Markets Today: the Asian close, 30 September 2026
The Asian trading day in one place: 5 stories across currencies, central banks, equities and deals, collected at the close.
Stocks & bonds
Philippines Treasury Raises $1.36 Billion in Retail Bond Sale: The two-and-a-half-year offering generated PHP84.9 billion from individual investors, according to the Philippines treasury's report yesterday.
Hong Kong issues record HK$20bn multi-currency digital green bond: The territory's latest digital bond offering, valued at US$2.55 billion, marks the largest such issuance globally to date.
Indian Legacy Funds Outperform Newer Rivals in Volatile Market: Older asset managers delivered 3.2% average returns in large- and mid-cap funds, against 0.8% for newer firms, a Mint analysis found.
IPO & deals
Accrelist defends MClean divestment terms, buyer independence to SGX: Singapore-listed Accrelist yesterday clarified its RM30 million MClean Technologies divestment to the Singapore Exchange, addressing queries on pricing, buyer independence, and funding capability.
Anthropic targets US$2 trillion IPO, warns of AI economic shift: The artificial intelligence firm's confidential prospectus, reviewed by Reuters, asserts that AI will reshape the global economy more profoundly than past industrial revolutions.
Every item above was reported and checked separately today; this wrap collects them in one place at the Asian close. Follow any headline through to the full story for the figures and their sources. The Brief carries the same day in five minutes tomorrow morning.
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