HeiTech Padu after disposing of 16.9% stake for RM27.5m Edge Star
AmFIRST REIT issues circular on RM331m disposal of Menara AmBank Edge Star
Shin Yang to acquire Kuching industrial site for RM34m Edge Star
SCIB to buy three Sabah land parcels for RM15.2m Edge Reserve Star
Confectioner Khee San hit with RM66m claims after land deal sours Edge
Abu Dhabi’s G42 weighs US ownership to safeguard AI chip access Edge
Top China steelmaker Baowu eyes stake in BHP iron ore mine Edge
Hedge fund giant Citadel seeking to buy US shale oil production assets Reuters

Malaysia

Firm demand backs Bank Negara’s 2.75% OPR hold NST
‘Tame’ inflation gives Bank Negara room to hold OPR through 2026 NST
Bank Negara’s 2025 rate cut could be reversed in 2027 NST Star
Growth sustainable, with ‘no sign of overheating’ Mail
UOB forecasts ringgit to strengthen against dollar to below 4.00 next year Edge
Sensible EPF limits Star
Strong fundamentals support capital market opportunities Edge NST
SC, Bursa Malaysia launch first joint investor fair NST Star
Anwar backs mooted SC, BNM supervision of Tabung Haji investments Edge
GST or SST: The easiest choice to make Edge
FMM backs 3% GST to cut manufacturers’ tax burden NST
M40 group among focus of Budget 2027 initiatives Reserve NST
Economy ministry examines preparedness for an ageing nation Edge NST Star
Single permits key to unlocking JS-SEZ potential NST
Chinese buyers driving property boom Star
SkyGate NHJ Technology to invest USD30m in Penang manufacturing facility Mail Star
Former statutory board GM among duo nabbed over land deal Edge
Court dismisses MEX highway owner, wife’s DNAA application Edge

Other markets

Singapore’s FY2025/2026 tax revenue up 9.4% to SGD97.3b Edge NST
Barclays to double banker headcount in Singapore private bank by 2030 Edge
Singapore govt won’t interfere in decisions on Air India Edge
Glencore was Radiant World’s ‘senior partner,’ says executive Edge
Thailand puts 49 data centres on hold over resource strain Edge
Philippine annual inflation slows for fourth straight month in Aug to 6.1% Star
China to pump USD54b into state banks, insurers in capital-boosting push Edge
Japan says progress made on USD550b investment pact with US Edge
Carry trade exodus fuels yen gain ahead of BOJ rate decision Edge
Japan Jul household spending falls at fastest pace in 2½ years Edge
South Korea exports surpass full-year record, hit USD709.4b NST
India’s economy is booming on paper — so why is its GDP figure under scrutiny? Mail
India says US trade deal hinges on preferential tariff rate Edge
US pressure on Iran starting to tell, as sanctions and blockade bite Edge
Australian regulator reviewing 551 audit misconduct complaints at Big Four firms Edge
New Zealand rate hike was clear consensus decision, central bank’s Hansen says Star
Strong job gains signal Fed hike as Trump levels new rate-cut demand Reuters
Trump says if the Fed doesn’t cut rates, he’ll stop trading with some nations Reuters
Fed rate decision still hangs on inflation after jobs report Edge
Citigroup delays Fed rate-cut forecast to 2027 after strong US jobs report Reuters
‘They’re going to need to hike rates’: Wall Street weighs in Yahoo
Investors to pore over inflation data for signals on rate trajectory Yahoo
US non-farm payrolls surge in Aug; unemployment rate steady at 4.1% Edge Star Reuters
Trump wants a smaller US trade gap, AI demand is pulling it the other way Mail
Panama Canal begins reducing crossings due to El Niño Edge
Venezuelan billionaire investigated by US now lands Pentagon oil deal NST
Britain ‘taxing itself to death’ as investors lose faith Yahoo
ECB doubles down as G7’s hawk with another rate hike due this week Edge
Economists see final ECB hike this week in split with markets Edge
German industrial orders increase due to large scale orders Edge
France’s leading candidate presidential suggests cancelling national debt Yahoo
Global money funds draw biggest inflow in a month as investors turn cautious Reuters
Global semiconductor equipment billings jump 23% in 2Q2026 on AI demand Star